The first part of the 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 21 May 2012 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 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.

SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank439400358
Rank change year-on-year
Down-39Down-42
Matching contract IT job ads138183186
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.236 %0.304 %0.337 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.644 %3.270 %4.095 %
Number of daily rates quoted566237
Average daily rate£475£475£425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£313£325£239
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£598£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£475£450£425
% change year-on-year
+5.55 %+5.88 %
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
521955974542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.928 %9.304 %8.230 %
Number of daily rates quoted252727512014
Average daily rate£450£450£440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+2.27 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted6310387
Average hourly rate£26.25£24.00£30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37 %-21.31 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£15.10£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.45£43.88£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.34£22.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.59 %-35.00 %

SAP CRM
Demand Trend

The 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 Demand Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CRM within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

SAP CRM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-29122£450-5.26 %
LondonUp+2249£425-15.00 %
South EastDown-1435£500+17.02 %
SurreyUp+116£488-
StainesUp+614£439-
West MidlandsDown-1914£350-28.57 %
City of LondonUp+258£425-10.43 %
MiddlesexUp+48£488-
South WestDown-157£450+13.92 %
CoventryNew entry-5£250-
East of EnglandDown-34£508+16.66 %
North WestDown-74£315-
ScotlandUp+43£475+11.76 %
GlasgowDown-33£475+11.76 %
West SussexDown-43£425+41.66 %
CrawleyDown-103£425+41.66 %
ManchesterDown-153£315-
HertfordshireDown-42£508+16.66 %
BerkshireDown-132£600+39.69 %
Canary WharfNew entry-2--
East MidlandsNew entry-2£450-
SolihullNew entry-2--
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
StaffordshireUp+61--
ReadingDown-91--
BirminghamDown-211--
YorkshireDown-301£500+21.21 %
GreenwichNew entry-1£198-
WiltshireNew entry-1£475-
SussexNew entry-1£500-

SAP CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

1251 (100.00 %)SAP
1251 (100.00 %)CRM
240 (15.94 %)SAP IS-U
240 (15.94 %)Migration
334 (13.55 %)Billing
433 (13.15 %)TOGAF
531 (12.35 %)ABAP
625 (9.960 %)SAP BW
722 (8.765 %)SAP SD
722 (8.765 %)PRINCE2
821 (8.367 %)Business Intelligence
919 (7.570 %)PCI DSS
919 (7.570 %)Network Security
919 (7.570 %)CISSP
919 (7.570 %)CISA
919 (7.570 %)CISM
1017 (6.773 %)FMCG
1017 (6.773 %)PMP
1017 (6.773 %)PMI Certification
1116 (6.375 %)SAP HR
1116 (6.375 %)Finance
1215 (5.976 %)SAP Security
1215 (5.976 %)B2B
1215 (5.976 %)ERP
1314 (5.578 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1413 (5.179 %)SAP Implementation
1413 (5.179 %)SAP BSP
1413 (5.179 %)SAP APO
1413 (5.179 %)Risk Management
1413 (5.179 %)Project Management

