The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 25 25 15
Rank change year-on-year
0 -10
Contract jobs citing SAP 511 540 849
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 6.450% 5.220% 8.272%
As % of the Vendors category 12.84% 10.58% 16.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 237 284
Average daily rate £443 £438 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% -0.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £292 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £588 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 13 15
Average hourly rate £24.25 £18.75 £27.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.33% -30.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.88 £17.50 £10.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £60.75 £50.40 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.50 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+32.50% +5.26%
All Vendors
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3980 5105 5023
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 50.24% 49.35% 48.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1941 2222 1977
Average daily rate £350 £360 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% +2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £220 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 390 415
Average hourly rate £19.63 £17.50 £21.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.14% -19.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.31 £11.07
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South East SAP Hourly Rate Histogram

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP 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
Berkshire -5 102 £525 +23.52%
Surrey +16 91 £483 +1.57%
Hampshire +4 89 £425 -
Middlesex +1 56 £402 -15.47%
West Sussex +10 47 £390 -8.23%
Buckinghamshire -7 29 £513 +70.83%
Oxfordshire +9 28 £400 -5.88%
Kent +2 13 £375 -1.63%
M4 Corridor +11 6 £520 +30.00%
East Sussex +10 6 £400 -3.03%
Sussex +3 4 £450 -10.00%
Thames Valley +1 2 £450 +12.50%
Home Counties -5 1 £520 +1.96%
SAP
England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 203 (20.57%) Finance
2 142 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
3 124 (12.56%) Project Management
4 118 (11.96%) ERP
5 109 (11.04%) SAP BW
6 107 (10.84%) CRM
7 91 (9.220%) Oracle
8 88 (8.916%) Migration
9 85 (8.612%) ITIL
10 72 (7.295%) SAP FI
11 70 (7.092%) SQL
12 66 (6.687%) SAP CRM
13 65 (6.586%) Manufacturing
14 63 (6.383%) Telecoms
14 63 (6.383%) Data Migration
15 61 (6.180%) ABAP
16 60 (6.079%) User Acceptance Testing
17 59 (5.978%) Business Objects
17 59 (5.978%) BusinessObjects
18 57 (5.775%) Stakeholder Management
19 51 (5.167%) SAP Oil and Gas
20 50 (5.066%) SAP FI/CO
20 50 (5.066%) SAP CO
20 50 (5.066%) Microsoft
21 45 (4.559%) PRINCE2
22 44 (4.458%) SAP Implementation
23 43 (4.357%) MS Office
24 41 (4.154%) Logistics
25 40 (4.053%) MS Excel
26 39 (3.951%) Degree

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 31 (3.141%) SAP XI
2 29 (2.938%) SAP PI
3 27 (2.736%) SAP Basis
4 20 (2.026%) Middleware
5 19 (1.925%) .NET
6 15 (1.520%) Web Services
7 14 (1.418%) SAP ALE
7 14 (1.418%) BAPI
8 13 (1.317%) Web Dynpro
9 12 (1.216%) JDBC
10 10 (1.013%) SAP Smart Forms
10 10 (1.013%) SOAP
10 10 (1.013%) XML
11 8 (0.811%) JMS
12 6 (0.608%) CSS
13 5 (0.507%) ASP.NET
13 5 (0.507%) jQuery
14 4 (0.405%) EDI
14 4 (0.405%) HTML
15 3 (0.304%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 37 (3.749%) NetWeaver
2 18 (1.824%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.317%) SAP Portal
4 10 (1.013%) Lotus Notes
5 6 (0.608%) CMS
5 6 (0.608%) SAS
5 6 (0.608%) Apache
6 5 (0.507%) Tomcat
6 5 (0.507%) SAP EP
6 5 (0.507%) ESB
7 4 (0.405%) Liferay
8 3 (0.304%) Documentum
8 3 (0.304%) MS Exchange
8 3 (0.304%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.304%) Force.com
8 3 (0.304%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.203%) Adobe CQ
9 2 (0.203%) Exchange Server 2010
9 2 (0.203%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.203%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 43 (4.357%) MS Office
