The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Human Resources (HR)
Rank 369 447 385
Rank change year-on-year
+78 -62
Contract jobs citing SAP HR 144 110 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.340% 0.206% 0.323%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.064% 2.395% 3.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 47 67
Average daily rate £475 £458 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.82% -3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £260 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £480
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
All Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3543 4592 4863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 8.375% 8.582% 8.778%
Number of daily rates quoted 1887 2355 2527
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% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 56 86
Average hourly rate £37.80 £34.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.17% +70.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.25 £14.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £57.50 £38.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
SAP HR
UK

SAP HR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP HR Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP HR across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HR within the England region over the 3 months to 21 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 -1 42 £500 +11.11%
North West +36 30 £475 -5.00%
South East +28 23 £525 -16.00%
West Midlands +23 12 £594 +31.94%
East Midlands +7 8 £463 +2.77%
South West +31 7 £386 -
East of England +8 4 £375 +14.50%
Yorkshire +6 4 £325 +12.06%
Midlands +6 2 - -
South Coast - 2 - -
SAP HR
UK

SAP HR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP HR 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 HR.

1 261 (100.00%) SAP
2 55 (21.07%) SAP Payroll
3 47 (18.01%) Finance
4 43 (16.48%) Test Scripting
5 40 (15.33%) SAP HCM
6 36 (13.79%) Migration
7 30 (11.49%) Project Management
8 23 (8.812%) User Acceptance Testing
9 21 (8.046%) HP Quality Center
9 21 (8.046%) ABAP
9 21 (8.046%) HP
9 21 (8.046%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (7.663%) Data Migration
11 19 (7.280%) Open Text
12 18 (6.897%) SAP BW
13 17 (6.513%) QuickTest Pro
13 17 (6.513%) SAP FI
14 16 (6.130%) SAP Implementation
15 15 (5.747%) Web Dynpro
16 14 (5.364%) ERP
16 14 (5.364%) Performance Management
16 14 (5.364%) Test Automation
17 13 (4.981%) Business Intelligence
17 13 (4.981%) Workflow
18 11 (4.215%) QA
18 11 (4.215%) Oracle
18 11 (4.215%) ITIL
19 10 (3.831%) PRINCE2
19 10 (3.831%) Project Planning
20 9 (3.448%) Banking

