The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP FI 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 Manchester 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 Financial Accounting (FI)
Rank 73 66 47
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -19
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 1 18 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.109% 1.379% 2.567%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.163% 13.33% 23.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 6
Average daily rate - £575 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +31.42%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 7
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
All Business Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
86 135 111
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 9.358% 10.34% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 70 47
Average daily rate £405 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.70% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 16
Average hourly rate £13.25 £37.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-64.18% +105.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.10 £37.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £37.00 £18.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%
SAP FI
North West

SAP FI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester SAP FI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester SAP FI Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester SAP FI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
1 4 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) German Language
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) CCA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP SD
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) German Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Consultant
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) Senior SAP Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP