The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CRM 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 CRM 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 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 408 437 408
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -29
Contract jobs citing SAP CRM 125 138 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.269% 0.237% 0.307%
As % of the Business Applications category 3.133% 2.641% 3.272%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 56 62
Average daily rate £500 £463 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% -2.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £374 £313 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £613 £575 £598
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
3990 5226 5654
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.575% 8.958% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 1983 2546 2773
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 60 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% +15.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.13 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.75 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%

SAP CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP CRM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP CRM Daily Rate Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CRM within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

SAP CRM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP CRM Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CRM
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 CRM within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +39 98 £500 +11.11%
London 0 28 £483 +13.52%
South East +12 24 £500 -
West Midlands +13 19 £475 +35.71%
Birmingham +15 8 £360 -
Surrey +11 7 £433 -11.28%
East Midlands +2 6 £550 +22.22%
Staines -8 6 - -
East of England +21 4 - -
Cambridgeshire +15 4 - -
City of London +15 4 £421 -0.88%
Cambridge - 4 - -
Leicestershire - 3 £550 -
Leicester - 3 £550 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £450 -
Berkshire +18 2 £350 -41.66%
Sussex +7 2 £475 -5.00%
Yorkshire +2 2 £388 -22.50%
Scotland -10 2 £449 -5.42%
Glasgow -20 2 £449 -5.42%
Brentford - 2 £550 -
Oxford - 2 £450 -
Midlands - 2 - -
Warwickshire - 2 - -
North West +13 1 £700 +122.22%
West Sussex +11 1 £425 -
Manchester +7 1 £700 +122.22%
Greenwich +3 1 - -
Coventry -2 1 - -
Middlesex -3 1 - -

SAP CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 259 (100.00%) SAP
1 259 (100.00%) CRM
2 37 (14.29%) ABAP
3 33 (12.74%) SAP IS-U
4 26 (10.04%) Middleware
4 26 (10.04%) ERP
4 26 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
5 19 (7.336%) Project Management
6 18 (6.950%) NetWeaver
6 18 (6.950%) Billing
7 17 (6.564%) Finance
8 15 (5.792%) Automotive
8 15 (5.792%) Manufacturing
8 15 (5.792%) Siebel
9 14 (5.405%) Integration Testing
9 14 (5.405%) Test Scripting
9 14 (5.405%) Scrum
10 13 (5.019%) FMCG
10 13 (5.019%) Salesforce.com
11 12 (4.633%) Genesys
11 12 (4.633%) Unit Testing
11 12 (4.633%) SaaS
11 12 (4.633%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (4.247%) HP Quality Center
12 11 (4.247%) Marketing
12 11 (4.247%) Data Modelling
12 11 (4.247%) Validation
13 10 (3.861%) SAP BW
13 10 (3.861%) HP
13 10 (3.861%) Apex Code