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP HR 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 HR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (5.747%) Web Dynpro
2 9 (3.448%) SAP XI
3 4 (1.533%) SAP Business Workflow
4 3 (1.149%) SAP ALE
4 3 (1.149%) SAP Smart Forms
4 3 (1.149%) BAPI
5 2 (0.766%) SAP Basis
5 2 (0.766%) MDX
5 2 (0.766%) HTML5
6 1 (0.383%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.383%) COM
6 1 (0.383%) JSP
6 1 (0.383%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (1.916%) SAP Portal
1 5 (1.916%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.533%) LiveLink
3 3 (1.149%) CMS
4 1 (0.383%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (3.065%) MS Project
1 8 (3.065%) MS Office
1 8 (3.065%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.916%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (1.916%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.766%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 55 (21.07%) SAP Payroll
2 40 (15.33%) SAP HCM
3 17 (6.513%) SAP FI
4 8 (3.065%) ResourceLink
5 5 (1.916%) SAP CO
5 5 (1.916%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (1.533%) SAP HR-PA
6 4 (1.533%) SAP Travel Management
7 3 (1.149%) Taleo
8 2 (0.766%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.766%) SAP PS
8 2 (0.766%) SAP SD
8 2 (0.766%) SAP ERP
9 1 (0.383%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.383%) SAP FI-CA
9 1 (0.383%) SAP HR-PD
9 1 (0.383%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.383%) SAP PSCD
9 1 (0.383%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.916%) HTTP
2 1 (0.383%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.897%) SAP BW
2 3 (1.149%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (0.766%) OLAP
3 2 (0.766%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.383%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.383%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.383%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.383%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.383%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.383%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.383%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 17 (6.513%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (1.533%) LSMW
3 3 (1.149%) NWDI
4 2 (0.766%) LoadRunner
General
1 47 (18.01%) Finance
2 9 (3.448%) Banking
3 7 (2.682%) Legal
4 4 (1.533%) Retail
5 2 (0.766%) Manufacturing
5 2 (0.766%) Italian Language
5 2 (0.766%) Retail Banking
5 2 (0.766%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.383%) French Language
6 1 (0.383%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.383%) Publishing
6 1 (0.383%) Law
Job Titles
1 93 (35.63%) Consultant
2 68 (26.05%) SAP Consultant
3 47 (18.01%) Analyst
4 43 (16.48%) SAP HR Consultant
5 36 (13.79%) SAP Manager
6 24 (9.195%) Project Manager
7 22 (8.429%) SAP Analyst
8 21 (8.046%) Business Analyst
9 18 (6.897%) Test Analyst
10 17 (6.513%) SAP Project Manager
11 15 (5.747%) SAP Business Analyst
12 14 (5.364%) Developer
12 14 (5.364%) Architect
13 13 (4.981%) SAP Developer
14 12 (4.598%) SAP Test Analyst
14 12 (4.598%) Automation Analyst
15 11 (4.215%) SAP HR Business Analyst
15 11 (4.215%) SAP Architect
16 10 (3.831%) Test Manager
17 9 (3.448%) SAP HR Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (1.916%) E-Learning
1 5 (1.916%) Management Information System
2 2 (0.766%) FMCG
2 2 (0.766%) SaaS
3 1 (0.383%) Human Factors
3 1 (0.383%) Taxonomies
3 1 (0.383%) Statistics
3 1 (0.383%) Visualisation
3 1 (0.383%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.766%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (16.48%) Test Scripting
2 36 (13.79%) Migration
3 30 (11.49%) Project Management
4 23 (8.812%) User Acceptance Testing
5 21 (8.046%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (7.663%) Data Migration
7 16 (6.130%) SAP Implementation
8 14 (5.364%) ERP
8 14 (5.364%) Performance Management
8 14 (5.364%) Test Automation
9 13 (4.981%) Business Intelligence
9 13 (4.981%) Workflow
10 11 (4.215%) ITIL
11 10 (3.831%) PRINCE2
11 10 (3.831%) Project Planning
12 8 (3.065%) Data Management
13 7 (2.682%) Logistics
13 7 (2.682%) Service Management
14 6 (2.299%) Data Modelling
14 6 (2.299%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.046%) ABAP
2 2 (0.766%) Java
2 2 (0.766%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.383%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (2.682%) Security Cleared
2 5 (1.916%) SC Cleared
3 3 (1.149%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (0.766%) ISEB
4 2 (0.766%) BC Cleared
5 1 (0.383%) Degree
5 1 (0.383%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.383%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.215%) QA
2 2 (0.766%) SLA
3 1 (0.383%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (0.766%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (8.046%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 261 (100.00%) SAP
2 21 (8.046%) HP
3 19 (7.280%) Open Text
4 11 (4.215%) Oracle
5 8 (3.065%) Cognos
6 6 (2.299%) PeopleSoft
7 5 (1.916%) Microsoft
7 5 (1.916%) BMC
7 5 (1.916%) OPNET
8 3 (1.149%) Business Objects
8 3 (1.149%) Adobe
9 2 (0.766%) Northgate
9 2 (0.766%) i-GRasp
10 1 (0.383%) Kronos
10 1 (0.383%) NorthgateArinso
10 1 (0.383%) CA
10 1 (0.383%) Primavera
West London
We have immediate need for a senior SAP HR consultant for our public sector clients. The candidate must have 5-7 years of excellent functional experience with SAP...
Eline
Posted: 20 May 2013
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax £300 - £350 per day Initial 3 Month Contract Skills: Business Analysis, Banking, SAP, Process Simplification, Data Migration, Financial Services Our financial services client requires 2 Business Analysts...
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013