The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 Slough 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 26 27 20
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP 13 3 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 5.328% 1.471% 5.329%
As % of the Vendors category 10.74% 3.000% 11.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
Average daily rate £550 £369 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.15% +13.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
121 100 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 49.59% 49.02% 45.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 51 73
Average daily rate £375 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £201 £250 £138
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 12
Average hourly rate £22.75 £14.75 £32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+54.23% -53.90%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.60 £11.60 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £29.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Berkshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 6 (33.33%) Oracle
3 5 (27.78%) RPG
3 5 (27.78%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) SAP FI
4 4 (22.22%) .NET
4 4 (22.22%) CRM
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) DataStage
4 4 (22.22%) iSeries
5 3 (16.67%) Workflow
5 3 (16.67%) SAP CO
5 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 3 (16.67%) ETL
5 3 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
5 3 (16.67%) Cognos
5 3 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (11.11%) AS400
6 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 2 (11.11%) Six Sigma
6 2 (11.11%) TOAD
6 2 (11.11%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (11.11%) Mainframe
6 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (11.11%) XML
6 2 (11.11%) ITIL
6 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 4 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) XML
2 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
2 2 (11.11%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (11.11%) Lotus Notes
1 2 (11.11%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (5.556%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) SAP FI
2 3 (16.67%) SAP CO
2 3 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.556%) SAP BPC
3 1 (5.556%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (5.556%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (5.556%) SAP R/3
3 1 (5.556%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) DataStage
2 3 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (11.11%) TOAD
3 2 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 2 (11.11%) DB2
4 1 (5.556%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (5.556%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) ERwin
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) General Ledger
3 1 (5.556%) Banking
3 1 (5.556%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Analyst
2 4 (22.22%) Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Applications Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Senior Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Support Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Test Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) SAP CO Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) Technical Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Support
4 2 (11.11%) SAP Support Consultant
4 2 (11.11%) SAP FI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) iSeries
2 2 (11.11%) AS400
2 2 (11.11%) Mainframe
3 1 (5.556%) FMCG
3 1 (5.556%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.11%) UNIX
1 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) CRM
2 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) Workflow
3 3 (16.67%) ETL
4 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.11%) Six Sigma
4 2 (11.11%) ITIL
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.11%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.11%) DSDM
4 2 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 2 (11.11%) Automated Testing
4 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
4 2 (11.11%) Business Analysis
4 2 (11.11%) Lean Six Sigma
4 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
4 2 (11.11%) Web Application Development
4 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.556%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) RPG
2 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 2 (11.11%) ABAP
2 2 (11.11%) RPG IV
3 1 (5.556%) SAPscript
3 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (11.11%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) Oracle
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Cognos
3 2 (11.11%) Salesforce.com
3 2 (11.11%) IBM
3 2 (11.11%) Lotus
4 1 (5.556%) JD Edwards