The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PP 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 PP 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 Production Planning (PP)
Rank - 127 116
Contract jobs citing SAP PP 0 5 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West - 0.161% 0.328%
As % of the Business Applications category - 1.538% 3.356%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £508 £475
% change year-on-year
-1.47% +6.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £75.00 -
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 PP
England

SAP PP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP PP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PP
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP PP Daily Rate Trend

SAP PP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP PP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP PP
Top 6 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) SAP PM
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation

SAP PP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP PM
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Migration Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Data Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Data Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 2 (100.00%) Data Transformation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP