The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI-GL 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 FI-GL over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)
Rank 378 396 418
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP FI-GL 3 6 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.014% 0.022% 0.052%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.170% 0.275% 0.614%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 8
Average daily rate £550 £400 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.50% -17.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £500 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1767 2181 2607
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 8.145% 8.123% 8.497%
Number of daily rates quoted 1045 1186 1561
Average daily rate £454 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.94% -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 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 7 22
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.55% +60.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £15.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £52.50 £61.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
SAP FI-GL
England

SAP FI-GL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SAP FI-GL Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI-GL
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAP FI-GL Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI-GL
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP FI-GL 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 FI-GL.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) SAP FI
2 4 (66.67%) Finance
3 3 (50.00%) Banking
4 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
5 1 (16.67%) Front Office
5 1 (16.67%) Back Office
5 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
5 1 (16.67%) QA
5 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
5 1 (16.67%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
5 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
5 1 (16.67%) CORBA
5 1 (16.67%) Java
5 1 (16.67%) ABAP
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle

SAP FI-GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (16.67%) CORBA
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) SAP FI
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CO
2 1 (16.67%) SAP BPC
General
1 4 (66.67%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Front Office
4 1 (16.67%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Architect
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle