England SAP Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the SAP Consultant role in IT contracts within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheshire Chichester City of London Coventry Crawley Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edgware England Essex Farnborough Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rugby Runcorn Scotland Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	59
Rank change on same period last year	-28
Matching contract IT job ads	1179	2260
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.675 %	2.282 %
As % of the category below	2.027 %	2.668 %
Daily rates quoted	236	469
Average minimum daily rate	£434	£458
Average daily rate	£468	£490
% change on same period last year	-4.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£502	£522
UK excluding London average daily rate	£478	£485
% change on same period last year	-1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	12
Average minimum hourly rate	£42.50	£49.46
Average hourly rate	£48.94	£50.21
% change on same period last year	-2.53 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£55.38	£50.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.00	£49.80
% change on same period last year	-53.81 %
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58175	84697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.54 %
Daily rates quoted	19357	26249
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£390
Average daily rate	£400	£415
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	5278	7537
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.52	£23.88
Average hourly rate	£24.06	£25.46
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.60	£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.18
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
SAP Consultant 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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	-12	458	£469	-4.51 %
South East	-21	240	£484	-3.28 %
North West	-18	107	£449	+1.43 %
West Midlands	-13	97	£461	-8.07 %
Midlands	-5	74	£483	-10.77 %
South West	+11	49	£462	-12.73 %
Yorkshire	-59	23	£468	+8.70 %
East Midlands	-43	21	£419	-11.55 %
East of England	+2	15	£540	+2.52 %
North East	-9	8	£475	-4.31 %
South Coast	+1	7	£475	-22.44 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title.

1 2541 (100.00 %) SAP 2 386 (15.19 %) SAP FI 3 372 (14.64 %) SAP HR 4 330 (12.99 %) SAP CO 5 305 (12.00 %) SAP FI/CO 6 287 (11.29 %) SAP BW 7 285 (11.22 %) CRM 8 275 (10.82 %) Business Intelligence 9 274 (10.78 %) ABAP 10 249 (9.799 %) Finance 11 216 (8.501 %) SAP CRM 12 181 (7.123 %) SAP SD 13 158 (6.218 %) SAP MM 14 156 (6.139 %) SAP BI 15 120 (4.723 %) Retail

16 118 (4.644 %) Manufacturing 17 114 (4.486 %) SAP Payroll 18 106 (4.172 %) Migration 19 98 (3.857 %) ERP 20 92 (3.621 %) SAP IS-U 21 91 (3.581 %) SAP Implementation 22 88 (3.463 %) Billing 23 85 (3.345 %) NetWeaver 24 84 (3.306 %) CA 24 84 (3.306 %) SAP Basis 25 81 (3.188 %) SAP APO 26 80 (3.148 %) SAP XI 26 80 (3.148 %) Data Migration 27 72 (2.834 %) Workflow 28 68 (2.676 %) SAP R/3

