The first table below looks at the demand for BAPI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BAPI over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Development category.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Rank 506 541 504
Rank change year-on-year
+35 -37
Contract jobs citing BAPI 35 24 82
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.076% 0.041% 0.132%
As % of the Application Development category 0.277% 0.161% 0.480%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 32
Average daily rate £590 £450 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.11% +5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £360 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £701 £480 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £434 £450 £380
% change year-on-year
-3.61% +18.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12638 14882 17097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.27% 25.50% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7921 8711 9986
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 389 578
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

BAPI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BAPI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

BAPI Jobs Demand Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BAPI within the UK.

BAPI Daily Rate Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BAPI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

BAPI Daily Rate Histogram

BAPI
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BAPI within the UK.

BAPI Hourly Rate Trend

BAPI
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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
England +57 30 £590 +31.11%
London +51 22 £600 +20.00%
City of London - 4 £600 -
South East +20 3 £509 -
North West - 2 £350 -
Berkshire +17 1 £443 -
East of England - 1 - -
Hampshire - 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £575 -
Southampton - 1 - -
Reading - 1 £443 -
Milton Keynes - 1 £575 -

BAPI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

1 62 (71.26%) SAP
2 46 (52.87%) ABAP
3 30 (34.48%) Migration
4 29 (33.33%) Oracle
4 29 (33.33%) Data Migration
5 28 (32.18%) DB2
6 27 (31.03%) ESB
7 26 (29.89%) SAP ALE
7 26 (29.89%) Internet
8 25 (28.74%) Online Banking
8 25 (28.74%) WebSphere
8 25 (28.74%) Banking
8 25 (28.74%) DataPower
9 24 (27.59%) WebSphere Process Server
9 24 (27.59%) Tivoli
9 24 (27.59%) Tivoli Monitoring
9 24 (27.59%) WebSphere Application Server
9 24 (27.59%) C
9 24 (27.59%) TeamSite
10 23 (26.44%) HP
11 22 (25.29%) Finance
11 22 (25.29%) LogLogic
12 20 (22.99%) SAP Smart Forms
13 18 (20.69%) LSMW
13 18 (20.69%) SAP Data Services
14 15 (17.24%) Workflow
15 14 (16.09%) Web Dynpro
16 13 (14.94%) SQL
17 12 (13.79%) Retail
18 11 (12.64%) ETL

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (29.89%) SAP ALE
2 25 (28.74%) WebSphere
3 20 (22.99%) SAP Smart Forms
4 14 (16.09%) Web Dynpro
5 9 (10.34%) SAP PI
6 7 (8.046%) EDI
7 6 (6.897%) Middleware
7 6 (6.897%) SAP XI
8 5 (5.747%) Web Services
9 4 (4.598%) JMS
9 4 (4.598%) XML
9 4 (4.598%) JDBC
9 4 (4.598%) SOAP
10 3 (3.448%) SAP BSP
10 3 (3.448%) SAP Business Workflow
10 3 (3.448%) XSLT
11 1 (1.149%) Google Maps API
Application Platforms
1 27 (31.03%) ESB
2 24 (27.59%) WebSphere Process Server
2 24 (27.59%) WebSphere Application Server
2 24 (27.59%) TeamSite
3 3 (3.448%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (8.046%) SAP CRM
2 6 (6.897%) SAP SD
3 4 (4.598%) SAP HR
4 3 (3.448%) SAP CO
4 3 (3.448%) SAP FI
4 3 (3.448%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.299%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.299%) SAP ERP
5 2 (2.299%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (1.149%) SAP cProjects
6 1 (1.149%) SAP MRS
6 1 (1.149%) SAP Retail
6 1 (1.149%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.149%) SAP MDM
6 1 (1.149%) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking
1 26 (29.89%) Internet
2 4 (4.598%) HTTP
3 1 (1.149%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (32.18%) DB2
2 18 (20.69%) SAP Data Services
3 10 (11.49%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (6.897%) SQL Server
5 4 (4.598%) DataStage
5 4 (4.598%) SAP BI
6 3 (3.448%) MS Access
7 2 (2.299%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (1.149%) BODI
8 1 (1.149%) GIS
Development Applications
1 18 (20.69%) LSMW
General
1 25 (28.74%) Banking
2 22 (25.29%) Finance
3 12 (13.79%) Retail
4 11 (12.64%) Manufacturing
5 8 (9.195%) Retail Banking
6 6 (6.897%) Publishing
7 4 (4.598%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (3.448%) Marketing
9 2 (2.299%) Advertising
10 1 (1.149%) Billing
10 1 (1.149%) German Language
Job Titles
1 29 (33.33%) Consultant
2 28 (32.18%) Architect
3 27 (31.03%) SAP Consultant
4 21 (24.14%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (16.09%) ABAP Consultant
6 11 (12.64%) SAP Developer
6 11 (12.64%) Developer
7 6 (6.897%) Chief Architect
7 6 (6.897%) ABAP Developer
7 6 (6.897%) Data Consultant
7 6 (6.897%) SAP Data Consultant
8 5 (5.747%) Lead Architect
9 4 (4.598%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) Migration Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) SAP CRM Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) CRM Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) Enterprise Architect
9 4 (4.598%) Data Migration Consultant
9 4 (4.598%) Lead Solutions Architect
10 3 (3.448%) Data Migration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 25 (28.74%) Online Banking
1 25 (28.74%) DataPower
2 3 (3.448%) Data Integration
2 3 (3.448%) FMCG
3 2 (2.299%) Data Conversion
4 1 (1.149%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.48%) Migration
2 29 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 15 (17.24%) Workflow
4 11 (12.64%) ETL
5 10 (11.49%) OO
5 10 (11.49%) Enterprise Architecture
6 9 (10.34%) CRM
7 7 (8.046%) Data Analysis
7 7 (8.046%) E-Commerce
8 5 (5.747%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (5.747%) ERP
8 5 (5.747%) Validation
9 4 (4.598%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.598%) Scrum
9 4 (4.598%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (4.598%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (3.448%) Data Mapping
10 3 (3.448%) OOP
11 2 (2.299%) System Testing
11 2 (2.299%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 46 (52.87%) ABAP
2 24 (27.59%) C
3 13 (14.94%) SQL
4 7 (8.046%) SAPscript
5 5 (5.747%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (1.149%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.598%) QA
Systems Management
1 24 (27.59%) Tivoli
1 24 (27.59%) Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1 62 (71.26%) SAP
2 29 (33.33%) Oracle
3 23 (26.44%) HP
4 22 (25.29%) LogLogic
5 10 (11.49%) Business Objects
6 7 (8.046%) Adobe
7 6 (6.897%) IBM
8 2 (2.299%) Teradata
9 1 (1.149%) Google
9 1 (1.149%) Ariba
9 1 (1.149%) Informatica
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