The first part of the 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 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

SAP Human Resources (HR)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank446381358
Rank change year-on-year
Down-65Down-23
Matching contract IT job ads111192170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.205 %0.340 %0.331 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.424 %3.944 %4.155 %
Number of daily rates quoted487455
Average daily rate£450£471£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.45 %+7.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£263£350£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£580
UK excluding London average daily rate£495£480£450
% change year-on-year
+3.12 %+6.66 %
Number of hourly rates quoted031
Average hourly rate-£26.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+32.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+36.25 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
458048684091
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England8.450 %8.615 %7.960 %
Number of daily rates quoted233425161899
Average daily rate£450£463£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.70 %+2.77 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£625£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted578982
Average hourly rate£35.11£20.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.55 %-33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.58£14.00£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£57.50£41.40£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£21.48£33.75
% change year-on-year
+4.74 %-36.35 %
SAP HR UKSAP HR
UK

SAP HR
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP HR across the England region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

England SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+1558£450-2.59 %
South EastDown-2821£625+48.80 %
North WestDown-810£500-19.35 %
East of EnglandNo change07£328-12.66 %
YorkshireDown-93£290-
East MidlandsDown-62£450-18.18 %
West MidlandsDown-202£450-10.00 %
South WestDown-392£400-13.51 %
MidlandsUp+31--
SAP HR UKSAP HR
UK

SAP HR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

1265 (100.00 %)SAP
246 (17.36 %)SAP Payroll
334 (12.83 %)Finance
431 (11.70 %)SAP HCM
524 (9.057 %)ABAP
623 (8.679 %)SAP BW
722 (8.302 %)Time Management
821 (7.925 %)Project Management
821 (7.925 %)CRM
917 (6.415 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1016 (6.038 %)SAP CRM
1115 (5.660 %)Test Scripting
1214 (5.283 %)User Acceptance Testing
1313 (4.906 %)LSMW
1313 (4.906 %)Telecoms
1313 (4.906 %)MS Visio
1412 (4.528 %)Data Management
1412 (4.528 %)SAP SRM
1511 (4.151 %)Management Information System
1511 (4.151 %)Migration
1511 (4.151 %)Stakeholder Management
1511 (4.151 %)MS Project
1511 (4.151 %)PRINCE2
1511 (4.151 %)Business Intelligence
1610 (3.774 %)Data Modelling
1610 (3.774 %)SAP Implementation
179 (3.396 %)MS Excel
179 (3.396 %)Adobe
179 (3.396 %)HP Quality Center
188 (3.019 %)Security Cleared

