The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 46 41 30
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Contract jobs citing SAP 73 123 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 3.619% 3.802% 4.947%
As % of the Vendors category 8.333% 8.991% 11.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 88 70
Average daily rate £381 £381 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -15.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £227 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £488 £550 £565
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Average hourly rate £27.00 £26.00 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% +85.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
876 1368 1261
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 43.43% 42.29% 44.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 511 783 580
Average daily rate £370 £400 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +10.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £203
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 99 112
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.35 £46.00 £36.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP 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
Bristol +6 26 £350 +11.11%
Somerset +7 14 £400 -4.76%
Wiltshire -12 14 £388 -9.88%
Dorset +2 6 £483 -
Gloucestershire +23 1 £380 +60.00%
Devon -1 1 - -
SAP
England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 62 (37.80%) Finance
2 24 (14.63%) Banking
3 20 (12.20%) ISTQB
3 20 (12.20%) Project Management
3 20 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 20 (12.20%) ISEB
4 19 (11.59%) Migration
5 18 (10.98%) Microsoft
6 17 (10.37%) ERP
7 16 (9.756%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (9.146%) PRINCE2
8 15 (9.146%) Mainframe
8 15 (9.146%) Billing
9 14 (8.537%) Security Cleared
9 14 (8.537%) Retail
9 14 (8.537%) BusinessObjects
9 14 (8.537%) ABAP
9 14 (8.537%) Business Objects
10 13 (7.927%) SQL Server
11 12 (7.317%) Windows
11 12 (7.317%) SAP Data Services
11 12 (7.317%) Data Migration
12 11 (6.707%) ITIL
13 10 (6.098%) C#
13 10 (6.098%) SAP HR
13 10 (6.098%) SAP R/3
13 10 (6.098%) Data Cleansing
13 10 (6.098%) Test Scripting
13 10 (6.098%) Test Strategy
14 9 (5.488%) User Acceptance Testing

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (5.488%) .NET
2 6 (3.659%) SAP Basis
3 4 (2.439%) HTML
3 4 (2.439%) EDI
4 3 (1.829%) ASP.NET
4 3 (1.829%) CSS
4 3 (1.829%) SAP Smart Forms
5 2 (1.220%) MDX
6 1 (0.610%) LAMP
6 1 (0.610%) Middleware
6 1 (0.610%) XML
6 1 (0.610%) COM
6 1 (0.610%) Zend Framework
6 1 (0.610%) CakePHP
6 1 (0.610%) SAP BC
6 1 (0.610%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.610%) BAPI
6 1 (0.610%) SAP Business Workflow
6 1 (0.610%) jQuery
6 1 (0.610%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 8 (4.878%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.268%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (4.268%) SharePoint 2013
3 4 (2.439%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (1.829%) Commerce Server
4 3 (1.829%) NetWeaver
5 2 (1.220%) Oracle Workflow
5 2 (1.220%) SAS
6 1 (0.610%) CMS
6 1 (0.610%) Documentum
6 1 (0.610%) TeamSite
6 1 (0.610%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (4.268%) Office 365
2 5 (3.049%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.220%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.220%) MS Office
4 1 (0.610%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (6.098%) SAP HR
1 10 (6.098%) SAP R/3
2 7 (4.268%) SAP MM
2 7 (4.268%) SAP SRM
2 7 (4.268%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 6 (3.659%) SAP SD
4 5 (3.049%) SAP Payroll
4 5 (3.049%) SAP FI-GL
5 4 (2.439%) SAP CO
5 4 (2.439%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (2.439%) Agresso
5 4 (2.439%) SAP FI
6 2 (1.220%) SAP ERP
6 2 (1.220%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.610%) WebTrends
7 1 (0.610%) assyst
7 1 (0.610%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.610%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.610%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.610%) SAP CS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.268%) Intranet
2 1 (0.610%) WAN
2 1 (0.610%) SAN
2 1 (0.610%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.537%) BusinessObjects
2 13 (7.927%) SQL Server
3 12 (7.317%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (5.488%) SAP BW
