The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis 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 Basis 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 Basis
Rank 425 435 490
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +55
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 88 124 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.212% 0.232% 0.144%
As % of the Application Development category 0.776% 0.889% 0.511%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 41 29
Average daily rate £468 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.57% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £325 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £571 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £481 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.33% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
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 Basis
UK

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

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

England SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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

The table below 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 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 +35 47 £470 -1.05%
North West +18 15 £494 +27.41%
South East -3 7 £403 -12.97%
South West +32 5 £450 -18.18%
West Midlands +6 4 - -
East Midlands -9 4 - -
Midlands -1 1 - -
Yorkshire -1 1 - -
SAP Basis
UK

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 177 (100.00%) SAP
2 74 (41.81%) Oracle
2 74 (41.81%) NetWeaver
3 48 (27.12%) Business Intelligence
4 47 (26.55%) ABAP
4 47 (26.55%) SAP BW
5 46 (25.99%) Java
6 38 (21.47%) UNIX
7 36 (20.34%) Migration
8 32 (18.08%) DB2
9 25 (14.12%) Project Management
10 24 (13.56%) CRM
11 22 (12.43%) Windows
12 20 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
13 19 (10.73%) ITIL
14 18 (10.17%) ERP
15 17 (9.605%) Solaris
16 16 (9.040%) Finance
17 13 (7.345%) SC Cleared
17 13 (7.345%) Security Cleared
17 13 (7.345%) SAP XI
17 13 (7.345%) AIX
18 12 (6.780%) SAP BI
18 12 (6.780%) Oracle 11g
19 11 (6.215%) Change Management
19 11 (6.215%) Linux
20 10 (5.650%) Business Objects
20 10 (5.650%) BusinessObjects
20 10 (5.650%) SAP Implementation
20 10 (5.650%) Data Migration

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 13 (7.345%) SAP XI
2 8 (4.520%) SAP PI
3 5 (2.825%) Middleware
4 1 (0.565%) MDX
4 1 (0.565%) SAP BC
4 1 (0.565%) EDI
4 1 (0.565%) Flash
4 1 (0.565%) J2EE
4 1 (0.565%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 74 (41.81%) NetWeaver
2 6 (3.390%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 5 (2.825%) MS Visio
1 5 (2.825%) MS Project
2 1 (0.565%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (5.085%) SAP BPC
2 5 (2.825%) SAP GRC
2 5 (2.825%) SAP ERP
2 5 (2.825%) SAP SRM
3 3 (1.695%) SAP FSCM
3 3 (1.695%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (1.130%) Summit
4 2 (1.130%) SAP R/3
4 2 (1.130%) SAP HR
5 1 (0.565%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.565%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.565%) SAP PSCD
5 1 (0.565%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.565%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.565%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.565%) SAP PS
5 1 (0.565%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.565%) SAP CS
5 1 (0.565%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.565%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.955%) WAN
1 7 (3.955%) SAN
2 6 (3.390%) LAN
3 2 (1.130%) Internet
4 1 (0.565%) LDAP
4 1 (0.565%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (26.55%) SAP BW
2 32 (18.08%) DB2
3 12 (6.780%) SAP BI
3 12 (6.780%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (5.650%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (2.825%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.260%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.130%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.130%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.130%) SAP Data Services
7 2 (1.130%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.565%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 9 (5.085%) NWDI
General
1 16 (9.040%) Finance
2 8 (4.520%) German Language
3 5 (2.825%) Banking
4 3 (1.695%) Automotive
4 3 (1.695%) Manufacturing
4 3 (1.695%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.130%) Front Office
5 2 (1.130%) Back Office
5 2 (1.130%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.130%) Music
6 1 (0.565%) Marketing
6 1 (0.565%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.565%) Law
6 1 (0.565%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 97 (54.80%) Consultant
2 95 (53.67%) SAP Consultant
3 87 (49.15%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 18 (10.17%) Architect
4 18 (10.17%) SAP Architect
5 14 (7.910%) SAP Manager
6 13 (7.345%) SAP Basis Administrator
7 12 (6.780%) Administrator
7 12 (6.780%) SAP Administrator
8 9 (5.085%) Technical Architect
8 9 (5.085%) SAP Support
9 8 (4.520%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 8 (4.520%) SAP Basis Support
9 8 (4.520%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
9 8 (4.520%) Senior Consultant
10 7 (3.955%) SAP Basis Architect
10 7 (3.955%) SAP Technical Architect
11 5 (2.825%) SAP Release Manager
11 5 (2.825%) NetWeaver Consultant
11 5 (2.825%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.520%) Client/Server
2 3 (1.695%) SWIFT
2 3 (1.695%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.130%) Clustering
3 2 (1.130%) FMCG
3 2 (1.130%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.565%) Derivative
4 1 (0.565%) Replication
4 1 (0.565%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 38 (21.47%) UNIX
2 22 (12.43%) Windows
3 17 (9.605%) Solaris
4 13 (7.345%) AIX
5 11 (6.215%) Linux
6 3 (1.695%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.565%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.12%) Business Intelligence
2 36 (20.34%) Migration
3 25 (14.12%) Project Management
4 24 (13.56%) CRM
5 20 (11.30%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (10.73%) ITIL
7 18 (10.17%) ERP
8 11 (6.215%) Change Management
9 10 (5.650%) SAP Implementation
9 10 (5.650%) Data Migration
9 10 (5.650%) Technical Architecture
10 7 (3.955%) Six Sigma
11 5 (2.825%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (2.825%) Load Balancing
11 5 (2.825%) Project Planning
11 5 (2.825%) Systems Analysis
12 4 (2.260%) Workflow
12 4 (2.260%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (2.260%) High Availability
13 3 (1.695%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 47 (26.55%) ABAP
2 46 (25.99%) Java
3 7 (3.955%) SQL
4 4 (2.260%) C
5 3 (1.695%) Korn
5 3 (1.695%) Bourne shell
5 3 (1.695%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.565%) VBA
Qualifications
1 13 (7.345%) SC Cleared
1 13 (7.345%) Security Cleared
2 10 (5.650%) Degree
3 2 (1.130%) SAP Certification
3 2 (1.130%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (0.565%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (0.565%) OCP
4 1 (0.565%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.955%) QA
2 1 (0.565%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.565%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.565%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (3.390%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (1.695%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (1.130%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.130%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.565%) SCCM
4 1 (0.565%) Control-M
Vendors
1 177 (100.00%) SAP
2 74 (41.81%) Oracle
3 10 (5.650%) Business Objects
4 9 (5.085%) Microsoft
5 6 (3.390%) Sun
6 5 (2.825%) IXOS
6 5 (2.825%) ReadSoft
7 4 (2.260%) Sybase
8 3 (1.695%) IBM
9 1 (0.565%) Informatica
9 1 (0.565%) EMC
9 1 (0.565%) VMware