South West SAP IS-U Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for SAP Utilities (ISU) skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP IS-U over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Utilities (ISU)
Location Berkshire East Sussex England Leeds London Manchester Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands North West Powys South East South West Staines Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	141	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.449 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£637	£492
% change on same period last year	+29.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Business Applications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	276	289
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.374 %	0.286 %
Daily rates quoted	69	60
Average minimum daily rate	£431	£425
Average daily rate	£454	£450
% change on same period last year	+0.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£477	£476
UK excluding London average daily rate	£444	£425
% change on same period last year	+4.54 %
Hourly rates quoted	15	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.50	£25.22
Average hourly rate	£22.19	£26.83
% change on same period last year	-17.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.89	£28.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.02	£26.60
% change on same period last year	+5.34 %
SAP IS-U England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP IS-U
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP IS-U across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP IS-U
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP IS-U
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP IS-U within the South West region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Wiltshire	-	4	-	-

SAP IS-U England

SAP IS-U
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP IS-U 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 IS-U.

1 8 (100.00 %) SAP 2 3 (37.50 %) Migration 2 3 (37.50 %) Data Migration 3 2 (25.00 %) Ascential 3 2 (25.00 %) DataStage 3 2 (25.00 %) IBM 4 1 (12.50 %) CCNP 4 1 (12.50 %) Nortel 4 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (12.50 %) Lucent 4 1 (12.50 %) Alcatel 4 1 (12.50 %) XML 4 1 (12.50 %) CRM 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (12.50 %) PBX

4 1 (12.50 %) Cisco 4 1 (12.50 %) Middleware 4 1 (12.50 %) Ericsson 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP BW 4 1 (12.50 %) Data Cleansing 4 1 (12.50 %) CCVP 4 1 (12.50 %) Banking

SAP IS-U
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP IS-U 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 IS-U. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) XML 1 1 (12.50 %) Middleware	Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (25.00 %) DataStage 2 1 (12.50 %) Data Cleansing 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP BW	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 3 (37.50 %) Consultant 1 3 (37.50 %) SAP Consultant 1 3 (37.50 %) SAP ISU Consultant 2 2 (25.00 %) SAP Data Consultant 2 2 (25.00 %) Data Manager 2 2 (25.00 %) Data Consultant 2 2 (25.00 %) Technical Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) Architect 3 1 (12.50 %) Management Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) Voice Architect	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) Migration 1 3 (37.50 %) Data Migration 2 1 (12.50 %) CRM 2 1 (12.50 %) Data Modelling
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) CCNP 1 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (12.50 %) CCVP	Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) SAP 2 2 (25.00 %) Ascential 2 2 (25.00 %) IBM 3 1 (12.50 %) Nortel 3 1 (12.50 %) Lucent 3 1 (12.50 %) Alcatel 3 1 (12.50 %) Ericsson 3 1 (12.50 %) Cisco