The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BPC 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 BPC 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 of the Business Applications 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC)
Rank 212 233 244
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP BPC 12 6 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.154% 0.059% 0.087%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.983% 0.668% 1.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 5
Average daily rate £485 £494 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.77% -17.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £374 £535
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £500 £690
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
605 898 886
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.762% 8.851% 8.541%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 468 364
Average daily rate £433 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.80% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £588 £544
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 11 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.39% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.20 £13.50 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP BPC
England

SAP BPC
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP BPC Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BPC
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP BPC Daily Rate Trend

SAP BPC
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BPC within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey +17 4 £520 +4.00%
Berkshire +16 2 £550 -
Thames Valley - 2 £450 -
Oxfordshire - 2 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £485 -
SAP BPC
England

SAP BPC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP BPC 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 BPC.

1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (47.83%) SAP BW
3 10 (43.48%) NetWeaver
3 10 (43.48%) Finance
3 10 (43.48%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (26.09%) Test Strategy
5 5 (21.74%) CRM
6 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
7 3 (13.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (13.04%) Project Management
8 2 (8.696%) Replication
8 2 (8.696%) Legal
8 2 (8.696%) Change Management
8 2 (8.696%) Workflow
8 2 (8.696%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (8.696%) SAP Certification
8 2 (8.696%) Hyperion
8 2 (8.696%) SAP BI
8 2 (8.696%) BPR
8 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (8.696%) Sybase
8 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
8 2 (8.696%) ETL
8 2 (8.696%) Local Government
8 2 (8.696%) Degree
8 2 (8.696%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (8.696%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (8.696%) Process Improvement
8 2 (8.696%) Data Management

SAP BPC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP BPC 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 BPC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 10 (43.48%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) SAP BW
2 2 (8.696%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (8.696%) SAP BI
2 2 (8.696%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (8.696%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (8.696%) SAP HANA
2 2 (8.696%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (4.348%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Legal
2 2 (8.696%) Local Government
3 1 (4.348%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Change Manager
2 8 (34.78%) Project Manager
3 7 (30.43%) Consultant
3 7 (30.43%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (17.39%) SAP BPC Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) SAP Manager
5 2 (8.696%) SAP Change Manager
5 2 (8.696%) SAP BI Consultant
5 2 (8.696%) Strategic Project Manager
6 1 (4.348%) SAP Support
6 1 (4.348%) SAP Support Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) Hyperion Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) SAP Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Support Consultant
6 1 (4.348%) SAP BW Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.696%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (26.09%) Test Strategy
3 5 (21.74%) CRM
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Management
5 3 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (13.04%) Project Management
6 2 (8.696%) Change Management
6 2 (8.696%) Workflow
6 2 (8.696%) BPR
6 2 (8.696%) ETL
6 2 (8.696%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (8.696%) Process Improvement
6 2 (8.696%) Data Management
6 2 (8.696%) Logistics
7 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
7 1 (4.348%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (8.696%) SAP Certification
1 2 (8.696%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) ACCA
2 1 (4.348%) CIPFA
2 1 (4.348%) CIMA
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.696%) Hyperion
2 2 (8.696%) Sybase
2 2 (8.696%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.348%) OutlookSoft