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The table below looks at the demand for the SAP Consultant role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SAP Consultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank7460
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads14872445
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.010 %2.411 %
As % of the category below2.250 %2.630 %
Daily rates quoted263410
Average minimum daily rate£452£445
Average daily rate£483£478
% change on same period last year+1.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£515£511
UK excluding London average daily rate£487£472
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
Hourly rates quoted812
Average minimum hourly rate£42.50£46.25
Average hourly rate£48.94£49.50
% change on same period last year-1.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£55.38£52.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£43.17
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6607692966
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled89.32 %91.68 %
Daily rates quoted2199128101
Average minimum daily rate£376£391
Average daily rate£402£416
% change on same period last year-3.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£428£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted56887814
Average minimum hourly rate£22.70£24.14
Average hourly rate£24.32£25.69
% change on same period last year-5.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.94£27.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SAP Consultant Demand Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

SAP Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

SAP Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

SAP Consultant
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 Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-241225£475-0.98 %
LondonDown-6474£477-2.39 %
South EastDown-9262£491+0.01 %
North WestDown-9136£453+2.44 %
MidlandsDown-484£456-13.31 %
West MidlandsDown-2368£468-4.75 %
ScotlandDown-651£508+9.46 %
ManchesterDown-1341£411-13.53 %
South WestUp+1040£469-22.79 %
HampshireDown-937£510-3.28 %
BerkshireDown-1534£478+0.16 %
City of LondonDown-1432£449-5.26 %
West SussexUp+2732£470-1.05 %
WalesUp+530£500-1.76 %
YorkshireDown-4028£500+24.88 %
BirminghamDown-926£420-18.10 %
CrawleyNew entry-25--
ReadingUp+118£475-9.52 %
SurreyUp+517£431-40.51 %
East MidlandsDown-3117£422-11.32 %
Thames ValleyDown-114£488-
East of EnglandUp+1114£413-11.04 %
GlasgowUp+2514£532+6.33 %
MiddlesexDown-812£425+37.83 %
MerseysideUp+1112£450+12.50 %
WiltshireUp+1411£550-
West YorkshireDown-610£463-7.49 %
CheshireUp+810£465+4.74 %
BristolUp+1310£478-
SwindonUp+79£550-

SAP Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title.

13385 (100.00 %)SAP
2500 (14.77 %)SAP FI
3443 (13.09 %)SAP HR
4442 (13.06 %)SAP CO
5416 (12.29 %)SAP FI/CO
6392 (11.58 %)SAP BW
7358 (10.58 %)ABAP
8353 (10.43 %)CRM
9319 (9.424 %)Business Intelligence
10304 (8.981 %)SAP SD
11300 (8.863 %)Finance
12257 (7.592 %)SAP CRM
13207 (6.115 %)SAP MM
14204 (6.027 %)SAP BI
15147 (4.343 %)SAP Payroll
15147 (4.343 %)Manufacturing
16144 (4.254 %)Migration
17141 (4.165 %)Retail
18131 (3.870 %)SAP Basis
19126 (3.722 %)NetWeaver
20123 (3.634 %)ERP
21121 (3.575 %)SAP APO
22114 (3.368 %)Billing
22114 (3.368 %)Logistics
23112 (3.309 %)SAP Implementation
24109 (3.220 %)Data Migration
24109 (3.220 %)SAP R/3
25108 (3.191 %)SAP IS-U
2697 (2.866 %)SAP XI
2791 (2.688 %)Workflow

SAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Consultant in their job title 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 with SAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1131 (3.870 %)SAP Basis
297 (2.866 %)SAP XI
332 (0.945 %)SAP Business Workflow
431 (0.916 %)EDI
528 (0.827 %)SAP ALE
624 (0.709 %)BAPI
719 (0.561 %)Middleware
817 (0.502 %)J2EE
915 (0.443 %)XML
915 (0.443 %)Web Dynpro
915 (0.443 %)SAP Smart Forms
915 (0.443 %)SAP BSP
1013 (0.384 %)SAP PI
1111 (0.325 %)SAP CO-PA
1210 (0.295 %)HTML
138 (0.236 %)WebServices
147 (0.207 %)WebSphere
155 (0.148 %).NET
163 (0.089 %)Struts
163 (0.089 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1126 (3.722 %)NetWeaver
212 (0.355 %)SAP EP
32 (0.059 %)eRoom
32 (0.059 %)ESB
32 (0.059 %)MTS
32 (0.059 %)SharePoint
41 (0.030 %)Documentum
41 (0.030 %)CMS
41 (0.030 %)SAP Web AS
41 (0.030 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (0.177 %)MS Visio
24 (0.118 %)MS Office
32 (0.059 %)MS Excel
32 (0.059 %)Spreadsheet
41 (0.030 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1500 (14.77 %)SAP FI
2443 (13.09 %)SAP HR
3442 (13.06 %)SAP CO
4416 (12.29 %)SAP FI/CO
5304 (8.981 %)SAP SD
6257 (7.592 %)SAP CRM
7207 (6.115 %)SAP MM
8147 (4.343 %)SAP Payroll
9121 (3.575 %)SAP APO
10109 (3.220 %)SAP R/3
11108 (3.191 %)SAP IS-U
1281 (2.393 %)SAP PP
1373 (2.157 %)SAP SRM
1461 (1.802 %)SAP PM
1461 (1.802 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1556 (1.654 %)SAP Retail
1650 (1.477 %)SAP QM
1749 (1.448 %)SAP WM
1843 (1.270 %)SAP FI-CA
1941 (1.211 %)SAP PS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (0.266 %)Internet
25 (0.148 %)CTI
34 (0.118 %)HTTP
43 (0.089 %)VPN
52 (0.059 %)FTP
52 (0.059 %)SAN
61 (0.030 %)LDAP
61 (0.030 %)TCP/IP
61 (0.030 %)SNA
61 (0.030 %)SSL
61 (0.030 %)Intranet
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1392 (11.58 %)SAP BW
2204 (6.027 %)SAP BI
321 (0.620 %)ETL
418 (0.532 %)Datawarehouse
513 (0.384 %)SQL Server
611 (0.325 %)BusinessObjects
710 (0.295 %)Data Cleansing
89 (0.266 %)RDBMS
97 (0.207 %)BusinessObjects XI
106 (0.177 %)Oracle 10g
106 (0.177 %)DB2
114 (0.118 %)EDRMS
123 (0.089 %)SQL Server 2005
123 (0.089 %)Oracle 8/8i
123 (0.089 %)Data Mining
123 (0.089 %)TOAD
132 (0.059 %)SQL Server Integration Services
141 (0.030 %)MS Access
141 (0.030 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
152 (1.536 %)LSMW
212 (0.355 %)TestDirector
33 (0.089 %)QuickTest Pro
33 (0.089 %)LoadRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1300 (8.863 %)Finance
2147 (4.343 %)Manufacturing
3141 (4.165 %)Retail
4114 (3.368 %)Billing
589 (2.629 %)Banking
676 (2.245 %)FMCG
747 (1.388 %)Government
845 (1.329 %)Automotive
937 (1.093 %)Marketing
1035 (1.034 %)Pharmaceutical
1125 (0.739 %)Legal
1223 (0.679 %)Telecoms
1223 (0.679 %)General Ledger
1316 (0.473 %)Health
1414 (0.414 %)Insurance
1513 (0.384 %)Local Government
1513 (0.384 %)Advertising
166 (0.177 %)Back Office
175 (0.148 %)Chemicals
184 (0.118 %)Police
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
147 (1.388 %)Dutch Language
216 (0.473 %)German Language
315 (0.443 %)Data Conversion
414 (0.414 %)French Language
512 (0.355 %)Data Extraction
610 (0.295 %)Russian Language
78 (0.236 %)Data Integration
87 (0.207 %)Polish Language
87 (0.207 %)Management Information System
96 (0.177 %)Spanish Language
104 (0.118 %)Portuguese Language
104 (0.118 %)Replication
104 (0.118 %)Italian Language
113 (0.089 %)E-Learning
113 (0.089 %)Derivative
113 (0.089 %)AS400
113 (0.089 %)PMI
113 (0.089 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
122 (0.059 %)Taxonomies
122 (0.059 %)Video Conferencing
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (0.650 %)UNIX
220 (0.591 %)VMS
319 (0.561 %)Windows
48 (0.236 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (0.177 %)Solaris
56 (0.177 %)Linux
65 (0.148 %)AIX
73 (0.089 %)HPUX
73 (0.089 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.030 %)zOS
81 (0.030 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1353 (10.43 %)CRM
2319 (9.424 %)Business Intelligence
3144 (4.254 %)Migration
4123 (3.634 %)ERP
5114 (3.368 %)Logistics
6112 (3.309 %)SAP Implementation
7109 (3.220 %)Data Migration
891 (2.688 %)Workflow
961 (1.802 %)Security Cleared
1060 (1.773 %)Data Modelling
1158 (1.713 %)Time Management
1249 (1.448 %)GAP Analysis
1343 (1.270 %)Project Management
1442 (1.241 %)Change Management
1541 (1.211 %)User Acceptance Testing
1541 (1.211 %)Data Management
1640 (1.182 %)Test Scripting
1734 (1.004 %)Asset Management
1822 (0.650 %)Business Analysis
1921 (0.620 %)Supply Chain Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1358 (10.58 %)ABAP
260 (1.773 %)Java
328 (0.827 %)SQL
420 (0.591 %)SAPscript
519 (0.561 %)C
64 (0.118 %)JavaScript
73 (0.089 %)C#
73 (0.089 %)RPG
82 (0.059 %)Pascal
91 (0.030 %)VB
91 (0.030 %)DHTML
91 (0.030 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (1.093 %)Citrix Certification
233 (0.975 %)SAP Certification
318 (0.532 %)Degree
412 (0.355 %)ACCA
412 (0.355 %)CIMA
52 (0.059 %)ISEB
61 (0.030 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (0.739 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
211 (0.325 %)QA
38 (0.236 %)SLA
43 (0.089 %)Basel II
43 (0.089 %)RosettaNet
51 (0.030 %)GMP
51 (0.030 %)GxP
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.030 %)Active Directory
11 (0.030 %)SAP ITS
11 (0.030 %)Oracle RAC
11 (0.030 %)VMware Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.118 %)CONTROL-M
23 (0.089 %)Tivoli
32 (0.059 %)Legato
41 (0.030 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
41 (0.030 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13385 (100.00 %)SAP
281 (2.393 %)CA
353 (1.566 %)Oracle
426 (0.768 %)IXOS
516 (0.473 %)Siebel
614 (0.414 %)Adobe
711 (0.325 %)Business Objects
89 (0.266 %)HP
97 (0.207 %)OutlookSoft
97 (0.207 %)Hyperion
106 (0.177 %)Microsoft
114 (0.118 %)IBM
114 (0.118 %)Sun
114 (0.118 %)VERITAS
123 (0.089 %)Open Text
123 (0.089 %)PeopleSoft
132 (0.059 %)Cognos
132 (0.059 %)Informatica
132 (0.059 %)JD Edwards
141 (0.030 %)Agresso