The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 20 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 Northern Ireland 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 27 3 3
Rank change year-on-year
-24 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 41 67
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 2.390% 21.24% 18.72%
As % of the Vendors category 7.407% 38.68% 33.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 31
Average daily rate £275 £490 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.87% +46.26%
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 £26.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+41.33% -1.31%
All Vendors
Northern Ireland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
81 106 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 32.27% 54.92% 55.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 23 73
Average daily rate £375 £265 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.50% -20.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £260 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 12
Average hourly rate - - £15.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
UK

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland SAP Daily 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 20 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
County Antrim -23 4 £275 +3.77%
SAP
UK

SAP
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 5 (29.41%) SAP PI
1 5 (29.41%) ABAP
2 4 (23.53%) SOAP
2 4 (23.53%) XSLT
2 4 (23.53%) B2B
2 4 (23.53%) JMS
2 4 (23.53%) SAP Basis
2 4 (23.53%) Java
3 3 (17.65%) Open Text
3 3 (17.65%) IBM
3 3 (17.65%) Informatica
4 2 (11.76%) SAP BW
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) SAP BI
4 2 (11.76%) Data Management
5 1 (5.882%) QA
5 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
5 1 (5.882%) QlikView
5 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
5 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.882%) Finance
5 1 (5.882%) Migration
5 1 (5.882%) NetWeaver
5 1 (5.882%) SAP MM
5 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (5.882%) ERP
5 1 (5.882%) Retail

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 5 (29.41%) SAP PI
2 4 (23.53%) SOAP
2 4 (23.53%) XSLT
2 4 (23.53%) JMS
2 4 (23.53%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) SAP MM
1 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SAP BW
1 2 (11.76%) SAP BI
2 1 (5.882%) QlikView
2 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (5.882%) Finance
1 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Consultant
2 8 (47.06%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (23.53%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) SAP PI Consultant
4 3 (17.65%) Data Consultant
5 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SAP BI Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Business Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Support
6 1 (5.882%) SAP Support Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (5.882%) Support Consultant
6 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) B2B
2 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (11.76%) Data Management
3 1 (5.882%) Test Scripting
3 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.882%) ERP
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (29.41%) ABAP
2 4 (23.53%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) IBM
1 3 (17.65%) Informatica
1 3 (17.65%) Open Text