The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the 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.

SAP Human Resources (HR)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank231203176
Rank change year-on-year
Down-28Down-27
Matching contract IT job ads214938
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East0.204 %0.470 %0.439 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.431 %5.619 %4.227 %
Number of daily rates quoted61318
Average daily rate£625£420£488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.80 %-13.84 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£495£480£450
% change year-on-year
+3.12 %+6.66 %
Number of hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+36.25 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
864872899
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East8.395 %8.365 %10.39 %
Number of daily rates quoted446361337
Average daily rate£450£413£420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09 %-1.78 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£288£275£253
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted91418
Average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %-33.33 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.50£8.60£17.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£53.00£35.50£47.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.50£21.48£33.75
% change year-on-year
+4.74 %-36.35 %
SAP HR EnglandSAP HR
England

SAP HR
Demand Trend

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

South East SAP HR Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP HR across the South East region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

South East SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HR within the South East region over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireDown-3011£625+47.05 %
SurreyNo change06£625+88.67 %
HampshireNew entry-4--
West SussexDown-33£600+50.00 %
SAP HR EnglandSAP HR
England

SAP HR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP HR 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 HR.

159 (100.00 %)SAP
215 (25.42 %)SAP HCM
311 (18.64 %)Telecoms
410 (16.95 %)User Acceptance Testing
59 (15.25 %)SAP Payroll
68 (13.56 %)Wireless
68 (13.56 %)MS Project
68 (13.56 %)MS Visio
68 (13.56 %)Business Intelligence
77 (11.86 %)SAP BW
86 (10.17 %)ABAP
86 (10.17 %)Stakeholder Management
95 (8.475 %)Data Modelling
95 (8.475 %)Project Management
95 (8.475 %)Test Scripting
104 (6.780 %)SAP Oil and Gas
104 (6.780 %)SAP BI
113 (5.085 %)Middleware
113 (5.085 %)SAP Certification
113 (5.085 %)LSMW
122 (3.390 %)Logistics
122 (3.390 %)MS PowerPoint
122 (3.390 %)Data Management
122 (3.390 %)WPA
122 (3.390 %)Finance
122 (3.390 %)Validation
122 (3.390 %)CRM
122 (3.390 %)SAP FI
122 (3.390 %)NetWeaver
131 (1.695 %)SAP SD

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP HR 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 HR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (5.085 %)Middleware
21 (1.695 %)Web Dynpro
21 (1.695 %)SAP Basis
21 (1.695 %)SAP BSP
21 (1.695 %)SAP Business Workflow
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (3.390 %)NetWeaver
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
18 (13.56 %)MS Project
18 (13.56 %)MS Visio
22 (3.390 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (1.695 %)MS Office
31 (1.695 %)MS Excel
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (25.42 %)SAP HCM
29 (15.25 %)SAP Payroll
34 (6.780 %)SAP Oil and Gas
42 (3.390 %)SAP FI
51 (1.695 %)SAP SD
51 (1.695 %)SAP MM
51 (1.695 %)SAP R/3
51 (1.695 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
51 (1.695 %)SAP CO
51 (1.695 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (1.695 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (1.695 %)SAP FI-AP
51 (1.695 %)SAP IS-U
51 (1.695 %)SAP PSCD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (13.56 %)Wireless
22 (3.390 %)WPA
31 (1.695 %)Intranet
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (11.86 %)SAP BW
24 (6.780 %)SAP BI
31 (1.695 %)Oracle Reports
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (5.085 %)LSMW
South East IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (18.64 %)Telecoms
22 (3.390 %)Finance
31 (1.695 %)Local Government
31 (1.695 %)French Language
31 (1.695 %)Polish Language
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
117 (28.81 %)Analyst
214 (23.73 %)Consultant
214 (23.73 %)SAP Consultant
312 (20.34 %)Project Manager
312 (20.34 %)Business Analyst
312 (20.34 %)SAP Manager
411 (18.64 %)SAP HR Project Manager
411 (18.64 %)SAP HR Consultant
411 (18.64 %)SAP Project Manager
59 (15.25 %)SAP Business Analyst
68 (13.56 %)SAP HR Business Analyst
75 (8.475 %)Developer
75 (8.475 %)SAP Developer
75 (8.475 %)Architect
75 (8.475 %)SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
75 (8.475 %)SAP Payroll Consultant
75 (8.475 %)Payroll Consultant
84 (6.780 %)SAP BI Developer
84 (6.780 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
93 (5.085 %)ABAP Developer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (1.695 %)EPoS
11 (1.695 %)Handset
11 (1.695 %)Management Information System
11 (1.695 %)E-Learning
11 (1.695 %)FMCG
11 (1.695 %)Learning Management System
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (16.95 %)User Acceptance Testing
28 (13.56 %)Business Intelligence
36 (10.17 %)Stakeholder Management
45 (8.475 %)Data Modelling
45 (8.475 %)Project Management
45 (8.475 %)Test Scripting
52 (3.390 %)Logistics
52 (3.390 %)Data Management
52 (3.390 %)Validation
52 (3.390 %)CRM
61 (1.695 %)Configuration Management
61 (1.695 %)E-Commerce
61 (1.695 %)PRINCE2
61 (1.695 %)Migration
61 (1.695 %)Workflow
61 (1.695 %)Risk Management
61 (1.695 %)Service Management
61 (1.695 %)Change Management
61 (1.695 %)Problem Management
61 (1.695 %)SAP Implementation
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (10.17 %)ABAP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13 (5.085 %)SAP Certification
21 (1.695 %)BC Cleared
21 (1.695 %)Security Cleared
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
159 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (1.695 %)Microsoft
21 (1.695 %)Adobe
21 (1.695 %)Oracle
21 (1.695 %)PeopleSoft