The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Consultant role 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Consultant
Rank 66 65 42
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -23
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 52 73 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 2.264% 2.305% 3.540%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.425% 2.517% 3.817%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 18 49
Average daily rate £494 £515 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +8.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £390 £406
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £665 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £470
% change year-on-year
- +1.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.15% +82.85%
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2144 2900 2856
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.34% 91.57% 92.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1014 1446 1426
Average daily rate £335 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 169 190
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.12% +14.70%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.29 £12.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
SAP Consultant
England

SAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West SAP Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -10 22 £500 +11.11%
Cheshire +20 21 £500 -5.66%
Lancashire +10 1 - -
Merseyside +7 1 - -
SAP Consultant
England

SAP Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title.

1 133 (100.00%) SAP
2 29 (21.80%) Migration
3 27 (20.30%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (17.29%) DB2
5 21 (15.79%) SAP Basis
6 20 (15.04%) Oracle
7 19 (14.29%) SAP BW
7 19 (14.29%) Data Migration
8 18 (13.53%) CRM
9 16 (12.03%) SAP HR
10 13 (9.774%) ABAP
11 12 (9.023%) Business Objects
11 12 (9.023%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (9.023%) SAP GRC
12 11 (8.271%) SAP CRM
13 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
13 10 (7.519%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 9 (6.767%) NetWeaver
14 9 (6.767%) SAP BPC
14 9 (6.767%) SAP Data Services
15 8 (6.015%) SAP Payroll
15 8 (6.015%) Finance
15 8 (6.015%) Manufacturing
15 8 (6.015%) SAP XI
15 8 (6.015%) MS Excel
15 8 (6.015%) MS Access
15 8 (6.015%) MS Visio
15 8 (6.015%) UNIX
15 8 (6.015%) AIX
16 7 (5.263%) SAP SD

SAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (15.79%) SAP Basis
2 8 (6.015%) SAP XI
3 3 (2.256%) Middleware
3 3 (2.256%) BAPI
3 3 (2.256%) SAP PI
4 1 (0.752%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (6.767%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.752%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 8 (6.015%) MS Excel
1 8 (6.015%) MS Visio
2 6 (4.511%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (2.256%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 16 (12.03%) SAP HR
2 12 (9.023%) SAP GRC
3 11 (8.271%) SAP CRM
4 9 (6.767%) SAP BPC
5 8 (6.015%) SAP Payroll
6 7 (5.263%) SAP CO
6 7 (5.263%) SAP SD
7 6 (4.511%) SAP WM
8 5 (3.759%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (3.759%) SAP QM
8 5 (3.759%) SAP APO
8 5 (3.759%) SAP FI
8 5 (3.759%) SAP Travel Management
9 4 (3.008%) SAP MM
10 3 (2.256%) SAP PM
10 3 (2.256%) SAP HCM
11 2 (1.504%) SAP LE
11 2 (1.504%) SAP FSCM
11 2 (1.504%) SAP SCM
11 2 (1.504%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.752%) LAN
1 1 (0.752%) WAN
1 1 (0.752%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.29%) DB2
2 19 (14.29%) SAP BW
3 12 (9.023%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (6.767%) SAP Data Services
5 8 (6.015%) MS Access
6 7 (5.263%) SAP BI
7 5 (3.759%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (3.759%) SQL Server
8 2 (1.504%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.752%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 3 (2.256%) LSMW
General
1 8 (6.015%) Finance
1 8 (6.015%) Manufacturing
2 6 (4.511%) Retail
2 6 (4.511%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (2.256%) Marketing
3 3 (2.256%) Publishing
4 2 (1.504%) Russian Language
5 1 (0.752%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.256%) FMCG
2 2 (1.504%) E-Learning
3 1 (0.752%) Data Extraction
3 1 (0.752%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.015%) UNIX
1 8 (6.015%) AIX
2 1 (0.752%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.80%) Migration
2 27 (20.30%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (14.29%) Data Migration
4 18 (13.53%) CRM
5 7 (5.263%) ERP
5 7 (5.263%) Risk Analysis
5 7 (5.263%) Unit Testing
6 6 (4.511%) Integration Testing
6 6 (4.511%) SAP Implementation
7 5 (3.759%) SAP Security
7 5 (3.759%) Six Sigma
7 5 (3.759%) ETL
7 5 (3.759%) Logistics
8 4 (3.008%) Test Scripting
9 3 (2.256%) Business Analysis
9 3 (2.256%) Data Analysis
10 2 (1.504%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (1.504%) Project Management
10 2 (1.504%) Quality Management
10 2 (1.504%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.774%) ABAP
2 4 (3.008%) SQL
2 4 (3.008%) VBScript
3 3 (2.256%) VB
4 2 (1.504%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (3.008%) SAP Certification
2 1 (0.752%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (0.752%) ISEB
2 1 (0.752%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.504%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.752%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.008%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 10 (7.519%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (3.759%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 133 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (15.04%) Oracle
3 12 (9.023%) Business Objects
4 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
5 4 (3.008%) Open Text
6 3 (2.256%) Primavera
7 2 (1.504%) CA
8 1 (0.752%) Siemens
8 1 (0.752%) Pegasus
8 1 (0.752%) Ariba
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