The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Tester 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 Tester in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Tester
Rank 220 237 248
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +11
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Tester 4 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.051% 0.020% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.021% 0.052%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
Average daily rate £428 £200 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+113.75% -50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £344 £425
% change year-on-year
+23.63% -19.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7211 9367 9611
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.52% 92.32% 92.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4207 4140
Average daily rate £350 £350 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -0.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £215
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 577 716 825
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.38 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Tester
England

SAP Tester
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP Tester Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Tester
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Tester Daily Rate Trend

SAP Tester
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Tester within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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 £428 -
SAP Tester
England

SAP Tester
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Tester 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 Tester in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) SAP FI
3 4 (57.14%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
4 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
5 2 (28.57%) RedPrairie
5 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
5 2 (28.57%) JDA
5 2 (28.57%) Migration
5 2 (28.57%) Clustering
5 2 (28.57%) SAP MM
5 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
6 1 (14.29%) SAP MDM
6 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (14.29%) Siemens
6 1 (14.29%) ISEB
6 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
6 1 (14.29%) Data Management
6 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
6 1 (14.29%) System Testing
6 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
6 1 (14.29%) Master Data Management

SAP Tester
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited SAP Tester 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 Tester in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SAP FI
2 2 (28.57%) SAP MM
3 1 (14.29%) SAP MDM
3 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SAP BW
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Clustering
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Data Migration
2 2 (28.57%) Migration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Management
3 1 (14.29%) Automated Testing
3 1 (14.29%) System Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Master Data Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) ISEB
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) RedPrairie
2 2 (28.57%) JDA
3 1 (14.29%) Siemens