The first table below looks at the demand for SAP GTS skills 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 GTS over the 3 months to 18 June 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)
Rank 122 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP GTS 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.040% - -
As % of the Business Applications category 0.800% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £650 £475 -
% change year-on-year
+36.84% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
125 153 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 4.954% 5.745% 7.983%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 76 120
Average daily rate £425 £425 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +11.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £340 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £518 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 6
Average hourly rate £12.50 £20.02 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.54% -32.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.75 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+47.00% -13.79%
SAP GTS
UK

SAP GTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland SAP GTS Jobs Demand Trend

SAP GTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SAP GTS 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 GTS.

1 7 (100.00%) SAP
1 7 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Data Management
2 6 (85.71%) Time Management
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco ASA
2 6 (85.71%) SAP CCM
2 6 (85.71%) Wireless
2 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 6 (85.71%) IP Telephony
2 6 (85.71%) LAN
2 6 (85.71%) VoIP
2 6 (85.71%) WAN
2 6 (85.71%) VPN
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) CCIE
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy
2 6 (85.71%) BGP
2 6 (85.71%) EIGRP
2 6 (85.71%) MGCP
2 6 (85.71%) H.323
2 6 (85.71%) Riverbed
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Nexus
3 5 (71.43%) CCNP
4 2 (28.57%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
5 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (14.29%) SmartPlant

SAP GTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing SAP GTS 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 GTS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 7 (100.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (85.71%) SAP CCM
3 1 (14.29%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 6 (85.71%) LAN
1 6 (85.71%) VoIP
1 6 (85.71%) WAN
1 6 (85.71%) VPN
1 6 (85.71%) BGP
1 6 (85.71%) EIGRP
1 6 (85.71%) MGCP
1 6 (85.71%) H.323
1 6 (85.71%) Wireless
1 6 (85.71%) IP Telephony
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (85.71%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BI
General
1 6 (85.71%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Network Engineer
1 6 (85.71%) Senior Network Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Data Management
2 6 (85.71%) Time Management
3 2 (28.57%) Change Control
4 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (14.29%) Network Design
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) CCIE
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (71.43%) CCNP
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (85.71%) Cisco
2 6 (85.71%) Citrix
2 6 (85.71%) Remedy
2 6 (85.71%) Riverbed
3 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
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