The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the Lancashire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 25 35 21
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -14
Contract jobs citing SAP 9 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.265% 1.699% 4.741%
As % of the Vendors category 8.491% 3.743% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 8
Average daily rate £408 - £435
90% offered a daily rate of more than £402 - £393
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 - £540
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £26.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
106 187 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 50.24% 45.39% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 84 57
Average daily rate £305 £380 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.73% +26.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £155 £211
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £505 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 19
Average hourly rate £19.04 £25.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.33% -21.53%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £18.65 £21.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.50 £32.25 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
North West

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Blackpool - 2 - -
Nelson - 2 - -
Preston - 1 £415 -
SAP
North West

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 5 (45.45%) ABAP
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
3 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
3 3 (27.27%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (18.18%) SAP GRC
4 2 (18.18%) SAP BPC
4 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
4 2 (18.18%) Finance
4 2 (18.18%) LSMW
4 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
4 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) QA
4 2 (18.18%) DWR
4 2 (18.18%) Migration
4 2 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
4 2 (18.18%) Open Text
4 2 (18.18%) BAPI
4 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 2 (18.18%) GIS
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) SAP BI
4 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (18.18%) GAAP
4 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (18.18%) Business Objects

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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 2 (18.18%) DWR
1 2 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
1 2 (18.18%) BAPI
2 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Workflow
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP GRC
1 2 (18.18%) SAP BPC
2 1 (9.091%) SAP SD
2 1 (9.091%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
1 3 (27.27%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (18.18%) GIS
2 2 (18.18%) SAP BI
2 2 (18.18%) MS Access
2 2 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) LSMW
General
1 3 (27.27%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Data Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) ABAP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Data Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) Financial Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Developer
3 2 (18.18%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (18.18%) Architect
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) SAP SD Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) ETL Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Business Objects Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) SAP SD Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) OBIEE Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
2 2 (18.18%) TOGAF
2 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) OO
2 2 (18.18%) ETL
3 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) Dimensional Modelling
3 1 (9.091%) Information Management
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) ABAP
2 4 (36.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
1 2 (18.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (18.18%) GAAP
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Open Text
1 2 (18.18%) Business Objects
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Adobe
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle