Thames Valley SAP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts within the Thames Valley region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Andover Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bracknell Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chorley City of London Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Cumbria Daresbury Darlington Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Fareham Filton Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Havant Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Home Counties Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Loughborough M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newport Newton Abbot Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Powys Preston Reading Redcar Rochdale Rugby Runcorn Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Whyteleafe Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	3	16
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	67	61
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.089 %	0.062 %
As % of the category below	34.36 %	20.07 %
Daily rates quoted	7	2
Average minimum daily rate	£479	£275
Average daily rate	£516	£275
% change on same period last year	+87.53 %
Average maximum daily rate	£553	£275
UK excluding London average daily rate	£462	£447
% change on same period last year	+3.25 %
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	£23.43	£25.61
% change on same period last year	-8.53 %
Vendors Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads	195	304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.260 %	0.308 %
Daily rates quoted	28	22
Average minimum daily rate	£338	£337
Average daily rate	£373	£353
% change on same period last year	+5.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£359
% change on same period last year	-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.83	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£22.92	£30.64
% change on same period last year	-25.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.00	£33.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.25	£24.99
% change on same period last year	-6.94 %
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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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Thames Valley region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP across the Thames Valley region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Thames Valley region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 28 (16.67 %) SAP HR 2 25 (14.88 %) SAP FI 3 24 (14.29 %) CRM 4 19 (11.31 %) SAP CRM 5 16 (9.524 %) ABAP 6 14 (8.333 %) Finance 7 12 (7.143 %) LSMW 7 12 (7.143 %) Billing 8 11 (6.548 %) Change Management 8 11 (6.548 %) Business Intelligence 9 10 (5.952 %) Oracle 9 10 (5.952 %) Migration 9 10 (5.952 %) SAP CO 9 10 (5.952 %) SAP FI/CO 10 9 (5.357 %) SAP Basis

10 9 (5.357 %) SAP MM 11 8 (4.762 %) SAP SD 11 8 (4.762 %) Manufacturing 12 7 (4.167 %) Automotive 12 7 (4.167 %) Data Migration 12 7 (4.167 %) SAP Implementation 13 6 (3.571 %) SAP BI 13 6 (3.571 %) Project Management 14 5 (2.976 %) Pharmaceutical 14 5 (2.976 %) GAP Analysis 14 5 (2.976 %) SAP APO 14 5 (2.976 %) NetWeaver 14 5 (2.976 %) SAP PP 14 5 (2.976 %) Logistics 14 5 (2.976 %) SAP FI-AP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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 (5.357 %) SAP Basis 2 2 (1.190 %) SAP ALE 2 2 (1.190 %) SAP XI 2 2 (1.190 %) Middleware 2 2 (1.190 %) SAP Smart Forms 3 1 (0.595 %) BAPI 3 1 (0.595 %) Web Dynpro	Application Platforms 1 5 (2.976 %) NetWeaver 2 1 (0.595 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 1 (0.595 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 28 (16.67 %) SAP HR 2 25 (14.88 %) SAP FI 3 19 (11.31 %) SAP CRM 4 10 (5.952 %) SAP FI/CO 4 10 (5.952 %) SAP CO 5 9 (5.357 %) SAP MM 6 8 (4.762 %) SAP SD 7 5 (2.976 %) SAP APO 7 5 (2.976 %) SAP PP 7 5 (2.976 %) SAP FI-AP 8 4 (2.381 %) SAP Payroll 9 2 (1.190 %) SAP Retail 9 2 (1.190 %) SAP R/3 9 2 (1.190 %) SAP IS-U 9 2 (1.190 %) SAP WM 9 2 (1.190 %) SAP FI-GL 10 1 (0.595 %) SAP PM 10 1 (0.595 %) SAP QM 10 1 (0.595 %) SAP PP-PI 10 1 (0.595 %) SAP PS
Communications & Networking 1 1 (0.595 %) CTI	Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (3.571 %) SAP BI 2 3 (1.786 %) SQL Server 3 2 (1.190 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (0.595 %) SAP BW 4 1 (0.595 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 12 (7.143 %) LSMW 2 2 (1.190 %) LoadRunner	General 1 14 (8.333 %) Finance 2 12 (7.143 %) Billing 3 8 (4.762 %) Manufacturing 4 7 (4.167 %) Automotive 5 5 (2.976 %) Pharmaceutical 6 4 (2.381 %) Retail 6 4 (2.381 %) FMCG 7 3 (1.786 %) Insurance 8 1 (0.595 %) Local Government 8 1 (0.595 %) Government 8 1 (0.595 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 84 (50.00 %) Consultant 2 83 (49.40 %) SAP Consultant 3 24 (14.29 %) Analyst 4 20 (11.90 %) SAP FI Consultant 5 16 (9.524 %) Business Analyst 6 15 (8.929 %) SAP Manager 6 15 (8.929 %) SAP Analyst 7 13 (7.738 %) Functional Consultant 7 13 (7.738 %) SAP Functional Consultant 8 10 (5.952 %) SAP Business Analyst 8 10 (5.952 %) SAP Project Manager 8 10 (5.952 %) Project Manager 9 9 (5.357 %) SAP MM Consultant 9 9 (5.357 %) SAP CRM Consultant 9 9 (5.357 %) SAP HR Consultant 9 9 (5.357 %) CRM Consultant 10 8 (4.762 %) Trainer 11 7 (4.167 %) SAP FI/CO Consultant 11 7 (4.167 %) SAP Trainer 12 6 (3.571 %) Support Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 2 (1.190 %) Greek Language 2 1 (0.595 %) Italian Language 2 1 (0.595 %) Russian Language 2 1 (0.595 %) E-Learning
Operating Systems 1 4 (2.381 %) UNIX 1 4 (2.381 %) VMS 2 2 (1.190 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 24 (14.29 %) CRM 2 11 (6.548 %) Business Intelligence 2 11 (6.548 %) Change Management 3 10 (5.952 %) Migration 4 7 (4.167 %) SAP Implementation 4 7 (4.167 %) Data Migration 5 6 (3.571 %) Project Management 6 5 (2.976 %) Logistics 6 5 (2.976 %) GAP Analysis 7 4 (2.381 %) ERP 8 3 (1.786 %) PRINCE2 8 3 (1.786 %) Workflow 8 3 (1.786 %) Business Analysis 8 3 (1.786 %) Data Management 8 3 (1.786 %) Security Cleared 8 3 (1.786 %) Performance Testing 9 2 (1.190 %) Stress Testing 9 2 (1.190 %) Test Scripting 9 2 (1.190 %) Time Management 9 2 (1.190 %) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages 1 16 (9.524 %) ABAP 2 2 (1.190 %) SAPscript 2 2 (1.190 %) Java 3 1 (0.595 %) Delphi	Qualifications 1 2 (1.190 %) Citrix Certification 1 2 (1.190 %) SAP Certification 2 1 (0.595 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 1 (0.595 %) PMP 2 1 (0.595 %) PMI Certification 2 1 (0.595 %) ACCA 2 1 (0.595 %) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (1.190 %) Sarbanes-Oxley	Vendors 1 10 (5.952 %) Oracle 2 3 (1.786 %) PeopleSoft 3 2 (1.190 %) Business Objects 3 2 (1.190 %) Segue 4 1 (0.595 %) Trillium 4 1 (0.595 %) Retek