The first table below looks at the demand for BAPI skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BAPI 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 of the Application Development category for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Rank 355 411 428
Rank change year-on-year
+56 +17
Contract jobs citing BAPI 22 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.102% 0.015% 0.045%
As % of the Application Development category 0.348% 0.053% 0.147%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 1 7
Average daily rate £600 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £500 £405
10% offered a daily rate of more than £717 £500 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £434 £450 £380
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6329 7546 9494
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.22% 28.01% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 4552 4974 6394
Average daily rate £401 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.12% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 107 136
Average hourly rate £40.00 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.95 £17.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
BAPI
England

BAPI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London BAPI Jobs Demand Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend

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

London BAPI Daily Rate Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BAPI across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London BAPI Daily Rate Histogram

BAPI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BAPI across the London region.

London BAPI Hourly Rate Trend

BAPI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the London 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
City of London - 4 £600 -
BAPI
England

BAPI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

1 26 (70.27%) Internet
2 25 (67.57%) Oracle
2 25 (67.57%) DB2
2 25 (67.57%) Banking
2 25 (67.57%) Online Banking
2 25 (67.57%) WebSphere
2 25 (67.57%) ESB
2 25 (67.57%) DataPower
3 24 (64.86%) WebSphere Process Server
3 24 (64.86%) WebSphere Application Server
3 24 (64.86%) C
3 24 (64.86%) Tivoli
3 24 (64.86%) Tivoli Monitoring
3 24 (64.86%) TeamSite
4 23 (62.16%) HP
5 22 (59.46%) LogLogic
6 20 (54.05%) Finance
7 12 (32.43%) SAP
8 11 (29.73%) Retail
9 10 (27.03%) Enterprise Architecture
10 9 (24.32%) ABAP
11 8 (21.62%) Retail Banking
12 7 (18.92%) SAP ALE
12 7 (18.92%) E-Commerce
13 6 (16.22%) Publishing
14 5 (13.51%) LSMW
14 5 (13.51%) Migration
15 4 (10.81%) SAP CRM
15 4 (10.81%) Middleware
15 4 (10.81%) CRM

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (67.57%) WebSphere
2 7 (18.92%) SAP ALE
3 4 (10.81%) Middleware
4 3 (8.108%) SAP Smart Forms
5 2 (5.405%) XML
5 2 (5.405%) SAP BSP
6 1 (2.703%) SAP PI
6 1 (2.703%) SAP Business Workflow
6 1 (2.703%) EDI
6 1 (2.703%) JMS
6 1 (2.703%) JDBC
6 1 (2.703%) SOAP
6 1 (2.703%) Web Services
6 1 (2.703%) XSLT
6 1 (2.703%) SAP XI
6 1 (2.703%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 25 (67.57%) ESB
2 24 (64.86%) WebSphere Process Server
2 24 (64.86%) WebSphere Application Server
2 24 (64.86%) TeamSite
3 1 (2.703%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP CRM
2 2 (5.405%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.703%) SAP Retail
3 1 (2.703%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 26 (70.27%) Internet
2 1 (2.703%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (67.57%) DB2
2 4 (10.81%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (5.405%) DataStage
3 2 (5.405%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.703%) SAP BI
4 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (13.51%) LSMW
General
1 25 (67.57%) Banking
2 20 (54.05%) Finance
3 11 (29.73%) Retail
4 8 (21.62%) Retail Banking
5 6 (16.22%) Publishing
6 3 (8.108%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.405%) Advertising
7 2 (5.405%) Marketing
8 1 (2.703%) German Language
8 1 (2.703%) Billing
Job Titles
1 25 (67.57%) Architect
2 21 (56.76%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (18.92%) Consultant
4 6 (16.22%) Chief Architect
4 6 (16.22%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (10.81%) Enterprise Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Lead Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Lead Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.108%) Data Migration Manager
6 3 (8.108%) Data Manager
6 3 (8.108%) SAP CRM Consultant
6 3 (8.108%) CRM Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) Programme Manager
7 2 (5.405%) ABAP Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) SAP SD Consultant
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Manager
7 2 (5.405%) SAP Data Migration Manager
7 2 (5.405%) Chief Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.703%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 1 (2.703%) CRM Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 25 (67.57%) Online Banking
1 25 (67.57%) DataPower
2 2 (5.405%) Data Conversion
2 2 (5.405%) Data Integration
3 1 (2.703%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Enterprise Architecture
2 7 (18.92%) E-Commerce
3 5 (13.51%) Migration
4 4 (10.81%) CRM
4 4 (10.81%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (10.81%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.108%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.405%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.405%) Workflow
6 2 (5.405%) OO
6 2 (5.405%) ETL
7 1 (2.703%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.703%) Data Mapping
7 1 (2.703%) Waterfall
7 1 (2.703%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.703%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (2.703%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 24 (64.86%) C
2 9 (24.32%) ABAP
3 2 (5.405%) SAPscript
4 1 (2.703%) Java
4 1 (2.703%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) QA
Systems Management
1 24 (64.86%) Tivoli
1 24 (64.86%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 25 (67.57%) Oracle
2 23 (62.16%) HP
3 22 (59.46%) LogLogic
4 12 (32.43%) SAP
5 2 (5.405%) Business Objects
6 1 (2.703%) IBM
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