The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Data Services 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 Data Services over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
Rank 111 127 120
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 8 9 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.345% 0.283% 0.399%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.493% 1.275% 1.796%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 5
Average daily rate £350 £550 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.36% +37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £500 £500
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £75.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
536 706 668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 23.13% 22.24% 22.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 254 369 371
Average daily rate £325 £300 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £449 £453 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 32 41
Average hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.57 £10.75 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £71.50 £35.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SAP Data Services
England

SAP Data Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Data Services Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Data Services Daily Rate Trend

SAP Data Services
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Data Services Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Data Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Data Services within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 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 - 3 - -
Cheshire +7 1 £360 -34.54%
Lancashire - 1 - -
SAP Data Services
England

SAP Data Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP Data Services 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 Data Services.

1 18 (90.00%) SAP
2 10 (50.00%) Business Objects
3 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (40.00%) SQL
5 7 (35.00%) MS Access
5 7 (35.00%) Migration
5 7 (35.00%) Data Migration
6 6 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
6 6 (30.00%) Oracle
6 6 (30.00%) ETL
6 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
6 6 (30.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 5 (25.00%) Workflow
7 5 (25.00%) SNMP
7 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 5 (25.00%) XML
7 5 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
8 4 (20.00%) LSMW
8 4 (20.00%) BAPI
8 4 (20.00%) ABAP
8 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (20.00%) SAP BW
9 3 (15.00%) SAP BI
9 3 (15.00%) SAP Implementation
10 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
10 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
10 2 (10.00%) RedPrairie
10 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
10 2 (10.00%) Marketing

SAP Data Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (25.00%) XML
2 4 (20.00%) BAPI
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 7 (35.00%) MS Access
3 6 (30.00%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (25.00%) SQL Server
5 4 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (20.00%) SAP BW
6 3 (15.00%) SAP BI
7 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects XI
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (5.000%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (20.00%) LSMW
General
1 6 (30.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Consultant
2 9 (45.00%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) Data Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) SAP Data Consultant
4 4 (20.00%) Developer
5 3 (15.00%) Migration Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 3 (15.00%) Data Migration Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) OBIEE Developer
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Report Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Business Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Business Objects Developer
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Data Analyst
7 1 (5.000%) SAP BW Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) Project Manager
7 1 (5.000%) Business Objects Consultant
7 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (35.00%) Migration
2 7 (35.00%) Data Migration
3 6 (30.00%) ETL
4 5 (25.00%) Workflow
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Implementation
6 2 (10.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Data Cleansing
6 2 (10.00%) CRM
6 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
7 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2
7 1 (5.000%) Information Management
7 1 (5.000%) Business Analysis
7 1 (5.000%) Dimensional Modelling
Programming Languages
1 8 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (20.00%) ABAP
3 2 (10.00%) VBA
3 2 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 18 (90.00%) SAP
2 10 (50.00%) Business Objects
3 6 (30.00%) Oracle
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) Baan
4 2 (10.00%) RedPrairie
Business Objects contract role in Cheshire, North...
The role will include report writing, T-SQL Scripting and requirements gathering from senior stakeholders from across the business.
IS Recruitment Ltd
Rate: Market Rates
Posted: 1 May 2013