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 84 (3.306 %) SAP Basis 2 80 (3.148 %) SAP XI 3 29 (1.141 %) SAP Business Workflow 4 22 (0.866 %) EDI 5 20 (0.787 %) BAPI 6 19 (0.748 %) SAP ALE 7 16 (0.630 %) SAP Smart Forms 8 15 (0.590 %) SAP PI 8 15 (0.590 %) XML 9 14 (0.551 %) Web Dynpro 10 12 (0.472 %) Middleware 11 11 (0.433 %) SAP BSP 12 9 (0.354 %) J2EE 13 8 (0.315 %) HTML 14 7 (0.275 %) WebSphere 15 6 (0.236 %) EDIFACT 16 5 (0.197 %) SOAP 17 4 (0.157 %) WSDL 18 3 (0.118 %) XSLT 18 3 (0.118 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 85 (3.345 %) NetWeaver 2 8 (0.315 %) SAP EP 3 4 (0.157 %) eRoom 3 4 (0.157 %) SharePoint 4 2 (0.079 %) ESB 5 1 (0.039 %) Apache 5 1 (0.039 %) CMS 5 1 (0.039 %) SAP Web AS
Applications 1 3 (0.118 %) MS Office 1 3 (0.118 %) MS Excel 1 3 (0.118 %) MS Visio 1 3 (0.118 %) Spreadsheet 2 1 (0.039 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 386 (15.19 %) SAP FI 2 372 (14.64 %) SAP HR 3 330 (12.99 %) SAP CO 4 305 (12.00 %) SAP FI/CO 5 216 (8.501 %) SAP CRM 6 181 (7.123 %) SAP SD 7 158 (6.218 %) SAP MM 8 114 (4.486 %) SAP Payroll 9 92 (3.621 %) SAP IS-U 10 81 (3.188 %) SAP APO 11 68 (2.676 %) SAP R/3 12 54 (2.125 %) SAP Retail 13 52 (2.046 %) SAP Oil and Gas 14 46 (1.810 %) SAP FI-CA 15 45 (1.771 %) SAP SRM 16 44 (1.732 %) SAP WM 17 42 (1.653 %) SAP PP 18 27 (1.063 %) SAP PM 18 27 (1.063 %) SAP QM 19 24 (0.945 %) SAP PS
Communications & Networking 1 10 (0.394 %) Internet 2 4 (0.157 %) CTI 3 2 (0.079 %) HTTP 4 1 (0.039 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (0.039 %) SSL 4 1 (0.039 %) SAN 4 1 (0.039 %) FTP 4 1 (0.039 %) RFID	Database & Business Intelligence 1 287 (11.29 %) SAP BW 2 156 (6.139 %) SAP BI 3 18 (0.708 %) ETL 4 13 (0.512 %) Datawarehouse 5 10 (0.394 %) BusinessObjects 6 9 (0.354 %) RDBMS 7 8 (0.315 %) SQL Server 8 6 (0.236 %) Data Cleansing 9 5 (0.197 %) Oracle 10g 10 4 (0.157 %) DB2 10 4 (0.157 %) BusinessObjects XI 11 3 (0.118 %) EDRMS 11 3 (0.118 %) Data Mining 11 3 (0.118 %) MS Access 12 1 (0.039 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 37 (1.456 %) LSMW 2 3 (0.118 %) LoadRunner 3 2 (0.079 %) QuickTest Pro 4 1 (0.039 %) TestDirector	General 1 249 (9.799 %) Finance 2 120 (4.723 %) Retail 3 118 (4.644 %) Manufacturing 4 88 (3.463 %) Billing 5 63 (2.479 %) Banking 6 41 (1.614 %) FMCG 7 38 (1.495 %) Government 7 38 (1.495 %) Pharmaceutical 8 32 (1.259 %) Automotive 9 26 (1.023 %) Marketing 10 23 (0.905 %) Telecoms 11 16 (0.630 %) Local Government 12 14 (0.551 %) General Ledger 12 14 (0.551 %) Legal 13 11 (0.433 %) Advertising 14 10 (0.394 %) Insurance 15 8 (0.315 %) Chemicals 16 5 (0.197 %) Aerospace 16 5 (0.197 %) Back Office 16 5 (0.197 %) Health
Miscellaneous 1 16 (0.630 %) German Language 2 15 (0.590 %) French Language 3 9 (0.354 %) Data Conversion 4 8 (0.315 %) Data Extraction 5 6 (0.236 %) Russian Language 6 5 (0.197 %) Data Integration 7 4 (0.157 %) Polish Language 7 4 (0.157 %) Portuguese Language 7 4 (0.157 %) Derivative 8 3 (0.118 %) Statistics 8 3 (0.118 %) Replication 8 3 (0.118 %) Management Information System 8 3 (0.118 %) Spanish Language 8 3 (0.118 %) Italian Language 8 3 (0.118 %) Dutch Language 9 2 (0.079 %) AS400 9 2 (0.079 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 9 2 (0.079 %) E-Learning 10 1 (0.039 %) Web 2.0 10 1 (0.039 %) Life Science	Operating Systems 1 18 (0.708 %) Windows 2 17 (0.669 %) UNIX 3 11 (0.433 %) VMS 4 7 (0.275 %) Solaris 5 6 (0.236 %) AIX 5 6 (0.236 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (0.079 %) HPUX 6 2 (0.079 %) Linux 7 1 (0.039 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (0.039 %) zOS
Processes & Methodologies 1 285 (11.22 %) CRM 2 275 (10.82 %) Business Intelligence 3 106 (4.172 %) Migration 4 98 (3.857 %) ERP 5 91 (3.581 %) SAP Implementation 6 80 (3.148 %) Data Migration 7 72 (2.834 %) Workflow 8 59 (2.322 %) Data Modelling 9 58 (2.283 %) Logistics 10 41 (1.614 %) Time Management 11 37 (1.456 %) User Acceptance Testing 12 36 (1.417 %) GAP Analysis 13 34 (1.338 %) Project Management 14 27 (1.063 %) Data Management 15 26 (1.023 %) Test Scripting 16 25 (0.984 %) Change Management 17 19 (0.748 %) Security Cleared 18 16 (0.630 %) Supply Chain Management 18 16 (0.630 %) Asset Management 19 15 (0.590 %) Performance Management	Programming Languages 1 274 (10.78 %) ABAP 2 42 (1.653 %) Java 3 20 (0.787 %) SAPscript 4 18 (0.708 %) C 5 17 (0.669 %) SQL 6 3 (0.118 %) JavaScript 7 2 (0.079 %) RPG 7 2 (0.079 %) Pascal 8 1 (0.039 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 28 (1.102 %) SAP Certification 2 26 (1.023 %) Citrix Certification 3 10 (0.394 %) ACCA 3 10 (0.394 %) CIMA 3 10 (0.394 %) Degree 4 1 (0.039 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.039 %) ISEB	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 23 (0.905 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 9 (0.354 %) QA 3 7 (0.275 %) SLA 4 3 (0.118 %) Basel II 4 3 (0.118 %) RosettaNet 5 1 (0.039 %) GMP 5 1 (0.039 %) GxP
System Software 1 1 (0.039 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.039 %) SAP ITS 1 1 (0.039 %) Oracle RAC 1 1 (0.039 %) VMware Server	Systems Management 1 3 (0.118 %) Tivoli 2 2 (0.079 %) CONTROL-M 3 1 (0.039 %) Legato 3 1 (0.039 %) Tivoli Identity Manager 3 1 (0.039 %) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors 1 2541 (100.00 %) SAP 2 84 (3.306 %) CA 3 33 (1.299 %) Oracle 4 23 (0.905 %) IXOS 5 10 (0.394 %) Business Objects 6 8 (0.315 %) HP 7 6 (0.236 %) OutlookSoft 7 6 (0.236 %) Hyperion 7 6 (0.236 %) Siebel 7 6 (0.236 %) IBM 8 4 (0.157 %) VERITAS 8 4 (0.157 %) Adobe 8 4 (0.157 %) Sun 9 3 (0.118 %) Open Text 10 2 (0.079 %) FatWire 10 2 (0.079 %) Microsoft 10 2 (0.079 %) Cognos 11 1 (0.039 %) PeopleSoft 11 1 (0.039 %) Cisco 11 1 (0.039 %) Red Hat