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The table below looks at the demand for SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE) skills within the North West 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 ALE over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank125146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.223 %0.099 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£504
% change on same period last year-19.24 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads8951008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.260 %1.019 %
Daily rates quoted156145
Average minimum daily rate£288£310
Average daily rate£305£332
% change on same period last year-8.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted8888
Average minimum hourly rate£25.11£25.61
Average hourly rate£27.83£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.55£30.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
SAP ALE EnglandSAP ALE
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 ALE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP ALE across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West SAP ALE Demand Trend

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP ALE Daily Rate Trend

SAP ALE
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP ALE 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 ALE.

12 (100.00 %)ABAP
12 (100.00 %)SAP
12 (100.00 %)SAPscript
12 (100.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
12 (100.00 %)LSMW

SAP ALE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP ALE 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 ALE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)LSMW
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Consultant
12 (100.00 %)SAP Consultant
12 (100.00 %)ABAP Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)ABAP
12 (100.00 %)SAPscript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)SAP