The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ERP 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 ERP 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 Business Applications 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 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 352 401 426
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +25
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 25 14 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.115% 0.052% 0.051%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.448% 0.638% 0.601%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 5
Average daily rate £500 £475 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +18.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £561 £453
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £375 £488
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -23.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1726 2194 2661
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.970% 8.144% 8.563%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1194 1598
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £41.00 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.53% +22.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.40 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £90.00 £52.50 £62.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SAP ERP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAP ERP Daily Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London SAP ERP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London SAP ERP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP 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 +17 6 £500 +11.11%
Brentford - 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 34 (100.00%) SAP
1 34 (100.00%) ERP
2 10 (29.41%) ABAP
3 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (23.53%) SAP BW
4 6 (17.65%) NetWeaver
4 6 (17.65%) Java
5 5 (14.71%) SAP Basis
5 5 (14.71%) Pegasus
5 5 (14.71%) JD Edwards
5 5 (14.71%) SAP MM
5 5 (14.71%) Project Management
5 5 (14.71%) Integration Testing
6 4 (11.76%) SAP PI
6 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (11.76%) Investment Management
6 4 (11.76%) SAP FI
6 4 (11.76%) Oracle
6 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
6 4 (11.76%) SAP PM
6 4 (11.76%) Finance
6 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
7 3 (8.824%) SAP BI
7 3 (8.824%) UNIX
7 3 (8.824%) Windows
8 2 (5.882%) Data Management
8 2 (5.882%) Logistics
8 2 (5.882%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (5.882%) Degree
8 2 (5.882%) Project Planning

SAP ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (14.71%) SAP Basis
2 4 (11.76%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.941%) SAP XI
3 1 (2.941%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) NetWeaver
2 2 (5.882%) SAP Portal
3 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.941%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 1 (2.941%) MS Project
1 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (14.71%) SAP MM
2 4 (11.76%) SAP FI
2 4 (11.76%) SAP PM
3 2 (5.882%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (5.882%) SAP GRC
3 2 (5.882%) SAP R/3
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (2.941%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.941%) SAP HR
4 1 (2.941%) SAP SD
4 1 (2.941%) SAP APO
4 1 (2.941%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.941%) SAP PSCD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (23.53%) SAP BW
2 3 (8.824%) SAP BI
3 2 (5.882%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (11.76%) Finance
1 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
2 2 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.941%) French Language
3 1 (2.941%) Greek Language
3 1 (2.941%) Italian Language
3 1 (2.941%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (2.941%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (41.18%) Consultant
1 14 (41.18%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 5 (14.71%) SAP Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) SAP Support
4 4 (11.76%) SAP Support Analyst
4 4 (11.76%) SAP Manager
4 4 (11.76%) Architect
4 4 (11.76%) Support Analyst
5 3 (8.824%) Functional Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) SAP Architect
5 3 (8.824%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 3 (8.824%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) SAP GRC Consultant
6 2 (5.882%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (5.882%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Trainer
7 1 (2.941%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.941%) Management Consultant
7 1 (2.941%) Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) FMCG
2 1 (2.941%) Replication
2 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.941%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.824%) UNIX
1 3 (8.824%) Windows
2 1 (2.941%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) ERP
2 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (14.71%) Project Management
3 5 (14.71%) Integration Testing
4 4 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (11.76%) Investment Management
4 4 (11.76%) Regression Testing
5 2 (5.882%) Data Management
5 2 (5.882%) Logistics
5 2 (5.882%) Project Planning
5 2 (5.882%) Test Management
5 2 (5.882%) Test Scripting
5 2 (5.882%) SAP Security
5 2 (5.882%) ETL
5 2 (5.882%) ITIL
5 2 (5.882%) Change Management
6 1 (2.941%) Quality Management
6 1 (2.941%) Validation
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (29.41%) ABAP
2 6 (17.65%) Java
3 1 (2.941%) SQL
3 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Degree
1 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.941%) PMP
2 1 (2.941%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (14.71%) Pegasus
2 5 (14.71%) JD Edwards
3 4 (11.76%) Oracle
4 2 (5.882%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.941%) CA
5 1 (2.941%) Hyperion
5 1 (2.941%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.941%) Siebel