The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CO 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 CO over the 3 months to 24 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 Business Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Controlling (CO)
Rank 111 96 90
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 7 36 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.300% 1.157% 1.180%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.869% 11.08% 12.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 11
Average daily rate £425 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% -5.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £700 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £53.00 -
% change year-on-year
-29.24% -
All Business Applications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
244 325 298
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 10.47% 10.45% 9.770%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 133 136
Average daily rate £425 £425 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £293 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £591
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 2 17
Average hourly rate £50.00 £43.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.94% +141.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £38.30 £17.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £48.70 £36.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP CO
England

SAP CO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP CO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CO
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP CO Daily Rate Trend

SAP CO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CO across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West SAP CO Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP CO Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CO within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 4 £413 -27.63%
Manchester -9 2 £450 -
SAP CO
England

SAP CO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP CO 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 CO.

1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (92.31%) SAP FI
2 12 (92.31%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) ABAP
5 2 (15.38%) Open Text
5 2 (15.38%) Sage
5 2 (15.38%) SAP HR
5 2 (15.38%) SAP SD
5 2 (15.38%) SAP PS
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Retail
6 1 (7.692%) German Language
6 1 (7.692%) QA
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (7.692%) SAP FI-CA
6 1 (7.692%) SAP FI-AP
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Business Workflow
6 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
6 1 (7.692%) SAP GRC
6 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (7.692%) SAP BPC
6 1 (7.692%) Primavera
6 1 (7.692%) Project Management
6 1 (7.692%) SAP MM
6 1 (7.692%) OO
6 1 (7.692%) ERP

SAP CO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP CO 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 CO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (7.692%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 12 (92.31%) SAP FI
1 12 (92.31%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (15.38%) SAP HR
2 2 (15.38%) SAP SD
2 2 (15.38%) SAP PS
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Retail
3 1 (7.692%) SAP FI-CA
3 1 (7.692%) SAP FI-AP
3 1 (7.692%) SAP GRC
3 1 (7.692%) SAP BPC
3 1 (7.692%) SAP MM
General
1 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Retail
3 1 (7.692%) German Language
3 1 (7.692%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Consultant
1 6 (46.15%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP FI Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP CO Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) SAP Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Programme Manager
4 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Programme Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Senior SAP Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Test Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Trainer
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Developer
5 1 (7.692%) Solutions Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Test Manager
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Defect Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Trainer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (15.38%) Logistics
3 1 (7.692%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (7.692%) Data Migration
3 1 (7.692%) Project Management
3 1 (7.692%) OO
3 1 (7.692%) ERP
3 1 (7.692%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (7.692%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) CCA
1 1 (7.692%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (15.38%) Open Text
2 2 (15.38%) Sage
3 1 (7.692%) Primavera
3 1 (7.692%) Adobe
3 1 (7.692%) HP
3 1 (7.692%) CA