The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ERP 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 ERP 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 Business Applications 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Rank 110 134 116
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -18
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 1 7 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.050% 0.216% 0.383%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.676% 3.398% 4.681%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 7
Average daily rate £460 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.22% -7.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £488
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -17.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 - -
All Business Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
148 206 235
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 7.363% 6.348% 8.182%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 123 117
Average daily rate £425 £440 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.40% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £325 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £515 £500 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 15
Average hourly rate £24.50 £23.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.25% -32.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP ERP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP ERP Daily Rate Trend

SAP ERP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Dorset - 1 £460 -
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Top 14 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (50.00%) EAM
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects

SAP ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Business Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Business Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) EAM
2 1 (50.00%) Information Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects