England BAPI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited BAPI over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Location Aberdeen Andover Basingstoke Canary Wharf Chichester City of London Docklands, London England Hampshire London Manchester Middlesex North West Scotland South East South West Southampton Thames Valley UK West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	516	558
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching contract IT job ads	46	62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.061 %	0.066 %
As % of the category below	0.272 %	0.298 %
Daily rates quoted	10	20
Average minimum daily rate	£416	£454
Average daily rate	£435	£494
% change on same period last year	-12.00 %
Average maximum daily rate	£454	£534
UK excluding London average daily rate	£401	£542
% change on same period last year	-25.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£35.00
Average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development England
Matching contract IT job ads	16881	20782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	22.26 %	22.04 %
Daily rates quoted	5696	6414
Average minimum daily rate	£354	£376
Average daily rate	£381	£402
% change on same period last year	-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£336
% change on same period last year	+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted	971	1342
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.31	£31.05
Average hourly rate	£32.67	£33.42
% change on same period last year	-2.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.03	£35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.44	£33.08
% change on same period last year	-1.93 %
BAPI UK

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.

BAPI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BAPI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend

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

BAPI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BAPI across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

BAPI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BAPI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing BAPI within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
London	+68	25	£468	-3.00 %
South East	+38	17	£468	-11.84 %
South West	-	1	-	-
North West	-19	1	£275	-

BAPI UK

BAPI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

1 109 (95.61 %) SAP 2 107 (93.86 %) ABAP 3 32 (28.07 %) SAP Smart Forms 4 27 (23.68 %) SAPscript 5 25 (21.93 %) Workflow 6 22 (19.30 %) CRM 7 19 (16.67 %) SAP ALE 8 18 (15.79 %) EDI 8 18 (15.79 %) Finance 9 17 (14.91 %) SAP CRM 10 16 (14.04 %) SAP XI 10 16 (14.04 %) SAP BSP 10 16 (14.04 %) OO 11 12 (10.53 %) LSMW 12 10 (8.772 %) SAP IS-U

12 10 (8.772 %) Java 12 10 (8.772 %) SQL 12 10 (8.772 %) SAP R/3 13 9 (7.895 %) Retail 13 9 (7.895 %) SAP Retail 13 9 (7.895 %) Billing 13 9 (7.895 %) Migration 14 8 (7.018 %) Data Migration 14 8 (7.018 %) SQL Server 15 7 (6.140 %) Transact-SQL 15 7 (6.140 %) SAP Business Workflow 16 5 (4.386 %) NetWeaver 16 5 (4.386 %) Middleware 16 5 (4.386 %) JSP 16 5 (4.386 %) Struts

