The first table below looks at the demand for SAP MM 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 MM over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Materials Management (MM)
Rank 209 217 217
Rank change year-on-year
+8 0
Contract jobs citing SAP MM 14 30 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.179% 0.295% 0.335%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.299% 3.390% 3.859%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 12 13
Average daily rate £425 £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £282 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £476 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £450 £473
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £36.50
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
609 885 907
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.794% 8.712% 8.679%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 464 379
Average daily rate £425 £450 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +9.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £288 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £575 £541
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 10 14
Average hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.29% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.53 £8.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £53.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP MM
England

SAP MM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP MM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP MM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP MM Daily Rate Trend

SAP MM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP MM across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East SAP MM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP MM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP MM Hourly Rate Trend

SAP MM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP MM within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hampshire -1 9 £425 +4.29%
Berkshire +10 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 £525 -
SAP MM
England

SAP MM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP MM 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 MM.

1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (36.00%) Logistics
3 4 (16.00%) Retail
3 4 (16.00%) Workflow
3 4 (16.00%) SAP BW
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.00%) SAP WM
4 3 (12.00%) SAP FI
4 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (8.000%) RedPrairie
5 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Test Management
5 2 (8.000%) Data Migration
5 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
5 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
5 2 (8.000%) Finance
5 2 (8.000%) Migration
5 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.000%) ERP
5 2 (8.000%) SAP SD
6 1 (4.000%) Middleware
6 1 (4.000%) CRM
6 1 (4.000%) Ariba
6 1 (4.000%) JDA
6 1 (4.000%) Pegasus
6 1 (4.000%) SAP PP
6 1 (4.000%) SAP CRM
6 1 (4.000%) Clustering

SAP MM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP MM 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 MM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP WM
2 3 (12.00%) SAP FI
3 2 (8.000%) SAP SD
4 1 (4.000%) SAP PP
4 1 (4.000%) SAP CRM
4 1 (4.000%) SAP PM
4 1 (4.000%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (16.00%) Retail
2 2 (8.000%) Telecoms
2 2 (8.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (72.00%) Consultant
1 18 (72.00%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (48.00%) SAP MM Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) SAP WM Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Test Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Tester
4 2 (8.000%) Testing Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Testing Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Test Manager
4 2 (8.000%) SAP PP Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Tester
5 1 (4.000%) Developer
5 1 (4.000%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Developer
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Logistics
2 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (16.00%) Workflow
3 2 (8.000%) Migration
3 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (8.000%) Test Management
3 2 (8.000%) Data Migration
3 2 (8.000%) Regression Testing
3 2 (8.000%) ERP
3 2 (8.000%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (8.000%) Performance Testing
4 1 (4.000%) Integration Testing
4 1 (4.000%) CRM
4 1 (4.000%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (8.000%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.000%) RedPrairie
3 1 (4.000%) Ariba
3 1 (4.000%) JDA
3 1 (4.000%) Pegasus