The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Dorset 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 24 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 5 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.778% 1.852% 6.230%
As % of the Vendors category 6.122% 4.065% 10.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
Average daily rate £483 - £313
90% offered a daily rate of more than £465 - £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £501 - £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+41.33% -1.31%
All Vendors
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
98 123 173
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 45.37% 45.56% 56.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 71 87
Average daily rate £340 £375 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.33% +1.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £445 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 8 4
Average hourly rate £47.50 £14.50 £11.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+227.58% +27.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
SAP
South West

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Dorset SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Dorset SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Dorset region.

Dorset SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +5 2 - -
Poole -4 1 - -
Wimborne - 1 - -
SAP
South West

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing SAP 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.

1 4 (57.14%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) Six Sigma
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Replication
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (14.29%) Clustering
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis
4 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
4 1 (14.29%) Windows
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) WAN

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset region citing SAP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP ERP
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HR
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (28.57%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Support
2 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Business Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Junior Project Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Business Objects Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Support Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Basis Specialist
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Business Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Tester
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Replication
1 1 (14.29%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) Six Sigma
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Information Management
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (14.29%) Test Scripting
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
4 1 (14.29%) ETL
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) CCA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) VMware
1 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
1 1 (14.29%) EMC