The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Human Resources (HR)
Rank 24 30 28
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP HR 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.170% 0.368% 1.176%
As % of the Business Applications category 8.000% 2.273% 5.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £480
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
All Business Applications
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
25 44 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 14.62% 16.18% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 23 15
Average daily rate £600 £500 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +5.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
SAP HR
England

SAP HR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands SAP HR Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP HR 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 HR.

1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Payroll

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP HR 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 HR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Payroll
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (66.67%) LoadRunner
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (33.33%) SAP HR Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) HP