2 40 (4.053%) MS Excel
3 14 (1.418%) MS Visio
4 13 (1.317%) MS PowerPoint
5 11 (1.114%) MS Project
6 10 (1.013%) Pro/ENGINEER
7 2 (0.203%) Windchill
8 1 (0.101%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.101%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.101%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 72 (7.295%) SAP FI
2 66 (6.687%) SAP CRM
3 51 (5.167%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 50 (5.066%) SAP FI/CO
4 50 (5.066%) SAP CO
5 34 (3.445%) SAP IS-U
6 32 (3.242%) SAP SD
7 31 (3.141%) SAP HR
8 26 (2.634%) SAP ERP
9 25 (2.533%) SAP MM
10 23 (2.330%) SAP BPC
11 22 (2.229%) SAP APO
12 19 (1.925%) SAP SRM
13 16 (1.621%) SAP PM
14 14 (1.418%) SAP PSCD
14 14 (1.418%) SAP HCM
15 13 (1.317%) Agresso
15 13 (1.317%) SAP WM
16 10 (1.013%) SAP FI-CA
16 10 (1.013%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.621%) SAN
2 15 (1.520%) TCP/IP
3 12 (1.216%) HTTP
4 10 (1.013%) Wi-Fi
4 10 (1.013%) Broadband
5 9 (0.912%) VPN
5 9 (0.912%) 3G
6 5 (0.507%) LDAP
6 5 (0.507%) SSL
6 5 (0.507%) tcpdump
7 4 (0.405%) iSCSI
7 4 (0.405%) NAS
7 4 (0.405%) TELNET
7 4 (0.405%) DNS
7 4 (0.405%) SNMP
7 4 (0.405%) DHCP
7 4 (0.405%) WAN
7 4 (0.405%) SMTP
8 3 (0.304%) CTI
8 3 (0.304%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (11.04%) SAP BW
2 59 (5.978%) BusinessObjects
3 34 (3.445%) SQL Server
4 32 (3.242%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (3.040%) SAP BI
6 19 (1.925%) SAP Data Services
7 15 (1.520%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (1.317%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 11 (1.114%) DataStage
10 8 (0.811%) QlikView
10 8 (0.811%) Crystal Reports
11 7 (0.709%) Oracle 8/8i
11 7 (0.709%) Oracle 11g
12 6 (0.608%) MySQL
13 5 (0.507%) DB2
13 5 (0.507%) SQL Server 2008
13 5 (0.507%) BusinessObjects XI
13 5 (0.507%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.405%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 4 (0.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (0.709%) LoadRunner
2 6 (0.608%) LSMW
3 5 (0.507%) QuickTest Pro
3 5 (0.507%) Git (software)
3 5 (0.507%) Hudson
3 5 (0.507%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.405%) Selenium
5 2 (0.203%) SpecFlow
5 2 (0.203%) eCATT
5 2 (0.203%) Subversion
5 2 (0.203%) ClearQuest
5 2 (0.203%) ERwin
6 1 (0.101%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.101%) MSI
6 1 (0.101%) NUnit
6 1 (0.101%) Maven
6 1 (0.101%) ReSharper
6 1 (0.101%) NWDI
6 1 (0.101%) WebDriver
General
1 203 (20.57%) Finance
2 65 (6.586%) Manufacturing
3 63 (6.383%) Telecoms
4 37 (3.749%) Retail
5 30 (3.040%) Pharmaceutical
6 26 (2.634%) Billing
7 24 (2.432%) Marketing
8 19 (1.925%) Electronics
9 11 (1.114%) Banking
10 10 (1.013%) General Ledger
11 8 (0.811%) Automotive
12 6 (0.608%) Back Office
13 5 (0.507%) Legal
14 4 (0.405%) Korean Language
15 3 (0.304%) Law
15 3 (0.304%) Local Government
16 2 (0.203%) Aerospace
17 1 (0.101%) Publishing
17 1 (0.101%) Music
17 1 (0.101%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 239 (24.21%) Consultant
2 205 (20.77%) SAP Consultant
3 167 (16.92%) Analyst
4 110 (11.14%) Project Manager
5 109 (11.04%) SAP Manager
6 67 (6.788%) Architect
7 66 (6.687%) Developer
8 53 (5.370%) SAP Analyst
9 51 (5.167%) SAP Project Manager
10 43 (4.357%) Business Analyst
11 32 (3.242%) Solutions Architect
11 32 (3.242%) SAP Architect
12 31 (3.141%) SAP Developer
13 30 (3.040%) Trainer
14 28 (2.837%) Data Analyst
14 28 (2.837%) SAP Trainer
15 27 (2.736%) Test Manager
16 26 (2.634%) CRM Consultant
16 26 (2.634%) SAP Business Analyst
17 25 (2.533%) SAP Support
Miscellaneous
1 26 (2.634%) FMCG
2 17 (1.722%) SaaS
3 16 (1.621%) DTV
4 15 (1.520%) Smart Meter
5 14 (1.418%) Management Information System
6 9 (0.912%) Clustering
6 9 (0.912%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (0.811%) PDA
7 8 (0.811%) AS400
7 8 (0.811%) PMI
8 7 (0.709%) Data Integration
9 6 (0.608%) Mainframe
10 5 (0.507%) EPoS
10 5 (0.507%) Mathematics
10 5 (0.507%) Open Source
11 4 (0.405%) PaaS
11 4 (0.405%) Heroku
11 4 (0.405%) Data Extraction
11 4 (0.405%) iSeries
11 4 (0.405%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 38 (3.850%) Windows
2 19 (1.925%) UNIX
3 14 (1.418%) Linux
4 11 (1.114%) Windows XP
5 10 (1.013%) Windows 7
6 8 (0.811%) Windows Vista
7 6 (0.608%) Solaris
8 5 (0.507%) AIX
8 5 (0.507%) Android
9 4 (0.405%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (0.304%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (0.203%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.203%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.101%) Windows Server 2003
12 1 (0.101%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (14.39%) Business Intelligence
2 124 (12.56%) Project Management
3 118 (11.96%) ERP
4 107 (10.84%) CRM
5 88 (8.916%) Migration
6 85 (8.612%) ITIL
7 63 (6.383%) Data Migration
8 60 (6.079%) User Acceptance Testing
9 57 (5.775%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (4.559%) PRINCE2
11 44 (4.458%) SAP Implementation
12 41 (4.154%) Logistics
13 37 (3.749%) Workflow
14 33 (3.343%) ETL
15 32 (3.242%) Programme Management
16 31 (3.141%) Data Modelling
17 30 (3.040%) Business Analysis
18 29 (2.938%) Change Management
18 29 (2.938%) Test Scripting
19 28 (2.837%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 70 (7.092%) SQL
2 61 (6.180%) ABAP
3 36 (3.647%) Java
4 11 (1.114%) VB
4 11 (1.114%) C
5 10 (1.013%) PL/SQL
6 8 (0.811%) T-SQL
7 7 (0.709%) C#
7 7 (0.709%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.507%) JavaScript
8 5 (0.507%) VBA
8 5 (0.507%) SAPscript
8 5 (0.507%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.405%) sed
9 4 (0.405%) Bash shell
9 4 (0.405%) AWK
9 4 (0.405%) Perl
9 4 (0.405%) RPG
10 3 (0.304%) C++
10 3 (0.304%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 39 (3.951%) Degree
2 19 (1.925%) ACCA
3 18 (1.824%) ISEB
4 16 (1.621%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (1.418%) CIMA
5 14 (1.418%) PMI Certification
6 13 (1.317%) Security Cleared
7 10 (1.013%) SAP Certification
8 9 (0.912%) CCA
8 9 (0.912%) ISTQB
9 8 (0.811%) SC Cleared
9 8 (0.811%) PMP
10 5 (0.507%) CISSP
11 4 (0.405%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.304%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.304%) CISM
13 2 (0.203%) CIPD
13 2 (0.203%) MCITP
13 2 (0.203%) CISA
14 1 (0.101%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (2.432%) QA
2 18 (1.824%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.621%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 6 (0.608%) SLA
5 5 (0.507%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.405%) CDISC
6 4 (0.405%) COBIT
7 3 (0.304%) GxP
8 1 (0.101%) GAAP
8 1 (0.101%) WCAG
8 1 (0.101%) WAI
System Software
1 15 (1.520%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.912%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.507%) vSphere
4 4 (0.405%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.405%) Postfix
4 4 (0.405%) Squid
4 4 (0.405%) Nmap
4 4 (0.405%) NFS
5 3 (0.304%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.203%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 36 (3.647%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (0.507%) Puppet
3 4 (0.405%) NetBackup
3 4 (0.405%) Nagios
3 4 (0.405%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 3 (0.304%) SCCM
5 1 (0.101%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.101%) MOM
5 1 (0.101%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.101%) Splunk
Vendors
1 91 (9.220%) Oracle
2 59 (5.978%) Business Objects
3 50 (5.066%) Microsoft
4 31 (3.141%) Cognos
5 28 (2.837%) HP
6 21 (2.128%) JD Edwards
6 21 (2.128%) Siebel
7 17 (1.722%) VMware
8 15 (1.520%) Adobe
8 15 (1.520%) Salesforce.com
8 15 (1.520%) CA
9 14 (1.418%) PeopleSoft
10 13 (1.317%) CODA
11 12 (1.216%) RedPrairie
12 11 (1.114%) IBM
12 11 (1.114%) Remedy
13 10 (1.013%) Lotus
13 10 (1.013%) Hyperion
13 10 (1.013%) Citrix
14 8 (0.811%) webMethods
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Rate: £45000 - £55000 per annum
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Rate: £400 - £520 per day
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Rate: £350 - £390 per day
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