The first table below looks at the demand for SAP GTS 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 GTS over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)
Rank 503 555 565
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +10
Contract jobs citing SAP GTS 7 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.017% 0.006% 0.012%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.201% 0.066% 0.142%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
3479 4553 4922
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.369% 8.534% 8.723%
Number of daily rates quoted 1863 2339 2543
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 55 90
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £19.88
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +71.06%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.60 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP GTS
UK

SAP GTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP GTS Jobs Demand Trend

SAP GTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP GTS Daily Rate Trend

SAP GTS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP GTS within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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
Midlands - 4 - -
London +21 2 £525 -
SAP GTS
UK

SAP GTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP GTS 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 GTS.

1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Temenos T24
2 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (25.00%) SWIFT
2 3 (25.00%) OpenLink
2 3 (25.00%) Mercator
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
2 3 (25.00%) Banking
3 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 2 (16.67%) SAP SD
3 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
4 1 (8.333%) SCCM
4 1 (8.333%) SAP GTM
4 1 (8.333%) Test Management
4 1 (8.333%) T-Plan
4 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
4 1 (8.333%) Java
4 1 (8.333%) SQL
4 1 (8.333%) CRM
4 1 (8.333%) Microsoft
4 1 (8.333%) SAP BW
4 1 (8.333%) NetWeaver
4 1 (8.333%) German Language
4 1 (8.333%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (8.333%) APACS

SAP GTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP GTS 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 GTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Temenos T24
2 2 (16.67%) SAP SD
3 1 (8.333%) SAP GTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.333%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (16.67%) Financial Institution
3 1 (8.333%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (8.333%) German Language
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Test Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Team Leader
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Basis Manager
3 1 (8.333%) UAT Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) SAP Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Senior Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
3 1 (8.333%) UAT Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) SWIFT
2 1 (8.333%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.333%) APACS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (16.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (8.333%) Test Management
3 1 (8.333%) CRM
3 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
3 1 (8.333%) Change Management
3 1 (8.333%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (8.333%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Java
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Mercator
2 3 (25.00%) OpenLink
3 1 (8.333%) T-Plan
3 1 (8.333%) Microsoft