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

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 6 12 23
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP 16 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 15.69% 5.682% 1.923%
As % of the Vendors category 32.00% 13.89% 3.774%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 1
Average daily rate £350 £475 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.31% -13.63%
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
Leicester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
50 36 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicester 49.02% 40.91% 50.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 15 5
Average daily rate £288 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.85% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £290 £312
10% offered a daily rate of more than £465 £493 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 9
Average hourly rate £15.50 £8.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+82.35% -73.84%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £9.50 £33.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Leicestershire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester 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 Leicester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 15 (53.57%) CRM
2 14 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
3 5 (17.86%) Billing
4 4 (14.29%) SAP CRM
4 4 (14.29%) SAP XI
4 4 (14.29%) ERP
5 3 (10.71%) Project Management
5 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
5 3 (10.71%) SAP Security
6 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Web Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
6 2 (7.143%) Time Management
6 2 (7.143%) Retail
6 2 (7.143%) B2B
6 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
7 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
7 1 (3.571%) ABAP
7 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.571%) OO
7 1 (3.571%) ISEB
7 1 (3.571%) SAP MI
7 1 (3.571%) SAP PM
7 1 (3.571%) Law
7 1 (3.571%) Legal
7 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.571%) Migration
7 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
7 1 (3.571%) Degree
7 1 (3.571%) LSMW

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicester 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 4 (14.29%) SAP XI
2 1 (3.571%) SAP MI
Business Applications
1 14 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
2 4 (14.29%) SAP CRM
3 1 (3.571%) SAP PM
3 1 (3.571%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) LSMW
General
1 5 (17.86%) Billing
2 3 (10.71%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.143%) Retail
4 1 (3.571%) Law
4 1 (3.571%) Legal
4 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Consultant
1 16 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 14 (50.00%) SAP ISU Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) CRM Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 6 (21.43%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) Functional Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Project Manager
5 3 (10.71%) SAP CRM Functional Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) CRM Technical Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) SAP CRM Technical Consultant
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Test Analyst
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Manager
6 2 (7.143%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.571%) Smart Meter
1 1 (3.571%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (53.57%) CRM
2 4 (14.29%) ERP
3 3 (10.71%) Project Management
3 3 (10.71%) SAP Security
4 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.143%) Web Testing
4 2 (7.143%) Test Scripting
4 2 (7.143%) Time Management
4 2 (7.143%) B2B
5 1 (3.571%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.571%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.571%) OO
5 1 (3.571%) Migration
5 1 (3.571%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.571%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.571%) Performance Management
5 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.571%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.571%) ISEB
1 1 (3.571%) Degree
1 1 (3.571%) CIPD