South East SAP Basis Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the SAP Basis Consultant role in IT contracts within the South East region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Basis Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Bristol City of London County Antrim East Midlands East of England England Essex Hampshire Hertfordshire London Manchester Midlands North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Somerset South Coast South East South West Surrey Swansea Taunton Teesside UK Wales West Midlands West Wales	3 months to 5 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	228	263
Rank change on same period last year	+35
Matching contract IT job ads	4	25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	0.041 %	0.174 %
Daily rates quoted	0	6
Average minimum daily rate	-	£353
Average daily rate	-	£380
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£406
UK excluding London average daily rate	£408	£409
% change on same period last year	-0.06 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles South East
Matching contract IT job ads	9673	14397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	15.78 %	15.77 %
Daily rates quoted	2444	3551
Average minimum daily rate	£329	£332
Average daily rate	£350	£350
% change on same period last year	+0.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£371	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	1190	1970
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.16	£23.12
Average hourly rate	£23.65	£24.67
% change on same period last year	-4.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.14	£26.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.18	£23.82
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
SAP Basis Consultant England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant across the South East region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant across the South East region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Surrey	+43	1	-	-
Hampshire	+25	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Basis 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 Basis Consultant in their job title.

1 24 (100.00 %) SAP 2 23 (95.83 %) SAP Basis 3 9 (37.50 %) NetWeaver 4 8 (33.33 %) SAP XI 5 7 (29.17 %) Business Intelligence 6 4 (16.67 %) SAP BW 6 4 (16.67 %) Java 6 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 7 3 (12.50 %) Migration 8 2 (8.333 %) SAP EP 8 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 8 2 (8.333 %) SAP CRM 8 2 (8.333 %) UNIX 8 2 (8.333 %) Windows 8 2 (8.333 %) CRM

8 2 (8.333 %) ABAP 8 2 (8.333 %) DB2 9 1 (4.167 %) Knowledge Management 9 1 (4.167 %) International Banking 9 1 (4.167 %) Load Balancing 9 1 (4.167 %) Data Migration 9 1 (4.167 %) Oracle 10g 9 1 (4.167 %) VERITAS 9 1 (4.167 %) Internet 9 1 (4.167 %) SAP R/3 9 1 (4.167 %) AIX 9 1 (4.167 %) Solaris 9 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server 9 1 (4.167 %) SQL 9 1 (4.167 %) Banking

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Basis 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 Basis Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 23 (95.83 %) SAP Basis 2 8 (33.33 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 9 (37.50 %) NetWeaver 2 2 (8.333 %) SAP EP 3 1 (4.167 %) CMS
Business Applications 1 2 (8.333 %) SAP CRM 2 1 (4.167 %) SAP R/3	Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.167 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (16.67 %) SAP BW 2 2 (8.333 %) DB2 3 1 (4.167 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (4.167 %) SQL Server	General 1 1 (4.167 %) Banking 1 1 (4.167 %) International Banking
Operating Systems 1 2 (8.333 %) UNIX 1 2 (8.333 %) Windows 2 1 (4.167 %) AIX 2 1 (4.167 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (29.17 %) Business Intelligence 2 3 (12.50 %) Migration 3 2 (8.333 %) Change Management 3 2 (8.333 %) CRM 4 1 (4.167 %) Content Management 4 1 (4.167 %) Knowledge Management 4 1 (4.167 %) Load Balancing 4 1 (4.167 %) Data Migration
Programming Languages 1 4 (16.67 %) Java 2 2 (8.333 %) ABAP 3 1 (4.167 %) SQL	Vendors 1 24 (100.00 %) SAP 2 4 (16.67 %) Oracle 3 1 (4.167 %) VERITAS