North West SAP FI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP Financial Accounting (FI) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP FI over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol City of London Crawley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Fareham Guildford Hampshire Havant Haywards Heath Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands North East North West Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Rochdale South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Trowbridge UK Uxbridge Wales Waterlooville West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	94	114
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	49	24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.065 %	0.024 %
As % of the category below	14.37 %	8.696 %
Daily rates quoted	6	4
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£425
Average daily rate	£358	£450
% change on same period last year	-20.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£383	£475
UK excluding London average daily rate	£468	£464
% change on same period last year	+0.87 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.00	-
Average hourly rate	£21.67	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.33	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.86	£31.25
% change on same period last year	-10.85 %
Business Applications North West
Matching contract IT job ads	341	276
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.455 %	0.279 %
Daily rates quoted	68	81
Average minimum daily rate	£396	£398
Average daily rate	£418	£414
% change on same period last year	+0.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£431
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	£435
% change on same period last year	+3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	23	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.60	£24.30
Average hourly rate	£29.42	£27.20
% change on same period last year	+8.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.23	£30.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.61	£25.77
% change on same period last year	+14.91 %
SAP FI England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP FI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP FI across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SAP FI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-4	18	£340	-15.00 %
Merseyside	+7	5	-	-
Lancashire	+11	1	-	-

SAP FI England

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP FI 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 FI.

1 109 (100.00 %) SAP 2 93 (85.32 %) SAP FI/CO 2 93 (85.32 %) SAP CO 3 30 (27.52 %) Finance 4 17 (15.60 %) Citrix Certification 5 14 (12.84 %) Manufacturing 6 8 (7.339 %) FMCG 7 7 (6.422 %) General Ledger 7 7 (6.422 %) SLA 8 6 (5.505 %) Legal 8 6 (5.505 %) Automotive 8 6 (5.505 %) Billing 8 6 (5.505 %) Incident Management 9 5 (4.587 %) Test Scripting 9 5 (4.587 %) SAP R/3

10 4 (3.670 %) SAP PS 10 4 (3.670 %) Banking 11 3 (2.752 %) SAP Oil and Gas 11 3 (2.752 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 3 (2.752 %) ERP 11 3 (2.752 %) Migration 12 2 (1.835 %) Stakeholder Management 12 2 (1.835 %) ACCA 12 2 (1.835 %) Aerospace 12 2 (1.835 %) CIMA 12 2 (1.835 %) Data Migration 12 2 (1.835 %) Italian Language 12 2 (1.835 %) Polish Language 12 2 (1.835 %) SAP Implementation 12 2 (1.835 %) Retail

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing SAP FI 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 FI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (0.917 %) SAP CO-PA	Business Applications 1 93 (85.32 %) SAP FI/CO 1 93 (85.32 %) SAP CO 2 5 (4.587 %) SAP R/3 3 4 (3.670 %) SAP PS 4 3 (2.752 %) SAP Oil and Gas 5 1 (0.917 %) SAP FI-AR 5 1 (0.917 %) SAP SD
General 1 30 (27.52 %) Finance 2 14 (12.84 %) Manufacturing 3 8 (7.339 %) FMCG 4 7 (6.422 %) General Ledger 5 6 (5.505 %) Legal 5 6 (5.505 %) Billing 5 6 (5.505 %) Automotive 6 4 (3.670 %) Banking 7 2 (1.835 %) Retail 7 2 (1.835 %) Aerospace 8 1 (0.917 %) Chemicals	Job Titles 1 91 (83.49 %) Consultant 2 90 (82.57 %) SAP Consultant 3 78 (71.56 %) SAP FI/CO Consultant 4 43 (39.45 %) SAP FI Consultant 5 38 (34.86 %) SAP CO Consultant 6 9 (8.257 %) Analyst 6 9 (8.257 %) SAP Analyst 7 7 (6.422 %) SAP Support 8 4 (3.670 %) SAP Support Analyst 8 4 (3.670 %) Support Analyst 9 2 (1.835 %) Applications Support 9 2 (1.835 %) Support Consultant 9 2 (1.835 %) SAP PS Consultant 9 2 (1.835 %) SAP Support Consultant 10 1 (0.917 %) SAP Functional Consultant 10 1 (0.917 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 10 1 (0.917 %) Functional Consultant 10 1 (0.917 %) SAP SD Consultant 10 1 (0.917 %) Applications Support Analyst 10 1 (0.917 %) Helpdesk Support
Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.835 %) Italian Language 1 2 (1.835 %) Polish Language	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (5.505 %) Incident Management 2 5 (4.587 %) Test Scripting 3 3 (2.752 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 3 (2.752 %) ERP 3 3 (2.752 %) Migration 4 2 (1.835 %) Stakeholder Management 4 2 (1.835 %) SAP Implementation 4 2 (1.835 %) Data Migration 5 1 (0.917 %) Security Cleared 5 1 (0.917 %) Unit Testing 5 1 (0.917 %) Logistics 5 1 (0.917 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (0.917 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1 (0.917 %) SQL 1 1 (0.917 %) ABAP 1 1 (0.917 %) SAPscript	Qualifications 1 17 (15.60 %) Citrix Certification 2 2 (1.835 %) ACCA 2 2 (1.835 %) CIMA 3 1 (0.917 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (6.422 %) SLA	Vendors 1 109 (100.00 %) SAP 2 1 (0.917 %) HP