The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Smart Forms 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 Smart Forms 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 Application Development 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 Smart Forms
Rank 220 244 245
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP Smart Forms 3 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.038% 0.030% 0.067%
As % of the Application Development category 0.154% 0.129% 0.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 5
Average daily rate - £438 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1945 2328 2759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.89% 22.92% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1162 1249
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 106 194
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Smart Forms
England

SAP Smart Forms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Smart Forms across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East SAP Smart Forms Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Smart Forms Daily Rate Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Smart Forms 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 - 3 - -
SAP Smart Forms
England

SAP Smart Forms
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (100.00%) ABAP
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (70.00%) BAPI
3 6 (60.00%) Web Dynpro
4 5 (50.00%) Data Migration
4 5 (50.00%) SAP ALE
4 5 (50.00%) Workflow
4 5 (50.00%) Migration
5 3 (30.00%) Adobe
5 3 (30.00%) SAP BW
5 3 (30.00%) SAPscript
5 3 (30.00%) SAP HR
5 3 (30.00%) SAP XI
5 3 (30.00%) Data Management
6 2 (20.00%) OOP
6 2 (20.00%) OO
6 2 (20.00%) Business Objects
6 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (10.00%) SAP PM
7 1 (10.00%) Time Management

SAP Smart Forms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (70.00%) BAPI
2 6 (60.00%) Web Dynpro
3 5 (50.00%) SAP ALE
4 3 (30.00%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (10.00%) SAP PM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 5 (50.00%) ABAP Consultant
2 3 (30.00%) ABAP Developer
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Workflow
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
1 5 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Data Management
3 2 (20.00%) OOP
3 2 (20.00%) OO
4 1 (10.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) ABAP
2 3 (30.00%) SAPscript
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (30.00%) Adobe
3 2 (20.00%) Business Objects