The first table below looks at the demand for SAP QM 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 QM 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 Quality Management (QM)
Rank 111 129 122
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 7 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.300% 0.096% 0.131%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.869% 0.923% 1.342%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £514 £455 £500
% change year-on-year
+12.85% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - -
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 QM
England

SAP QM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP QM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP QM
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP QM Daily Rate Trend

SAP QM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP QM 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
Manchester - 7 - -
SAP QM
England

SAP QM
Top 25 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (44.44%) Quality Management
3 2 (22.22%) Russian Language
3 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
4 1 (11.11%) FMCG
4 1 (11.11%) SaaS
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (11.11%) TrackWise
4 1 (11.11%) Information Management
4 1 (11.11%) Document Management
4 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) LiveLink
4 1 (11.11%) Maximo
4 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Documentum
4 1 (11.11%) GxP
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PMI
4 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical

SAP QM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) LiveLink
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
1 1 (11.11%) Documentum
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) TrackWise
1 1 (11.11%) Maximo
General
1 2 (22.22%) Russian Language
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Consultant
1 5 (55.56%) SAP Consultant
1 5 (55.56%) SAP QM Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Trainer
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Trainer
2 1 (11.11%) Management Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) FMCG
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Quality Management
2 2 (22.22%) Test Scripting
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (11.11%) Information Management
3 1 (11.11%) Document Management
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GxP
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP