The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Data Services 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 Data Services 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 of the Database & Business Intelligence 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
Rank 30 42 -
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 11 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.354% 0.248% -
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 16.67% 1.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 11 1 0
Average daily rate £400 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £500 £498
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £23.00
All Database & Business Intelligence
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
66 75 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.12% 18.56% 24.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 41 49
Average daily rate £400 £350 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% +6.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £287 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £485 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £330 £335
% change year-on-year
- -1.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £26.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -37.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £29.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year
-5.17% -10.76%
SAP Data Services
Wales

SAP Data Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Data Services across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

South Wales SAP Data Services Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales SAP Data Services Daily Rate Trend

SAP Data Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Data Services within the South Wales 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
Cardiff +15 10 £400 +23.07%
SAP Data Services
Wales

SAP Data Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SAP Data Services 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 Data Services.

1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (93.75%) BusinessObjects
2 15 (93.75%) Business Objects
3 14 (87.50%) SAP BW
4 11 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (68.75%) Finance
5 10 (62.50%) Data Modelling
5 10 (62.50%) ABAP
6 8 (50.00%) Data Extraction
7 6 (37.50%) BusinessObjects XI
8 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
9 2 (12.50%) ETL
10 1 (6.250%) MS Office
10 1 (6.250%) SAP SD
10 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
10 1 (6.250%) COBOL
10 1 (6.250%) SQL
10 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
10 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (6.250%) ERP
10 1 (6.250%) Banking
10 1 (6.250%) Migration
10 1 (6.250%) Billing
10 1 (6.250%) BODI
10 1 (6.250%) Welsh Language
10 1 (6.250%) SAP ERP
10 1 (6.250%) DWR
10 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
10 1 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
10 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping

SAP Data Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing SAP Data Services 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 Data Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) DWR
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Office
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) SAP SD
1 1 (6.250%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (93.75%) BusinessObjects
2 14 (87.50%) SAP BW
3 6 (37.50%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
4 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (6.250%) BODI
4 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 11 (68.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Banking
2 1 (6.250%) Billing
2 1 (6.250%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 16 (100.00%) Developer
2 13 (81.25%) SAP Developer
3 12 (75.00%) SAP BW Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) SAP BW Consultant
4 3 (18.75%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (12.50%) ETL Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst
6 1 (6.250%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Lead Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Designer
6 1 (6.250%) ETL Designer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (62.50%) Data Modelling
3 5 (31.25%) Data Analysis
4 2 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (6.250%) ERP
5 1 (6.250%) Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.250%) Data Cleansing
5 1 (6.250%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 10 (62.50%) ABAP
2 1 (6.250%) COBOL
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (93.75%) Business Objects