SAP CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 26 (10.04%) Middleware
2 8 (3.089%) Web Services
2 8 (3.089%) SAP PI
3 7 (2.703%) SAP ALE
3 7 (2.703%) BAPI
3 7 (2.703%) SAP XI
4 5 (1.931%) XML
5 4 (1.544%) SOAP
5 4 (1.544%) Web Dynpro
6 3 (1.158%) XSLT
6 3 (1.158%) JMS
6 3 (1.158%) JDBC
6 3 (1.158%) WebSphere
6 3 (1.158%) SAP BSP
6 3 (1.158%) JSystem
7 2 (0.772%) J2EE
7 2 (0.772%) SAP Smart Forms
7 2 (0.772%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.386%) WSDL
8 1 (0.386%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 18 (6.950%) NetWeaver
2 3 (1.158%) ESB
3 1 (0.386%) GlassFish
3 1 (0.386%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.386%) IBM HTTP Server
3 1 (0.386%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (0.386%) Apache
3 1 (0.386%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.386%) Documentum
Applications
1 3 (1.158%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.386%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.386%) MS Project
2 1 (0.386%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 33 (12.74%) SAP IS-U
2 7 (2.703%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 6 (2.317%) SAP SD
4 5 (1.931%) SAP ERP
5 4 (1.544%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.772%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.772%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.772%) SAP APO
7 1 (0.386%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.386%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.386%) SAP PLM
7 1 (0.386%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.386%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (0.386%) SAP FI-AR
7 1 (0.386%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.386%) SAP EBP
7 1 (0.386%) SAP WM
7 1 (0.386%) SAP SEM
7 1 (0.386%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.386%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.317%) CTI
2 4 (1.544%) HTTP
3 2 (0.772%) Internet
3 2 (0.772%) Firewall
4 1 (0.386%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.386%) VPN
4 1 (0.386%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.861%) SAP BW
2 9 (3.475%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.703%) BusinessObjects
3 7 (2.703%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 7 (2.703%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.544%) SAP BI
5 2 (0.772%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.772%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.386%) MS Access
6 1 (0.386%) PowerCenter
6 1 (0.386%) GIS
6 1 (0.386%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.772%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.386%) LSMW
2 1 (0.386%) NWDI
2 1 (0.386%) GCC
2 1 (0.386%) TestDirector
General
1 18 (6.950%) Billing
2 17 (6.564%) Finance
3 15 (5.792%) Automotive
3 15 (5.792%) Manufacturing
4 11 (4.247%) Marketing
5 9 (3.475%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (1.931%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.158%) Back Office
7 3 (1.158%) French Language
8 2 (0.772%) German Language
8 2 (0.772%) Italian Language
8 2 (0.772%) Retail
8 2 (0.772%) Front Office
9 1 (0.386%) Law
9 1 (0.386%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.386%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.386%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 123 (47.49%) Consultant
2 114 (44.02%) SAP Consultant
3 99 (38.22%) CRM Consultant
4 94 (36.29%) SAP CRM Consultant
5 32 (12.36%) Architect
6 30 (11.58%) Analyst
7 28 (10.81%) Project Manager
7 28 (10.81%) SAP Manager
8 26 (10.04%) Solutions Architect
9 18 (6.950%) SAP Architect
9 18 (6.950%) SAP Analyst
10 17 (6.564%) Functional Consultant
10 17 (6.564%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 16 (6.178%) SAP Project Manager
11 16 (6.178%) Developer
11 16 (6.178%) CRM Manager
11 16 (6.178%) SAP CRM Functional Consultant
12 14 (5.405%) CRM Architect
12 14 (5.405%) SAP Developer
13 13 (5.019%) SAP Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.019%) FMCG
2 12 (4.633%) SaaS
2 12 (4.633%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.703%) Smart Meter
4 3 (1.158%) Replication
5 2 (0.772%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.386%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.386%) Web 2.0
6 1 (0.386%) Statistics
6 1 (0.386%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.386%) Biometrics
6 1 (0.386%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.386%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.386%) UNIX
1 1 (0.386%) AIX
1 1 (0.386%) Android
1 1 (0.386%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (100.00%) CRM
2 26 (10.04%) ERP
2 26 (10.04%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (7.336%) Project Management
4 14 (5.405%) Scrum
4 14 (5.405%) Integration Testing
4 14 (5.405%) Test Scripting
5 12 (4.633%) Unit Testing
6 11 (4.247%) Validation
6 11 (4.247%) Data Modelling
7 9 (3.475%) OO
7 9 (3.475%) Six Sigma
7 9 (3.475%) Migration
7 9 (3.475%) User Acceptance Testing
8 8 (3.089%) ETL
9 7 (2.703%) Performance Testing
9 7 (2.703%) SAP Implementation
10 5 (1.931%) Data Migration
10 5 (1.931%) Load Testing
10 5 (1.931%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 37 (14.29%) ABAP
2 10 (3.861%) Apex Code
3 8 (3.089%) SQL
4 7 (2.703%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.317%) Java
6 5 (1.931%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.772%) C
8 1 (0.386%) C#
8 1 (0.386%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (0.772%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 2 (0.772%) SC Cleared
1 2 (0.772%) DV Cleared
1 2 (0.772%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.386%) SAP Certification
2 1 (0.386%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.703%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.544%) SLA
3 1 (0.386%) QA
3 1 (0.386%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 11 (4.247%) HP Quality Center
2 5 (1.931%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 259 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (5.792%) Siebel
3 13 (5.019%) Salesforce.com
4 12 (4.633%) Genesys
5 10 (3.861%) HP
6 8 (3.089%) Oracle
7 7 (2.703%) Business Objects
7 7 (2.703%) Microsoft
8 6 (2.317%) Sybase
8 6 (2.317%) CA
9 3 (1.158%) IBM
10 1 (0.386%) JBoss
10 1 (0.386%) Ericsson
10 1 (0.386%) Informatica
10 1 (0.386%) Apple
10 1 (0.386%) Remedy
10 1 (0.386%) Telerik
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Posted: 14 May 2013