The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ALE skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP ALE 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 Application Development category for the 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Rank 503 542 523
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -19
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 10 17 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.024% 0.032% 0.085%
As % of the Application Development category 0.088% 0.122% 0.303%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 24
Average daily rate £575 £425 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.29% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £315 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £795 £470 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £575 £425 £335
% change year-on-year
+35.29% +26.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP ALE
UK

SAP ALE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP ALE Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP ALE Daily Rate Trend

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP ALE across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England SAP ALE Daily Rate Histogram

SAP ALE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
London +40 4 £693 +38.50%
South East +15 3 £575 +76.92%
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP ALE
UK

SAP ALE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP ALE 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 ALE.

1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 23 (74.19%) ABAP
3 20 (64.52%) BAPI
4 12 (38.71%) Workflow
4 12 (38.71%) SAP Smart Forms
5 10 (32.26%) Migration
6 9 (29.03%) Java
6 9 (29.03%) Data Migration
7 8 (25.81%) Logistics
7 8 (25.81%) CRM
8 7 (22.58%) ERP
8 7 (22.58%) Middleware
9 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (19.35%) SAP CRM
9 6 (19.35%) Retail
9 6 (19.35%) SAP PI
10 5 (16.13%) Degree
10 5 (16.13%) SAP EP
10 5 (16.13%) Web Dynpro
10 5 (16.13%) E-Procurement
11 4 (12.90%) HTTP
11 4 (12.90%) EDI
11 4 (12.90%) Finance
11 4 (12.90%) Scrum
11 4 (12.90%) NetWeaver
11 4 (12.90%) JMS
11 4 (12.90%) XML
11 4 (12.90%) JDBC
11 4 (12.90%) SOAP
11 4 (12.90%) Korean Language

SAP ALE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 20 (64.52%) BAPI
2 12 (38.71%) SAP Smart Forms
3 7 (22.58%) Middleware
4 6 (19.35%) SAP PI
5 5 (16.13%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (12.90%) EDI
6 4 (12.90%) JMS
6 4 (12.90%) XML
6 4 (12.90%) JDBC
6 4 (12.90%) SOAP
7 3 (9.677%) Web Services
7 3 (9.677%) XSLT
7 3 (9.677%) SAP XI
8 2 (6.452%) SAP BSP
9 1 (3.226%) SAP Business Workflow
9 1 (3.226%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) SAP EP
2 4 (12.90%) NetWeaver
3 3 (9.677%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (6.452%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) SAP CRM
2 3 (9.677%) SAP HR
3 2 (6.452%) SAP CO
3 2 (6.452%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (6.452%) SAP FI
3 2 (6.452%) SAP MM
3 2 (6.452%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.226%) SAP Retail
4 1 (3.226%) SAP WM
4 1 (3.226%) SAP PM
4 1 (3.226%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) HTTP
2 1 (3.226%) LDAP
2 1 (3.226%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.226%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (3.226%) SAP BI
1 1 (3.226%) DataStage
1 1 (3.226%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (6.452%) LSMW
2 1 (3.226%) NWDI
General
1 6 (19.35%) Retail
2 4 (12.90%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Korean Language
3 2 (6.452%) Manufacturing
3 2 (6.452%) Marketing
4 1 (3.226%) German Language
4 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Consultant
2 22 (70.97%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (29.03%) ABAP Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) CRM Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) Junior SAP Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) SAP EP Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) Junior
4 3 (9.677%) Junior Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) SAP HR Consultant
4 3 (9.677%) SAP CRM Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) SAP Developer
5 2 (6.452%) Enterprise Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) SAP FI Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) SAP Portals Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) SAP CO Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) Developer
5 2 (6.452%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 2 (6.452%) SAP PI Consultant
6 1 (3.226%) NetWeaver Architect
6 1 (3.226%) SAP Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.452%) Data Integration
2 1 (3.226%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.226%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (3.226%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Workflow
2 10 (32.26%) Migration
3 9 (29.03%) Data Migration
4 8 (25.81%) Logistics
4 8 (25.81%) CRM
5 7 (22.58%) ERP
6 6 (19.35%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (16.13%) E-Procurement
8 4 (12.90%) Scrum
9 3 (9.677%) SAP Implementation
10 2 (6.452%) OO
10 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (3.226%) Waterfall
11 1 (3.226%) High Availability
11 1 (3.226%) Data Governance
11 1 (3.226%) Time Management
11 1 (3.226%) ETL
11 1 (3.226%) Project Management
11 1 (3.226%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (74.19%) ABAP
2 9 (29.03%) Java
3 3 (9.677%) SAPscript
4 1 (3.226%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (16.13%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) CCA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.226%) Sybase
2 1 (3.226%) Business Objects
2 1 (3.226%) Adobe