The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Thames Valley region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 20 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 Thames Valley 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 6 2 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Contract jobs citing SAP 1 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 9.091% 25.00% -
As % of the Vendors category 14.29% 52.94% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £450 £400 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
All Vendors
Thames Valley
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
7 17 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Thames Valley 63.64% 47.22% 43.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 8
Average daily rate £450 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £23.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.04 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+0.21% -5.00%
SAP
South East

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 4 (80.00%) SAP BPC
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Hyperion
4 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
4 1 (20.00%) SAP MM
4 1 (20.00%) OutlookSoft
4 1 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (20.00%) Validation
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (20.00%) SAP MM
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) SAP BPC Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Hyperion Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Validation
1 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (20.00%) OutlookSoft
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