The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ERP 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 ERP 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 459 505 504
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 54 54 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.130% 0.101% 0.119%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.561% 1.182% 1.365%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 33 19
Average daily rate £475 £450 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +1.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £338 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £550 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £488
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - -
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3459 4570 4907
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.320% 8.568% 8.733%
Number of daily rates quoted 1839 2338 2537
Average daily rate £450 £450 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 52 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £22.98
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +47.95%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £15.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP ERP
UK

SAP ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP ERP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP ERP Daily Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England SAP ERP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP ERP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP 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 +49 25 £500 +5.26%
South East +14 10 £375 -25.00%
West Midlands +9 5 £375 -
North West +15 2 £475 -
South West +22 1 £460 +2.22%
Yorkshire -12 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
East of England - 1 £550 -
SAP ERP
UK

SAP ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP ERP 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 ERP.

1 91 (100.00%) SAP
1 91 (100.00%) ERP
2 19 (20.88%) ABAP
3 14 (15.38%) Finance
3 14 (15.38%) Manufacturing
4 13 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (13.19%) SAP Implementation
6 11 (12.09%) Business Objects
6 11 (12.09%) BusinessObjects
6 11 (12.09%) Pegasus
6 11 (12.09%) SAP BW
6 11 (12.09%) NetWeaver
6 11 (12.09%) SAP FI
7 10 (10.99%) Project Management
7 10 (10.99%) CRM
7 10 (10.99%) Telecoms
8 7 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
8 7 (7.692%) Java
8 7 (7.692%) Logistics
9 6 (6.593%) Integration Testing
9 6 (6.593%) Test Scripting
9 6 (6.593%) SAP PI
9 6 (6.593%) SAP PSCD
9 6 (6.593%) Revenue Management
9 6 (6.593%) SAP MM
9 6 (6.593%) CA
9 6 (6.593%) Automotive
9 6 (6.593%) Retail
10 5 (5.495%) SAP CO
10 5 (5.495%) SAP Basis

SAP ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (6.593%) SAP PI
2 5 (5.495%) SAP Basis
3 4 (4.396%) SAP XI
4 2 (2.198%) SAP ALE
4 2 (2.198%) EDI
5 1 (1.099%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (1.099%) BAPI
5 1 (1.099%) JMS
5 1 (1.099%) JDBC
5 1 (1.099%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 11 (12.09%) NetWeaver
2 3 (3.297%) SharePoint
3 2 (2.198%) SAP Portal
4 1 (1.099%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (3.297%) MS Project
2 2 (2.198%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.099%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.099%) MS Office
3 1 (1.099%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (12.09%) SAP FI
2 6 (6.593%) SAP PSCD
2 6 (6.593%) SAP MM
3 5 (5.495%) SAP CO
3 5 (5.495%) SAP CRM
3 5 (5.495%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (5.495%) SAP Retail
4 4 (4.396%) SAP FI-CA
4 4 (4.396%) SAP R/3
4 4 (4.396%) SAP SD
4 4 (4.396%) SAP PM
5 3 (3.297%) SAP APO
5 3 (3.297%) SAP PP
6 2 (2.198%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (2.198%) SAP GRC
6 2 (2.198%) SAP HR
7 1 (1.099%) SAP QM
7 1 (1.099%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (1.099%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.099%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.099%) HTTP
1 1 (1.099%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.09%) BusinessObjects
1 11 (12.09%) SAP BW
2 5 (5.495%) SAP BI
3 4 (4.396%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (3.297%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.099%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 14 (15.38%) Finance
1 14 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 10 (10.99%) Telecoms
3 6 (6.593%) Automotive
3 6 (6.593%) Retail
4 5 (5.495%) General Ledger
5 4 (4.396%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (2.198%) French Language
7 1 (1.099%) Billing
7 1 (1.099%) Law
7 1 (1.099%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.099%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.099%) Greek Language
7 1 (1.099%) Italian Language
7 1 (1.099%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (1.099%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 45 (49.45%) Consultant
2 43 (47.25%) SAP Consultant
3 12 (13.19%) Functional Consultant
4 11 (12.09%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 10 (10.99%) SAP Manager
6 8 (8.791%) Analyst
7 7 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
8 6 (6.593%) Architect
8 6 (6.593%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.495%) SAP Support
10 4 (4.396%) SAP Support Analyst
10 4 (4.396%) SAP Architect
10 4 (4.396%) SAP Retail Consultant
10 4 (4.396%) ERP Manager
10 4 (4.396%) SAP IS-Retail Consultant
10 4 (4.396%) Support Analyst
10 4 (4.396%) SAP Project Manager
10 4 (4.396%) SAP FI Consultant
11 3 (3.297%) SAP Business Analyst
11 3 (3.297%) SAP CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.396%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.297%) FMCG
3 1 (1.099%) Replication
3 1 (1.099%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.099%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.099%) Visualisation
3 1 (1.099%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.297%) UNIX
1 3 (3.297%) Windows
2 1 (1.099%) Linux
2 1 (1.099%) Android
2 1 (1.099%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (100.00%) ERP
2 13 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (13.19%) SAP Implementation
4 10 (10.99%) Project Management
4 10 (10.99%) CRM
5 7 (7.692%) Stakeholder Management
5 7 (7.692%) Logistics
6 6 (6.593%) Integration Testing
6 6 (6.593%) Test Scripting
6 6 (6.593%) Revenue Management
7 5 (5.495%) Change Management
7 5 (5.495%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (5.495%) Test Management
8 4 (4.396%) Project Planning
8 4 (4.396%) Investment Management
8 4 (4.396%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (4.396%) ETL
8 4 (4.396%) Regression Testing
9 3 (3.297%) Data Management
9 3 (3.297%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.88%) ABAP
2 7 (7.692%) Java
3 2 (2.198%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.099%) SQL
4 1 (1.099%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.099%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (4.396%) CCA
2 3 (3.297%) Degree
3 2 (2.198%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.099%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.099%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.099%) PMP
4 1 (1.099%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.099%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.297%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.099%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 91 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (12.09%) Business Objects
2 11 (12.09%) Pegasus
3 6 (6.593%) CA
4 5 (5.495%) JD Edwards
4 5 (5.495%) Oracle
4 5 (5.495%) Sybase
5 3 (3.297%) webMethods
5 3 (3.297%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.198%) Siebel
7 1 (1.099%) Open Text
7 1 (1.099%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.099%) Apple
7 1 (1.099%) Remedy
7 1 (1.099%) HP
7 1 (1.099%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.099%) Wonderware