The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Support role 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 Support in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Support
Rank 210 236 238
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +2
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Support 13 11 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.166% 0.108% 0.134%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.117% 0.145%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 4
Average daily rate £480 £285 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+68.42% -32.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £125 £301
10% offered a daily rate of more than £560 £393 £459
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £350 £420
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £26.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
- +44.44%
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7243 9396 9678
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.69% 92.50% 92.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3591 4212 4167
Average daily rate £350 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £220 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 582 721 805
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.89% -9.52%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.03 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
SAP Support
England

SAP Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP Support Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Support
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Support Daily Rate Trend

SAP Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East SAP Support Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Support
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Support Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Support
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Support 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
Middlesex +9 5 £480 -
Buckinghamshire +11 4 - -
Hampshire - 2 £563 -
Berkshire +16 1 £350 -17.64%
Oxfordshire +7 1 £225 +80.00%
SAP Support
England

SAP Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Support in their job title 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 with SAP Support in their job title.

1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (28.00%) ITIL
3 6 (24.00%) Business Objects
3 6 (24.00%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (24.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (16.00%) CRM
5 4 (16.00%) SAP FI
5 4 (16.00%) Migration
5 4 (16.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (16.00%) SAP CO
5 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis
5 4 (16.00%) Degree
5 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (12.00%) Logistics
6 3 (12.00%) SAP PI
6 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (12.00%) SAP Implementation
6 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 3 (12.00%) NetWeaver
6 3 (12.00%) Windows
6 3 (12.00%) Sybase
7 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
7 2 (8.000%) PRINCE
7 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
8 1 (4.000%) FMCG
8 1 (4.000%) Release Management
8 1 (4.000%) SAP ERP

SAP Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Support in their job title 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 with SAP Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Basis
2 3 (12.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (4.000%) SAP ALE
3 1 (4.000%) CSS
3 1 (4.000%) EDI
3 1 (4.000%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (16.00%) SAP FI
1 4 (16.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (16.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (4.000%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.000%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (4.000%) SAP BPC
2 1 (4.000%) SAP MDM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP HR
2 1 (4.000%) SAP SD
2 1 (4.000%) SAP MM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP PS
2 1 (4.000%) SAP WM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP CRM
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.000%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
2 1 (4.000%) Crystal Analysis
2 1 (4.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (4.000%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (4.000%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 1 (4.000%) NWDI
General
1 1 (4.000%) Publishing
1 1 (4.000%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Statistics
1 1 (4.000%) FMCG
1 1 (4.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
1 3 (12.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) ITIL
2 6 (24.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (16.00%) CRM
4 4 (16.00%) Migration
4 4 (16.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (12.00%) SAP Implementation
5 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (12.00%) Logistics
6 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
6 2 (8.000%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.000%) PRINCE
7 1 (4.000%) Service Management
7 1 (4.000%) ERP
7 1 (4.000%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.000%) Release Management
7 1 (4.000%) Workflow
7 1 (4.000%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (4.000%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.000%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.000%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 3 (12.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (24.00%) Business Objects
3 3 (12.00%) Sybase
4 1 (4.000%) Oracle
4 1 (4.000%) CA
4 1 (4.000%) Pegasus