The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PSCD 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 PSCD 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 Public Sector Collections and Disbursements (PSCD)
Rank 510 549 554
Rank change year-on-year
+39 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP PSCD 2 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.005% 0.015% 0.002%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.056% 0.174% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £500 -
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
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 PSCD
UK

SAP PSCD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP PSCD Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PSCD
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP PSCD Daily Rate Trend

SAP PSCD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PSCD 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
South East +21 1 - -
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP PSCD
UK

SAP PSCD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (62.50%) CA
2 10 (62.50%) SAP FI
2 10 (62.50%) Revenue Management
3 8 (50.00%) SAP FI-CA
3 8 (50.00%) Test Management
3 8 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 8 (50.00%) Finance
4 7 (43.75%) ERP
5 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
5 6 (37.50%) SAP ERP
6 5 (31.25%) General Ledger
6 5 (31.25%) webMethods
6 5 (31.25%) SAP XI
6 5 (31.25%) CRM
7 4 (25.00%) Business Objects
7 4 (25.00%) Adobe
7 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (25.00%) CCA
8 3 (18.75%) ABAP
8 3 (18.75%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (18.75%) Workflow
8 3 (18.75%) SAP CO
9 2 (12.50%) Data Management
9 2 (12.50%) Requirements Management
9 2 (12.50%) LiveCycle
9 2 (12.50%) Web Dynpro
9 2 (12.50%) Master Data Management
9 2 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
9 2 (12.50%) Oracle

SAP PSCD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (31.25%) SAP XI
2 2 (12.50%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (12.50%) Web Services
3 1 (6.250%) Middleware
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) LiveCycle
1 2 (12.50%) NetWeaver
2 1 (6.250%) CMS
Business Applications
1 10 (62.50%) SAP FI
2 8 (50.00%) SAP FI-CA
3 6 (37.50%) SAP ERP
4 3 (18.75%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (18.75%) SAP CO
5 1 (6.250%) SAP HR
5 1 (6.250%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (6.250%) SAP BW
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Telecoms
3 5 (31.25%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 10 (62.50%) Consultant
1 10 (62.50%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Developer
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Architect
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Solutions Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Architect
2 2 (12.50%) Developer
2 2 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
2 2 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (6.250%) SAP FI Consultant
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Authorisation Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Revenue Management
2 8 (50.00%) Test Management
2 8 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (43.75%) ERP
4 5 (31.25%) CRM
5 3 (18.75%) Workflow
6 2 (12.50%) Data Management
6 2 (12.50%) Requirements Management
6 2 (12.50%) Master Data Management
6 2 (12.50%) OOP
6 2 (12.50%) OO
7 1 (6.250%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (62.50%) CA
3 5 (31.25%) webMethods
4 4 (25.00%) Business Objects
4 4 (25.00%) Adobe
5 2 (12.50%) Oracle