The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CS 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 CS over the 3 months to 20 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 Business Applications 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Customer Service (CS)
Rank 501 561 568
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP CS 2 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.009% 0.004%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.057% 0.109% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3485 4573 4867
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.356% 8.567% 8.779%
Number of daily rates quoted 1862 2348 2521
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 54 86
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £19.52
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +74.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.58 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
SAP CS
UK

SAP CS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP CS Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP CS Daily Rate Trend

SAP CS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP CS Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP CS 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 CS.

1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (50.00%) SAP PM
3 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
4 3 (21.43%) SAP SD
5 2 (14.29%) SAP MM
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) SAP PS
5 2 (14.29%) EAM
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Workflow
5 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
5 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (14.29%) Degree
5 2 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.143%) Change Control
6 1 (7.143%) Demand Management
6 1 (7.143%) CPIM
6 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (7.143%) Dutch Language
6 1 (7.143%) French Language
6 1 (7.143%) German Language
6 1 (7.143%) SAP QM
6 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis
6 1 (7.143%) SAP FI/CO

SAP CS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) SAP PM
2 3 (21.43%) SAP SD
3 2 (14.29%) SAP MM
3 2 (14.29%) SAP PS
3 2 (14.29%) SAP CO
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (7.143%) SAP WM
4 1 (7.143%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (7.143%) SAP QM
4 1 (7.143%) SAP PP
4 1 (7.143%) SAP SM
4 1 (7.143%) SAP FI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.143%) Dutch Language
2 1 (7.143%) French Language
2 1 (7.143%) German Language
Job Titles
1 10 (71.43%) Consultant
1 10 (71.43%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) SAP CS Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) SAP PM Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Service Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Customer Services Manager
5 1 (7.143%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SAP PP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (14.29%) ITIL
1 2 (14.29%) EAM
1 2 (14.29%) Service Management
1 2 (14.29%) Workflow
1 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
1 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
1 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (7.143%) Change Control
2 1 (7.143%) Demand Management
2 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (7.143%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Change Management
2 1 (7.143%) CRM
2 1 (7.143%) ERP
2 1 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) CPIM
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (7.143%) Adobe