The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills 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 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 433 446 483
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +37
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 101 140 103
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.214% 0.236% 0.171%
As % of the Application Development category 0.787% 0.924% 0.622%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 43 37
Average daily rate £484 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.89% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £330 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £597 £595 £548
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £463 £438
% change year-on-year
+1.62% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12831 15156 16571
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.23% 25.57% 27.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 8032 8869 9678
Average daily rate £375 £350 £395
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.39%
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 371 395 571
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 £41.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

SAP Basis Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Top 30 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 within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +26 95 £482 +1.47%
London +34 53 £500 +5.26%
North West +11 15 £494 +27.41%
Cheshire +3 10 £500 +29.03%
City of London +10 9 £469 -10.71%
South East +1 9 £403 -12.97%
South West +30 5 £450 -18.18%
Uxbridge +8 4 £448 -
East Midlands -6 4 - -
Derbyshire +18 3 - -
Bristol +14 3 £400 -27.27%
West Midlands +8 3 - -
Chester -6 3 - -
Chesterfield - 3 - -
Worthing - 3 £323 -
West Sussex - 3 £323 -
Surrey +13 2 - -
Middlesex +5 2 £470 -
Staines -1 2 - -
Manchester +12 1 £450 -
Birmingham +7 1 - -
Midlands +3 1 - -
Leeds 0 1 - -
Yorkshire -2 1 - -
West Yorkshire -4 1 - -
Hampshire -6 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Dorset - 1 £505 -
Basingstoke - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 198 (100.00%) SAP
2 81 (40.91%) NetWeaver
3 79 (39.90%) Oracle
4 53 (26.77%) ABAP
5 52 (26.26%) Business Intelligence
6 51 (25.76%) SAP BW
7 49 (24.75%) Java
8 41 (20.71%) UNIX
9 39 (19.70%) Migration
10 35 (17.68%) DB2
11 28 (14.14%) CRM
12 25 (12.63%) Project Management
13 22 (11.11%) Windows
14 20 (10.10%) ITIL
14 20 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
15 19 (9.596%) ERP
16 17 (8.586%) Solaris
17 16 (8.081%) AIX
17 16 (8.081%) Finance
18 14 (7.071%) SAP XI
18 14 (7.071%) Security Cleared
19 13 (6.566%) SC Cleared
20 12 (6.061%) Linux
20 12 (6.061%) SAP BI
20 12 (6.061%) Oracle 11g
20 12 (6.061%) SAP BPC
21 11 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
21 11 (5.556%) Change Management
22 10 (5.051%) Microsoft
22 10 (5.051%) BusinessObjects

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (7.071%) SAP XI
2 9 (4.545%) SAP PI
3 6 (3.030%) Middleware
4 3 (1.515%) SAP BC
5 2 (1.010%) J2EE
6 1 (0.505%) MDX
6 1 (0.505%) SAP ALE
6 1 (0.505%) EDI
6 1 (0.505%) Flash
6 1 (0.505%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 81 (40.91%) NetWeaver
2 6 (3.030%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.505%) Documentum
Applications
1 5 (2.525%) MS Visio
1 5 (2.525%) MS Project
2 1 (0.505%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 12 (6.061%) SAP BPC
2 6 (3.030%) SAP ERP
3 5 (2.525%) SAP GRC
3 5 (2.525%) SAP SRM
4 4 (2.020%) SAP R/3
5 3 (1.515%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (1.515%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (1.010%) SAP CRM
6 2 (1.010%) Summit
6 2 (1.010%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.505%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.505%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.505%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.505%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.505%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.505%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.505%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.505%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.505%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.505%) SAP CS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.535%) WAN
1 7 (3.535%) SAN
2 6 (3.030%) LAN
