The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 22 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 Halifax 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 17 28 21
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP 4 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 3.448% 1.304% 1.695%
As % of the Vendors category 13.79% 7.692% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £325 £350 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -22.22%
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 £26.50 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+32.50% +5.26%
All Vendors
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
29 39 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 25.00% 16.96% 14.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 32 8
Average daily rate £325 £380 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.47% -3.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £138 £273 £321
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
West Yorkshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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 12 (70.59%) User Acceptance Testing
2 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 11 (64.71%) SAP HR
3 10 (58.82%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (47.06%) Test Scripting
5 7 (41.18%) MS Project
6 4 (23.53%) Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
7 2 (11.76%) Test Management
7 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (11.76%) QA
7 2 (11.76%) Banking
7 2 (11.76%) Retail
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
7 2 (11.76%) Project Management
7 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
7 2 (11.76%) HP
8 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (5.882%) ISEB
8 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
8 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
8 1 (5.882%) Business Objects
8 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
8 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
8 1 (5.882%) ERP
8 1 (5.882%) ETL
8 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
8 1 (5.882%) Critical Path Analysis

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) SAP XI
Applications
1 7 (41.18%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 11 (64.71%) SAP HR
2 10 (58.82%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (5.882%) SAP HCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (64.71%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 1 (5.882%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Analyst
2 9 (52.94%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) SAP HR Business Analyst
4 3 (17.65%) Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) SAP HR Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Tester
6 1 (5.882%) Developer
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Payroll Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Training Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Business Manager
6 1 (5.882%) Payroll Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Banking Business Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Tester
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
6 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Mainframe
1 1 (5.882%) E-Learning
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
1 1 (5.882%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Test Scripting
3 4 (23.53%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Data Migration
4 2 (11.76%) Test Management
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 1 (5.882%) ERP
5 1 (5.882%) ETL
5 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Critical Path Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Project Planning
5 1 (5.882%) Regression Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Testing
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (5.882%) Data Governance
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
1 2 (11.76%) HP
2 1 (5.882%) Business Objects
Halifax, West Yorkshire
Halifax £300 - £350 per day Initial 3 Month Contract Skills: Business Analysis, Banking, SAP, Process Simplification, Data Migration, Financial Services Our financial services client requires 2 Business Analysts...
Reed Technology
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013