The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 19 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 Application Development category for the South East 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 214 224 213
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -11
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 6 23 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.075% 0.230% 0.311%
As % of the Application Development category 0.305% 1.045% 1.196%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 6
Average daily rate £403 £463 £461
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.97% +0.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £314 £399 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £474 £655 £506
UK excluding London average daily rate £480 £500 £434
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +15.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1966 2202 2760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.55% 22.03% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1092 1307
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 105 184
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £26.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Basis across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
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 within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
West Sussex +14 2 £323 -25.86%
Middlesex +5 2 £470 -
Berkshire +8 1 - - 2
Hampshire -5 1 - -
Kent - - - -
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Oxfordshire - - - -
Surrey - - - - 2
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 19 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle
3 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (26.32%) Java
4 5 (26.32%) ABAP
5 4 (21.05%) Business Objects
5 4 (21.05%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (21.05%) SAP BW
5 4 (21.05%) NetWeaver
5 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
5 4 (21.05%) Oracle 11g
6 3 (15.79%) Middleware
6 3 (15.79%) Project Management
6 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (15.79%) DB2
6 3 (15.79%) UNIX
6 3 (15.79%) Linux
7 2 (10.53%) CRM
7 2 (10.53%) AIX
7 2 (10.53%) Solaris
7 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
7 2 (10.53%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (10.53%) Sun
8 1 (5.263%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (5.263%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (5.263%) SAP ALE
8 1 (5.263%) Degree
8 1 (5.263%) QA
8 1 (5.263%) Open Text

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (15.79%) Middleware
2 1 (5.263%) SAP ALE
2 1 (5.263%) SAP PI
2 1 (5.263%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (5.263%) SAP PSCD
1 1 (5.263%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (21.05%) SAP BW
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (15.79%) DB2
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) NWDI
General
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.263%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Consultant
1 10 (52.63%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 10 (52.63%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (10.53%) SAP Basis Support
2 2 (10.53%) SAP Support
3 1 (5.263%) NetWeaver Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Basis Architect
3 1 (5.263%) Senior SAP Basis Architect
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Architect
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Authorisation Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Engineer
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle DBA
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Security Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (5.263%) Business Objects Specialist
3 1 (5.263%) DB2 Consultant
3 1 (5.263%) Senior Architect
3 1 (5.263%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.263%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) UNIX
1 3 (15.79%) Linux
2 2 (10.53%) AIX
2 2 (10.53%) Solaris
3 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (5.263%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (21.05%) Data Migration
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
4 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (10.53%) CRM
5 2 (10.53%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (5.263%) Logistics
6 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (5.263%) ITIL V3
6 1 (5.263%) High Availability
6 1 (5.263%) Workflow
6 1 (5.263%) EAI
6 1 (5.263%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Java
1 5 (26.32%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Data Guard
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle
3 4 (21.05%) Business Objects
4 2 (10.53%) Sun
5 1 (5.263%) Open Text
5 1 (5.263%) Sybase
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