The first table below looks at the demand for SAP BSP 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 BSP 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 Server Pages (BSP)
Rank 538 564 559
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -5
Contract jobs citing SAP BSP 3 1 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.002% 0.044%
As % of the Application Development category 0.024% 0.007% 0.158%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 11
Average daily rate - - £443
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £430
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £18.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £18.00
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%

SAP BSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP BSP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP BSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP BSP Daily Rate Trend

SAP BSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP BSP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP BSP
Top 1 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BSP 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 +44 1 - -

SAP BSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (80.00%) ABAP
2 8 (80.00%) CRM
3 6 (60.00%) Middleware
4 4 (40.00%) OO
5 3 (30.00%) SAP ALE
5 3 (30.00%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (30.00%) SAP CRM
5 3 (30.00%) BAPI
5 3 (30.00%) Java
5 3 (30.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) Finance
6 2 (20.00%) SOA
6 2 (20.00%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (20.00%) NetWeaver
6 2 (20.00%) Marketing
7 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
7 1 (10.00%) Release Management
7 1 (10.00%) FMCG
7 1 (10.00%) SAP Portal
7 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
7 1 (10.00%) Internet
7 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
7 1 (10.00%) B2B
7 1 (10.00%) B2C
7 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
7 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
7 1 (10.00%) Migration
7 1 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (10.00%) ITIL

SAP BSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (60.00%) Middleware
2 3 (30.00%) SAP ALE
2 3 (30.00%) Web Dynpro
2 3 (30.00%) BAPI
2 3 (30.00%) Web Services
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (10.00%) SAP XI
4 1 (10.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (10.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (10.00%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
1 6 (60.00%) SAP Developer
2 4 (40.00%) ABAP Developer
3 3 (30.00%) CRM Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) ABAP Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware Developer
4 1 (10.00%) CRM Developer
4 1 (10.00%) SAP CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) Release Management
4 1 (10.00%) B2B
4 1 (10.00%) B2C
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) ABAP
2 3 (30.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP