The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the Northamptonshire 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 23 32 9
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -23
Contract jobs citing SAP 9 13 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.571% 3.125% 10.58%
As % of the Vendors category 11.39% 9.353% 29.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 11 25
Average daily rate £529 £401 £165
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.02% +142.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £389 £400 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £608 £633 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
79 139 100
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 31.35% 33.41% 36.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 86 57
Average daily rate £350 £250 £270
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -7.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £224 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £604 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 13
Average hourly rate £16.50 £14.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.85% -17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.75 £8.95 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Northamptonshire SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Northamptonshire SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northamptonshire SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +4 2 - -
Kettering - 2 £608 -
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) CRM
2 3 (21.43%) SAP HR
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) IBM
3 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) JBoss
3 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
3 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
3 2 (14.29%) BPR
3 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
3 2 (14.29%) GlassFish
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (7.143%) Data Management
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) SAP CO
4 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (7.143%) Business Objects

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) WebSphere
2 1 (7.143%) EDI
2 1 (7.143%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) GlassFish
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) SAP HR
1 3 (21.43%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (7.143%) SAP CO
3 1 (7.143%) SAP SD
3 1 (7.143%) SAP FI
3 1 (7.143%) SAP MM
3 1 (7.143%) SAP PP
3 1 (7.143%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (7.143%) SAP CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
1 2 (14.29%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) SAP Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) SAP Manager
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (21.43%) Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Designer
5 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
5 1 (7.143%) Business Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Business Objects Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architect
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Business Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (7.143%) SAP HR Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SAP MM Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Project Management
1 4 (28.57%) CRM
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) Change Management
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
3 2 (14.29%) PRINCE2
3 2 (14.29%) BPR
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (7.143%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (7.143%) Data Management
4 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (7.143%) ETL
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) IBM
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) JBoss
2 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
2 1 (7.143%) JDA