SAP CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (5.179 %)SAP BSP
211 (4.382 %)Middleware
211 (4.382 %)EDI
37 (2.789 %)XML Schema
37 (2.789 %)XML
45 (1.992 %)SAP PI
53 (1.195 %)SAP ALE
62 (0.797 %).NET
62 (0.797 %)BAPI
62 (0.797 %)SAP XI
62 (0.797 %)SAP Basis
71 (0.398 %)SAP Smart Forms
71 (0.398 %)HTML
71 (0.398 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.398 %)COM
71 (0.398 %)CSS
71 (0.398 %)Web Services
71 (0.398 %)XHTML
71 (0.398 %)ASP.NET MVC
71 (0.398 %)Razor View Engine
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (4.382 %)NetWeaver
22 (0.797 %)SAP Portal
22 (0.797 %)BizTalk Server
31 (0.398 %)ESB
31 (0.398 %)WebLogic
31 (0.398 %)SharePoint
31 (0.398 %)SAS
31 (0.398 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (1.594 %)MS Excel
21 (0.398 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
140 (15.94 %)SAP IS-U
222 (8.765 %)SAP SD
316 (6.375 %)SAP HR
414 (5.578 %)SAP Oil and Gas
513 (5.179 %)SAP APO
513 (5.179 %)SAP FI
612 (4.781 %)SAP FI/CO
612 (4.781 %)SAP SRM
612 (4.781 %)SAP CO
77 (2.789 %)SAP EBP
77 (2.789 %)SAP R/3
86 (2.390 %)SAP ERP
95 (1.992 %)SAP PS
104 (1.594 %)SAP MM
112 (0.797 %)SAP PM
121 (0.398 %)SAP GRC
121 (0.398 %)SAP FI-CA
121 (0.398 %)SAP HR-PD
121 (0.398 %)Dynamics CRM
121 (0.398 %)SAP BPC
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (7.570 %)Network Security
210 (3.984 %)CTI
38 (3.187 %)Internet
41 (0.398 %)RTP
41 (0.398 %)Softphone
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (9.960 %)SAP BW
210 (3.984 %)Data Warehouse
39 (3.586 %)BusinessObjects
48 (3.187 %)SQL Server
48 (3.187 %)SAP BI
48 (3.187 %)SQL Server 2008
57 (2.789 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
64 (1.594 %)SQL Server 2005
73 (1.195 %)Oracle 10g
73 (1.195 %)DataStage
82 (0.797 %)Spotfire
91 (0.398 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.398 %)Xcelsius
91 (0.398 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
91 (0.398 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.398 %)Oracle BI EE
91 (0.398 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.398 %)MS Access
91 (0.398 %)Data Mining
91 (0.398 %)ETL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (4.382 %)LSMW
22 (0.797 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (0.797 %)Oracle Forms
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
134 (13.55 %)Billing
216 (6.375 %)Finance
38 (3.187 %)Marketing
47 (2.789 %)Manufacturing
56 (2.390 %)Banking
65 (1.992 %)Retail
72 (0.797 %)Financial Institution
72 (0.797 %)Automotive
72 (0.797 %)Polish Language
81 (0.398 %)Spanish Language
81 (0.398 %)Dutch Language
81 (0.398 %)French Language
81 (0.398 %)Italian Language
81 (0.398 %)Pharmaceutical
81 (0.398 %)Law
81 (0.398 %)Telecoms
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1105 (41.83 %)Consultant
281 (32.27 %)SAP Consultant
357 (22.71 %)CRM Consultant
453 (21.12 %)SAP CRM Consultant
539 (15.54 %)Architect
633 (13.15 %)Analyst
726 (10.36 %)SAP Architect
825 (9.960 %)SAP Analyst
922 (8.765 %)Business Analyst
1021 (8.367 %)Solutions Architect
1021 (8.367 %)CRM Architect
1120 (7.968 %)SAP Business Analyst
1219 (7.570 %)Developer
1318 (7.171 %)Security Consultant
1318 (7.171 %)SAP Manager
1417 (6.773 %)SAP Developer
1516 (6.375 %)Project Manager
1516 (6.375 %)Functional Consultant
1516 (6.375 %)SAP Functional Consultant
1614 (5.578 %)SAP Solutions Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
117 (6.773 %)FMCG
24 (1.594 %)Management Information System
33 (1.195 %)Replication
42 (0.797 %)SaaS
42 (0.797 %)Data Protection Act
42 (0.797 %)Computer Science
51 (0.398 %)Freedom of Information
51 (0.398 %)Life Science
51 (0.398 %)Freedom of Information Act
51 (0.398 %)Client/Server
51 (0.398 %)IIBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (3.187 %)UNIX
18 (3.187 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1251 (100.00 %)CRM
240 (15.94 %)Migration
333 (13.15 %)TOGAF
422 (8.765 %)PRINCE2
521 (8.367 %)Business Intelligence
615 (5.976 %)SAP Security
615 (5.976 %)B2B
615 (5.976 %)ERP
713 (5.179 %)SAP Implementation
713 (5.179 %)Risk Management
713 (5.179 %)Project Management
812 (4.781 %)Stakeholder Management
910 (3.984 %)Workflow
910 (3.984 %)Root Cause Analysis
108 (3.187 %)Change Management
117 (2.789 %)Programme Management
117 (2.789 %)Data Modelling
126 (2.390 %)Data Migration
126 (2.390 %)Data Management
135 (1.992 %)DMAIC
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (12.35 %)ABAP
210 (3.984 %)SQL
38 (3.187 %)Java
47 (2.789 %)PL/SQL
54 (1.594 %)VBA
63 (1.195 %)C
71 (0.398 %)VBScript
71 (0.398 %)VB
71 (0.398 %)C#
71 (0.398 %)JavaScript
71 (0.398 %)SAPscript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (7.570 %)CISSP
119 (7.570 %)CISA
119 (7.570 %)CISM
217 (6.773 %)PMP
217 (6.773 %)PMI Certification
33 (1.195 %)ISEB
33 (1.195 %)SAP Certification
42 (0.797 %)Degree
42 (0.797 %)ISTQB
42 (0.797 %)Security Cleared
51 (0.398 %)MCT
51 (0.398 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (7.570 %)PCI DSS
27 (2.789 %)Data Quality
35 (1.992 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.797 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1251 (100.00 %)SAP
210 (3.984 %)Oracle
39 (3.586 %)Business Objects
47 (2.789 %)Microsoft
55 (1.992 %)Genesys
64 (1.594 %)HP
73 (1.195 %)Planview
73 (1.195 %)Open Text
73 (1.195 %)Siebel
73 (1.195 %)Adobe
82 (0.797 %)Salesforce.com
82 (0.797 %)IBM
82 (0.797 %)TIBCO
82 (0.797 %)Axway
91 (0.398 %)DataFlux
91 (0.398 %)webMethods
91 (0.398 %)Trillium
91 (0.398 %)CA