The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BI 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 BI 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 Database & Business Intelligence 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 Business Intelligence
Rank 117 123 112
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -11
Contract jobs citing SAP BI 6 7 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.255% 0.220% 0.465%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.115% 0.987% 2.071%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 6
Average daily rate £438 £650 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.69% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £650 £525
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £650 £573
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
-7.27% -
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
538 709 676
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 22.85% 22.32% 22.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 374 371
Average daily rate £325 £300 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 43
Average hourly rate £31.50 £30.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.43 £11.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £74.25 £43.50 £43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-0.90% -14.61%
SAP BI
England

SAP BI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP BI across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

North West SAP BI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BI
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP BI Daily Rate Trend

SAP BI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BI 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 +6 5 £425 -
Manchester +10 1 £450 -30.76%
SAP BI
England

SAP BI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (100.00%) SAP
1 20 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (70.00%) SAP BW
3 10 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
3 10 (50.00%) Business Objects
4 5 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (25.00%) Primavera
5 4 (20.00%) Degree
5 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (15.00%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (15.00%) OLE
6 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
6 3 (15.00%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (15.00%) UNIX
7 2 (10.00%) MS Access
7 2 (10.00%) C
7 2 (10.00%) SQL
7 2 (10.00%) ABAP
7 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
7 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
7 2 (10.00%) Migration
7 2 (10.00%) BAPI
7 2 (10.00%) LSMW
7 2 (10.00%) Logistics
7 2 (10.00%) Korn
7 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
7 2 (10.00%) Demand Management

SAP BI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (15.00%) OLE
2 2 (10.00%) BAPI
3 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis
Business Applications
1 1 (5.000%) SAP FSCM
1 1 (5.000%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (70.00%) SAP BW
2 10 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (15.00%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (10.00%) MS Access
5 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) LSMW
General
1 2 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Consultant
2 7 (35.00%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Tester
4 4 (20.00%) SAP Tester
4 4 (20.00%) SAP BI Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Business Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Technical Leader
5 3 (15.00%) Business Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) Data Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Data Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) Business Intelligence Architect
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Architect
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Test Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) Lead Architect
7 1 (5.000%) SAP BW Architect
7 1 (5.000%) SAP BW Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) Architect
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Test Scripting
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Logistics
4 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Demand Management
5 1 (5.000%) Unit Testing
5 1 (5.000%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) Shell Script
2 2 (10.00%) C
2 2 (10.00%) SQL
2 2 (10.00%) ABAP
2 2 (10.00%) Korn
2 2 (10.00%) Bourne shell
2 2 (10.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (50.00%) Business Objects
3 5 (25.00%) Primavera
4 1 (5.000%) HP