4 9 (5.488%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (4.268%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (4.268%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 7 (4.268%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (1.829%) GIS
7 2 (1.220%) DTS
7 2 (1.220%) MySQL
7 2 (1.220%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.610%) Star Schema
8 1 (0.610%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.610%) OLAP
8 1 (0.610%) MS Access
8 1 (0.610%) BODI
8 1 (0.610%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
8 1 (0.610%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.610%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.049%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (2.439%) LSMW
3 2 (1.220%) Selenium
4 1 (0.610%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.610%) WebDriver
4 1 (0.610%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 62 (37.80%) Finance
2 24 (14.63%) Banking
3 15 (9.146%) Billing
4 14 (8.537%) Retail
5 9 (5.488%) Telecoms
5 9 (5.488%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.878%) Marketing
7 7 (4.268%) Retail Banking
8 6 (3.659%) General Ledger
9 5 (3.049%) Electronics
10 3 (1.829%) Back Office
11 2 (1.220%) Publishing
12 1 (0.610%) Corporate Banking
12 1 (0.610%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 41 (25.00%) Analyst
2 39 (23.78%) Consultant
3 33 (20.12%) SAP Consultant
4 31 (18.90%) Project Manager
5 20 (12.20%) Business Analyst
6 17 (10.37%) Developer
6 17 (10.37%) Test Analyst
7 15 (9.146%) SAP Analyst
8 12 (7.317%) Senior Analyst
8 12 (7.317%) SAP Manager
9 11 (6.707%) SAP Business Analyst
10 9 (5.488%) SAP Test Analyst
11 8 (4.878%) Test Manager
12 7 (4.268%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (4.268%) Senior Test Analyst
12 7 (4.268%) Functional Consultant
13 6 (3.659%) SAP Project Manager
13 6 (3.659%) IT Project Manager
13 6 (3.659%) SAP Support
13 6 (3.659%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.146%) Mainframe
2 5 (3.049%) DTV
3 2 (1.220%) Reference Data
3 2 (1.220%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.610%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.610%) Replication
4 1 (0.610%) Clustering
4 1 (0.610%) Social Media
4 1 (0.610%) Open Source
4 1 (0.610%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 12 (7.317%) Windows
2 2 (1.220%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (1.220%) UNIX
3 1 (0.610%) Solaris
3 1 (0.610%) Linux
3 1 (0.610%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (12.20%) Project Management
1 20 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (11.59%) Migration
3 17 (10.37%) ERP
4 16 (9.756%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (9.146%) PRINCE2
6 12 (7.317%) Data Migration
7 11 (6.707%) ITIL
8 10 (6.098%) Data Cleansing
8 10 (6.098%) Test Scripting
8 10 (6.098%) Test Strategy
9 9 (5.488%) User Acceptance Testing
9 9 (5.488%) Business Analysis
10 8 (4.878%) Information Management
10 8 (4.878%) Change Management
10 8 (4.878%) Test Management
11 7 (4.268%) Performance Management
11 7 (4.268%) Data Modelling
11 7 (4.268%) ETL
12 6 (3.659%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.537%) ABAP
2 10 (6.098%) C#
3 9 (5.488%) SQL
4 4 (2.439%) T-SQL
5 3 (1.829%) SAPscript
6 2 (1.220%) PHP
7 1 (0.610%) VBA
7 1 (0.610%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.610%) Java
7 1 (0.610%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.610%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 20 (12.20%) ISTQB
1 20 (12.20%) ISEB
2 14 (8.537%) Security Cleared
3 8 (4.878%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.659%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (2.439%) ISEB Practitioner
6 3 (1.829%) ACCA
6 3 (1.829%) BC Cleared
7 2 (1.220%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 2 (1.220%) Degree
8 1 (0.610%) CIMA
8 1 (0.610%) CCA
8 1 (0.610%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.610%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.659%) SLA
2 1 (0.610%) Basel II
System Software
1 8 (4.878%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.610%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.610%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.878%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (10.98%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.537%) Business Objects
3 9 (5.488%) Oracle
4 6 (3.659%) HP
5 1 (0.610%) ATG
5 1 (0.610%) Adobe
5 1 (0.610%) EMC
5 1 (0.610%) Sage
5 1 (0.610%) JDA
5 1 (0.610%) Zend
5 1 (0.610%) Omniture
5 1 (0.610%) Google
5 1 (0.610%) VMware
5 1 (0.610%) Sitecore
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