England SAP Payroll Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Payroll over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bristol Chertsey Chesterfield City of London Coventry Derbyshire East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Gloucester Gloucestershire Hertfordshire London M4 Corridor Manchester Midlands North East North West Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Staines Surrey Swansea UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Wales Windsor Wolverhampton	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	445	536
Rank change on same period last year	+91
Matching contract IT job ads	114	97
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.152 %	0.098 %
As % of the category below	2.429 %	1.555 %
Daily rates quoted	22	20
Average minimum daily rate	£460	£435
Average daily rate	£485	£479
% change on same period last year	+1.36 %
Average maximum daily rate	£510	£523
UK excluding London average daily rate	£549	£533
% change on same period last year	+3.16 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£18.00
Average hourly rate	-	£19.50
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications England
Matching contract IT job ads	4694	6237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.257 %	6.310 %
Daily rates quoted	1295	1725
Average minimum daily rate	£436	£435
Average daily rate	£467	£467
% change on same period last year	-0.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£499	£499
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	£435
% change on same period last year	+3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	145	121
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.41	£25.29
Average hourly rate	£33.06	£27.57
% change on same period last year	+19.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.70	£29.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.61	£25.77
% change on same period last year	+14.91 %
SAP Payroll UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP Payroll
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Payroll across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Payroll across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Payroll within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+72	46	£374	-16.24 %
South East	+51	23	£550	+22.22 %
South West	+22	11	£540	-6.17 %
North West	+4	11	£538	-23.21 %
West Midlands	+11	9	£475	-
Midlands	+7	5	-	-
East Midlands	+7	2	-	-
North East	+12	1	-	-
East of England	-	1	£500	-

SAP Payroll UK

SAP Payroll
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP Payroll 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 Payroll.

1 207 (100.00 %) SAP 2 193 (93.24 %) SAP HR 3 20 (9.662 %) Time Management 4 14 (6.763 %) ABAP 5 13 (6.280 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 11 (5.314 %) Finance 7 9 (4.348 %) Legal 7 9 (4.348 %) GAP Analysis 7 9 (4.348 %) Migration 8 8 (3.865 %) ERP 8 8 (3.865 %) Test Scripting 9 7 (3.382 %) SAP Implementation 9 7 (3.382 %) Workflow 9 7 (3.382 %) LSMW 9 7 (3.382 %) SAP PM

10 6 (2.899 %) Project Management 10 6 (2.899 %) Data Migration 11 5 (2.415 %) Data Cleansing 11 5 (2.415 %) SAP SRM 11 5 (2.415 %) Oracle 11 5 (2.415 %) Manufacturing 12 3 (1.449 %) CIPD 12 3 (1.449 %) SAP HCM 12 3 (1.449 %) Unit Testing 12 3 (1.449 %) BC Cleared 12 3 (1.449 %) Security Cleared 12 3 (1.449 %) HP 12 3 (1.449 %) SAP Certification 12 3 (1.449 %) Government 12 3 (1.449 %) Retail

SAP Payroll
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP Payroll 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 Payroll. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (0.966 %) Middleware 2 1 (0.483 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 2 (0.966 %) SharePoint 1 2 (0.966 %) eRoom
Business Applications 1 193 (93.24 %) SAP HR 2 7 (3.382 %) SAP PM 3 5 (2.415 %) SAP SRM 4 3 (1.449 %) SAP HCM 5 2 (0.966 %) SAP FI 5 2 (0.966 %) SAP FI/CO 5 2 (0.966 %) SAP CO 6 1 (0.483 %) SAP PS 6 1 (0.483 %) SAP HR-PA 6 1 (0.483 %) SAP Oil and Gas	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (2.415 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 7 (3.382 %) LSMW 2 2 (0.966 %) TestDirector 3 1 (0.483 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 11 (5.314 %) Finance 2 9 (4.348 %) Legal 3 5 (2.415 %) Manufacturing 4 3 (1.449 %) Retail 4 3 (1.449 %) Government 5 1 (0.483 %) Pensions 5 1 (0.483 %) FMCG
Job Titles 1 129 (62.32 %) Consultant 2 126 (60.87 %) SAP Consultant 3 116 (56.04 %) SAP HR Consultant 4 92 (44.44 %) SAP Payroll Consultant 4 92 (44.44 %) Payroll Consultant 5 84 (40.58 %) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant 6 14 (6.763 %) SAP Manager 6 14 (6.763 %) Analyst 7 12 (5.797 %) SAP Analyst 8 10 (4.831 %) Payroll Manager 9 9 (4.348 %) SAP Support 9 9 (4.348 %) Project Manager 9 9 (4.348 %) Team Leader 10 8 (3.865 %) SAP Project Manager 10 8 (3.865 %) SAP Team Leader 11 7 (3.382 %) SAP Support Consultant 11 7 (3.382 %) Support Consultant 12 6 (2.899 %) Test Manager 12 6 (2.899 %) Senior Consultant 12 6 (2.899 %) Senior SAP Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 1 (0.483 %) French Language 1 1 (0.483 %) German Language 1 1 (0.483 %) Portuguese Language 1 1 (0.483 %) Data Conversion
Operating Systems 1 2 (0.966 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 20 (9.662 %) Time Management 2 13 (6.280 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 9 (4.348 %) GAP Analysis 3 9 (4.348 %) Migration 4 8 (3.865 %) ERP 4 8 (3.865 %) Test Scripting 5 7 (3.382 %) Workflow 5 7 (3.382 %) SAP Implementation 6 6 (2.899 %) Data Migration 6 6 (2.899 %) Project Management 7 3 (1.449 %) BC Cleared 7 3 (1.449 %) Security Cleared 7 3 (1.449 %) Unit Testing 8 2 (0.966 %) Test Management 8 2 (0.966 %) Automated Testing 8 2 (0.966 %) Systems Analysis 9 1 (0.483 %) Programme Management 9 1 (0.483 %) Data Analysis 9 1 (0.483 %) Practice Management 9 1 (0.483 %) Integration Testing
Programming Languages 1 14 (6.763 %) ABAP	Qualifications 1 3 (1.449 %) SAP Certification 1 3 (1.449 %) CIPD 2 2 (0.966 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.966 %) QA	Vendors 1 207 (100.00 %) SAP 2 5 (2.415 %) Oracle 3 3 (1.449 %) HP