The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Consultant role 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles advertised 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Consultant
Rank 32 33 28
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 2 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.930% 1.124% 1.606%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.962% 1.181% 1.724%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.15% +82.85%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 254 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 96.74% 95.13% 93.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 115 110
Average daily rate £330 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £140 £188 £132
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £430 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 46 35
Average hourly rate £11.50 £17.51 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.32% +16.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.16 £12.05 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £83.70 £25.00 £22.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Consultant
North West

SAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside SAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside SAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside SAP Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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
Liverpool +6 1 - -
SAP Consultant
North West

SAP Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (40.00%) SAP APO
3 1 (20.00%) SAP R/3
3 1 (20.00%) SAP BI
3 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Conversion
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (20.00%) Data Stewardship

SAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP APO
2 1 (20.00%) SAP R/3
2 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Services
General
1 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Conversion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Stewardship
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects