The first table below looks at the demand for SAP SD skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP SD over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
Rank 194 206 247
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +41
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 16 6 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.236% 0.078% 0.040%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.963% 1.093% 0.533%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 4
Average daily rate £429 £425 £436
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.93% -2.46%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £379 £425 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £620 £440 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £456 £475 £445
% change year-on-year
-3.94% +6.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 - £18.00
All Business Applications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
540 549 751
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 7.965% 7.092% 7.502%
Number of daily rates quoted 380 380 544
Average daily rate £450 £475 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £330 £320 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £683
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 2
Average hourly rate £32.58 £44.50 £34.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.78% +29.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £15.10 £19.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £53.80 £48.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
SAP SD
London

SAP SD
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP SD across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

City of London SAP SD Jobs Demand Trend

SAP SD
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP SD across the City of London region.

City of London SAP SD Daily Rate Trend

SAP SD
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP SD across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London SAP SD Daily Rate Histogram

SAP SD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP SD also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAP SD.

1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (40.00%) SAP Implementation
2 10 (40.00%) FMCG
3 8 (32.00%) Data Migration
3 8 (32.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Finance
4 5 (20.00%) Validation
5 4 (16.00%) SAP MM
5 4 (16.00%) Logistics
6 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
6 3 (12.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (12.00%) Project Management
6 3 (12.00%) ERP
7 2 (8.000%) SAP BW
7 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.000%) SAP SCM
7 2 (8.000%) Data Validation
7 2 (8.000%) Data Mapping
7 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (8.000%) LSMW
7 2 (8.000%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (4.000%) Data Integration
8 1 (4.000%) Data Architecture
8 1 (4.000%) Data Governance
8 1 (4.000%) Process Improvement
8 1 (4.000%) Business Transformation
8 1 (4.000%) IBM InfoSphere
8 1 (4.000%) Master Data Management
8 1 (4.000%) Data Management

SAP SD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing SAP SD also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SAP SD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) BAPI
1 1 (4.000%) EDI
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP MM
2 3 (12.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (8.000%) SAP SCM
4 1 (4.000%) SAP Retail
4 1 (4.000%) SAP ERP
4 1 (4.000%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.000%) SAP BW
1 2 (8.000%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (4.000%) IBM InfoSphere
2 1 (4.000%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) LSMW
General
1 5 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Retail
2 1 (4.000%) Marketing
2 1 (4.000%) Automotive
2 1 (4.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Consultant
1 15 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (32.00%) SAP SD Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) SAP Data Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) SAP SD Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) SAP MM Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) SAP Data Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) SAP SCM Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Data Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (8.000%) SAP Manager
6 2 (8.000%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (4.000%) Senior SAP MM Consultant
7 1 (4.000%) SAP Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (40.00%) FMCG
2 1 (4.000%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) SAP Implementation
2 8 (32.00%) Data Migration
2 8 (32.00%) Migration
3 5 (20.00%) Validation
4 4 (16.00%) Logistics
5 3 (12.00%) Data Analysis
5 3 (12.00%) Project Management
5 3 (12.00%) ERP
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (8.000%) Data Validation
6 2 (8.000%) Data Mapping
6 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (4.000%) Data Architecture
7 1 (4.000%) Data Governance
7 1 (4.000%) Process Improvement
7 1 (4.000%) Business Transformation
7 1 (4.000%) Master Data Management
7 1 (4.000%) Data Management
7 1 (4.000%) Business Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) Degree
1 1 (4.000%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) SLA
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.000%) IBM
2 1 (4.000%) Pegasus