England SAP BI Contracts

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

SAP Business Intelligence (BI)
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Cheshire Chorley City of London East Midlands England Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Midlands North East North West Reading Scotland South East South West Sussex Thames Valley UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	447	561
Rank change on same period last year	+114
Matching contract IT job ads	115	59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.152 %	0.063 %
As % of the category below	0.850 %	0.327 %
Daily rates quoted	30	8
Average minimum daily rate	£548	£513
Average daily rate	£564	£563
% change on same period last year	+0.27 %
Average maximum daily rate	£581	£613
UK excluding London average daily rate	£563	£438
% change on same period last year	+28.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£30.00
Average hourly rate	-	£30.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Database & Business Intelligence England
Matching contract IT job ads	13536	18033
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	17.85 %	19.13 %
Daily rates quoted	4280	5225
Average minimum daily rate	£368	£378
Average daily rate	£393	£403
% change on same period last year	-2.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£417	£427
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£354
% change on same period last year	-1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	962	1188
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.45	£28.73
Average hourly rate	£31.79	£30.87
% change on same period last year	+2.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.13	£33.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.43	£30.86
% change on same period last year	+5.09 %
SAP BI 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 BI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP BI across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

SAP BI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP BI
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP BI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP BI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SAP BI 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	+88	56	£565	-6.51 %
South East	+41	17	£567	-
North West	-	11	£440	-
West Midlands	+4	10	£588	+17.50 %
South West	+30	6	£600	-
Yorkshire	+14	3	£538	+43.33 %
Midlands	+2	3	-	-
East Midlands	-	2	-	-
North East	-	1	-	-

SAP BI UK

SAP BI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 303 (100.00 %) SAP 2 301 (99.34 %) Business Intelligence 3 130 (42.90 %) SAP BW 4 68 (22.44 %) ABAP 5 48 (15.84 %) Finance 6 39 (12.87 %) Data Modelling 7 21 (6.931 %) NetWeaver 8 19 (6.271 %) ERP 9 16 (5.281 %) SAP HR 10 15 (4.950 %) Java 11 14 (4.620 %) CRM 11 14 (4.620 %) Data Management 11 14 (4.620 %) Government 12 13 (4.290 %) ETL 12 13 (4.290 %) SAP Implementation

13 12 (3.960 %) Logistics 13 12 (3.960 %) Security Cleared 13 12 (3.960 %) SAP Certification 14 11 (3.630 %) Manufacturing 14 11 (3.630 %) SAP XI 14 11 (3.630 %) Performance Management 15 10 (3.300 %) Advertising 15 10 (3.300 %) Management Information System 16 9 (2.970 %) SAP CRM 17 8 (2.640 %) BusinessObjects 17 8 (2.640 %) SQL 17 8 (2.640 %) Business Objects 17 8 (2.640 %) SAP Oil and Gas 17 8 (2.640 %) Business Analysis 18 7 (2.310 %) RDBMS

