The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BPC 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 BPC over the 3 months to 17 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 Business Applications 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Planning and Consolidation (SAP BPC)
Rank 475 508 523
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +15
Contract jobs citing SAP BPC 55 70 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.119% 0.120% 0.106%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.381% 1.348% 1.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 38 36
Average daily rate £450 £425 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -22.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £300 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £700 £613
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £500 £550
% change year-on-year
-10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3983 5191 5719
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.584% 8.907% 9.330%
Number of daily rates quoted 1982 2535 2796
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 61 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.15 £14.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.60 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.92 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+64.92% +14.60%

SAP BPC
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP BPC within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP BPC Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BPC
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP BPC Daily Rate Trend

SAP BPC
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP BPC within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

SAP BPC Daily Rate Histogram

SAP BPC
Top 22 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BPC within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +35 49 £450 +5.88%
London +19 28 £423 +8.33%
South East +30 11 £485 -1.77%
City of London +12 7 £400 +9.58%
North West +5 7 £400 -38.46%
Surrey +25 4 £520 +4.00%
Sunbury-on-Thames - 3 £525 -
Berkshire +17 2 £550 -
Cheshire +6 2 £425 -
Thames Valley - 2 £450 -
Lancashire - 2 £400 -
Midlands +8 1 - -
Manchester -1 1 £400 -41.81%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 £485 -
Chester - 1 - -
Bracknell - 1 - -
Slough - 1 £550 -
Oxford - 1 - -
Milton Keynes - 1 - -

SAP BPC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP BPC 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 BPC.

1 115 (100.00%) SAP
2 55 (47.83%) SAP BW
3 41 (35.65%) Business Intelligence
4 39 (33.91%) NetWeaver
5 35 (30.43%) Finance
6 18 (15.65%) ABAP
6 18 (15.65%) User Acceptance Testing
7 17 (14.78%) Business Objects
7 17 (14.78%) Oracle
7 17 (14.78%) BusinessObjects
8 15 (13.04%) SAP BI
8 15 (13.04%) SQL
9 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
10 13 (11.30%) SAP Basis
11 12 (10.43%) Project Management
11 12 (10.43%) CRM
11 12 (10.43%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (9.565%) UNIX
12 11 (9.565%) ETL
12 11 (9.565%) Hyperion
12 11 (9.565%) MDX
12 11 (9.565%) Test Strategy
13 10 (8.696%) Sybase
13 10 (8.696%) DB2
13 10 (8.696%) ITIL
14 9 (7.826%) PRINCE2
14 9 (7.826%) Cognos
14 9 (7.826%) SAP XI
15 8 (6.957%) SAP FI
16 7 (6.087%) DataStage

SAP BPC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP BPC 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 BPC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (11.30%) SAP Basis
2 11 (9.565%) MDX
3 9 (7.826%) SAP XI
4 4 (3.478%) Middleware
4 4 (3.478%) Web Dynpro
5 2 (1.739%) SAP Business Workflow
6 1 (0.870%) COM
6 1 (0.870%) SAP MI
Application Platforms
1 39 (33.91%) NetWeaver
2 7 (6.087%) SharePoint
2 7 (6.087%) SAS
3 1 (0.870%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.870%) Documentum
3 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (0.870%) WorkSite
3 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 6 (5.217%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.870%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.870%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 8 (6.957%) SAP FI
2 6 (5.217%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (5.217%) SAP CO
2 6 (5.217%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (5.217%) SAP GRC
3 2 (1.739%) SAP SEM
3 2 (1.739%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.870%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.870%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.870%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.870%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.870%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.870%) SAP FI-GL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (47.83%) SAP BW
2 17 (14.78%) BusinessObjects
3 15 (13.04%) SAP BI
4 12 (10.43%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (8.696%) DB2
6 7 (6.087%) Xcelsius
6 7 (6.087%) DataStage
6 7 (6.087%) QlikView
7 6 (5.217%) OLAP
7 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 6 (5.217%) Oracle OLAP
7 6 (5.217%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (3.478%) SAP Data Services
9 3 (2.609%) SAP HANA
9 3 (2.609%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 3 (2.609%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.870%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.870%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.870%) NWDI
General
1 35 (30.43%) Finance
2 5 (4.348%) Marketing
3 4 (3.478%) Advertising
4 3 (2.609%) Retail
5 2 (1.739%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.739%) Banking
5 2 (1.739%) Legal
5 2 (1.739%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.739%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.870%) Electronics
6 1 (0.870%) Law
6 1 (0.870%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.870%) Local Government
6 1 (0.870%) German Language
Job Titles
1 47 (40.87%) Consultant
2 45 (39.13%) SAP Consultant
3 27 (23.48%) SAP BPC Consultant
4 26 (22.61%) Project Manager
5 17 (14.78%) Change Manager
6 16 (13.91%) SAP Manager
7 15 (13.04%) Developer
8 11 (9.565%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 10 (8.696%) SAP Project Manager
10 6 (5.217%) SQL Developer
10 6 (5.217%) SAP Developer
11 5 (4.348%) Analyst
11 5 (4.348%) SAP Change Manager
12 4 (3.478%) Report Writer
13 3 (2.609%) SAP BI Consultant
13 3 (2.609%) Senior SAP BPC Consultant
13 3 (2.609%) Senior Consultant
13 3 (2.609%) Business Intelligence Consultant
13 3 (2.609%) Architect
13 3 (2.609%) SAP HR Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.609%) Replication
2 2 (1.739%) FMCG
3 1 (0.870%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (0.870%) Economics
3 1 (0.870%) Informatics
3 1 (0.870%) Computer Science
3 1 (0.870%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 11 (9.565%) UNIX
2 1 (0.870%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (35.65%) Business Intelligence
2 18 (15.65%) User Acceptance Testing
3 12 (10.43%) Project Management
3 12 (10.43%) CRM
4 11 (9.565%) ETL
4 11 (9.565%) Test Strategy
5 10 (8.696%) ITIL
6 9 (7.826%) PRINCE2
7 7 (6.087%) Performance Management
8 6 (5.217%) Change Management
8 6 (5.217%) Migration
9 5 (4.348%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (4.348%) Online Security
9 5 (4.348%) ERP
10 4 (3.478%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (3.478%) Technical Architecture
11 3 (2.609%) Data Migration
11 3 (2.609%) Data Management
11 3 (2.609%) Scrum
11 3 (2.609%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (15.65%) ABAP
2 15 (13.04%) SQL
3 6 (5.217%) T-SQL
4 4 (3.478%) VBA
5 2 (1.739%) Java
6 1 (0.870%) C
6 1 (0.870%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.870%) Korn
6 1 (0.870%) Bourne shell
6 1 (0.870%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (3.478%) SAP Certification
2 3 (2.609%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (2.609%) Degree
3 2 (1.739%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.870%) PMP
4 1 (0.870%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.870%) ACCA
4 1 (0.870%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.870%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.609%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 3 (2.609%) QA
2 1 (0.870%) GAAP
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (14.78%) Oracle
2 17 (14.78%) Business Objects
3 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
4 11 (9.565%) Hyperion
5 10 (8.696%) Sybase
6 9 (7.826%) Cognos
7 7 (6.087%) Informatica
7 7 (6.087%) MicroStrategy
7 7 (6.087%) Teradata
7 7 (6.087%) Netezza
8 3 (2.609%) OutlookSoft
8 3 (2.609%) Open Text
8 3 (2.609%) Adobe
9 1 (0.870%) Citrix
9 1 (0.870%) Interwoven
9 1 (0.870%) Cisco
9 1 (0.870%) Hummingbird
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