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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts within the England region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2220
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads34944918
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.965 %4.967 %
As % of the category below12.52 %12.16 %
Daily rates quoted8331202
Average minimum daily rate£416£429
Average daily rate£446£460
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£476£491
UK excluding London average daily rate£443£448
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted11486
Average minimum hourly rate£27.16£28.43
Average hourly rate£28.95£30.11
% change on same period last year-3.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.74£31.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.62£28.40
% change on same period last year-30.93 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
England
Matching contract IT job ads2790040452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.65 %40.85 %
Daily rates quoted850811952
Average minimum daily rate£374£390
Average daily rate£398£413
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£355
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Hourly rates quoted25903802
Average minimum hourly rate£23.05£23.33
Average hourly rate£24.56£24.78
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.07£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.38£24.36
% change on same period last year+0.06 %
SAP UKSAP
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

SAP
Demand Trend

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

England SAP Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

England SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

England SAP Hourly Rate Histogram

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+61412£453-4.66 %
South EastUp+1803£433-1.58 %
West MidlandsUp+2235£453+1.81 %
North WestDown-4233£404-0.91 %
South WestUp+13205£453-11.37 %
MidlandsDown-2155£521+3.85 %
East of EnglandUp+188£350-18.80 %
YorkshireDown-2582£480+16.87 %
East MidlandsDown-1972£413-10.74 %
North EastDown-1022£458-2.17 %
South CoastUp+412£500-18.36 %
SAP UKSAP
UK

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP 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.

11241 (16.69 %)Finance
2972 (13.07 %)SAP HR
3756 (10.17 %)CRM
4722 (9.708 %)SAP BW
5680 (9.143 %)SAP FI
6590 (7.933 %)Business Intelligence
7571 (7.678 %)ABAP
8563 (7.570 %)SAP CO
9549 (7.382 %)ERP
10534 (7.180 %)SAP FI/CO
11488 (6.562 %)Project Management
12459 (6.172 %)SAP CRM
13447 (6.010 %)Oracle
14403 (5.419 %)Migration
15356 (4.787 %)Banking
16355 (4.773 %)SAP Implementation
17323 (4.343 %)Retail
18311 (4.182 %)PRINCE2
19282 (3.792 %)SAP SD
20275 (3.698 %)Data Migration
21257 (3.456 %)Microsoft
22252 (3.388 %)Government
23250 (3.362 %)Java
24246 (3.308 %)SAP BI
25245 (3.294 %)Manufacturing
26239 (3.214 %)Test Scripting
27234 (3.146 %)SAP MM
27234 (3.146 %)Change Management
28216 (2.904 %)Security Cleared
29212 (2.851 %)SAP XI

