The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CAF 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 CAF over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Composite Application Framework (CAF)
Rank - 567 586
Contract jobs citing SAP CAF 0 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.040% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £538
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £538
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12726 14946 16543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.35% 25.62% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 7952 8777 9622
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 381 376 569
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 £17.00 £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 CAF
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP CAF Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CAF
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP CAF Daily Rate Trend

SAP CAF
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP CAF 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 CAF.

1 2 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (50.00%) ESB
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CE

SAP CAF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Services
1 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (50.00%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CE
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Process Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SOA Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PI Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe