The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP HR skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP HR over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Business Applications category for the East of England 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.

SAP Human Resources (HR)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank12812896
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-32
Matching contract IT job ads726
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England0.232 %0.076 %0.283 %
As % of the Business Applications category3.465 %1.361 %6.452 %
Number of daily rates quoted214
Average daily rate£328£375£600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.66 %-37.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£290£375£406
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£366£375£770
UK excluding London average daily rate£495£480£450
% change year-on-year
+3.12 %+6.66 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+36.25 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
20214793
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England6.709 %5.549 %4.385 %
Number of daily rates quoted995143
Average daily rate£425£400£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£290£262£240
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£492£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted1244
Average hourly rate£37.00£21.38£28.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+73.09 %-25.65 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£30.85£12.73£19.63
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.00£27.90£31.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£21.48£33.75
% change year-on-year
+4.74 %-36.35 %
SAP HR EnglandSAP HR
England

SAP HR
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP HR across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

East of England SAP HR Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HR within the East of England region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
CambridgeshireNew entry-4--
BedfordshireUp+93£328-12.66 %
SAP HR EnglandSAP HR
England

SAP HR
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SAP HR 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 HR.

114 (100.00 %)SAP
25 (35.71 %)SAP Payroll
33 (21.43 %)Finance
42 (14.29 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (14.29 %)ABAP
42 (14.29 %)ITIL
42 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
51 (7.143 %)Degree
51 (7.143 %)Supplier Management
51 (7.143 %)SAP SRM
51 (7.143 %)SAP HR-PA
51 (7.143 %)Time Management
51 (7.143 %)Data Migration
51 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
51 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
51 (7.143 %)MS Visio
51 (7.143 %)SAP Certification
51 (7.143 %)ERwin
51 (7.143 %)MS Office
51 (7.143 %)Web Services
51 (7.143 %)Service Management
51 (7.143 %)Back Office
51 (7.143 %)Risk Management
51 (7.143 %)Validation
51 (7.143 %)Migration

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing SAP HR 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 HR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)Web Services
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Visio
11 (7.143 %)MS Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (35.71 %)SAP Payroll
21 (7.143 %)SAP SRM
21 (7.143 %)SAP HR-PA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (7.143 %)ERwin
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Finance
21 (7.143 %)Back Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (57.14 %)Analyst
27 (50.00 %)Business Analyst
36 (42.86 %)SAP Business Analyst
45 (35.71 %)SAP Analyst
54 (28.57 %)SAP HR Business Analyst
63 (21.43 %)SAP HR Consultant
63 (21.43 %)SAP Consultant
63 (21.43 %)Consultant
63 (21.43 %)SAP HR Analyst
72 (14.29 %)SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
72 (14.29 %)SAP Payroll Consultant
72 (14.29 %)Payroll Consultant
81 (7.143 %)SAP Business Consultant
81 (7.143 %)SAP Support
81 (7.143 %)SAP Support Analyst
81 (7.143 %)SAP Developer
81 (7.143 %)Business Consultant
81 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst
81 (7.143 %)Support Analyst
81 (7.143 %)Senior Business Analyst
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (14.29 %)ITIL
12 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
21 (7.143 %)Supplier Management
21 (7.143 %)Time Management
21 (7.143 %)Data Migration
21 (7.143 %)Agile Software Development
21 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
21 (7.143 %)Service Management
21 (7.143 %)Risk Management
21 (7.143 %)Validation
21 (7.143 %)Migration
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (14.29 %)ABAP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (7.143 %)Degree
11 (7.143 %)SAP Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (14.29 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (100.00 %)SAP