The first table below looks at the demand for SAP EP 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 EP over the 3 months to 23 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 Platforms 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Enterprise Portal (EP)
Rank 512 554 563
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +9
Contract jobs citing SAP EP 6 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.014% 0.015% 0.018%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.079% 0.091% 0.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
Average daily rate £420 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £513 £475
% change year-on-year
- +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7582 8779 9623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.26% 16.44% 16.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 4342 4956 5207
Average daily rate £363 £350 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.67%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £521 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 424 405 536
Average hourly rate £21.34 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.67% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £42.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
SAP EP
UK

SAP EP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP EP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP EP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP EP Daily Rate Trend

SAP EP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP EP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP EP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP EP within the England region over the 3 months to 23 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 +32 3 £420 -3.17%
South East +19 1 - -
East of England +18 1 - -
West Midlands +8 1 - -
SAP EP
UK

SAP EP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP EP 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 EP.

1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (73.33%) Java
3 6 (40.00%) ERP
3 6 (40.00%) SAP Portal
4 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (33.33%) E-Procurement
4 5 (33.33%) Retail
4 5 (33.33%) SAP ALE
4 5 (33.33%) Degree
5 4 (26.67%) Korean Language
5 4 (26.67%) Logistics
5 4 (26.67%) J2EE
5 4 (26.67%) UML
5 4 (26.67%) OOA/OOD
5 4 (26.67%) NWDI
5 4 (26.67%) NWDS
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
6 3 (20.00%) NetWeaver
7 2 (13.33%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
7 2 (13.33%) Migration
7 2 (13.33%) EJB
7 2 (13.33%) Web Services
7 2 (13.33%) Reverse Engineering
7 2 (13.33%) SAP Security
8 1 (6.667%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (6.667%) Security Architecture
8 1 (6.667%) SAP CE
8 1 (6.667%) Performance Improvement
8 1 (6.667%) C

SAP EP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP EP 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 EP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (33.33%) SAP ALE
2 4 (26.67%) J2EE
3 2 (13.33%) EJB
3 2 (13.33%) Web Services
4 1 (6.667%) Servlets
4 1 (6.667%) .NET
4 1 (6.667%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (6.667%) JMX
4 1 (6.667%) Java EE
4 1 (6.667%) JSF
4 1 (6.667%) JTA
4 1 (6.667%) SAP XI
4 1 (6.667%) Java EE 5
4 1 (6.667%) JPA
4 1 (6.667%) EJB 3.0
4 1 (6.667%) SAP PI
4 1 (6.667%) JSTL
Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) SAP Portal
2 3 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (6.667%) OLAP
2 1 (6.667%) Star Schema
2 1 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (6.667%) SAP BW
2 1 (6.667%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (6.667%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (6.667%) Xcelsius
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) NWDI
1 4 (26.67%) NWDS
2 1 (6.667%) SAP CE
General
1 5 (33.33%) Retail
2 4 (26.67%) Korean Language
3 1 (6.667%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 11 (73.33%) Consultant
2 10 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (46.67%) SAP Portals Consultant
4 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Consultant
5 3 (20.00%) Junior
5 3 (20.00%) Developer
5 3 (20.00%) Junior Consultant
5 3 (20.00%) SAP EP Consultant
5 3 (20.00%) Junior SAP Consultant
6 2 (13.33%) SAP Developer
7 1 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Consultant
7 1 (6.667%) Lead Developer
7 1 (6.667%) SAP Team Leader
7 1 (6.667%) J2EE Consultant
7 1 (6.667%) Java Consultant
7 1 (6.667%) Business Consultant
7 1 (6.667%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.667%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (6.667%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (6.667%) Freedom of Information Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) ERP
2 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (33.33%) E-Procurement
3 4 (26.67%) Logistics
3 4 (26.67%) UML
3 4 (26.67%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (13.33%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (13.33%) Migration
4 2 (13.33%) Reverse Engineering
4 2 (13.33%) SAP Security
5 1 (6.667%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (6.667%) Security Architecture
5 1 (6.667%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (6.667%) Process Management
5 1 (6.667%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (6.667%) Data Management
5 1 (6.667%) Unit Testing
5 1 (6.667%) Time Management
5 1 (6.667%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 11 (73.33%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) C
2 1 (6.667%) VB.NET
2 1 (6.667%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.667%) SLA
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (6.667%) Business Objects
2 1 (6.667%) Pega