The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Consultant
Rank 105 83 93
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +10
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 17 26 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.688% 0.984% 0.840%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.741% 1.048% 0.893%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 14 10
Average daily rate £445 £500 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.90% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £371 £323
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £614 £546
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £475 £475
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 £64.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-10.15% +82.85%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2294 2481 2577
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.80% 93.87% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1106 1208 1272
Average daily rate £350 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £245
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 111 95
Average hourly rate £15.50 £21.50 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.90% +40.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Consultant
UK

SAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland SAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland SAP Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland SAP Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 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
Aberdeen +3 6 £436 -
Glasgow -23 4 £439 -1.45%
SAP Consultant
UK

SAP Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title.

1 30 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (23.33%) SAP MM
2 7 (23.33%) Logistics
2 7 (23.33%) SAP SCM
3 6 (20.00%) ABAP
4 5 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 4 (13.33%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (13.33%) SAP CO
5 4 (13.33%) CRM
5 4 (13.33%) Adobe
5 4 (13.33%) SAP FI
6 3 (10.00%) SAP BW
6 3 (10.00%) OO
6 3 (10.00%) E-Procurement
6 3 (10.00%) SAP Smart Forms
6 3 (10.00%) SAP XI
6 3 (10.00%) SAP FI-CA
6 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (6.667%) Billing
7 2 (6.667%) SAP CRM
7 2 (6.667%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (6.667%) Back Office
7 2 (6.667%) SAP PM
7 2 (6.667%) Migration
7 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
7 2 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (6.667%) CA
7 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (6.667%) SAPscript
7 2 (6.667%) SAP HR

SAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (10.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 3 (10.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (3.333%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (3.333%) BAPI
2 1 (3.333%) SAP ALE
2 1 (3.333%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) SAP MM
1 7 (23.33%) SAP SCM
2 5 (16.67%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 4 (13.33%) SAP CO
3 4 (13.33%) SAP FI
4 3 (10.00%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (6.667%) SAP CRM
5 2 (6.667%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (6.667%) SAP PM
5 2 (6.667%) SAP HR
5 2 (6.667%) SAP SD
6 1 (3.333%) SAP APO
6 1 (3.333%) SAP R/3
6 1 (3.333%) SAP PP
6 1 (3.333%) SAP HCM
6 1 (3.333%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (6.667%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.333%) SAP BI
General
1 2 (6.667%) Billing
1 2 (6.667%) Back Office
2 1 (3.333%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Law
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Logistics
2 4 (13.33%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (13.33%) CRM
3 3 (10.00%) OO
3 3 (10.00%) E-Procurement
3 3 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Migration
4 2 (6.667%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.333%) ERP
5 1 (3.333%) Project Management
5 1 (3.333%) PLM
5 1 (3.333%) Time Management
5 1 (3.333%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (3.333%) Project Governance
5 1 (3.333%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (20.00%) ABAP
2 2 (6.667%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 1 (3.333%) ACCA
1 1 (3.333%) CIMA
1 1 (3.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 30 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (13.33%) Adobe
3 2 (6.667%) Business Objects
3 2 (6.667%) CA