The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI/CO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP FI/CO over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP FICO
Rank 59 64 63
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP FI/CO 4 6 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.628% 0.614% 0.114%
As % of the Business Applications category 11.76% 13.64% 1.887%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £425 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 -
% change year-on-year
+17.92% -
All Business Applications
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
34 44 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 5.338% 4.504% 6.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 19
Average daily rate £425 £365 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.43% -14.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £321 £290 £319
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £523 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
Average hourly rate £11.00 £37.00 £11.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.27% +231.83%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP FI/CO
East of England

SAP FI/CO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire SAP FI/CO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI/CO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SAP FI/CO Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI/CO
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SAP FI/CO 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 FI/CO.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 4 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) EAM
3 1 (25.00%) ABAP
3 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (25.00%) General Ledger

SAP FI/CO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing SAP FI/CO 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 FI/CO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 4 (100.00%) SAP CO
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (25.00%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Support
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Support Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) EAM
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP