South East SAP FI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP Financial Accounting (FI) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited SAP FI over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brighton Bristol City of London Crawley Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Havant Haywards Heath Hertfordshire Home Counties Lancashire Leeds London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Neath Port Talbot North East North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Oxford Oxfordshire Port Talbot Reading Rochdale Scotland South East South Wales South West Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Trowbridge UK Wales Waterlooville West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	177	200
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	90	98
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.119 %	0.104 %
As % of the category below	10.09 %	11.04 %
Daily rates quoted	29	11
Average minimum daily rate	£448	£476
Average daily rate	£477	£486
% change on same period last year	-1.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£506	£496
UK excluding London average daily rate	£459	£495
% change on same period last year	-7.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£50.00
Average hourly rate	-	£51.25
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£52.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.50	£31.82
% change on same period last year	+2.14 %
Business Applications South East
Matching contract IT job ads	892	888
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.176 %	0.942 %
Daily rates quoted	197	195
Average minimum daily rate	£401	£414
Average daily rate	£429	£437
% change on same period last year	-1.99 %
Average maximum daily rate	£456	£461
UK excluding London average daily rate	£448	£446
% change on same period last year	+0.56 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£36.28	£29.11
Average hourly rate	£38.56	£30.95
% change on same period last year	+24.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.83	£32.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.25	£27.60
% change on same period last year	+13.20 %
SAP FI 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.

SAP FI
Demand Trend

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

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI across the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP FI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing SAP FI within the South East region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
West Sussex	-	20	£515	-
Surrey	+1	15	£523	+16.29 %
Hampshire	+1	10	£354	-26.40 %
East Sussex	-	8	£475	-
Thames Valley	+26	8	£500	-
Berkshire	+35	6	-	-
M4 Corridor	+6	3	£475	-
Middlesex	+2	2	-	-
Oxfordshire	-	1	-	-
Sussex	-	1	£525	-
Home Counties	0	1	-	-

SAP FI England

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP FI 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 FI.

1 173 (100.00 %) SAP 2 119 (68.79 %) SAP FI/CO 2 119 (68.79 %) SAP CO 3 57 (32.95 %) Finance 4 24 (13.87 %) Migration 5 23 (13.29 %) CA 6 22 (12.72 %) Data Migration 7 21 (12.14 %) SAP FI-CA 8 14 (8.092 %) SAP Implementation 8 14 (8.092 %) Integration Testing 9 13 (7.514 %) Manufacturing 10 12 (6.936 %) Data Modelling 11 11 (6.358 %) Logistics 11 11 (6.358 %) Banking 12 10 (5.780 %) SAP BW

12 10 (5.780 %) Project Management 13 9 (5.202 %) User Acceptance Testing 14 8 (4.624 %) SAP SD 14 8 (4.624 %) Business Intelligence 15 7 (4.046 %) System Testing 15 7 (4.046 %) FMCG 16 6 (3.468 %) SAP IS-U 16 6 (3.468 %) Insurance 16 6 (3.468 %) SAP XI 16 6 (3.468 %) QuickTest Pro 17 5 (2.890 %) Citrix Certification 17 5 (2.890 %) MS Office 17 5 (2.890 %) Billing 17 5 (2.890 %) General Ledger 17 5 (2.890 %) Data Analysis

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP FI 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 FI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 6 (3.468 %) SAP XI 2 1 (0.578 %) SAP Business Workflow	Application Platforms 1 2 (1.156 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (0.578 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 5 (2.890 %) MS Office 2 1 (0.578 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.578 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 119 (68.79 %) SAP FI/CO 1 119 (68.79 %) SAP CO 2 21 (12.14 %) SAP FI-CA 3 8 (4.624 %) SAP SD 4 6 (3.468 %) SAP IS-U 5 5 (2.890 %) SAP FI-AP 6 4 (2.312 %) SAP FI-AR 6 4 (2.312 %) SAP HR 7 3 (1.734 %) SAP PS 7 3 (1.734 %) SAP R/3 7 3 (1.734 %) SAP MM 8 2 (1.156 %) SAP FI-GL 9 1 (0.578 %) SAP PP 9 1 (0.578 %) SAP APO 9 1 (0.578 %) SAP Retail 9 1 (0.578 %) assyst 9 1 (0.578 %) SAP SRM
Database & Business Intelligence 1 10 (5.780 %) SAP BW 2 2 (1.156 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.578 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 6 (3.468 %) QuickTest Pro 2 3 (1.734 %) WinRunner 3 1 (0.578 %) TestDirector
General 1 57 (32.95 %) Finance 2 13 (7.514 %) Manufacturing 3 11 (6.358 %) Banking 4 7 (4.046 %) FMCG 5 6 (3.468 %) Insurance 6 5 (2.890 %) Billing 6 5 (2.890 %) General Ledger 7 4 (2.312 %) Telecoms 8 3 (1.734 %) Pharmaceutical 9 2 (1.156 %) Health 9 2 (1.156 %) Legal 10 1 (0.578 %) Retail 10 1 (0.578 %) Automotive 10 1 (0.578 %) Government	Job Titles 1 109 (63.01 %) Consultant 2 103 (59.54 %) SAP Consultant 3 74 (42.77 %) SAP FI Consultant 4 60 (34.68 %) SAP FI/CO Consultant 5 40 (23.12 %) SAP CO Consultant 6 16 (9.249 %) Analyst 7 15 (8.671 %) Trainer 7 15 (8.671 %) SAP Trainer 8 14 (8.092 %) Functional Consultant 8 14 (8.092 %) SAP Functional Consultant 9 13 (7.514 %) SAP Manager 10 12 (6.936 %) SAP Support 11 10 (5.780 %) Project Manager 12 7 (4.046 %) Support Consultant 12 7 (4.046 %) SAP Project Manager 12 7 (4.046 %) SAP Support Consultant 13 5 (2.890 %) Training Consultant 13 5 (2.890 %) SAP Tester 13 5 (2.890 %) SAP Test Analyst 13 5 (2.890 %) Tester
Miscellaneous 1 4 (2.312 %) Asset Management 1 4 (2.312 %) Russian Language 1 4 (2.312 %) Spanish Language 2 3 (1.734 %) French Language 2 3 (1.734 %) German Language 3 1 (0.578 %) Greek Language 3 1 (0.578 %) Italian Language 3 1 (0.578 %) Portuguese Language 3 1 (0.578 %) PMI 3 1 (0.578 %) AS400	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (13.87 %) Migration 2 22 (12.72 %) Data Migration 3 14 (8.092 %) Integration Testing 3 14 (8.092 %) SAP Implementation 4 12 (6.936 %) Data Modelling 5 11 (6.358 %) Logistics 6 10 (5.780 %) Project Management 7 9 (5.202 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 8 (4.624 %) Business Intelligence 9 7 (4.046 %) System Testing 10 5 (2.890 %) Data Analysis 11 4 (2.312 %) ERP 12 3 (1.734 %) Workflow 12 3 (1.734 %) CRM 12 3 (1.734 %) Data Management 12 3 (1.734 %) Security Cleared 12 3 (1.734 %) Business Analysis 13 2 (1.156 %) Test Scripting 13 2 (1.156 %) Change Management 14 1 (0.578 %) PRINCE2
Programming Languages 1 4 (2.312 %) ABAP 2 3 (1.734 %) C 2 3 (1.734 %) VBScript 2 3 (1.734 %) VB 3 1 (0.578 %) RPG 3 1 (0.578 %) SAPscript	Qualifications 1 5 (2.890 %) Citrix Certification 2 4 (2.312 %) ISEB 3 2 (1.156 %) SAP Certification 3 2 (1.156 %) ACCA 3 2 (1.156 %) CIMA 4 1 (0.578 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.156 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 173 (100.00 %) SAP 2 23 (13.29 %) CA 3 2 (1.156 %) Lotus 3 2 (1.156 %) CODA 3 2 (1.156 %) PeopleSoft 4 1 (0.578 %) Siebel