The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI 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 FI 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Rank 22 25 32
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 4 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.326% 1.128% 1.166%
As % of the Business Applications category 16.67% 6.977% 5.263%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £600 £300 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -36.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
All Business Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
24 43 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 13.95% 16.17% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 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 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
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 FI
England

SAP FI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands SAP FI Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 11 (100.00%) SAP
1 11 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (100.00%) SAP CO
2 7 (63.64%) ERP
3 4 (36.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) SAP BW
5 2 (18.18%) Retail
6 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
6 1 (9.091%) Logistics
6 1 (9.091%) Banking
6 1 (9.091%) Finance
6 1 (9.091%) Law
6 1 (9.091%) Migration
6 1 (9.091%) Sage

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 11 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (100.00%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Banking
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) SAP Consultant
1 8 (72.73%) Consultant
2 3 (27.27%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Manager
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (9.091%) Project Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Programme Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (9.091%) Test Scripting
3 1 (9.091%) Logistics
3 1 (9.091%) Migration
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Sage