The first table below looks at the demand for SAP QM 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 QM over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Quality Management (QM)
Rank 225 244 238
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP QM 4 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.050% 0.019% 0.039%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.645% 0.217% 0.447%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £514 - £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £514 £455 £500
% change year-on-year
+12.85% -9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £57.50 - -
All Business Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
620 921 895
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 7.826% 8.904% 8.720%
Number of daily rates quoted 315 479 371
Average daily rate £435 £445 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.24% +11.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £549
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 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 £12.50 £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 QM
England

SAP QM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP QM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP QM
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP QM Daily Rate Trend

SAP QM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP QM within the South East region over the 3 months to 22 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
Middlesex - 4 £514 -
SAP QM
England

SAP QM
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP QM 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 QM.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (66.67%) ERP
3 3 (50.00%) QA
4 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (16.67%) SAP PP
5 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
5 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (16.67%) LSMW

SAP QM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing SAP QM 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 QM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP PP
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) LSMW
General
1 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 2 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Trainer
1 4 (66.67%) SAP Trainer
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP QM Consultant
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Six Sigma
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP