The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis 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 SAP Basis over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 336 359 413
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +54
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 53 46 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.241% 0.170% 0.055%
As % of the Application Development category 0.830% 0.608% 0.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 16 11
Average daily rate £500 £475 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £427 £373 £438
10% offered a daily rate of more than £599 £540 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £463 £438
% change year-on-year
+1.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6388 7563 9347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.00% 28.03% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4622 4989 6271
Average daily rate £406 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £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 90 106 133
Average hourly rate £41.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.45 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +14 9 £469 -10.71%
Uxbridge +6 4 £448 -
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 27 (33.75%) NetWeaver
3 26 (32.50%) ABAP
3 26 (32.50%) Oracle
3 26 (32.50%) SAP BW
4 24 (30.00%) Java
5 18 (22.50%) UNIX
5 18 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (18.75%) Windows
6 15 (18.75%) Project Management
6 15 (18.75%) Finance
7 14 (17.50%) ERP
8 11 (13.75%) Change Management
9 10 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
9 10 (12.50%) SAP BI
10 9 (11.25%) Migration
11 8 (10.00%) ITIL
11 8 (10.00%) Degree
11 8 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
12 7 (8.750%) Solaris
12 7 (8.750%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (7.500%) Linux
13 6 (7.500%) SAP Portal
14 5 (6.250%) Banking
14 5 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
14 5 (6.250%) SAP ERP
14 5 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
14 5 (6.250%) SQL
14 5 (6.250%) DB2
14 5 (6.250%) IXOS

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.750%) SAP XI
2 1 (1.250%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.250%) MDX
2 1 (1.250%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 27 (33.75%) NetWeaver
2 6 (7.500%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 1 (1.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.250%) SAP ERP
2 4 (5.000%) SAP GRC
3 2 (2.500%) SAP HR
3 2 (2.500%) SAP R/3
3 2 (2.500%) SAP SRM
3 2 (2.500%) Summit
3 2 (2.500%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.250%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.250%) SAP CS
4 1 (1.250%) SAP PM
4 1 (1.250%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.250%) SAP GTS
4 1 (1.250%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.250%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.250%) SAP PS
4 1 (1.250%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.250%) SAP SEM
4 1 (1.250%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (1.250%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.500%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (32.50%) SAP BW
2 10 (12.50%) SAP BI
3 8 (10.00%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (6.250%) DB2
5 4 (5.000%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.500%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (1.250%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (2.500%) NWDI
General
1 15 (18.75%) Finance
2 5 (6.250%) Banking
3 2 (2.500%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.500%) Front Office
3 2 (2.500%) Back Office
3 2 (2.500%) Music
3 2 (2.500%) Investment Banking
4 1 (1.250%) Marketing
4 1 (1.250%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.250%) Financial Institution
4 1 (1.250%) Law
Job Titles
1 41 (51.25%) Consultant
2 39 (48.75%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (45.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 11 (13.75%) Architect
4 11 (13.75%) SAP Architect
5 8 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 6 (7.500%) SAP Manager
6 6 (7.500%) SAP Technical Architect
7 5 (6.250%) SAP Basis Architect
8 4 (5.000%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (5.000%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
8 4 (5.000%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 3 (3.750%) NetWeaver Consultant
9 3 (3.750%) SAP Developer
9 3 (3.750%) SAP Basis Administrator
9 3 (3.750%) SAP Administrator
9 3 (3.750%) Developer
9 3 (3.750%) Administrator
10 2 (2.500%) Oracle DBA
10 2 (2.500%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.750%) Client/Server
1 3 (3.750%) SWIFT
2 2 (2.500%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.500%) FMCG
3 1 (1.250%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.250%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (22.50%) UNIX
2 15 (18.75%) Windows
3 7 (8.750%) Solaris
4 6 (7.500%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.50%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (18.75%) Project Management
3 14 (17.50%) ERP
4 11 (13.75%) Change Management
5 10 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
6 9 (11.25%) Migration
7 8 (10.00%) ITIL
8 7 (8.750%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
9 5 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
9 5 (6.250%) Load Balancing
10 4 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (5.000%) Project Planning
11 3 (3.750%) SAP Security
11 3 (3.750%) Performance Testing
11 3 (3.750%) CRM
11 3 (3.750%) High Availability
12 2 (2.500%) Continuous Improvement
12 2 (2.500%) ITIL V3
12 2 (2.500%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 26 (32.50%) ABAP
2 24 (30.00%) Java
3 5 (6.250%) SQL
4 3 (3.750%) Korn
4 3 (3.750%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.750%) Bourne shell
4 3 (3.750%) C
5 1 (1.250%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (1.250%) OCP
2 1 (1.250%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.500%) QA
2 1 (1.250%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.250%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.250%) SCCM
1 1 (1.250%) Control-M
Vendors
1 80 (100.00%) SAP
2 26 (32.50%) Oracle
3 5 (6.250%) IXOS
4 4 (5.000%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.000%) Sun
5 1 (1.250%) Informatica