3 2 (1.010%) Internet
4 1 (0.505%) LDAP
4 1 (0.505%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (25.76%) SAP BW
2 35 (17.68%) DB2
3 12 (6.061%) SAP BI
3 12 (6.061%) Oracle 11g
4 10 (5.051%) BusinessObjects
5 5 (2.525%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.020%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.515%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (1.010%) RDBMS
8 2 (1.010%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (1.010%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.505%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 9 (4.545%) NWDI
General
1 16 (8.081%) Finance
2 8 (4.040%) German Language
3 6 (3.030%) Banking
4 5 (2.525%) Dutch Language
5 4 (2.020%) French Language
6 3 (1.515%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.515%) Automotive
6 3 (1.515%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.010%) Front Office
7 2 (1.010%) Back Office
7 2 (1.010%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.010%) Music
8 1 (0.505%) Marketing
8 1 (0.505%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.505%) Law
8 1 (0.505%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 116 (58.59%) Consultant
2 114 (57.58%) SAP Consultant
3 105 (53.03%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 19 (9.596%) Architect
4 19 (9.596%) SAP Architect
5 14 (7.071%) SAP Manager
6 13 (6.566%) SAP Basis Administrator
7 12 (6.061%) Administrator
7 12 (6.061%) SAP Administrator
8 9 (4.545%) SAP Support
8 9 (4.545%) Technical Architect
9 8 (4.040%) Senior Consultant
9 8 (4.040%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 8 (4.040%) SAP Basis Support
9 8 (4.040%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
10 7 (3.535%) SAP Basis Architect
10 7 (3.535%) SAP Technical Architect
11 6 (3.030%) NetWeaver Consultant
12 5 (2.525%) SAP Release Manager
12 5 (2.525%) Release Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.040%) Client/Server
2 3 (1.515%) SWIFT
2 3 (1.515%) Mainframe
3 2 (1.010%) Clustering
3 2 (1.010%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (1.010%) FMCG
4 1 (0.505%) Derivative
4 1 (0.505%) Replication
4 1 (0.505%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 41 (20.71%) UNIX
2 22 (11.11%) Windows
3 17 (8.586%) Solaris
4 16 (8.081%) AIX
5 12 (6.061%) Linux
6 3 (1.515%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.010%) HPUX
8 1 (0.505%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (26.26%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (19.70%) Migration
3 28 (14.14%) CRM
4 25 (12.63%) Project Management
5 20 (10.10%) ITIL
5 20 (10.10%) Disaster Recovery
6 19 (9.596%) ERP
7 11 (5.556%) Technical Architecture
7 11 (5.556%) Change Management
8 10 (5.051%) SAP Implementation
8 10 (5.051%) Data Migration
9 7 (3.535%) Six Sigma
10 6 (3.030%) Project Planning
10 6 (3.030%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (2.525%) Load Balancing
11 5 (2.525%) Systems Analysis
12 4 (2.020%) Workflow
12 4 (2.020%) User Acceptance Testing
12 4 (2.020%) Performance Testing
12 4 (2.020%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 53 (26.77%) ABAP
2 49 (24.75%) Java
3 7 (3.535%) SQL
4 4 (2.020%) C
5 3 (1.515%) Bourne shell
5 3 (1.515%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.515%) Korn
6 1 (0.505%) VBA
Qualifications
1 14 (7.071%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.566%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.051%) Degree
4 5 (2.525%) SAP Certification
5 2 (1.010%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.505%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.505%) OCP
6 1 (0.505%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.535%) QA
2 1 (0.505%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.505%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.505%) Cronacle
1 1 (0.505%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 7 (3.535%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 3 (1.515%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.515%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.010%) Data Guard
4 1 (0.505%) SCCM
4 1 (0.505%) Control-M
Vendors
1 198 (100.00%) SAP
2 79 (39.90%) Oracle
3 10 (5.051%) Microsoft
3 10 (5.051%) Business Objects
4 6 (3.030%) Sun
4 6 (3.030%) Sybase
5 5 (2.525%) IXOS
5 5 (2.525%) ReadSoft
6 3 (1.515%) HP
7 2 (1.010%) EMC
7 2 (1.010%) IBM
8 1 (0.505%) Informatica
8 1 (0.505%) VMware
8 1 (0.505%) Kofax