The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Analyst role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Analyst 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 West 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 Analyst
Rank 105 122 108
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -14
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Analyst 3 14 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.433% 0.495%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.158% 0.465% 0.525%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 4
Average daily rate £375 £325 £541
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -39.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £218 £348
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £350 £595
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £380 £390
% change year-on-year
-1.97% -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £17.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+45.71% -2.77%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1895 3012 2668
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 93.95% 93.11% 94.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1138 1803 1328
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
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 137 186 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-31.55% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.70 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
SAP Analyst
England

SAP Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP Analyst Daily Rate Trend

SAP Analyst
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Analyst within the South West 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
Bristol +6 1 £300 -7.69%
Wiltshire +1 1 £375 -
Somerset - 1 £430 -
SAP Analyst
England

SAP Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (53.33%) ISTQB
2 8 (53.33%) ISEB
3 7 (46.67%) Finance
4 6 (40.00%) Mainframe
5 4 (26.67%) ABAP
5 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
6 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
6 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
7 2 (13.33%) Banking
7 2 (13.33%) Change Management
7 2 (13.33%) HP
7 2 (13.33%) SAP BW
7 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
7 2 (13.33%) SAP MM
7 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
7 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
8 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
8 1 (6.667%) Test Management
8 1 (6.667%) Migration
8 1 (6.667%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (6.667%) SAP SRM
8 1 (6.667%) SAP Implementation
8 1 (6.667%) Microsoft
8 1 (6.667%) C#

SAP Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (6.667%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (6.667%) HTML
1 1 (6.667%) XML
1 1 (6.667%) EDI
1 1 (6.667%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (6.667%) SAP SRM
2 1 (6.667%) SAP HR
2 1 (6.667%) SAP SD
2 1 (6.667%) SAP R/3
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SAP BW
2 1 (6.667%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 7 (46.67%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Banking
3 1 (6.667%) Retail
3 1 (6.667%) Billing
3 1 (6.667%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (20.00%) Test Scripting
1 3 (20.00%) Test Strategy
1 3 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 2 (13.33%) Change Management
2 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
2 2 (13.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.667%) Data Migration
3 1 (6.667%) Test Management
3 1 (6.667%) Migration
3 1 (6.667%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (6.667%) ITIL
3 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.667%) OO
3 1 (6.667%) ITSM
3 1 (6.667%) Service Management
3 1 (6.667%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 4 (26.67%) ABAP
2 1 (6.667%) C#
2 1 (6.667%) Java
2 1 (6.667%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 8 (53.33%) ISTQB
1 8 (53.33%) ISEB
2 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) BC Cleared
4 1 (6.667%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (13.33%) HP
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft