The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Basis Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Basis Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis Consultant
Rank 479 511 546
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +35
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Basis Consultant 50 73 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.108% 0.125% 0.062%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.117% 0.135% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 15 19
Average daily rate £458 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.68% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £550 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £455 £500 £423
% change year-on-year
-9.00% +18.34%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SAP Basis Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SAP Basis Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Basis Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

SAP Basis Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Basis Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis Consultant
Top 23 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis Consultant within the UK 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
England +29 46 £458 -3.68%
London +33 21 £458 -1.08%
North West +17 7 £488 -
Cheshire +3 5 £494 -
South West +31 4 £425 -22.72%
City of London +15 4 £465 -
South East +8 4 £460 -
Bristol +16 3 £400 -27.27%
Chester -2 3 - -
East Midlands -5 3 - -
Chesterfield - 3 - -
Derbyshire - 3 - -
Surrey +12 2 - -
Staines +3 2 - -
Manchester +7 1 £450 -
West Midlands +3 1 - -
Midlands +1 1 - -
West Yorkshire +1 1 - -
Yorkshire 0 1 - -
Leeds -9 1 - -
Hampshire -11 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £460 -
Basingstoke - 1 - -

SAP Basis Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Basis Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Basis Consultant in their job title.

1 104 (100.00%) SAP
2 102 (98.08%) SAP Basis
3 39 (37.50%) Oracle
4 38 (36.54%) NetWeaver
5 26 (25.00%) SAP BW
6 25 (24.04%) DB2
6 25 (24.04%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (20.19%) ABAP
7 21 (20.19%) Migration
8 20 (19.23%) UNIX
9 19 (18.27%) Java
10 13 (12.50%) Windows
11 10 (9.615%) CRM
12 9 (8.654%) Linux
12 9 (8.654%) Finance
12 9 (8.654%) Disaster Recovery
12 9 (8.654%) SAP BPC
13 8 (7.692%) Security Cleared
13 8 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
13 8 (7.692%) SAP XI
13 8 (7.692%) ERP
13 8 (7.692%) AIX
13 8 (7.692%) Solaris
14 7 (6.731%) Tivoli Storage Manager
14 7 (6.731%) SC Cleared
15 5 (4.808%) SAP BI
15 5 (4.808%) ITIL
15 5 (4.808%) SQL Server
15 5 (4.808%) Microsoft
16 4 (3.846%) Middleware

SAP Basis Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Basis Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Basis Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 102 (98.08%) SAP Basis
2 8 (7.692%) SAP XI
3 4 (3.846%) Middleware
4 3 (2.885%) SAP PI
4 3 (2.885%) SAP BC
5 1 (0.962%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 38 (36.54%) NetWeaver
2 4 (3.846%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 1 (0.962%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.962%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.962%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 9 (8.654%) SAP BPC
2 3 (2.885%) SAP ERP
2 3 (2.885%) SAP FSCM
3 2 (1.923%) SAP R/3
3 2 (1.923%) SAP GRC
3 2 (1.923%) SAP SRM
4 1 (0.962%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.962%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.962%) SAP GTS
4 1 (0.962%) Summit
4 1 (0.962%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.962%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.962%) Internet
1 1 (0.962%) LAN
1 1 (0.962%) WAN
1 1 (0.962%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (25.00%) SAP BW
2 25 (24.04%) DB2
3 8 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (4.808%) SAP BI
4 5 (4.808%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.923%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (1.923%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.923%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.962%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.962%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.885%) NWDI
General
1 9 (8.654%) Finance
2 4 (3.846%) German Language
3 3 (2.885%) Dutch Language
4 2 (1.923%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.923%) Banking
4 2 (1.923%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.962%) French Language
5 1 (0.962%) Music
5 1 (0.962%) Front Office
5 1 (0.962%) Back Office
5 1 (0.962%) Law
5 1 (0.962%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.885%) Client/Server
2 2 (1.923%) Mainframe
2 2 (1.923%) FMCG
3 1 (0.962%) SWIFT
3 1 (0.962%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (0.962%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 20 (19.23%) UNIX
2 13 (12.50%) Windows
3 9 (8.654%) Linux
4 8 (7.692%) AIX
4 8 (7.692%) Solaris
5 2 (1.923%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.04%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (20.19%) Migration
3 10 (9.615%) CRM
4 9 (8.654%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (7.692%) ERP
6 5 (4.808%) ITIL
7 4 (3.846%) Change Management
7 4 (3.846%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (3.846%) Data Migration
8 3 (2.885%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (2.885%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (2.885%) Six Sigma
8 3 (2.885%) Project Management
9 2 (1.923%) Problem Management
9 2 (1.923%) Performance Testing
9 2 (1.923%) Test Management
9 2 (1.923%) Test Strategy
10 1 (0.962%) Time Management
10 1 (0.962%) Data Protection
10 1 (0.962%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (20.19%) ABAP
2 19 (18.27%) Java
3 3 (2.885%) SQL
4 2 (1.923%) C
4 2 (1.923%) Korn
4 2 (1.923%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.923%) Bourne shell
Qualifications
1 8 (7.692%) Security Cleared
2 7 (6.731%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.962%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (0.962%) Degree
3 1 (0.962%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.923%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.962%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (6.731%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (2.885%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.962%) SCCM
Vendors
1 104 (100.00%) SAP
2 39 (37.50%) Oracle
3 5 (4.808%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.885%) IXOS
4 3 (2.885%) Sun
5 2 (1.923%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.923%) HP
5 2 (1.923%) ReadSoft
6 1 (0.962%) IBM
6 1 (0.962%) Sybase