The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BW skills 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 BW over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Information Warehouse (NetWeaver BW)
Rank 112 136 103
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -33
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 3 3 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.146% 0.091% 0.500%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.693% 0.467% 2.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 8
Average daily rate £400 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.11% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £310 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £470 £477
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £475 £363
% change year-on-year
-15.78% +31.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
-42.85% +94.44%
All Database & Business Intelligence
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
433 642 621
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 21.14% 19.37% 22.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 399 333
Average daily rate £335 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £333 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.25% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 34 37
Average hourly rate £40.00 £26.63 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.23% -18.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £10.41 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £46.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year
- -15.38%
SAP BW
England

SAP BW
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP BW Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BW
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP BW Daily Rate Trend

SAP BW
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP BW across the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West SAP BW Daily Rate Histogram

SAP BW
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West SAP BW Hourly Rate Trend

SAP BW
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BW within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Wiltshire - 2 £363 -
Bristol +9 1 £500 +11.11%
SAP BW
England

SAP BW
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP BW 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 BW.

1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (50.00%) Finance
3 7 (43.75%) ABAP
4 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
5 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
5 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
5 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
5 4 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
5 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) ISEB
6 3 (18.75%) ITIL
6 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
6 3 (18.75%) Test Management
6 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (12.50%) LSMW
7 2 (12.50%) SLA
7 2 (12.50%) HP
7 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
7 2 (12.50%) SAP PS
7 2 (12.50%) Publishing
7 2 (12.50%) Service Management
7 2 (12.50%) ITSM
8 1 (6.250%) Regression Testing
8 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (6.250%) SAP CO
8 1 (6.250%) Banking

SAP BW
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP BW 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 BW. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP PS
2 1 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (6.250%) SAP CO
2 1 (6.250%) SAP ERP
2 1 (6.250%) SAP HR
2 1 (6.250%) SAP R/3
2 1 (6.250%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) LSMW
General
1 8 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Publishing
3 1 (6.250%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Analyst
1 6 (37.50%) SAP Analyst
2 5 (31.25%) SAP Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Test Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Test Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 4 (25.00%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Project Analyst
4 2 (12.50%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Test Leader
5 1 (6.250%) SAP Test Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Test Scripting
2 4 (25.00%) Test Strategy
2 4 (25.00%) Software Testing
3 3 (18.75%) Business Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Test Management
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
4 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
5 1 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.250%) Content Management
5 1 (6.250%) Regression Testing
5 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2
5 1 (6.250%) ERP
5 1 (6.250%) EAM
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) ISEB
1 4 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) SAP Certification
3 1 (6.250%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Business Objects