The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PP 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 PP over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Production Planning (PP)
Rank 360 390 429
Rank change year-on-year
+30 +39
Contract jobs citing SAP PP 24 20 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.105% 0.075% 0.044%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.328% 0.958% 0.518%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 11 12
Average daily rate £425 £493 £439
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.70% +12.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £450 £426
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £525 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £500 £463
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +8.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £75.00 -
All Business Applications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
1807 2088 2701
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 7.924% 7.853% 8.585%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1126 1648
Average daily rate £450 £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 12 21
Average hourly rate £32.58 £40.50 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.55% +16.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £17.25 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £48.35 £71.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
SAP PP
England

SAP PP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London SAP PP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PP
Daily Rate Trend

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

London SAP PP Daily Rate Trend

SAP PP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP PP across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London SAP PP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP PP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP PP 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 PP.

1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 22 (55.00%) Migration
3 21 (52.50%) Data Migration
4 18 (45.00%) Validation
5 17 (42.50%) FMCG
6 14 (35.00%) SAP Implementation
7 10 (25.00%) Manufacturing
8 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
9 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (15.00%) SAP QM
11 5 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
12 4 (10.00%) Logistics
12 4 (10.00%) SAP PM
13 3 (7.500%) Data Validation
13 3 (7.500%) GAP Analysis
13 3 (7.500%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (7.500%) SAP MM
13 3 (7.500%) SAP WM
13 3 (7.500%) ERP
13 3 (7.500%) Data Transformation
14 2 (5.000%) SAP SCM
14 2 (5.000%) SAP SD
14 2 (5.000%) SAP FI
14 2 (5.000%) Finance
14 2 (5.000%) Automotive
14 2 (5.000%) SAP FI/CO
14 2 (5.000%) SAP CO
15 1 (2.500%) LSMW
15 1 (2.500%) Economics
15 1 (2.500%) SCADA

SAP PP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing SAP PP 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 PP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.500%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 6 (15.00%) SAP QM
2 4 (10.00%) SAP PM
3 3 (7.500%) SAP MM
3 3 (7.500%) SAP WM
4 2 (5.000%) SAP SCM
4 2 (5.000%) SAP SD
4 2 (5.000%) SAP FI
4 2 (5.000%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (5.000%) SAP CO
5 1 (2.500%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.500%) SAP PP-PI
5 1 (2.500%) Maximo
5 1 (2.500%) SAP APO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.500%) LSMW
General
1 10 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (7.500%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (5.000%) Finance
3 2 (5.000%) Automotive
4 1 (2.500%) Legal
4 1 (2.500%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 23 (57.50%) Consultant
1 23 (57.50%) SAP Consultant
2 18 (45.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 12 (30.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 12 (30.00%) Functional Consultant
4 10 (25.00%) Analyst
4 10 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
5 9 (22.50%) SAP Data Analyst
5 9 (22.50%) Data Analyst
6 6 (15.00%) SAP PM Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) SAP APO Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) SAP MM Consultant
8 3 (7.500%) SAP Data Consultant
8 3 (7.500%) Data Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) Data Migration Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) Project Manager
9 2 (5.000%) Migration Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (42.50%) FMCG
2 1 (2.500%) Economics
2 1 (2.500%) SCADA
2 1 (2.500%) Life Science
2 1 (2.500%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.500%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.500%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (55.00%) Migration
2 21 (52.50%) Data Migration
3 18 (45.00%) Validation
4 14 (35.00%) SAP Implementation
5 8 (20.00%) Data Analysis
6 7 (17.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
8 4 (10.00%) Logistics
9 3 (7.500%) Data Validation
9 3 (7.500%) GAP Analysis
9 3 (7.500%) ERP
9 3 (7.500%) Data Transformation
10 1 (2.500%) Integration Testing
10 1 (2.500%) Test Scripting
10 1 (2.500%) Change Management
10 1 (2.500%) Project Management
10 1 (2.500%) PRINCE2
10 1 (2.500%) SAP Security
10 1 (2.500%) Demand Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.500%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (2.500%) Pegasus
2 1 (2.500%) Oracle
Brentford, Middlesex
My client one of the major players in the Pharmaceutical market is searching for a very senior SAP APO consultant... They are currently upgrading from a lower version...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £700 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Our client is currently supporting a consumer goods company going through a group wide implementation and require SAP QM MM PP Consultant to handle the Data Analyst / Migration...
Montash
Rate: £450 - £550 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
The less senior SAP APO Functional Consultant will need a background preferably involving multiple APO/SNP end-to-end project lifecycles, working at the foundation stage dealing with...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Our client are looking for an experienced Functional SAP PP Analyst for a short term contract based in London... The ideal candidate will have a strong background in...
Experis IT
Rate: £400 - £445 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
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