The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Leicestershire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 8 22 24
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP 29 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 13.55% 3.030% 3.271%
As % of the Vendors category 25.66% 6.364% 6.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 2
Average daily rate £381 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.27% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £326 £275 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £530 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
All Vendors
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
113 110 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 52.80% 47.62% 53.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 33 39
Average daily rate £344 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.78% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £276 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £475 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 17 14
Average hourly rate £19.00 £12.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -35.13%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.83 £8.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leicester +6 15 £350 -26.31% 3
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 23 (51.11%) SAP IS-U
2 19 (42.22%) CRM
3 9 (20.00%) Billing
4 6 (13.33%) SAP CRM
5 4 (8.889%) Time Management
5 4 (8.889%) Telecoms
5 4 (8.889%) SAP XI
5 4 (8.889%) ERP
5 4 (8.889%) SAP BW
5 4 (8.889%) Project Management
6 3 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (6.667%) SQL
6 3 (6.667%) Business Objects
6 3 (6.667%) SAP HCM
6 3 (6.667%) SAP Security
7 2 (4.444%) SAP FI-CA
7 2 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (4.444%) Web Testing
7 2 (4.444%) Test Scripting
7 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.444%) Retail
7 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
7 2 (4.444%) MS Excel
7 2 (4.444%) CA
7 2 (4.444%) B2B
7 2 (4.444%) SLA
8 1 (2.222%) SAP HR
8 1 (2.222%) SAP FI
8 1 (2.222%) IBM
8 1 (2.222%) Microsoft

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 (8.889%) SAP XI
2 1 (2.222%) SAP MI
2 1 (2.222%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.222%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.222%) GlassFish
Applications
1 2 (4.444%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.222%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 23 (51.11%) SAP IS-U
2 6 (13.33%) SAP CRM
3 3 (6.667%) SAP HCM
4 2 (4.444%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (2.222%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.222%) SAP FI
5 1 (2.222%) SAP CO
5 1 (2.222%) SAP PM
5 1 (2.222%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (2.222%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.889%) SAP BW
2 3 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.222%) MS Access
3 1 (2.222%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (2.222%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (2.222%) Xcelsius
3 1 (2.222%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (2.222%) LSMW
General
1 9 (20.00%) Billing
2 4 (8.889%) Telecoms
3 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.444%) Retail
4 1 (2.222%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (60.00%) Consultant
2 26 (57.78%) SAP Consultant
3 18 (40.00%) SAP ISU Consultant
4 8 (17.78%) SAP CRM Consultant
4 8 (17.78%) CRM Consultant
5 7 (15.56%) Analyst
6 6 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 4 (8.889%) Project Manager
8 3 (6.667%) SAP Project Manager
8 3 (6.667%) Functional Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) Test Analyst
8 3 (6.667%) SAP HCM Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) CRM Technical Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) SAP CRM Technical Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 3 (6.667%) SAP Manager
8 3 (6.667%) SAP CRM Functional Consultant
9 2 (4.444%) SAP Test Analyst
9 2 (4.444%) MI Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (42.22%) CRM
2 4 (8.889%) Time Management
2 4 (8.889%) ERP
2 4 (8.889%) Project Management
3 3 (6.667%) SAP Security
4 2 (4.444%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (4.444%) Web Testing
4 2 (4.444%) Test Scripting
4 2 (4.444%) B2B
5 1 (2.222%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (2.222%) ITIL
5 1 (2.222%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.222%) OO
5 1 (2.222%) Migration
5 1 (2.222%) Process Management
5 1 (2.222%) Data Migration
5 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (2.222%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.222%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.667%) SQL
2 1 (2.222%) VB
2 1 (2.222%) ABAP
2 1 (2.222%) VBA
2 1 (2.222%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.444%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.222%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (6.667%) Business Objects
2 2 (4.444%) CA
3 1 (2.222%) IBM
3 1 (2.222%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle
3 1 (2.222%) JBoss
3 1 (2.222%) Jaspersoft