The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool 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 Liverpool 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 16 26 20
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 4.380% 2.198% 3.086%
As % of the Vendors category 8.955% 4.348% 6.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £415 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
67 92 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 48.91% 50.55% 50.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 46 38
Average daily rate £425 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £188 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £356 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 7
Average hourly rate £11.50 £16.50 £18.13
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.30% -8.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £11.80 £10.32
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £67.40 £29.60 £21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Merseyside

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 3 (33.33%) SQL
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) AIX
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (22.22%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) IBM
2 2 (22.22%) Sun
2 2 (22.22%) HPUX
2 2 (22.22%) Solaris
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (22.22%) Informix
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) DB2
2 2 (22.22%) Process Management
2 2 (22.22%) SAP R/3
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) Baan
2 2 (22.22%) JD Edwards
3 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
3 1 (11.11%) SAP HR

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 (22.22%) .NET
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (22.22%) SAP R/3
2 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
2 1 (11.11%) SAP APO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Informix
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
1 2 (22.22%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
2 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Services
General
1 3 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Programme Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP BW Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP HR Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Payroll Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) AIX
2 2 (22.22%) HPUX
2 2 (22.22%) Solaris
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
3 1 (11.11%) Tru64
3 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
2 2 (22.22%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Resource Management
2 2 (22.22%) Process Management
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Change Management
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Security
3 1 (11.11%) Data Stewardship
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Java
3 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) IBM
1 2 (22.22%) Sun
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
1 2 (22.22%) Baan
1 2 (22.22%) JD Edwards
2 1 (11.11%) Business Objects