SAP BI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 11 (3.630 %) SAP XI 2 6 (1.980 %) Web Dynpro 3 5 (1.650 %) WebSphere 4 4 (1.320 %) SAP Basis 4 4 (1.320 %) XML 5 2 (0.660 %) .NET 5 2 (0.660 %) J2EE 6 1 (0.330 %) ASP 6 1 (0.330 %) ASP.NET 6 1 (0.330 %) CSS 6 1 (0.330 %) WebServices 6 1 (0.330 %) XSD 6 1 (0.330 %) Middleware 6 1 (0.330 %) HTML 6 1 (0.330 %) SAP ALE 6 1 (0.330 %) Adobe Flex 6 1 (0.330 %) Adobe AIR 6 1 (0.330 %) ASP.NET 2.0	Application Platforms 1 21 (6.931 %) NetWeaver 2 3 (0.990 %) WPS 3 1 (0.330 %) SAP Web AS 3 1 (0.330 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.330 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (0.330 %) MS Office 1 1 (0.330 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 16 (5.281 %) SAP HR 2 9 (2.970 %) SAP CRM 3 8 (2.640 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 7 (2.310 %) SAP FI 4 7 (2.310 %) SAP FI/CO 4 7 (2.310 %) SAP CO 5 5 (1.650 %) SAP SEM 5 5 (1.650 %) SAP Bank Analyzer 6 4 (1.320 %) SAP ERP 6 4 (1.320 %) SAP R/3 7 3 (0.990 %) SAP IS-U 7 3 (0.990 %) SAP MM 8 2 (0.660 %) SAP SRM 8 2 (0.660 %) SAP SD 9 1 (0.330 %) Oracle Financials 9 1 (0.330 %) SAP Retail 9 1 (0.330 %) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking 1 1 (0.330 %) Intranet 1 1 (0.330 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 130 (42.90 %) SAP BW 2 13 (4.290 %) ETL 3 8 (2.640 %) BusinessObjects 4 7 (2.310 %) RDBMS 5 5 (1.650 %) Datawarehouse 5 5 (1.650 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 5 (1.650 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 6 3 (0.990 %) BODI 7 1 (0.330 %) SQL Server 2005 7 1 (0.330 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 1 (0.330 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 7 1 (0.330 %) Oracle 10g 7 1 (0.330 %) SQL Server 7 1 (0.330 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 2 (0.660 %) LoadRunner	General 1 48 (15.84 %) Finance 2 14 (4.620 %) Government 3 11 (3.630 %) Manufacturing 4 10 (3.300 %) Advertising 5 7 (2.310 %) Retail 6 3 (0.990 %) Banking 6 3 (0.990 %) Legal 6 3 (0.990 %) Local Government 7 2 (0.660 %) FMCG 7 2 (0.660 %) Aerospace 8 1 (0.330 %) Chemicals 8 1 (0.330 %) Billing 8 1 (0.330 %) Back Office
Job Titles 1 230 (75.91 %) Consultant 2 219 (72.28 %) SAP Consultant 3 174 (57.43 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 4 170 (56.11 %) SAP BI Consultant 5 62 (20.46 %) SAP BW Consultant 6 25 (8.251 %) Developer 7 19 (6.271 %) SAP Developer 8 17 (5.611 %) SAP HR Consultant 9 13 (4.290 %) SAP BW Developer 10 12 (3.960 %) SAP Manager 11 11 (3.630 %) SAP Support 12 10 (3.300 %) Analyst 12 10 (3.300 %) Architect 12 10 (3.300 %) SAP Architect 13 8 (2.640 %) Technical Consultant 13 8 (2.640 %) Support Consultant 13 8 (2.640 %) SAP Support Consultant 14 7 (2.310 %) Business Developer 15 6 (1.980 %) SAP Project Manager 15 6 (1.980 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 10 (3.300 %) Management Information System 2 3 (0.990 %) Data Extraction 3 1 (0.330 %) Data Integration 3 1 (0.330 %) French Language 3 1 (0.330 %) N-Tier
Operating Systems 1 5 (1.650 %) Windows 2 3 (0.990 %) AIX 2 3 (0.990 %) Windows XP 3 1 (0.330 %) Windows Server 2003 3 1 (0.330 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 301 (99.34 %) Business Intelligence 2 39 (12.87 %) Data Modelling 3 19 (6.271 %) ERP 4 14 (4.620 %) CRM 4 14 (4.620 %) Data Management 5 13 (4.290 %) SAP Implementation 6 12 (3.960 %) Security Cleared 6 12 (3.960 %) Logistics 7 11 (3.630 %) Performance Management 8 8 (2.640 %) Business Analysis 9 6 (1.980 %) Migration 9 6 (1.980 %) Project Management 9 6 (1.980 %) System Testing 10 5 (1.650 %) Validation 11 4 (1.320 %) Technical Architecture 11 4 (1.320 %) Data Migration 12 3 (0.990 %) Test Scripting 13 2 (0.660 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 2 (0.660 %) SC Cleared 13 2 (0.660 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 68 (22.44 %) ABAP 2 15 (4.950 %) Java 3 8 (2.640 %) SQL 4 2 (0.660 %) C# 5 1 (0.330 %) C 5 1 (0.330 %) Transact-SQL 5 1 (0.330 %) VBA 5 1 (0.330 %) SAPscript	Qualifications 1 12 (3.960 %) SAP Certification 2 3 (0.990 %) Citrix Certification 3 1 (0.330 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.990 %) SLA 1 3 (0.990 %) QA 2 2 (0.660 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	System Software 1 1 (0.330 %) SAP ITS
Vendors 1 303 (100.00 %) SAP 2 8 (2.640 %) Business Objects 3 7 (2.310 %) IBM 4 3 (0.990 %) Oracle 5 2 (0.660 %) Siebel 5 2 (0.660 %) Microsoft 6 1 (0.330 %) Adobe 6 1 (0.330 %) i2 6 1 (0.330 %) Retek 6 1 (0.330 %) JD Edwards 6 1 (0.330 %) webMethods 6 1 (0.330 %) FatWire 6 1 (0.330 %) Cognos