The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 67 44 42
Rank change year-on-year
-23 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 57 68 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 2.306% 2.573% 3.069%
As % of the Vendors category 5.080% 6.576% 7.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 37 37
Average daily rate £424 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.83% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £350 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £600 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 1
Average hourly rate £13.25 £16.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.18% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+41.33% -1.31%
All Vendors
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1122 1034 1185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 45.39% 39.12% 43.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 461 511
Average daily rate £365 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 52 55
Average hourly rate £14.00 £25.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.00% +51.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.85 £10.00 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £33.20 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
SAP
UK

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 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 +1 22 £450 +2.85%
Glasgow -26 14 £429 -4.66%
Edinburgh +5 4 - -
Renfrewshire - 2 £285 -
North Lanarkshire - 2 - -
SAP
UK

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 22 (20.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 21 (19.81%) Finance
3 16 (15.09%) Change Management
3 16 (15.09%) SAP MM
4 14 (13.21%) Oracle
4 14 (13.21%) Logistics
5 13 (12.26%) SAP CO
5 13 (12.26%) Degree
5 13 (12.26%) Business Objects
5 13 (12.26%) SAP HR
5 13 (12.26%) BusinessObjects
6 12 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (11.32%) ERP
7 11 (10.38%) SAP SCM
7 11 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (10.38%) SQL
7 11 (10.38%) Migration
8 10 (9.434%) Test Scripting
9 9 (8.491%) ABAP
9 9 (8.491%) Microsoft
10 8 (7.547%) ITIL
10 8 (7.547%) SAP FI
10 8 (7.547%) Telecoms
10 8 (7.547%) Data Management
11 7 (6.604%) SAP GTS
11 7 (6.604%) Supply Chain Management
11 7 (6.604%) Time Management
11 7 (6.604%) E-Procurement
11 7 (6.604%) Project Management
12 6 (5.660%) H.323

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 (4.717%) SAP Smart Forms
2 4 (3.774%) SAP XI
3 3 (2.830%) SAP PI
3 3 (2.830%) BAPI
3 3 (2.830%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (0.943%) SAP ALE
4 1 (0.943%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (0.943%) .NET
4 1 (0.943%) ADO
4 1 (0.943%) ADO.NET
4 1 (0.943%) ASP
4 1 (0.943%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.943%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.830%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.943%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (0.943%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.943%) MTS
2 1 (0.943%) Documentum
Applications
1 6 (5.660%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.717%) MS Office
3 1 (0.943%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.943%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 22 (20.75%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 16 (15.09%) SAP MM
3 13 (12.26%) SAP CO
3 13 (12.26%) SAP HR
4 11 (10.38%) SAP SCM
5 8 (7.547%) SAP FI
6 7 (6.604%) SAP GTS
7 6 (5.660%) SAP CCM
8 5 (4.717%) SAP FI-CA
8 5 (4.717%) SAP FI/CO
8 5 (4.717%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (3.774%) SAP R/3
10 3 (2.830%) SAP SD
11 2 (1.887%) SAP CRM
11 2 (1.887%) Maximo
11 2 (1.887%) Dynamics AX
11 2 (1.887%) SAP PM
11 2 (1.887%) Taleo
11 2 (1.887%) SmartPlant
12 1 (0.943%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.660%) H.323
1 6 (5.660%) BGP
1 6 (5.660%) EIGRP
1 6 (5.660%) MGCP
1 6 (5.660%) Wireless
1 6 (5.660%) LAN
1 6 (5.660%) VoIP
1 6 (5.660%) WAN
1 6 (5.660%) VPN
1 6 (5.660%) IP Telephony
1 6 (5.660%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (5.660%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (0.943%) Internet
2 1 (0.943%) HTTP
2 1 (0.943%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.943%) GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (12.26%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (5.660%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.660%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 5 (4.717%) SAP Data Services
3 5 (4.717%) SAP BW
4 4 (3.774%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.830%) SAP BI
6 2 (1.887%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.887%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.943%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.943%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.943%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.943%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.943%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.943%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.943%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (0.943%) MorphX
General
1 21 (19.81%) Finance
2 8 (7.547%) Telecoms
3 6 (5.660%) Billing
4 3 (2.830%) Banking
4 3 (2.830%) Back Office
5 1 (0.943%) Retail
5 1 (0.943%) Law
Job Titles
1 35 (33.02%) Consultant
2 30 (28.30%) SAP Consultant
3 22 (20.75%) Analyst
4 12 (11.32%) SAP Analyst
5 11 (10.38%) SAP Support
6 9 (8.491%) SAP Team Leader
6 9 (8.491%) Support Team Leader
6 9 (8.491%) Team Leader
6 9 (8.491%) Architect
6 9 (8.491%) Business Analyst
7 8 (7.547%) Support Analyst
7 8 (7.547%) SAP Support Analyst
7 8 (7.547%) SAP HR Analyst
8 7 (6.604%) SAP Architect
9 6 (5.660%) Project Manager
9 6 (5.660%) Network Engineer
9 6 (5.660%) Senior Network Engineer
9 6 (5.660%) SAP SCM Consultant
10 5 (4.717%) SAP Manager
10 5 (4.717%) ABAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.887%) Management Information System
1 2 (1.887%) Computer Science
1 2 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.943%) Data Conversion
2 1 (0.943%) Smart Meter
2 1 (0.943%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.887%) Windows
2 1 (0.943%) AIX
2 1 (0.943%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (15.09%) Change Management
2 14 (13.21%) Logistics
3 12 (11.32%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (11.32%) ERP
4 11 (10.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (10.38%) Migration
5 10 (9.434%) Test Scripting
6 8 (7.547%) ITIL
6 8 (7.547%) Data Management
7 7 (6.604%) Supply Chain Management
7 7 (6.604%) Time Management
7 7 (6.604%) E-Procurement
7 7 (6.604%) Project Management
8 6 (5.660%) CRM
9 5 (4.717%) Kimball Methodology
9 5 (4.717%) Change Control
9 5 (4.717%) Dimensional Modelling
9 5 (4.717%) OO
10 4 (3.774%) Portfolio Management
11 3 (2.830%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.38%) SQL
2 9 (8.491%) ABAP
3 5 (4.717%) PL/SQL
4 4 (3.774%) SAPscript
5 1 (0.943%) X++
5 1 (0.943%) C#
5 1 (0.943%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (12.26%) Degree
2 6 (5.660%) CCIE
2 6 (5.660%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (4.717%) CCNP
3 5 (4.717%) CIMA
4 3 (2.830%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.830%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.830%) ISEB
5 2 (1.887%) ACCA
6 1 (0.943%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.943%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.943%) SLA
Vendors
1 14 (13.21%) Oracle
2 13 (12.26%) Business Objects
3 9 (8.491%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.660%) Remedy
4 6 (5.660%) Adobe
4 6 (5.660%) Citrix
4 6 (5.660%) Cisco
4 6 (5.660%) Riverbed
5 5 (4.717%) PeopleSoft
6 2 (1.887%) Sage
6 2 (1.887%) CA
7 1 (0.943%) Epicor
7 1 (0.943%) CODA
7 1 (0.943%) JD Edwards
7 1 (0.943%) IBM
7 1 (0.943%) Sybase