East Midlands SAP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Amersham Ballymena Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bletchley Bolton Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Bridport Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley City of London Colchester Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edgware Edinburgh Egham England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hounslow Hull Isle of Wight Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lanarkshire Lancashire Larne Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Preston Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Scunthorpe Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Templecombe Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	26	19
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	73	120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.129 %
As % of the category below	11.44 %	13.27 %
Daily rates quoted	23	30
Average minimum daily rate	£420	£418
Average daily rate	£428	£454
% change on same period last year	-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£436	£490
UK excluding London average daily rate	£464	£455
% change on same period last year	+1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.00	£18.00
Average hourly rate	£17.00	£23.50
% change on same period last year	-27.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.00	£29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.32	£24.47
% change on same period last year	-4.69 %
Vendors East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	638	904
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.005 %	0.969 %
Daily rates quoted	153	193
Average minimum daily rate	£309	£322
Average daily rate	£322	£342
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£348
% change on same period last year	+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	84	133
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.27	£20.12
Average hourly rate	£19.82	£21.24
% change on same period last year	-6.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.37	£22.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.26	£24.41
% change on same period last year	-0.60 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leicestershire	+15	30	£402	+1.18 %
Derbyshire	+6	12	£500	+12.95 %
Lincolnshire	-1	6	-	-
Northamptonshire	-5	3	£400	-17.24 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 25 (17.86 %) Finance 2 23 (16.43 %) SAP HR 3 17 (12.14 %) SAP BW 4 14 (10.00 %) Business Intelligence 5 11 (7.857 %) MS Excel 5 11 (7.857 %) Project Management 6 9 (6.429 %) SAP PS 6 9 (6.429 %) Project Planning 6 9 (6.429 %) Security Cleared 7 8 (5.714 %) ERP 7 8 (5.714 %) Risk Management 7 8 (5.714 %) MAXIMO 8 7 (5.000 %) Security Management 8 7 (5.000 %) PRINCE2 8 7 (5.000 %) MS Office

8 7 (5.000 %) SAP FI 9 6 (4.286 %) Data Analysis 9 6 (4.286 %) Microsoft 9 6 (4.286 %) SAP CO 9 6 (4.286 %) Information Security 9 6 (4.286 %) SAP Payroll 9 6 (4.286 %) SAP FI/CO 10 5 (3.571 %) Stakeholder Management 10 5 (3.571 %) MS Access 10 5 (3.571 %) CRM 10 5 (3.571 %) ITIL 10 5 (3.571 %) Data Modelling 10 5 (3.571 %) SAP ERP 10 5 (3.571 %) SAP Implementation 10 5 (3.571 %) Time Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (2.857 %) XML 1 4 (2.857 %) XML Schema 1 4 (2.857 %) SAP XI 1 4 (2.857 %) WebSphere 2 3 (2.143 %) SAP PI 3 2 (1.429 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 4 (2.857 %) WebSphere MQ 1 4 (2.857 %) WebSphere Message Broker 2 2 (1.429 %) SAP EP 3 1 (0.714 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 11 (7.857 %) MS Excel 2 7 (5.000 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 23 (16.43 %) SAP HR 2 9 (6.429 %) SAP PS 3 8 (5.714 %) MAXIMO 4 7 (5.000 %) SAP FI 5 6 (4.286 %) SAP Payroll 5 6 (4.286 %) SAP FI/CO 5 6 (4.286 %) SAP CO 6 5 (3.571 %) SAP ERP 7 4 (2.857 %) SAP SD 8 3 (2.143 %) SAP MM 8 3 (2.143 %) SAP FS 8 3 (2.143 %) SAP GRC 9 2 (1.429 %) SAP HCM 9 2 (1.429 %) SAP R/3 9 2 (1.429 %) SAP SRM 10 1 (0.714 %) SAP PP 10 1 (0.714 %) SAP WM 10 1 (0.714 %) SAP CRM 10 1 (0.714 %) SAP PM 10 1 (0.714 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (12.14 %) SAP BW 2 5 (3.571 %) MS Access 3 4 (2.857 %) DB2 4 3 (2.143 %) SAP BI 5 2 (1.429 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.714 %) Cognos Powerplay	General 1 25 (17.86 %) Finance 2 3 (2.143 %) Education 2 3 (2.143 %) Government 2 3 (2.143 %) Manufacturing 2 3 (2.143 %) Retail 3 1 (0.714 %) Billing 3 1 (0.714 %) Local Government 3 1 (0.714 %) Banking 3 1 (0.714 %) Electric 3 1 (0.714 %) Automotive 3 1 (0.714 %) Construction
Job Titles 1 52 (37.14 %) Consultant 2 44 (31.43 %) SAP Consultant 3 30 (21.43 %) Analyst 4 17 (12.14 %) SAP Manager 5 10 (7.143 %) Project Analyst 6 9 (6.429 %) SAP HR Consultant 6 9 (6.429 %) Test Manager 7 7 (5.000 %) Project Manager 7 7 (5.000 %) SAP Project Manager 7 7 (5.000 %) SAP Analyst 8 6 (4.286 %) SAP Test Manager 9 5 (3.571 %) Architect 9 5 (3.571 %) Developer 9 5 (3.571 %) Data Analyst 10 4 (2.857 %) SAP BW Consultant 10 4 (2.857 %) Security Analyst 10 4 (2.857 %) Change Manager 10 4 (2.857 %) Administrator 10 4 (2.857 %) Team Leader 10 4 (2.857 %) Information Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.857 %) French Language 2 3 (2.143 %) German Language 2 3 (2.143 %) PMI 2 3 (2.143 %) Dutch Language 3 2 (1.429 %) EPoS 4 1 (0.714 %) Handset
Processes & Methodologies 1 14 (10.00 %) Business Intelligence 2 11 (7.857 %) Project Management 3 9 (6.429 %) Project Planning 3 9 (6.429 %) Security Cleared 4 8 (5.714 %) ERP 4 8 (5.714 %) Risk Management 5 7 (5.000 %) Security Management 5 7 (5.000 %) PRINCE2 6 6 (4.286 %) Information Security 6 6 (4.286 %) Data Analysis 7 5 (3.571 %) Stakeholder Management 7 5 (3.571 %) SAP Implementation 7 5 (3.571 %) CRM 7 5 (3.571 %) Data Modelling 7 5 (3.571 %) ITIL 7 5 (3.571 %) Time Management 8 4 (2.857 %) SC Cleared 8 4 (2.857 %) Information Security Management 8 4 (2.857 %) Change Management 8 4 (2.857 %) Problem Management	Programming Languages 1 4 (2.857 %) ABAP
Qualifications 1 4 (2.857 %) CISSP 2 3 (2.143 %) PMP 2 3 (2.143 %) PMI Certification 2 3 (2.143 %) CISA 2 3 (2.143 %) CISM 3 2 (1.429 %) SAP Certification 3 2 (1.429 %) ITIL Certification 3 2 (1.429 %) ISEB 3 2 (1.429 %) Citrix Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (2.857 %) BS7799 1 4 (2.857 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 4 (2.857 %) COBIT 2 2 (1.429 %) QA 2 2 (1.429 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (1.429 %) VMware Server	Vendors 1 6 (4.286 %) Microsoft 2 2 (1.429 %) VMware 3 1 (0.714 %) JDA 3 1 (0.714 %) Oracle 3 1 (0.714 %) IBM