The first table below looks at the demand for SAP XI 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 XI 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 Application Development 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 Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Rank 25 27 35
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +8
Contract jobs citing SAP XI 1 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.581% 0.376% 0.292%
As % of the Application Development category 3.226% 1.351% 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £540 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £405 £425 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.70% +21.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £47.50 - -
All Application Development
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
31 74 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 18.02% 27.82% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 21 18
Average daily rate £450 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £300 £267
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £495 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 16
Average hourly rate - - £21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP XI
England

SAP XI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands SAP XI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP XI 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 XI.

1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing SAP XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (100.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Xcelsius
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Business Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Kimball Methodology
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (100.00%) SAP