The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Staffordshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 21 29 27
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 1 6 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 1.087% 2.857% 5.417%
As % of the Vendors category 2.564% 5.825% 16.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 3
Average daily rate - £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 3
Average hourly rate £15.31 £15.01 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.98% -57.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
All Vendors
Staffordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
39 103 80
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staffordshire 42.39% 49.05% 33.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 13
Average daily rate £256 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.58% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £229 £95
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £369 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 17 6
Average hourly rate £11.26 £16.86 £21.95
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.19% -23.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.86 £10.77 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £35.00 £34.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region.

Staffordshire SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Burton-upon-Trent - - - -
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) GIS
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (28.57%) Local Government
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
4 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
4 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (14.29%) SAP FI

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staffordshire 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 4 (57.14%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) SAP CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (14.29%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) GIS
2 3 (42.86%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (28.57%) Local Government
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Report Developer
2 3 (42.86%) SAP Manager
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Developer
3 2 (28.57%) SQL Server Developer
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Programme Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (14.29%) SAP Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Programme Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle