The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Solihull 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 10 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 5 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 8.621% 11.39% 11.59%
As % of the Vendors category 25.00% 23.68% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 2
Average daily rate £160 £294 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.53% -26.56%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Solihull
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
20 38 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Solihull 34.48% 48.10% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 8
Average daily rate £263 £280 £210
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +33.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £133 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £334 £458 £275
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
Average hourly rate £14.50 £8.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+70.58% -50.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull 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 Solihull region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) ERP
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) JD Edwards
2 3 (27.27%) GAP Analysis
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
3 2 (18.18%) Smart Meter
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
4 1 (9.091%) Data Management
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
4 1 (9.091%) Degree
4 1 (9.091%) ESB
4 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Time Management
4 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
4 1 (9.091%) ABAP
4 1 (9.091%) Business Objects
4 1 (9.091%) MS Project
4 1 (9.091%) MS Office
4 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
4 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
4 1 (9.091%) SAP BI
4 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Solihull 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 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) ESB
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
2 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
2 1 (9.091%) MS Project
2 1 (9.091%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP FI
1 1 (9.091%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (9.091%) SAP CO
1 1 (9.091%) SAP CS
1 1 (9.091%) SAP PM
1 1 (9.091%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) LAN
1 4 (36.36%) WAN
2 1 (9.091%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
1 1 (9.091%) SAP BI
1 1 (9.091%) SAP Data Services
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) Support Analyst
2 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support
2 4 (36.36%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
4 2 (18.18%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP BW Business Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Support
5 1 (9.091%) Integration Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Data Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Business Data Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) Test Leader
5 1 (9.091%) Coordinator
5 1 (9.091%) Test Manager
5 1 (9.091%) Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) Test Coordinator
5 1 (9.091%) Data Analyst
5 1 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
5 1 (9.091%) SAP PM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) ERP
2 3 (27.27%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
4 1 (9.091%) Validation
4 1 (9.091%) Data Management
4 1 (9.091%) Software Testing
4 1 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Integration Testing
4 1 (9.091%) Time Management
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) ISEB
1 1 (9.091%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 4 (36.36%) JD Edwards
2 1 (9.091%) Business Objects
2 1 (9.091%) HP