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (2.264 %)Middleware
16 (2.264 %)SAP XI
25 (1.887 %)XSLT
34 (1.509 %)BAPI
34 (1.509 %)SAP ALE
43 (1.132 %).NET
43 (1.132 %)Web Dynpro
43 (1.132 %)SAP PI
52 (0.755 %)SAP Basis
61 (0.377 %)Spring
61 (0.377 %)JSF
61 (0.377 %)Spring MVC
61 (0.377 %)jQuery
61 (0.377 %)SAP Business Workflow
61 (0.377 %)SAP BSP
61 (0.377 %)WebSphere
61 (0.377 %)Struts
61 (0.377 %)Web Services
61 (0.377 %)EDI
61 (0.377 %)Hibernate
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (1.132 %)NetWeaver
13 (1.132 %)SharePoint
13 (1.132 %)CMS
13 (1.132 %)SAP Portal
22 (0.755 %)SAP EP
31 (0.377 %)GlassFish
31 (0.377 %)WebLogic
31 (0.377 %)SAS
31 (0.377 %)Apache
31 (0.377 %)Tomcat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (4.906 %)MS Visio
211 (4.151 %)MS Project
39 (3.396 %)MS Excel
46 (2.264 %)MS Office
54 (1.509 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
146 (17.36 %)SAP Payroll
231 (11.70 %)SAP HCM
317 (6.415 %)SAP Oil and Gas
416 (6.038 %)SAP CRM
512 (4.528 %)SAP SRM
68 (3.019 %)SAP FI
76 (2.264 %)SAP FI/CO
76 (2.264 %)SAP CO
85 (1.887 %)SAP HR-PA
94 (1.509 %)SAP SD
103 (1.132 %)SAP FI-AP
103 (1.132 %)SAP MM
112 (0.755 %)SAP GRC
121 (0.377 %)SAP IS-U
121 (0.377 %)SAP HR-PD
121 (0.377 %)Dynamics NAV
121 (0.377 %)SAP SCM
121 (0.377 %)SAP EHS
121 (0.377 %)SAP R/3
121 (0.377 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (3.019 %)Wireless
22 (0.755 %)WPA
31 (0.377 %)IP Telephony
31 (0.377 %)Intranet
31 (0.377 %)Internet
31 (0.377 %)VPN
31 (0.377 %)LDAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (8.679 %)SAP BW
26 (2.264 %)BusinessObjects
35 (1.887 %)SAP BI
43 (1.132 %)Oracle 10g
43 (1.132 %)Data Warehouse
52 (0.755 %)MS Access
52 (0.755 %)SQL Server
52 (0.755 %)Crystal Reports
52 (0.755 %)TOAD
52 (0.755 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
61 (0.377 %)RDBMS
61 (0.377 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (4.906 %)LSMW
22 (0.755 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.377 %)ERwin
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (12.83 %)Finance
213 (4.906 %)Telecoms
36 (2.264 %)Manufacturing
44 (1.509 %)Legal
52 (0.755 %)Law
52 (0.755 %)Back Office
52 (0.755 %)Local Government
52 (0.755 %)German Language
52 (0.755 %)Banking
52 (0.755 %)Retail
61 (0.377 %)Polish Language
61 (0.377 %)French Language
61 (0.377 %)Retail Banking
61 (0.377 %)Pharmaceutical
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
185 (32.08 %)Analyst
272 (27.17 %)Consultant
367 (25.28 %)SAP Consultant
458 (21.89 %)SAP HR Consultant
544 (16.60 %)SAP Analyst
637 (13.96 %)Business Analyst
730 (11.32 %)SAP Business Analyst
730 (11.32 %)SAP HR Analyst
825 (9.434 %)SAP Manager
825 (9.434 %)SAP HR Business Analyst
924 (9.057 %)Project Manager
1022 (8.302 %)Architect
1118 (6.792 %)SAP Project Manager
1118 (6.792 %)SAP HR Project Manager
1217 (6.415 %)SAP Architect
1312 (4.528 %)Developer
1411 (4.151 %)SAP Developer
1510 (3.774 %)SAP Functional Consultant
1510 (3.774 %)Functional Consultant
1510 (3.774 %)Data Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (4.151 %)Management Information System
27 (2.642 %)FMCG
34 (1.509 %)E-Learning
43 (1.132 %)PMI
52 (0.755 %)Data Conversion
52 (0.755 %)Data Protection Act
61 (0.377 %)Freedom of Information
61 (0.377 %)Freedom of Information Act
61 (0.377 %)EPoS
61 (0.377 %)N-Tier
61 (0.377 %)Handset
61 (0.377 %)Learning Management System
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (8.302 %)Time Management
221 (7.925 %)Project Management
221 (7.925 %)CRM
315 (5.660 %)Test Scripting
414 (5.283 %)User Acceptance Testing
512 (4.528 %)Data Management
611 (4.151 %)Migration
611 (4.151 %)Stakeholder Management
611 (4.151 %)PRINCE2
611 (4.151 %)Business Intelligence
710 (3.774 %)Data Modelling
710 (3.774 %)SAP Implementation
88 (3.019 %)Change Management
97 (2.642 %)Workflow
106 (2.264 %)Six Sigma
106 (2.264 %)Document Management
106 (2.264 %)Data Migration
115 (1.887 %)Performance Management
115 (1.887 %)Business Analysis
115 (1.887 %)Validation
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
124 (9.057 %)ABAP
25 (1.887 %)XPath
34 (1.509 %)VBA
34 (1.509 %)SQL
41 (0.377 %)SAPscript
41 (0.377 %)REXX
41 (0.377 %)Java
41 (0.377 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (3.019 %)Security Cleared
26 (2.264 %)SAP Certification
34 (1.509 %)PMP
34 (1.509 %)PMI Certification
34 (1.509 %)Degree
41 (0.377 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
41 (0.377 %)PRINCE2 Certification
41 (0.377 %)CCA
41 (0.377 %)CISSP
41 (0.377 %)CISM
41 (0.377 %)BC Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (2.642 %)QA
17 (2.642 %)Data Quality
26 (2.264 %)ISO 9000
33 (1.132 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.377 %)Basel II
41 (0.377 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.377 %)HIPAA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.377 %)RACF
11 (0.377 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (3.396 %)HP Quality Center
21 (0.377 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.377 %)Cisco UCCX
21 (0.377 %)Sun Identity Manager
21 (0.377 %)Oracle Identity Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1265 (100.00 %)SAP
29 (3.396 %)Adobe
38 (3.019 %)Microsoft
47 (2.642 %)Taleo
47 (2.642 %)Oracle
56 (2.264 %)Open Text
56 (2.264 %)Business Objects
64 (1.509 %)HP
64 (1.509 %)Casewise
73 (1.132 %)Informatica
82 (0.755 %)PeopleSoft
82 (0.755 %)Avaya
91 (0.377 %)Kronos
91 (0.377 %)Sun
91 (0.377 %)Cisco
91 (0.377 %)IBM
91 (0.377 %)JBoss
91 (0.377 %)ESRI