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing SAP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1212 (2.851 %)SAP XI
2156 (2.098 %)SAP Basis
398 (1.318 %)WebSphere
486 (1.156 %).NET
582 (1.103 %)J2EE
679 (1.062 %)BAPI
773 (0.982 %)XML
865 (0.874 %)SAP ALE
959 (0.793 %)HTML
1058 (0.780 %)Middleware
1155 (0.740 %)WebServices
1250 (0.672 %)SAP Smart Forms
1342 (0.565 %)SAP Business Workflow
1441 (0.551 %)Web Dynpro
1540 (0.538 %)EDI
1639 (0.524 %)SAP BSP
1735 (0.471 %)JDBC
1832 (0.430 %)SAP PI
1923 (0.309 %)CSS
2018 (0.242 %)ASP.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1212 (2.851 %)NetWeaver
241 (0.551 %)WebSphere MQ
334 (0.457 %)MS Exchange
429 (0.390 %)SharePoint
522 (0.296 %)WebLogic
621 (0.282 %)Apache
621 (0.282 %)BizTalk Server
720 (0.269 %)SAP Web AS
819 (0.255 %)SAP EP
918 (0.242 %)Lotus Notes
1015 (0.202 %)CICS
1113 (0.175 %)ESB
1210 (0.134 %)MQSeries
139 (0.121 %)Documentum
139 (0.121 %)CMS
148 (0.108 %)WebSphere Message Broker
156 (0.081 %)eRoom
156 (0.081 %)SAS
164 (0.054 %)IIS
164 (0.054 %)Gentran
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1186 (2.501 %)MS Excel
2185 (2.488 %)MS Office
3136 (1.829 %)MS PowerPoint
4111 (1.493 %)MS Project
576 (1.022 %)MS Visio
657 (0.766 %)Spreadsheet
74 (0.054 %)QuarkXPress
82 (0.027 %)Acrobat
91 (0.013 %)Photoshop
91 (0.013 %)CA Clarity
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1972 (13.07 %)SAP HR
2680 (9.143 %)SAP FI
3563 (7.570 %)SAP CO
4534 (7.180 %)SAP FI/CO
5459 (6.172 %)SAP CRM
6282 (3.792 %)SAP SD
7234 (3.146 %)SAP MM
8208 (2.797 %)SAP R/3
9201 (2.703 %)SAP Payroll
10192 (2.582 %)SAP IS-U
11143 (1.923 %)SAP ERP
12136 (1.829 %)SAP Oil and Gas
13117 (1.573 %)SAP SRM
13117 (1.573 %)SAP APO
1484 (1.129 %)SAP Retail
1572 (0.968 %)SAP PM
1660 (0.807 %)SAP WM
1660 (0.807 %)SAP FI-CA
1755 (0.740 %)SAP PP
1848 (0.645 %)SAP PS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
158 (0.780 %)Internet
234 (0.457 %)TCP/IP
329 (0.390 %)Intranet
418 (0.242 %)LAN
517 (0.229 %)WAN
613 (0.175 %)CTI
712 (0.161 %)Firewall
811 (0.148 %)SAN
811 (0.148 %)HTTP
811 (0.148 %)VPN
910 (0.134 %)IP Telephony
107 (0.094 %)Network Security
107 (0.094 %)LDAP
115 (0.067 %)MPLS
115 (0.067 %)RFID
124 (0.054 %)BGP
124 (0.054 %)EIGRP
124 (0.054 %)Wireless
124 (0.054 %)VLAN
133 (0.040 %)HTTPS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1722 (9.708 %)SAP BW
2246 (3.308 %)SAP BI
3127 (1.708 %)SQL Server
4122 (1.640 %)BusinessObjects
570 (0.941 %)Datawarehouse
666 (0.887 %)ETL
760 (0.807 %)DB2
854 (0.726 %)Data Cleansing
940 (0.538 %)MS Access
1027 (0.363 %)BusinessObjects XI
1123 (0.309 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1222 (0.296 %)RDBMS
1321 (0.282 %)Crystal Reports
1419 (0.255 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1518 (0.242 %)EDRMS
1617 (0.229 %)GIS
1617 (0.229 %)Oracle 8/8i
1716 (0.215 %)OLAP
1815 (0.202 %)Oracle Reports
1914 (0.188 %)Oracle OLAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1100 (1.345 %)LoadRunner
274 (0.995 %)LSMW
355 (0.740 %)TestDirector
439 (0.524 %)QuickTest Pro
517 (0.229 %)ClearQuest
517 (0.229 %)eCATT
67 (0.094 %)Oracle APEX
67 (0.094 %)ClearCase
75 (0.067 %)WinRunner
83 (0.040 %)Eclipse
83 (0.040 %)Ant
83 (0.040 %)TeamTrack
83 (0.040 %)JIRA
91 (0.013 %)Zend Studio
91 (0.013 %)JUnit
91 (0.013 %)VSS/SourceSafe
91 (0.013 %)Rational Rose
91 (0.013 %)Log4j
91 (0.013 %)Subversion
91 (0.013 %)RequisitePro
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11241 (16.69 %)Finance
2356 (4.787 %)Banking
3323 (4.343 %)Retail
4252 (3.388 %)Government
5245 (3.294 %)Manufacturing
6165 (2.219 %)Billing
7139 (1.869 %)Pensions
8133 (1.788 %)Telecoms
9125 (1.681 %)FMCG
1080 (1.076 %)Pharmaceutical
1178 (1.049 %)Marketing
1272 (0.968 %)Health
1365 (0.874 %)Local Government
1365 (0.874 %)Investment Banking
1458 (0.780 %)Automotive
1556 (0.753 %)Insurance
1655 (0.740 %)General Ledger
1754 (0.726 %)Back Office
1837 (0.498 %)Legal
1935 (0.471 %)Education
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12860 (38.46 %)Consultant
22541 (34.17 %)SAP Consultant
31271 (17.09 %)Analyst
4648 (8.713 %)SAP Manager
5574 (7.718 %)Business Analyst
6556 (7.476 %)SAP Analyst
7545 (7.328 %)Project Manager
8365 (4.908 %)Developer
9344 (4.626 %)SAP HR Consultant
10337 (4.531 %)SAP Business Analyst
11308 (4.141 %)SAP Project Manager
12263 (3.536 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
13231 (3.106 %)SAP FI Consultant
14228 (3.066 %)Architect
15215 (2.891 %)CRM Consultant
16212 (2.851 %)Trainer
17207 (2.783 %)Test Manager
18199 (2.676 %)SAP CRM Consultant
19181 (2.434 %)SAP Trainer
20180 (2.420 %)SAP Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
157 (0.766 %)Data Conversion
250 (0.672 %)German Language
345 (0.605 %)French Language
440 (0.538 %)Mainframe
537 (0.498 %)Management Information System
632 (0.430 %)E-Learning
726 (0.350 %)PMI
824 (0.323 %)AS400
824 (0.323 %)Italian Language
824 (0.323 %)Russian Language
923 (0.309 %)IBM Mainframe
1021 (0.282 %)Data Extraction
1115 (0.202 %)Client/Server
1214 (0.188 %)Derivative
1313 (0.175 %)Spanish Language
1411 (0.148 %)IVR
1411 (0.148 %)EPoS
1411 (0.148 %)NHS
1510 (0.134 %)Data Integration
1510 (0.134 %)Polish Language
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1196 (2.635 %)UNIX
2155 (2.084 %)Windows
340 (0.538 %)Linux
437 (0.498 %)AIX
529 (0.390 %)Windows XP
625 (0.336 %)VMS
723 (0.309 %)Windows Server 2003
821 (0.282 %)Solaris
918 (0.242 %)HPUX
106 (0.081 %)Windows 2000
115 (0.067 %)Windows Vista
123 (0.040 %)Windows NT
132 (0.027 %)zOS
141 (0.013 %)Windows CE
141 (0.013 %)Windows Server 2008
141 (0.013 %)Windows 2000 Server
141 (0.013 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1756 (10.17 %)CRM
2590 (7.933 %)Business Intelligence
3549 (7.382 %)ERP
4488 (6.562 %)Project Management
5403 (5.419 %)Migration
6355 (4.773 %)SAP Implementation
7311 (4.182 %)PRINCE2
8275 (3.698 %)Data Migration
9239 (3.214 %)Test Scripting
10234 (3.146 %)Change Management
11216 (2.904 %)Security Cleared
12183 (2.461 %)Workflow
13166 (2.232 %)User Acceptance Testing
14159 (2.138 %)ITIL
15158 (2.125 %)Business Analysis
16154 (2.071 %)Logistics
17137 (1.842 %)Data Modelling
18116 (1.560 %)Stakeholder Management
19113 (1.519 %)Time Management
20109 (1.466 %)Data Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1571 (7.678 %)ABAP
2250 (3.362 %)Java
3163 (2.192 %)SQL
462 (0.834 %)C
552 (0.699 %)SAPscript
642 (0.565 %)VB
734 (0.457 %)C#
826 (0.350 %)JavaScript
919 (0.255 %)VBA
1016 (0.215 %)COBOL
1115 (0.202 %)C++
1115 (0.202 %)VB.NET
1213 (0.175 %)JCL
1312 (0.161 %)PL/1
149 (0.121 %)Shell Script
149 (0.121 %)Perl
157 (0.094 %)VBScript
165 (0.067 %)VB6
165 (0.067 %)RPG
174 (0.054 %)PL/SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
182 (1.103 %)Degree
264 (0.861 %)PRINCE2 Certification
363 (0.847 %)ISEB
448 (0.645 %)Citrix Certification
448 (0.645 %)ACCA
547 (0.632 %)SAP Certification
644 (0.592 %)CIMA
729 (0.390 %)PMI Certification
828 (0.376 %)PMP
828 (0.376 %)CISSP
924 (0.323 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1018 (0.242 %)ITIL Certification
119 (0.121 %)Microsoft Certification
128 (0.108 %)CIPD
128 (0.108 %)CISA
137 (0.094 %)Cisco Certification
146 (0.081 %)CISM
154 (0.054 %)MCSE
154 (0.054 %)CCNA
163 (0.040 %)CCNP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
187 (1.170 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
274 (0.995 %)QA
345 (0.605 %)SLA
416 (0.215 %)COBIT
511 (0.148 %)GxP
610 (0.134 %)Basel II
78 (0.108 %)BS7799
83 (0.040 %)GAAP
83 (0.040 %)RosettaNet
83 (0.040 %)IAS 39
83 (0.040 %)HL7
92 (0.027 %)HMG Infosec
92 (0.027 %)MiFID
92 (0.027 %)BS15000
92 (0.027 %)ISO9000
92 (0.027 %)GMP
101 (0.013 %)GLP
101 (0.013 %)21 CFR Part 11
101 (0.013 %)GCP
101 (0.013 %)ISO9001
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (0.309 %)Active Directory
211 (0.148 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
38 (0.108 %)AquaLogic
47 (0.094 %)Backup Exec
56 (0.081 %)NetBackup
65 (0.067 %)NFS
72 (0.027 %)SAP ITS
72 (0.027 %)VMware Infrastructure
81 (0.013 %)Oracle RMAN
81 (0.013 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.013 %)VMware Server
81 (0.013 %)RACF
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (0.390 %)Tivoli
29 (0.121 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
37 (0.094 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
37 (0.094 %)CONTROL-M
46 (0.081 %)OpenView
46 (0.081 %)Legato
55 (0.067 %)MIIS
64 (0.054 %)Norton AntiVirus
64 (0.054 %)EMC NetWorker
73 (0.040 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
81 (0.013 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.013 %)TIBCO Hawk
81 (0.013 %)OMEGAMON
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1447 (6.010 %)Oracle
2257 (3.456 %)Microsoft
3125 (1.681 %)CA
4122 (1.640 %)Business Objects
5100 (1.345 %)IBM
699 (1.331 %)Siebel
768 (0.914 %)HP
859 (0.793 %)Cognos
958 (0.780 %)JD Edwards
1056 (0.753 %)Hyperion
1155 (0.740 %)PeopleSoft
1243 (0.578 %)VERITAS
1336 (0.484 %)Citrix
1434 (0.457 %)Sun
1533 (0.444 %)Cisco
1629 (0.390 %)TIBCO
1629 (0.390 %)IXOS
1724 (0.323 %)Remedy
1818 (0.242 %)Lotus
1818 (0.242 %)Interwoven