The first table below looks at the demand for SAP R/3 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 R/3 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP R/3
Rank 105 135 -
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -
Contract jobs citing SAP R/3 3 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.031% -
As % of the Business Applications category 2.041% 0.493% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £413 £275 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £398 £358
% change year-on-year
-1.69% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.00
All Business Applications
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
147 203 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 7.288% 6.275% 8.127%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 120 116
Average daily rate £425 £438 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £325 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £510 £500 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
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 R/3
England

SAP R/3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP R/3 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP R/3 Daily Rate Trend

SAP R/3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP R/3 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
Somerset - 2 £399 -
SAP R/3
England

SAP R/3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3.

1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (70.00%) Intranet
3 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (70.00%) SharePoint 2010
3 7 (70.00%) Office 365
3 7 (70.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 3 (30.00%) SAP Smart Forms
4 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 3 (30.00%) SAP Implementation
4 3 (30.00%) SAPscript
4 3 (30.00%) EDI
4 3 (30.00%) ABAP
4 3 (30.00%) OO
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Electronics
5 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) Middleware
5 1 (10.00%) DTV
5 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) C#
5 1 (10.00%) HTML

SAP R/3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing SAP R/3 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 R/3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Smart Forms
1 3 (30.00%) EDI
2 1 (10.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (70.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 7 (70.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 1 (10.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) Intranet
General
1 3 (30.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Electronics
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
3 4 (40.00%) Delivery Project Manager
3 4 (40.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (20.00%) Developer
4 2 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint Project Manager
4 2 (20.00%) SAP Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) DTV
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) SAP Implementation
1 3 (30.00%) OO
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) SAPscript
1 3 (30.00%) ABAP
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Java
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (80.00%) Microsoft