The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis 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 Merseyside 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 Basis
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.478% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.667% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
60 75 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 28.71% 28.85% 20.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 18
Average daily rate £325 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 2
Average hourly rate £14.79 £25.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.85% +85.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
North West

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) DB2
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) IBM