The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 36 32 18
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -14
Contract jobs citing SAP 23 47 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.517% 4.881% 7.185%
As % of the Vendors category 7.718% 13.13% 13.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 34
Average daily rate £450 £380 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.42% +1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £360 £125 £333
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £568
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
Average hourly rate £21.50 £10.65 £10.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+101.87% +1.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+41.33% -1.31%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
298 358 442
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.57% 37.18% 52.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 132 137 169
Average daily rate £366 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.64% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £185 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 37 69
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -52.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
SAP
East of England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Hertfordshire SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire SAP Hourly Rate Trend

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 Hertfordshire 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
Watford +4 3 £500 +28.20%
Royston - 3 £463 -
Hemel Hempstead +7 1 - -
St Albans -2 1 £320 +68.42%
Stevenage - 1 - -
SAP
East of England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 13 (26.53%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (24.49%) Oracle
3 11 (22.45%) NetWeaver
4 9 (18.37%) SAP Basis
4 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
5 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
5 8 (16.33%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (16.33%) ABAP
5 8 (16.33%) Business Objects
6 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
7 6 (12.24%) Project Management
7 6 (12.24%) SQL
7 6 (12.24%) SAP BW
8 5 (10.20%) Business Analysis
8 5 (10.20%) SAP FI
8 5 (10.20%) Java
8 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
8 5 (10.20%) Web Services
8 5 (10.20%) CRM
8 5 (10.20%) ReadSoft
8 5 (10.20%) Finance
8 5 (10.20%) Change Management
8 5 (10.20%) Migration
9 4 (8.163%) SAP CO
9 4 (8.163%) SAP XI
9 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (8.163%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (8.163%) UNIX
9 4 (8.163%) SOA
9 4 (8.163%) MOM

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 9 (18.37%) SAP Basis
2 5 (10.20%) Web Services
3 4 (8.163%) SAP XI
3 4 (8.163%) Middleware
4 3 (6.122%) SAP PI
4 3 (6.122%) BAPI
5 1 (2.041%) SAP BSP
5 1 (2.041%) EDI
5 1 (2.041%) CSS
5 1 (2.041%) XML
5 1 (2.041%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 11 (22.45%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.041%) Gentran
2 1 (2.041%) Apache
2 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.041%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (6.122%) MS Office
2 2 (4.082%) MS Excel
2 2 (4.082%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (2.041%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.041%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) SAP FI
2 4 (8.163%) SAP CO
2 4 (8.163%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (8.163%) SAP MII
3 3 (6.122%) SAP CRM
4 2 (4.082%) SAP MDM
5 1 (2.041%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.041%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.041%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (2.041%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (2.041%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.041%) SAP SD
5 1 (2.041%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.041%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.082%) Intranet
2 1 (2.041%) Network Security
2 1 (2.041%) WAAS
2 1 (2.041%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (2.041%) FWSM
2 1 (2.041%) MPLS
2 1 (2.041%) VPN
2 1 (2.041%) Firewall
2 1 (2.041%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (12.24%) SAP BW
3 5 (10.20%) SQL Server
4 4 (8.163%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (8.163%) BusinessObjects XI
5 3 (6.122%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 3 (6.122%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (6.122%) SAP BI
6 2 (4.082%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (4.082%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (4.082%) Xcelsius
6 2 (4.082%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (2.041%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (2.041%) Star Schema
7 1 (2.041%) RDBMS
7 1 (2.041%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (2.041%) DB2
7 1 (2.041%) OLAP
7 1 (2.041%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) LSMW
General
1 7 (14.29%) Manufacturing
2 5 (10.20%) Finance
3 4 (8.163%) Retail
4 3 (6.122%) Law
5 2 (4.082%) French Language
6 1 (2.041%) Marketing
6 1 (2.041%) General Ledger
6 1 (2.041%) Publishing
6 1 (2.041%) Electronics
6 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Consultant
2 11 (22.45%) Developer
2 11 (22.45%) Analyst
2 11 (22.45%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (14.29%) Business Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) SAP Developer
5 5 (10.20%) SAP Administrator
5 5 (10.20%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.20%) Administrator
5 5 (10.20%) SAP Basis Administrator
6 4 (8.163%) Business Objects Analyst
6 4 (8.163%) Architect
7 3 (6.122%) CRM Developer
7 3 (6.122%) SAP Business Analyst
7 3 (6.122%) SAP CRM Developer
7 3 (6.122%) Business Developer
7 3 (6.122%) Business Objects Developer
7 3 (6.122%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 2 (4.082%) Data Migration Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.041%) Fat Client
1 1 (2.041%) Data Integration
1 1 (2.041%) DTV
1 1 (2.041%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.163%) UNIX
2 3 (6.122%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.53%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (12.24%) Project Management
3 5 (10.20%) Business Analysis
3 5 (10.20%) CRM
3 5 (10.20%) Change Management
3 5 (10.20%) Migration
4 4 (8.163%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (8.163%) SOA
4 4 (8.163%) Project Planning
4 4 (8.163%) System Testing
5 3 (6.122%) Data Migration
5 3 (6.122%) Data Modelling
5 3 (6.122%) ETL
5 3 (6.122%) ERP
5 3 (6.122%) Quality Management
5 3 (6.122%) Service Delivery
6 2 (4.082%) Data Management
6 2 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.041%) Release Management
7 1 (2.041%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.33%) ABAP
2 6 (12.24%) SQL
3 5 (10.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 8 (16.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.082%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.041%) CCSE
4 1 (2.041%) JNCIA
4 1 (2.041%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.041%) CCSP
4 1 (2.041%) CCNP
4 1 (2.041%) CCNA
4 1 (2.041%) MCSE
4 1 (2.041%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) QA
2 2 (4.082%) SLA
3 1 (2.041%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.041%) ProxySG
1 1 (2.041%) Snort
1 1 (2.041%) NFS
Systems Management
1 4 (8.163%) MOM
2 1 (2.041%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (24.49%) Oracle
2 8 (16.33%) Business Objects
3 5 (10.20%) ReadSoft
4 4 (8.163%) Wonderware
5 2 (4.082%) Teradata
5 2 (4.082%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.041%) Crossbeam
6 1 (2.041%) Blue Coat
6 1 (2.041%) Mincom
6 1 (2.041%) Sourcefire
6 1 (2.041%) F5
6 1 (2.041%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.041%) Juniper
6 1 (2.041%) Epicor
6 1 (2.041%) JD Edwards
6 1 (2.041%) Sage
6 1 (2.041%) Cisco
6 1 (2.041%) Cognos
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