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This section looks at the demand for SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP XI over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank6870
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads83
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.410 %0.965 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£437£509
% change on same period last year-14.19 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-41.25 %
Application Development MidlandsApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads332311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.426 %0.349 %
Daily rates quoted4524
Average minimum daily rate£353£390
Average daily rate£378£420
% change on same period last year-9.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted1116
Average minimum hourly rate£31.19£32.47
Average hourly rate£32.94£35.48
% change on same period last year-7.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.70£38.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %
SAP XI EnglandSAP XI
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP XI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Midlands SAP XI Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI.

115 (100.00 %)SAP
27 (46.67 %)CRM
27 (46.67 %)ABAP
34 (26.67 %)J2EE
34 (26.67 %)SAP Basis
34 (26.67 %)SAP Implementation
43 (20.00 %)SAP ALE
43 (20.00 %)Middleware
43 (20.00 %)SAP CRM
43 (20.00 %)SOAP
43 (20.00 %)EAI
43 (20.00 %)NetWeaver
43 (20.00 %)J2SE
52 (13.33 %)Java
61 (6.667 %)EJB
61 (6.667 %)BizTalk Server
61 (6.667 %)JMS
61 (6.667 %)Workflow
61 (6.667 %)Government
61 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
61 (6.667 %)HTTP
61 (6.667 %)HTTPS
61 (6.667 %)RDBMS
61 (6.667 %)SSL
61 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
61 (6.667 %)JDeveloper
61 (6.667 %)Oracle HTTP Server
61 (6.667 %)XMLSpy
61 (6.667 %)WebServices
61 (6.667 %)XML

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (26.67 %)J2EE
14 (26.67 %)SAP Basis
23 (20.00 %)SAP ALE
23 (20.00 %)SOAP
23 (20.00 %)J2SE
23 (20.00 %)Middleware
31 (6.667 %).NET
31 (6.667 %)JMS
31 (6.667 %)WebServices
31 (6.667 %)XML
31 (6.667 %)EJB
Application Platforms
13 (20.00 %)NetWeaver
21 (6.667 %)BizTalk Server
21 (6.667 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Business Applications
13 (20.00 %)SAP CRM
21 (6.667 %)SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)HTTP
11 (6.667 %)HTTPS
11 (6.667 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)RDBMS
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
11 (6.667 %)Oracle 11g
Development Applications
11 (6.667 %)Visual Studio
11 (6.667 %)JDeveloper
11 (6.667 %)XMLSpy
General
11 (6.667 %)Government
11 (6.667 %)Manufacturing
Job Titles
19 (60.00 %)Consultant
19 (60.00 %)SAP Consultant
24 (26.67 %)Developer
24 (26.67 %)SAP Basis Consultant
24 (26.67 %)SAP Developer
33 (20.00 %)SAP XI Consultant
33 (20.00 %)SAP XI Developer
41 (6.667 %)SAP Basis Support
41 (6.667 %)SAP Manager
41 (6.667 %)SAP MDM Consultant
41 (6.667 %)SAP Support
41 (6.667 %)SAP Support Consultant
41 (6.667 %)ABAP Consultant
41 (6.667 %)ABAP Developer
41 (6.667 %)SAP Workflow Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Applications Support Specialist
41 (6.667 %)Implementation Manager
41 (6.667 %)Applications Specialist
41 (6.667 %)Support Specialist
41 (6.667 %)Applications Support
Processes & Methodologies
17 (46.67 %)CRM
24 (26.67 %)SAP Implementation
33 (20.00 %)EAI
41 (6.667 %)Workflow
41 (6.667 %)Data Management
41 (6.667 %)ITIL
Programming Languages
17 (46.67 %)ABAP
22 (13.33 %)Java
Vendors
115 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (6.667 %)Oracle
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