The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI-GL 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 FI-GL 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)
Rank 113 - 115
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing SAP FI-GL 2 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.098% - 0.071%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.290% - 0.881%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Average daily rate £475 - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £463 £500 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.50% +42.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
155 227 227
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 7.568% 6.850% 8.104%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 136 115
Average daily rate £425 £450 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £328 £279
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 14
Average hourly rate £24.50 £24.17 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% -28.38%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%
SAP FI-GL
England

SAP FI-GL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP FI-GL Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI-GL
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP FI-GL Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI-GL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI-GL 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
Bristol - 2 £475 -
SAP FI-GL
England

SAP FI-GL
Top 16 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) SAP
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) General Ledger
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Test Management
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) MS Access
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) ISEB
4 1 (20.00%) ACCA
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management

SAP FI-GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MS Access
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) General Ledger
2 4 (80.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 3 (60.00%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Project Manager
1 3 (60.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Finance Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Test Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) ISEB
1 1 (20.00%) ACCA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) HP