The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 22 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 North West 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 108 119 111
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -8
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 15 11 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.637% 0.346% 0.498%
As % of the Application Development category 2.366% 1.183% 2.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 3
Average daily rate £494 £388 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+27.41% -8.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £382 £401
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £502 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £463 £438
% change year-on-year
+1.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
634 930 736
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 26.93% 29.28% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 505 421
Average daily rate £300 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 33 21
Average hourly rate £30.00 £17.51 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.33% -36.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £13.50 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £147.94 £33.31 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cheshire +3 10 £500 +29.03%
Manchester +12 1 £450 -
Merseyside - 1 - -
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (76.92%) Oracle
2 20 (76.92%) DB2
3 14 (53.85%) NetWeaver
4 13 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
5 12 (46.15%) UNIX
6 8 (30.77%) Java
6 8 (30.77%) SAP BW
6 8 (30.77%) SAP XI
7 7 (26.92%) Migration
7 7 (26.92%) SAP BPC
7 7 (26.92%) ABAP
7 7 (26.92%) CRM
8 6 (23.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (19.23%) LAN
9 5 (19.23%) WAN
9 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
9 5 (19.23%) Solaris
9 5 (19.23%) SAN
9 5 (19.23%) Client/Server
9 5 (19.23%) MS Visio
9 5 (19.23%) MS Project
10 4 (15.38%) AIX
11 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
12 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
12 2 (7.692%) ITIL
12 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
12 2 (7.692%) Middleware
12 2 (7.692%) Tivoli

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (30.77%) SAP XI
2 2 (7.692%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 14 (53.85%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) MS Visio
1 5 (19.23%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (26.92%) SAP BPC
2 1 (3.846%) SAP FSCM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (19.23%) LAN
1 5 (19.23%) WAN
1 5 (19.23%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (76.92%) DB2
2 8 (30.77%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.846%) SAP BI
3 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.846%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (3.846%) German Language
Job Titles
1 20 (76.92%) Consultant
1 20 (76.92%) SAP Consultant
2 17 (65.38%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) SAP Manager
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Architect
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Release Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Release Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
5 1 (3.846%) Support Specialist
5 1 (3.846%) Technical Leader
5 1 (3.846%) SAP Support
5 1 (3.846%) NetWeaver Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) SAP Basis Specialist
5 1 (3.846%) SAP Basis Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 12 (46.15%) UNIX
2 5 (19.23%) Solaris
3 4 (15.38%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (26.92%) Migration
2 7 (26.92%) CRM
3 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (7.692%) TOGAF
4 2 (7.692%) ITIL
4 2 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
5 1 (3.846%) SOA
5 1 (3.846%) ERP
5 1 (3.846%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (30.77%) Java
2 7 (26.92%) ABAP
3 1 (3.846%) C
3 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.846%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (23.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (7.692%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (76.92%) Oracle
3 5 (19.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.846%) IBM