The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Certification 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 Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Qualifications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Certification
Rank 112 126 128
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP Certification 7 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.296% 0.285% 0.066%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.522% 1.341% 0.423%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £425 £650 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £600 £499
% change year-on-year
-22.91% +20.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £12.50
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
460 671 473
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.48% 21.27% 15.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 200 331 209
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £195 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £517 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 44
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
SAP Certification
England

SAP Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Certification Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Certification Daily Rate Trend

SAP Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +2 5 £425 -
Manchester +14 1 £500 -23.07%
SAP Certification
England

SAP Certification
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP Certification 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 Certification.

1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 6 (66.67%) DB2
2 6 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (44.44%) AIX
3 4 (44.44%) Tivoli
3 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (22.22%) HP
5 2 (22.22%) Clustering
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
5 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (11.11%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (11.11%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
6 1 (11.11%) CA
6 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
6 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
6 1 (11.11%) SAP PS
6 1 (11.11%) Primavera
6 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO

SAP Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FSCM
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI-CA
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP HR
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
1 1 (11.11%) SAP PS
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (66.67%) DB2
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Migration Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Test Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Manager
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Test Manager
3 2 (22.22%) Defect Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) Tivoli
1 4 (44.44%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (66.67%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) HP
4 1 (11.11%) CA
4 1 (11.11%) Primavera