The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI-AP 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 FI-AP over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Accounts Payable (FI-AP)
Rank 531 575 576
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP FI-AP 3 11 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.019% 0.017%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.074% 0.207% 0.177%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 6
Average daily rate - £475 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate - £450 £378
% change year-on-year
- +19.20%
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
4049 5324 5657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.592% 8.981% 9.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 2008 2592 2772
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 62 102
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.00 £56.60 £44.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

SAP FI-AP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP FI-AP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI-AP
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FI-AP Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI-AP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP FI-AP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI-AP
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI-AP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +51 1 - -
London +29 1 - -

SAP FI-AP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FI-AP 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 FI-AP.

1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (41.18%) SAP Certification
3 6 (35.29%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (29.41%) SAP BW
4 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
5 4 (23.53%) Open Text
5 4 (23.53%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (23.53%) SAP CO
5 4 (23.53%) SAP Travel Management
5 4 (23.53%) SAP FI
5 4 (23.53%) CCA
5 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma
5 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
6 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
6 3 (17.65%) SAP SRM
6 3 (17.65%) Finance
7 2 (11.76%) Supply Chain Management
7 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
7 2 (11.76%) SAP PS
7 2 (11.76%) Legal
7 2 (11.76%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (11.76%) Data Entry
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
8 1 (5.882%) FMCG
8 1 (5.882%) C
8 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
8 1 (5.882%) Law
8 1 (5.882%) CIMA
8 1 (5.882%) ACCA

SAP FI-AP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FI-AP 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 FI-AP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 4 (23.53%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (23.53%) SAP CO
1 4 (23.53%) SAP Travel Management
1 4 (23.53%) SAP FI
2 3 (17.65%) SAP SRM
3 2 (11.76%) SAP PS
3 2 (11.76%) SAP FSCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (35.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
4 2 (11.76%) Legal
5 1 (5.882%) Law
5 1 (5.882%) Billing
Job Titles
1 13 (76.47%) Consultant
2 10 (58.82%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (41.18%) Functional Consultant
4 4 (23.53%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) SAP FI Consultant
6 2 (11.76%) SAP CO Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Analyst
7 1 (5.882%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) Applications Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 1 (5.882%) SAP Manager
7 1 (5.882%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Six Sigma
1 4 (23.53%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
3 2 (11.76%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (11.76%) Data Entry
3 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (5.882%) Data Migration
4 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.882%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) SAP Certification
2 4 (23.53%) CCA
3 1 (5.882%) CIMA
3 1 (5.882%) ACCA
3 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 17 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (23.53%) Open Text