The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors for the North East 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 28 38 11
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -27
Contract jobs citing SAP 7 11 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 2.632% 2.263% 8.597%
As % of the Vendors category 6.250% 4.603% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 7
Average daily rate £275 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00% -21.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+41.33% -1.31%
All Vendors
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
112 239 272
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 42.11% 49.18% 61.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 118 109
Average daily rate £275 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £503 £550 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 13
Average hourly rate £10.50 £20.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-47.50% +17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.84 £9.62
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £50.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

North East SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear - 2 - -
Durham -3 1 - -
SAP
England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing SAP 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.

1 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
1 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Logistics
3 3 (14.29%) SAP SRM
3 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 3 (14.29%) Business Objects
3 3 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) ETL
4 2 (9.524%) Oracle
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (9.524%) SAP FI
4 2 (9.524%) VMware
4 2 (9.524%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (9.524%) Law
4 2 (9.524%) Use Case
4 2 (9.524%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (9.524%) SAP CO
4 2 (9.524%) Banking
4 2 (9.524%) Dimensional Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (4.762%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.762%) Data Quality
5 1 (4.762%) FMCG
5 1 (4.762%) SAP GRC

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.762%) .NET
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) SAP SRM
2 2 (9.524%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (9.524%) SAP CO
2 2 (9.524%) SAP FI
3 1 (4.762%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.762%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (4.762%) SAP HR
3 1 (4.762%) SAP APO
3 1 (4.762%) assyst
3 1 (4.762%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (9.524%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (9.524%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (4.762%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.762%) Star Schema
3 1 (4.762%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.762%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
3 2 (9.524%) Law
3 2 (9.524%) Banking
3 2 (9.524%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Consultant
2 6 (28.57%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.524%) Junior
4 2 (9.524%) Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Analyst
4 2 (9.524%) Junior Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Analyst Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Administrator
4 2 (9.524%) Data Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) SAP Manager
4 2 (9.524%) SAP Data Consultant
4 2 (9.524%) Junior SAP Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) SAP GRC Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.762%) Supply Chain Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Business Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) SAP PP Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Business Objects Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.762%) UNIX
1 1 (4.762%) Windows
1 1 (4.762%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) Project Management
2 4 (19.05%) Logistics
3 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (9.524%) PRINCE2
4 2 (9.524%) Data Modelling
4 2 (9.524%) ETL
4 2 (9.524%) Use Case
4 2 (9.524%) SAP Implementation
4 2 (9.524%) Dimensional Modelling
5 1 (4.762%) SAP Security
5 1 (4.762%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.762%) ITIL
5 1 (4.762%) Performance Testing
5 1 (4.762%) Test Management
5 1 (4.762%) Scrum
5 1 (4.762%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.762%) Service Management
5 1 (4.762%) Quality Management
5 1 (4.762%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (4.762%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.762%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (4.762%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Business Objects
2 2 (9.524%) Oracle
2 2 (9.524%) VMware
3 1 (4.762%) Genesys
3 1 (4.762%) Informatica
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