The first table below looks at the demand for SAP SD 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 SD 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 Sales and Distribution (SD)
Rank 112 110 98
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -12
Contract jobs citing SAP SD 6 22 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.257% 0.707% 0.918%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.459% 6.769% 9.396%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 8
Average daily rate £450 £365 £448
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.28% -18.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £303 £243 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £465 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £425
% change year-on-year
- +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 - £18.00
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 SD
England

SAP SD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP SD Jobs Demand Trend

SAP SD
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West SAP SD Daily Rate Trend

SAP SD
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West SAP SD Daily Rate Histogram

SAP SD
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West SAP SD Hourly Rate Trend

SAP SD
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP SD 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 - 2 £425 -
Lancashire +7 1 - -
Manchester -8 1 £475 +30.13%
SAP SD
England

SAP SD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
2 3 (27.27%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) ABAP
3 2 (18.18%) SAP FI
3 2 (18.18%) SAP MM
3 2 (18.18%) HP
3 2 (18.18%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Migration
3 2 (18.18%) SAP CO
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
3 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (9.091%) SAP BPC
4 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
4 1 (9.091%) FMCG
4 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
4 1 (9.091%) Billing
4 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) Logistics
4 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.091%) QA
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (9.091%) Open Text
4 1 (9.091%) GIS
4 1 (9.091%) Change Management

SAP SD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (9.091%) EDIFACT
1 1 (9.091%) XML
1 1 (9.091%) EDI
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP FI
1 2 (18.18%) SAP MM
1 2 (18.18%) SAP FI/CO
1 2 (18.18%) SAP CO
2 1 (9.091%) SAP BPC
2 1 (9.091%) SAP GRC
2 1 (9.091%) SAP HR
2 1 (9.091%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) LoadRunner
General
1 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
1 2 (18.18%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Billing
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) SAP SD Consultant
2 6 (54.55%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (27.27%) Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Test Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) Test Leader
5 1 (9.091%) SAP SD Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) EDI Developer
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Developer
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Test Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (9.091%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) FMCG
1 1 (9.091%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
1 3 (27.27%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Migration
2 2 (18.18%) Data Migration
3 1 (9.091%) Test Strategy
3 1 (9.091%) Data Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Logistics
3 1 (9.091%) Business Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) Regression Testing
3 1 (9.091%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
3 1 (9.091%) OO
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) HP
3 1 (9.091%) Open Text
3 1 (9.091%) Pegasus
3 1 (9.091%) Adobe