The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Support role 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 Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Support
Rank 469 504 503
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -1
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Support 43 53 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.102% 0.099% 0.094%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.110% 0.107% 0.101%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 28 26
Average daily rate £425 £350 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £160 £276
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £430 £499
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £420
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
Average hourly rate £15.26 £26.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.32% +44.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £26.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
- +44.44%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Support
UK

SAP Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP Support Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP Support Daily Rate Trend

SAP Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England SAP Support Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP Support Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Support 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 +22 19 £440 +17.33%
South East +28 13 £480 +68.42%
East of England +11 4 £425 +11.84%
South West +21 2 £350 +75.00%
North West +12 1 - -
West Midlands +11 1 £425 +54.54%
Yorkshire - 1 £375 -
SAP Support
UK

SAP Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Support in their job title 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 with SAP Support in their job title.

1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 21 (30.88%) SAP FI
3 17 (25.00%) SAP CO
3 17 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 17 (25.00%) ITIL
4 15 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (14.71%) Service Delivery
6 9 (13.24%) ERP
6 9 (13.24%) SAP Basis
7 8 (11.76%) SAP BW
7 8 (11.76%) Finance
7 8 (11.76%) Project Management
8 7 (10.29%) SAP MM
8 7 (10.29%) NetWeaver
8 7 (10.29%) BusinessObjects
8 7 (10.29%) ABAP
8 7 (10.29%) Business Objects
8 7 (10.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 7 (10.29%) Degree
9 6 (8.824%) CRM
10 5 (7.353%) CCA
10 5 (7.353%) Incident Management
10 5 (7.353%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (7.353%) Integration Testing
10 5 (7.353%) SAP PM
10 5 (7.353%) SAP ERP
11 4 (5.882%) Investment Management
11 4 (5.882%) Data Migration
11 4 (5.882%) Migration
11 4 (5.882%) SAP Implementation

SAP Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited SAP Support in their job title 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 with SAP Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (13.24%) SAP Basis
2 3 (4.412%) SAP PI
3 2 (2.941%) SAP XI
4 1 (1.471%) CSS
4 1 (1.471%) EDI
4 1 (1.471%) Middleware
4 1 (1.471%) SAP ALE
4 1 (1.471%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 7 (10.29%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.471%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.941%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (2.941%) MS Excel
1 2 (2.941%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 21 (30.88%) SAP FI
2 17 (25.00%) SAP CO
2 17 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 7 (10.29%) SAP MM
3 7 (10.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 5 (7.353%) SAP PM
4 5 (7.353%) SAP ERP
5 4 (5.882%) SAP HR
6 2 (2.941%) SAP CRM
6 2 (2.941%) SAP SCM
6 2 (2.941%) SAP APO
6 2 (2.941%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.471%) SAP PS
7 1 (1.471%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.471%) SAP SRM
7 1 (1.471%) SAP HCM
7 1 (1.471%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (1.471%) SAP MDM
7 1 (1.471%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (1.471%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.471%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.76%) SAP BW
2 7 (10.29%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.471%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.471%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.471%) DB2
3 1 (1.471%) OLAP
3 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (1.471%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.471%) Crystal Analysis
3 1 (1.471%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.941%) NWDI
General
1 8 (11.76%) Finance
2 3 (4.412%) Manufacturing
2 3 (4.412%) Back Office
3 1 (1.471%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.471%) Publishing
3 1 (1.471%) Automotive
3 1 (1.471%) Law
3 1 (1.471%) German Language
3 1 (1.471%) General Ledger
3 1 (1.471%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.941%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (2.941%) Statistics
2 1 (1.471%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.882%) Windows
2 3 (4.412%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.471%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.471%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.00%) ITIL
2 15 (22.06%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (14.71%) Service Delivery
4 9 (13.24%) ERP
5 8 (11.76%) Project Management
6 6 (8.824%) CRM
7 5 (7.353%) Incident Management
7 5 (7.353%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (7.353%) Integration Testing
8 4 (5.882%) Investment Management
8 4 (5.882%) Data Migration
8 4 (5.882%) Migration
8 4 (5.882%) SAP Implementation
8 4 (5.882%) Logistics
8 4 (5.882%) Regression Testing
9 3 (4.412%) Service Management
9 3 (4.412%) Workflow
10 2 (2.941%) SAP Security
10 2 (2.941%) Asset Management
10 2 (2.941%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.29%) ABAP
2 1 (1.471%) Java
2 1 (1.471%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (10.29%) Degree
2 5 (7.353%) CCA
3 3 (4.412%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.471%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.882%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (4.412%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (10.29%) Business Objects
3 4 (5.882%) Oracle
4 3 (4.412%) Sybase
5 1 (1.471%) IBM
5 1 (1.471%) CA
5 1 (1.471%) Pegasus
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