The first table below looks at the demand for SAP MM 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 MM 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 Materials Management (MM)
Rank 112 124 115
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -9
Contract jobs citing SAP MM 6 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.257% 0.257% 0.361%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.459% 2.462% 3.691%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 4
Average daily rate £400 - £475
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 - £440
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 - £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £428 £450 £458
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -1.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £36.50
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 MM
England

SAP MM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP MM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP MM
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP MM Daily Rate Trend

SAP MM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West SAP MM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP MM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP MM 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 0 2 £413 -
Manchester +5 1 £550 -
SAP MM
England

SAP MM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (33.33%) SAP WM
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (22.22%) HP
3 2 (22.22%) SAP HR
3 2 (22.22%) SAP SD
3 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
3 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Logistics
4 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) QA
4 1 (11.11%) SAP LE
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (11.11%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (11.11%) Open Text
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Workflow
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
4 1 (11.11%) SAP PS
4 1 (11.11%) OO
4 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) Adobe
4 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
4 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management

SAP MM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (11.11%) SAP Business Workflow
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) SAP WM
2 2 (22.22%) SAP HR
2 2 (22.22%) SAP SD
3 1 (11.11%) SAP LE
3 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
3 1 (11.11%) SAP PS
3 1 (11.11%) SAP BPC
3 1 (11.11%) SAP GRC
3 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) SAP MM Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Test Leader
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Test Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Business Manager
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Support
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Process Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Trainer
4 1 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (11.11%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (11.11%) SAP WM Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (11.11%) Support Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) Logistics
2 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) OO
2 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) HP
3 1 (11.11%) Open Text
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe
3 1 (11.11%) datango