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 32 (28.07 %) SAP Smart Forms 2 19 (16.67 %) SAP ALE 3 18 (15.79 %) EDI 4 16 (14.04 %) SAP BSP 4 16 (14.04 %) SAP XI 5 7 (6.140 %) SAP Business Workflow 6 5 (4.386 %) Middleware 6 5 (4.386 %) Struts 6 5 (4.386 %) JSP 7 3 (2.632 %) XML 7 3 (2.632 %) Web Dynpro 8 2 (1.754 %) SAP Basis 9 1 (0.877 %) EDIFACT 9 1 (0.877 %) JMS 9 1 (0.877 %) WSDL 9 1 (0.877 %) SOAP 9 1 (0.877 %) J2EE 9 1 (0.877 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 5 (4.386 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (0.877 %) Rendezvous 2 1 (0.877 %) ESB
Business Applications 1 17 (14.91 %) SAP CRM 2 10 (8.772 %) SAP R/3 2 10 (8.772 %) SAP IS-U 3 9 (7.895 %) SAP Retail 4 3 (2.632 %) SAP SD 4 3 (2.632 %) SAP ERP 5 2 (1.754 %) SAP FI-CA 5 2 (1.754 %) SAP HR 5 2 (1.754 %) SAP Oil and Gas 5 2 (1.754 %) SAP FI 6 1 (0.877 %) SAP MM 6 1 (0.877 %) SAP PP 6 1 (0.877 %) SAP WM 6 1 (0.877 %) SAP PP-PI	Communications & Networking 1 1 (0.877 %) SMTP 1 1 (0.877 %) FTP 1 1 (0.877 %) HTTP 1 1 (0.877 %) Internet 1 1 (0.877 %) X.400
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (7.018 %) SQL Server 2 2 (1.754 %) SAP BW 3 1 (0.877 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 12 (10.53 %) LSMW
General 1 18 (15.79 %) Finance 2 9 (7.895 %) Retail 2 9 (7.895 %) Billing 3 5 (4.386 %) Manufacturing 4 4 (3.509 %) General Ledger 5 3 (2.632 %) Investment Banking 5 3 (2.632 %) Health 5 3 (2.632 %) Banking 5 3 (2.632 %) Automotive 6 1 (0.877 %) Government 6 1 (0.877 %) Pharmaceutical 6 1 (0.877 %) Back Office 6 1 (0.877 %) Telecoms 6 1 (0.877 %) Publishing 6 1 (0.877 %) FMCG	Job Titles 1 64 (56.14 %) Developer 2 46 (40.35 %) SAP Developer 3 45 (39.47 %) ABAP Developer 4 31 (27.19 %) Consultant 5 28 (24.56 %) SAP Consultant 6 18 (15.79 %) ABAP Consultant 7 10 (8.772 %) Programmer 7 10 (8.772 %) SAP Programmer 8 9 (7.895 %) ABAP Programmer 9 7 (6.140 %) CRM Consultant 9 7 (6.140 %) SAP CRM Consultant 10 6 (5.263 %) Senior Developer 10 6 (5.263 %) Senior ABAP Developer 11 5 (4.386 %) Java Developer 12 4 (3.509 %) Analyst 13 3 (2.632 %) Architect 13 3 (2.632 %) Developer Analyst 13 3 (2.632 %) SAP Architect 14 2 (1.754 %) SAP XI Architect 14 2 (1.754 %) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.632 %) French Language 1 3 (2.632 %) German Language 1 3 (2.632 %) Spanish Language 2 2 (1.754 %) Data Conversion 3 1 (0.877 %) Data Extraction 3 1 (0.877 %) Russian Language 3 1 (0.877 %) Life Science	Operating Systems 1 3 (2.632 %) VMS 2 2 (1.754 %) Windows 2 2 (1.754 %) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies 1 25 (21.93 %) Workflow 2 22 (19.30 %) CRM 3 16 (14.04 %) OO 4 9 (7.895 %) Migration 5 8 (7.018 %) Data Migration 6 5 (4.386 %) SAP Implementation 6 5 (4.386 %) E-Commerce 7 3 (2.632 %) ERP 7 3 (2.632 %) OOP 7 3 (2.632 %) Systems Analysis 7 3 (2.632 %) Unit Testing 8 2 (1.754 %) EAI 8 2 (1.754 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 2 (1.754 %) Change Management 8 2 (1.754 %) Logistics 9 1 (0.877 %) BPEL 9 1 (0.877 %) Data Analysis 9 1 (0.877 %) Data Modelling 9 1 (0.877 %) SOA 9 1 (0.877 %) Business Intelligence	Programming Languages 1 107 (93.86 %) ABAP 2 27 (23.68 %) SAPscript 3 10 (8.772 %) Java 3 10 (8.772 %) SQL 4 7 (6.140 %) Transact-SQL
Qualifications 1 4 (3.509 %) SAP Certification	Systems Management 1 1 (0.877 %) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors 1 109 (95.61 %) SAP 2 5 (4.386 %) CA 3 2 (1.754 %) TIBCO 4 1 (0.877 %) Informatica