The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ERP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP ERP 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 of the Business Applications category for the Midlands 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 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 24 - 37
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.585% - 0.293%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.167% - 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £485
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -17.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - -
All Business Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
24 44 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.04% 16.12% 22.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 13
Average daily rate £600 £500 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands SAP ERP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands SAP ERP Daily Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP ERP 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 ERP.

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Automotive
2 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) ABAP
3 1 (20.00%) Sybase
3 1 (20.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver

SAP ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
General
1 4 (80.00%) Automotive
1 4 (80.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Consultant
1 5 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ERP
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Sybase
2 1 (20.00%) Business Objects