The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Essex 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 45 29 45
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +16
Contract jobs citing SAP 1 15 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.246% 3.659% 1.266%
As % of the Vendors category 0.495% 6.757% 2.415%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 2
Average daily rate - £415 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -17.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
202 222 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 49.63% 54.15% 52.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 101 87
Average daily rate £375 £265 £213
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% +24.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £173 £107 £75
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £465 £447
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 25 47
Average hourly rate £27.48 £27.63 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-0.54% -7.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £20.00 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
East of England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

1 2 (33.33%) ERP
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SCM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
2 1 (16.67%) SAP APO

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HR
1 1 (16.67%) SAP APO
1 1 (16.67%) SAP SCM
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Manager
3 1 (16.67%) SAP HR Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Graduate
3 1 (16.67%) IT Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Project Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) SAP APO Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) IT Recruitment Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Trainee
3 1 (16.67%) Trainee Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Recruitment Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Administrator
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP HR Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GxP
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