The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Functional 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 Functional 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 Functional Consultant
Rank 115 129 129
Rank change year-on-year
+14 0
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Functional Consultant 2 3 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.087% 0.095% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.103% 0.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
Average daily rate £438 £538 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -2.27%
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -3.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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 Functional Consultant
England

SAP Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Functional Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Functional 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 Functional 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
Cheshire +6 1 £400 -20.00%
SAP Functional Consultant
England

SAP Functional Consultant
Top 10 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (25.00%) E-Learning
2 1 (25.00%) Pegasus
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (25.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (25.00%) SAP WM

SAP Functional 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 Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP HR
1 1 (25.00%) SAP SD
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (25.00%) SAP WM
1 1 (25.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (25.00%) SAP CO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Implementation
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (25.00%) Pegasus