The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Developer role 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 Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Developer
Rank 447 466 435
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -31
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Developer 66 93 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.159% 0.174% 0.244%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.172% 0.188% 0.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 38 66
Average daily rate £425 £409 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.97% -9.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £378 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.96% -16.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £60.00 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+118.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £60.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+118.18% -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1983 2412 2765
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Developer
UK

SAP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP Developer Daily Rate Trend

SAP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England SAP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Developer 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 +37 32 £425 -2.85%
South East +15 16 £428 -7.56%
North West +6 6 £450 -20.00%
East of England +11 2 - -
West Midlands +2 2 £350 -17.64%
East Midlands -2 2 £475 -
Yorkshire -5 1 £500 +33.33%
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP Developer
UK

SAP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 125 (100.00%) SAP
2 66 (52.80%) ABAP
3 35 (28.00%) SAP BW
4 24 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (16.80%) Finance
6 19 (15.20%) Workflow
6 19 (15.20%) BusinessObjects
6 19 (15.20%) Business Objects
6 19 (15.20%) OO
7 18 (14.40%) SAP XI
8 17 (13.60%) Web Dynpro
9 16 (12.80%) CRM
9 16 (12.80%) ERP
10 13 (10.40%) NetWeaver
10 13 (10.40%) SAP HR
10 13 (10.40%) SAP BI
11 12 (9.600%) SAP CRM
11 12 (9.600%) Web Services
12 10 (8.000%) Java
12 10 (8.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 10 (8.000%) SAP PI
13 8 (6.400%) SAP Data Services
13 8 (6.400%) SAPscript
13 8 (6.400%) Middleware
13 8 (6.400%) SAP FI
14 7 (5.600%) ETL
15 6 (4.800%) Xcelsius
15 6 (4.800%) SAP BPC
15 6 (4.800%) SAP Smart Forms
15 6 (4.800%) BAPI

SAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (14.40%) SAP XI
2 17 (13.60%) Web Dynpro
3 12 (9.600%) Web Services
4 10 (8.000%) SAP PI
5 8 (6.400%) Middleware
6 6 (4.800%) SAP Smart Forms
6 6 (4.800%) BAPI
7 5 (4.000%) SAP Business Workflow
8 3 (2.400%) XML
8 3 (2.400%) SAP Basis
8 3 (2.400%) SAP BSP
9 2 (1.600%) SAP ALE
9 2 (1.600%) MDX
9 2 (1.600%) EJB
9 2 (1.600%) JDBC
9 2 (1.600%) J2EE
9 2 (1.600%) EDI
9 2 (1.600%) SOAP
10 1 (0.800%) XSLT
10 1 (0.800%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (10.40%) NetWeaver
2 4 (3.200%) SAP Portal
3 3 (2.400%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.600%) LiveCycle
4 2 (1.600%) CMS
4 2 (1.600%) SAP EP
5 1 (0.800%) Apache
5 1 (0.800%) IBM HTTP Server
5 1 (0.800%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (1.600%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (1.600%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.800%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (10.40%) SAP HR
2 12 (9.600%) SAP CRM
3 8 (6.400%) SAP FI
4 6 (4.800%) SAP BPC
5 3 (2.400%) SAP MM
5 3 (2.400%) SAP R/3
5 3 (2.400%) SAP CO
5 3 (2.400%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (2.400%) SAP GRC
6 2 (1.600%) SAP HCM
6 2 (1.600%) SAP FI-CA
6 2 (1.600%) SAP IS-U
6 2 (1.600%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.600%) SAP LE
6 2 (1.600%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (1.600%) SAP EWM
6 2 (1.600%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (1.600%) SAP QM
6 2 (1.600%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.800%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.600%) HTTP
2 1 (0.800%) LDAP
2 1 (0.800%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (28.00%) SAP BW
2 19 (15.20%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (10.40%) SAP BI
4 10 (8.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 8 (6.400%) SAP Data Services
6 6 (4.800%) Xcelsius
7 5 (4.000%) BusinessObjects XI
8 4 (3.200%) SAP HANA
8 4 (3.200%) SQL Server
9 3 (2.400%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (2.400%) OLAP
9 3 (2.400%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (1.600%) BODI
11 1 (0.800%) DB2
11 1 (0.800%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (0.800%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.800%) DataStage
11 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.800%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.000%) LSMW
2 2 (1.600%) NWDI
3 1 (0.800%) NWDS
3 1 (0.800%) SAP CE
General
1 21 (16.80%) Finance
2 5 (4.000%) Banking
3 4 (3.200%) Retail
4 3 (2.400%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.600%) Dutch Language
5 2 (1.600%) German Language
5 2 (1.600%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.600%) Billing
6 1 (0.800%) Legal
6 1 (0.800%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.400%) Visualisation
2 2 (1.600%) Data Integration
3 1 (0.800%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.200%) UNIX
2 2 (1.600%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (19.20%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (15.20%) Workflow
2 19 (15.20%) OO
3 16 (12.80%) CRM
3 16 (12.80%) ERP
4 7 (5.600%) ETL
5 6 (4.800%) SOA
6 5 (4.000%) Migration
6 5 (4.000%) Data Migration
6 5 (4.000%) Business Analysis
7 4 (3.200%) Validation
7 4 (3.200%) Data Management
7 4 (3.200%) Data Modelling
7 4 (3.200%) OOP
8 3 (2.400%) Project Management
8 3 (2.400%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (2.400%) Integration Testing
9 2 (1.600%) User Acceptance Testing
9 2 (1.600%) SAP Security
9 2 (1.600%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (52.80%) ABAP
2 10 (8.000%) Java
3 8 (6.400%) SAPscript
4 3 (2.400%) SQL
5 1 (0.800%) C
5 1 (0.800%) VB.NET
5 1 (0.800%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.800%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 2 (1.600%) SC Cleared
1 2 (1.600%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.800%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.000%) QA
Vendors
1 125 (100.00%) SAP
2 19 (15.20%) Business Objects
3 6 (4.800%) Adobe
4 4 (3.200%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.200%) Oracle
5 3 (2.400%) Open Text
6 1 (0.800%) Cognos
6 1 (0.800%) IBM
6 1 (0.800%) Ariba
6 1 (0.800%) CA
6 1 (0.800%) Informatica
6 1 (0.800%) SEEBURGER