The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CRM 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 CRM 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 Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 201 206 202
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP CRM 23 33 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.295% 0.325% 0.492%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.802% 3.675% 5.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 14 11
Average daily rate £500 £525 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% +23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £650 £538
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
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 CRM
England

SAP CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP CRM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP CRM Daily Rate Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CRM across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East SAP CRM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP CRM Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CRM 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 +6 7 £433 -11.28%
Oxfordshire - 3 £450 -
Berkshire +15 2 £350 -41.66%
Sussex - 2 £475 -
West Sussex +17 1 £425 -
Middlesex +1 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £575 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
SAP CRM
England

SAP CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 59 (100.00%) SAP
1 59 (100.00%) CRM
2 24 (40.68%) SAP IS-U
3 11 (18.64%) Billing
3 11 (18.64%) Siebel
4 8 (13.56%) Scrum
5 7 (11.86%) Finance
5 7 (11.86%) SQL
5 7 (11.86%) T-SQL
5 7 (11.86%) SQL Server
5 7 (11.86%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (11.86%) ETL
5 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
5 7 (11.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 7 (11.86%) SaaS
5 7 (11.86%) Data Quality
6 6 (10.17%) Smart Meter
6 6 (10.17%) Apex Code
6 6 (10.17%) Salesforce.com
6 6 (10.17%) Data Modelling
6 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.17%) Middleware
6 6 (10.17%) Project Management
7 5 (8.475%) PL/SQL
7 5 (8.475%) ABAP
7 5 (8.475%) Oracle
7 5 (8.475%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (6.780%) Performance Testing
8 4 (6.780%) SAP PI

SAP CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (10.17%) Middleware
2 4 (6.780%) SAP PI
3 3 (5.085%) SAP XI
4 2 (3.390%) SAP ALE
4 2 (3.390%) JDBC
4 2 (3.390%) SOAP
4 2 (3.390%) Web Services
4 2 (3.390%) XML
4 2 (3.390%) XSLT
4 2 (3.390%) JMS
4 2 (3.390%) BAPI
5 1 (1.695%) JSystem
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.390%) ESB
1 2 (3.390%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.695%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.390%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.695%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.695%) MS Project
2 1 (1.695%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 24 (40.68%) SAP IS-U
2 3 (5.085%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (3.390%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.695%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.695%) SAP FI-CA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.390%) HTTP
2 1 (1.695%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server
1 7 (11.86%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (11.86%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 4 (6.780%) SAP BW
3 2 (3.390%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.695%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.695%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (18.64%) Billing
2 7 (11.86%) Finance
3 3 (5.085%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.085%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.695%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Consultant
2 20 (33.90%) SAP Consultant
2 20 (33.90%) CRM Consultant
3 18 (30.51%) SAP CRM Consultant
4 10 (16.95%) Analyst
4 10 (16.95%) Architect
5 9 (15.25%) Project Manager
5 9 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (11.86%) SAP Manager
7 6 (10.17%) Data Analyst
8 5 (8.475%) Quality Analyst
8 5 (8.475%) Data Quality Analyst
9 4 (6.780%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (6.780%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 4 (6.780%) Data Programmer
9 4 (6.780%) SAP Project Manager
9 4 (6.780%) Analyst Programmer
9 4 (6.780%) Programmer
9 4 (6.780%) Functional Consultant
10 3 (5.085%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) SaaS
2 6 (10.17%) Smart Meter
3 5 (8.475%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.695%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) CRM
2 8 (13.56%) Scrum
3 7 (11.86%) ETL
4 6 (10.17%) Data Modelling
4 6 (10.17%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (10.17%) Project Management
5 4 (6.780%) Performance Testing
5 4 (6.780%) ERP
6 3 (5.085%) Validation
6 3 (5.085%) Migration
6 3 (5.085%) PRINCE2
6 3 (5.085%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (5.085%) Test Scripting
6 3 (5.085%) Load Testing
7 2 (3.390%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (3.390%) Integration Testing
8 1 (1.695%) Workflow
8 1 (1.695%) Programme Management
8 1 (1.695%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.695%) PRINCE
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.86%) SQL
1 7 (11.86%) T-SQL
2 6 (10.17%) Apex Code
3 5 (8.475%) PL/SQL
3 5 (8.475%) ABAP
4 2 (3.390%) Java
5 1 (1.695%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.86%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.695%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (3.390%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (18.64%) Siebel
3 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
4 6 (10.17%) Salesforce.com
5 5 (8.475%) Oracle
6 4 (6.780%) CA
7 2 (3.390%) HP
8 1 (1.695%) Genesys