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This section looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Basis
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank483400
Rank change on same period last yearDown-83
Matching contract IT job ads76258
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.101 %0.261 %
As % of the category below0.458 %1.186 %
Daily rates quoted1253
Average minimum daily rate£431£380
Average daily rate£447£398
% change on same period last year+12.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£463£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£427£396
% change on same period last year+7.60 %
Hourly rates quoted13
Average minimum hourly rate£56.00£45.67
Average hourly rate£56.00£49.50
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£56.00£53.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£56.00£43.50
% change on same period last year+28.73 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1659721751
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.12 %22.01 %
Daily rates quoted56776807
Average minimum daily rate£353£373
Average daily rate£379£400
% change on same period last year-5.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9341365
Average minimum hourly rate£30.47£31.01
Average hourly rate£32.79£33.51
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10£36.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
SAP Basis UKSAP Basis
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.

SAP Basis
Demand Trend

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

England SAP Basis Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+620£470+15.26 %
South EastDown-3020--
MidlandsUp+1312£500-
West MidlandsUp+1011£500+4.57 %
South WestUp+286£163-
North WestDown-132--
East of EnglandDown-42£425+6.25 %
SAP Basis UKSAP Basis
UK

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1224 (100.00 %)SAP
284 (37.50 %)NetWeaver
372 (32.14 %)Oracle
450 (22.32 %)SAP XI
539 (17.41 %)UNIX
634 (15.18 %)Windows
634 (15.18 %)ERP
729 (12.95 %)Java
825 (11.16 %)ABAP
919 (8.482 %)Migration
1018 (8.036 %)Business Intelligence
1117 (7.589 %)CRM
1215 (6.696 %)Finance
1215 (6.696 %)SAP BW
1215 (6.696 %)Technical Architecture
1314 (6.250 %)Project Management
1413 (5.804 %)Security Cleared
1511 (4.911 %)SAP Implementation
1610 (4.464 %)J2EE
1610 (4.464 %)AIX
179 (4.018 %)Solaris
179 (4.018 %)SQL
179 (4.018 %)SQL Server
179 (4.018 %)SAP R/3
179 (4.018 %)Oracle 10g
188 (3.571 %)Microsoft
188 (3.571 %)PRINCE2
197 (3.125 %)Windows NT
197 (3.125 %)Oracle 8/8i
197 (3.125 %)DB2

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
150 (22.32 %)SAP XI
210 (4.464 %)J2EE
36 (2.679 %)Web Dynpro
45 (2.232 %)SAP ALE
54 (1.786 %)SAP Business Workflow
61 (0.446 %)BAPI
61 (0.446 %)EDI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
184 (37.50 %)NetWeaver
25 (2.232 %)SAP EP
31 (0.446 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.679 %)MS Project
16 (2.679 %)MS Visio
22 (0.893 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (4.018 %)SAP R/3
25 (2.232 %)SAP CRM
34 (1.786 %)SAP SRM
43 (1.339 %)SAP ERP
43 (1.339 %)SAP IS-U
51 (0.446 %)SAP MM
51 (0.446 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (0.893 %)SAN
12 (0.893 %)Internet
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (6.696 %)SAP BW
29 (4.018 %)Oracle 10g
29 (4.018 %)SQL Server
37 (3.125 %)DB2
37 (3.125 %)Oracle 8/8i
43 (1.339 %)SAP BI
52 (0.893 %)RDBMS
61 (0.446 %)SQL Server 2000
61 (0.446 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.446 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.339 %)LSMW
22 (0.893 %)Oracle APEX
31 (0.446 %)ClearCase
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (6.696 %)Finance
26 (2.679 %)Government
35 (2.232 %)Manufacturing
44 (1.786 %)Retail
44 (1.786 %)Pharmaceutical
52 (0.893 %)Music
61 (0.446 %)Auditing
61 (0.446 %)Insurance
61 (0.446 %)Pensions
61 (0.446 %)Health
61 (0.446 %)Legal
61 (0.446 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1148 (66.07 %)Consultant
2144 (64.29 %)SAP Consultant
3134 (59.82 %)SAP Basis Consultant
424 (10.71 %)Administrator
523 (10.27 %)SAP Administrator
618 (8.036 %)SAP Manager
717 (7.589 %)NetWeaver Consultant
814 (6.250 %)SAP Support
911 (4.911 %)SAP Basis Support
911 (4.911 %)Project Manager
109 (4.018 %)SAP Project Manager
109 (4.018 %)Technical Manager
118 (3.571 %)Analyst
127 (3.125 %)Technical Architect
127 (3.125 %)Architect
127 (3.125 %)SAP Technical Architect
127 (3.125 %)SAP Architect
127 (3.125 %)SAP Analyst
136 (2.679 %)SAP Support Consultant
136 (2.679 %)Support Consultant
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.339 %)Spanish Language
21 (0.446 %)Data Extraction
21 (0.446 %)Mainframe
21 (0.446 %)AS400
21 (0.446 %)Dutch Language
21 (0.446 %)French Language
21 (0.446 %)German Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
139 (17.41 %)UNIX
234 (15.18 %)Windows
310 (4.464 %)AIX
49 (4.018 %)Solaris
57 (3.125 %)Windows NT
65 (2.232 %)HPUX
74 (1.786 %)Windows Server 2003
83 (1.339 %)Linux
83 (1.339 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.446 %)zOS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (15.18 %)ERP
219 (8.482 %)Migration
318 (8.036 %)Business Intelligence
417 (7.589 %)CRM
515 (6.696 %)Technical Architecture
614 (6.250 %)Project Management
713 (5.804 %)Security Cleared
811 (4.911 %)SAP Implementation
98 (3.571 %)PRINCE2
107 (3.125 %)Change Management
116 (2.679 %)Supply Chain Management
124 (1.786 %)Performance Management
124 (1.786 %)SC Cleared
124 (1.786 %)BC Cleared
124 (1.786 %)Disaster Recovery
124 (1.786 %)Data Security
124 (1.786 %)Workflow
124 (1.786 %)ITIL
124 (1.786 %)B2B
133 (1.339 %)Service Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (12.95 %)Java
225 (11.16 %)ABAP
39 (4.018 %)SQL
42 (0.893 %)Pascal
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (2.679 %)SAP Certification
23 (1.339 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.446 %)Oracle Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.893 %)SLA
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.786 %)Legato
14 (1.786 %)Tivoli
23 (1.339 %)CONTROL-M
32 (0.893 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1224 (100.00 %)SAP
272 (32.14 %)Oracle
38 (3.571 %)Microsoft
47 (3.125 %)VERITAS
56 (2.679 %)HP
63 (1.339 %)IBM
72 (0.893 %)Siebel
81 (0.446 %)BMC
81 (0.446 %)Sun
81 (0.446 %)VMware
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