The first table below looks at the demand for SAP XI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP XI 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 of the Application Development category for the Leicester 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Rank 20 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP XI 2 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 1.961% - 0.962%
As % of the Application Development category 6.061% - 1.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £344 - £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £403 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-5.29% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Application Development
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
33 25 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 32.35% 28.41% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 8 10
Average daily rate £288 £275 £240
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% +14.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £160 £90
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £345 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 19
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP XI
Leicestershire

SAP XI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester SAP XI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leicester SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing SAP XI 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 XI.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) ERP
2 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Web Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 2 (50.00%) Time Management
2 2 (50.00%) SAP Security

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester region citing SAP XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Test Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) ERP
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Web Testing
1 2 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (50.00%) Time Management
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Security
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP