The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Data Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Data Services over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the Edinburgh 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
Rank - 61 -
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - 0.184% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - 1.493% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £613 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £500 £498
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
150 134 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 18.01% 12.33% 13.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 63 70
Average daily rate £394 £335 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.53% -0.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £256
10% offered a daily rate of more than £516 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £70.00 £40.00 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.00% +175.86%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SAP Data Services
Scotland

SAP Data Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Data Services across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Edinburgh SAP Data Services Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh SAP Data Services Daily Rate Trend

SAP Data Services
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SAP Data Services 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 Data Services.

1 7 (100.00%) SQL
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) Business Objects
2 6 (85.71%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (85.71%) PL/SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Kimball Methodology
3 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (71.43%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 4 (57.14%) Dimensional Modelling
4 4 (57.14%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (57.14%) SAP
5 3 (42.86%) BODI
6 2 (28.57%) ETL
7 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (14.29%) MTS
7 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI

SAP Data Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing SAP Data Services 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 Data Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) MTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (71.43%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 4 (57.14%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (42.86%) BODI
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects XI
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Business Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence Specialist
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Kimball Methodology
1 5 (71.43%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (57.14%) Dimensional Modelling
3 2 (28.57%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 6 (85.71%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
2 6 (85.71%) Business Objects
3 4 (57.14%) SAP