The first table below looks at the demand for SAP R/3 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 R/3 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP R/3
Rank 74 75 70
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs citing SAP R/3 1 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.107% 0.619% 0.192%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.111% 5.926% 1.600%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £475 £270 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.92% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £398 £358
% change year-on-year
-1.69% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.00
All Business Applications
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
90 135 125
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 9.646% 10.45% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 70 54
Average daily rate £415 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.35% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 15
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 £17.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £37.00 £18.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP R/3
North West

SAP R/3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester SAP R/3 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester SAP R/3 Daily Rate Trend

SAP R/3
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3.

1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (50.00%) Data Stewardship
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) OLAP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP APO

SAP R/3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP APO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) OLAP
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Retail
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Business Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP APO Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Stewardship
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects