The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PI 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 PI over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP PI)
Rank 375 397 412
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +15
Contract jobs citing SAP PI 10 9 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.046% 0.034% 0.080%
As % of the Application Development category 0.160% 0.121% 0.262%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 13
Average daily rate £580 £434 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.71% -13.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £544 £421 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £616 £447 £616
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £500 £439
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +13.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £61.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+122.72% -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6267 7466 9557
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.02% 27.88% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 4542 4907 6404
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £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 89 103 140
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.20 £17.75
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 PI
England

SAP PI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SAP PI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PI
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAP PI Daily Rate Trend

SAP PI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PI within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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 +13 2 £625 +38.88%
SAP PI
England

SAP PI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP PI 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 PI.

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (55.00%) SAP XI
3 6 (30.00%) NetWeaver
3 6 (30.00%) Java
4 4 (20.00%) SAP ERP
4 4 (20.00%) ABAP
4 4 (20.00%) Web Services
4 4 (20.00%) ERP
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Management
5 3 (15.00%) JD Edwards
5 3 (15.00%) CRM
5 3 (15.00%) SAP CRM
6 2 (10.00%) Web Dynpro
6 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (10.00%) SAP BW
6 2 (10.00%) Middleware
6 2 (10.00%) JDBC
6 2 (10.00%) SOAP
6 2 (10.00%) XSLT
6 2 (10.00%) SOA
6 2 (10.00%) HTTP
6 2 (10.00%) ESB
6 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis
7 1 (5.000%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (5.000%) SAP CAF
7 1 (5.000%) Smart Meter
7 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
7 1 (5.000%) Sun

SAP PI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP PI 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 PI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (55.00%) SAP XI
2 4 (20.00%) Web Services
3 2 (10.00%) JDBC
3 2 (10.00%) SOAP
3 2 (10.00%) XSLT
3 2 (10.00%) Middleware
3 2 (10.00%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (5.000%) BAPI
4 1 (5.000%) JMS
4 1 (5.000%) XML
4 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis
4 1 (5.000%) SAP ALE
4 1 (5.000%) SAP CAF
Application Platforms
1 6 (30.00%) NetWeaver
2 2 (10.00%) ESB
3 1 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (20.00%) SAP ERP
2 3 (15.00%) SAP CRM
3 2 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (5.000%) SAP HCM
4 1 (5.000%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (5.000%) SAP QM
4 1 (5.000%) SAP PP
4 1 (5.000%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.000%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (5.000%) Banking
1 1 (5.000%) Retail
1 1 (5.000%) Billing
1 1 (5.000%) German Language
1 1 (5.000%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Architect
2 5 (25.00%) Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 4 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) SAP PI Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Architect
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Developer
4 3 (15.00%) Developer
5 2 (10.00%) SAP PI Developer
6 1 (5.000%) CRM Developer
6 1 (5.000%) SAP CRM Developer
6 1 (5.000%) SOA Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Integration Architect
6 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Test Manager
6 1 (5.000%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Process Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.000%) Solaris
1 1 (5.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) ERP
1 4 (20.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (15.00%) CRM
3 2 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (10.00%) SOA
4 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (5.000%) Project Management
4 1 (5.000%) Process Management
4 1 (5.000%) Migration
4 1 (5.000%) Scrum
4 1 (5.000%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (5.000%) Performance Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Load Testing
4 1 (5.000%) Test Management
4 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) ABAP
3 1 (5.000%) ActionScript
3 1 (5.000%) ActionScript 2.0
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (5.000%) SEEBURGER
3 1 (5.000%) Oracle
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.000%) Sun
3 1 (5.000%) CA