The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis over the 3 months to 23 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 Wales 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank - - 41
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 0 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales - - 1.435%
As % of the Application Development category - - 6.383%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £481 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.33% +13.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 19.82% 20.20% 22.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 35 36
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £410 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
Average hourly rate £36.25 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.81% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
Wales

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BPC
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP BPC
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP