SAP Business Workflow Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP Business Workflow 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 Business Workflow over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

SAP Business Workflow (SAP Workflow)
Location Berkshire Buckinghamshire Chesterfield Derbyshire East Midlands England London Middlesex Milton Keynes North East South East South Wales Swansea UK Wales West Wales	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	475	428	583
Rank change year-on-year	-47 +155
Matching contract IT job ads	18	13	17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.037 %	0.033 %	0.021 %
As % of the Application Development category	0.140 %	0.149 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	6	1	5
Average daily rate	£498	£400	£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+24.43 % -5.880 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£62	£400	£410
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£501	£400	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£498	-	£425
Hourly rates quoted	2	0	0
Average hourly rate	£53.50	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£62.00	-	-
All Application Development UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Application Development category	12893	8718	19870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	26.69 %	22.10 %	24.17 %
Daily rates quoted	6575	3039	6466
Average daily rate	£375	£350	£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.140 % -3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£220	£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£500	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£300	£325
% change year-on-year	- -7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted	425	491	1255
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£29.70	£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.010 % -7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.30	£14.50	£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£42.50	£41.50	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.50	£27.50	£32.50
% change year-on-year	+3.630 % -15.38 %

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.

SAP Business Workflow
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Business Workflow within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAP Business Workflow
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Business Workflow
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Business Workflow within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SAP Business Workflow
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Business Workflow
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Business Workflow within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SAP Business Workflow
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Business Workflow within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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	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	-39	16	£498	+24.43 %
South East	+5	10	£498	-
London	-68	4	-	-
Middlesex	-	3	£495	-
Buckinghamshire	-	3	£62	-
Milton Keynes	-	3	£62	-
Wales	-	2	-	-
Berkshire	+5	1	-	-
West Wales	-	1	-	-
South Wales	-	1	-	-
North East	-	1	-	-
East Midlands	-	1	-	-
Derbyshire	-	1	-	-
Swansea	-	1	-	-
Chesterfield	-	1	-	-

SAP Business Workflow
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Business Workflow 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 Business Workflow.

1 28 (100.00 %) SAP 1 28 (100.00 %) Workflow 2 11 (39.29 %) ABAP 3 5 (17.86 %) ERP 3 5 (17.86 %) SAP MM 4 4 (14.29 %) SAP R/3 4 4 (14.29 %) OO 5 3 (10.71 %) Business Objects 5 3 (10.71 %) BusinessObjects 5 3 (10.71 %) SAP CO 6 2 (7.143 %) SAP HCM 6 2 (7.143 %) SAP ALE 6 2 (7.143 %) Data Migration 6 2 (7.143 %) Finance 6 2 (7.143 %) Migration

6 2 (7.143 %) BAPI 6 2 (7.143 %) SAP HR 7 1 (3.571 %) 3G 7 1 (3.571 %) Nortel 7 1 (3.571 %) SAPscript 7 1 (3.571 %) ATM 7 1 (3.571 %) Business Intelligence 7 1 (3.571 %) C 7 1 (3.571 %) HTML 7 1 (3.571 %) CRM 7 1 (3.571 %) ITIL 7 1 (3.571 %) Billing 7 1 (3.571 %) Workflow Management 7 1 (3.571 %) SAP CRM 7 1 (3.571 %) Government

SAP Business Workflow
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Business Workflow 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 Business Workflow. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (7.143 %) SAP ALE 1 2 (7.143 %) BAPI 2 1 (3.571 %) HTML	Business Applications 1 5 (17.86 %) SAP MM 2 4 (14.29 %) SAP R/3 3 3 (10.71 %) SAP CO 4 2 (7.143 %) SAP HCM 4 2 (7.143 %) SAP HR 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP CRM 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking 1 1 (3.571 %) 3G 1 1 (3.571 %) ATM	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (10.71 %) BusinessObjects
General 1 2 (7.143 %) Finance 2 1 (3.571 %) Billing 2 1 (3.571 %) Government 2 1 (3.571 %) Telecoms 2 1 (3.571 %) Auditing	Job Titles 1 13 (46.43 %) Consultant 1 13 (46.43 %) SAP Consultant 1 13 (46.43 %) SAP Workflow Consultant 2 6 (21.43 %) SAP Developer 2 6 (21.43 %) Developer 3 3 (10.71 %) Administrator 4 1 (3.571 %) Design Engineer 4 1 (3.571 %) SAP HR Consultant 4 1 (3.571 %) ABAP Consultant 4 1 (3.571 %) ABAP Developer 4 1 (3.571 %) SAP Support 4 1 (3.571 %) Lead Developer 4 1 (3.571 %) ATM Engineer 4 1 (3.571 %) SAP Administrator
Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.571 %) FMCG	Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (100.00 %) Workflow 2 5 (17.86 %) ERP 3 4 (14.29 %) OO 4 2 (7.143 %) Data Migration 4 2 (7.143 %) Migration 5 1 (3.571 %) Business Intelligence 5 1 (3.571 %) CRM 5 1 (3.571 %) ITIL 5 1 (3.571 %) Workflow Management 5 1 (3.571 %) Release Management 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages 1 11 (39.29 %) ABAP 2 1 (3.571 %) SAPscript 2 1 (3.571 %) C	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (3.571 %) QA
Vendors 1 28 (100.00 %) SAP 2 3 (10.71 %) Business Objects 3 1 (3.571 %) Nortel