Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP FI-GL 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-GL over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

LinkSAP General Ledger Accounting (FI-GL)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank474437598
Rank change year-on-year
Down-37Up+161
Matching contract IT job ads1942
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.039 %0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the Business Applications category0.459 %0.119 %0.034 %
Daily rates quoted1130
Average daily rate£550£525-
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.760 %-
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£525-
% change year-on-year
-14.28 %-
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
414033635928
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.570 %8.525 %7.212 %
Daily rates quoted166510221650
Average daily rate£450£450£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£283£300£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted7068138
Average hourly rate£32.75£24.75£28.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.32 %-13.82 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£11.15£12.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.55£57.00£57.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£20.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
+53.65 %-18.00 %

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 FI-GL
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP FI-GL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP FI-GL Demand Trend

SAP FI-GL
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FI-GL Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI-GL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI-GL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SAP FI-GL Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI-GL
Top 13 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-GL within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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-2619£550-
LondonDown-569£550-
City of LondonDown-617£550-
HalifaxNew entry-4£538-
YorkshireNew entry-4£538-
West YorkshireNew entry-4£538-
HampshireNew entry-2--
South EastNew entry-2--
East of EnglandNew entry-1£240-
West MidlandsNew entry-1--
South WestNew entry-1£375-
BristolNew entry-1£375-
BedfordshireNew entry-1£240-

SAP FI-GL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FI-GL 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-GL.

136 (100.00 %)SAP
222 (61.11 %)Finance
319 (52.78 %)Banking
319 (52.78 %)SAP FI
319 (52.78 %)General Ledger
412 (33.33 %)Migration
511 (30.56 %)SAP FI/CO
511 (30.56 %)SAP CO
68 (22.22 %)ERP
77 (19.44 %)Data Migration
77 (19.44 %)Oracle
86 (16.67 %)Retail
86 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
95 (13.89 %)Retail Banking
95 (13.89 %)Oracle General Ledger
95 (13.89 %)SAP ERP
95 (13.89 %)Software Architecture
104 (11.11 %)SAP BW
104 (11.11 %)STB
104 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
104 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
104 (11.11 %)Summit
113 (8.333 %)Test Management
122 (5.556 %)Business Analysis
122 (5.556 %)SAP PS
122 (5.556 %)ACCA
131 (2.778 %)CIMA
131 (2.778 %)Java
131 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
131 (2.778 %)Calypso

SAP FI-GL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FI-GL 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-GL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (52.78 %)SAP FI
211 (30.56 %)SAP FI/CO
211 (30.56 %)SAP CO
35 (13.89 %)Oracle General Ledger
35 (13.89 %)SAP ERP
44 (11.11 %)Summit
52 (5.556 %)SAP PS
61 (2.778 %)SAP Oil and Gas
61 (2.778 %)Misys Midas
61 (2.778 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
61 (2.778 %)SAP FI-CA
61 (2.778 %)SAP FI-AP
61 (2.778 %)SAP FI-AR
61 (2.778 %)SAP BPC
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (11.11 %)SAP BW
21 (2.778 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.778 %)LSMW
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
122 (61.11 %)Finance
219 (52.78 %)Banking
219 (52.78 %)General Ledger
36 (16.67 %)Retail
45 (13.89 %)Retail Banking
54 (11.11 %)Investment Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
116 (44.44 %)SAP Consultant
116 (44.44 %)Consultant
212 (33.33 %)Analyst
39 (25.00 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
39 (25.00 %)Business Analyst
48 (22.22 %)SAP FI Consultant
55 (13.89 %)Data Consultant
55 (13.89 %)SAP CO Consultant
55 (13.89 %)Data Migration Consultant
55 (13.89 %)SAP Data Migration Consultant
55 (13.89 %)Migration Consultant
55 (13.89 %)Test Manager
55 (13.89 %)SAP Data Consultant
64 (11.11 %)SAP Analyst
72 (5.556 %)SAP Tester
72 (5.556 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
72 (5.556 %)Senior SAP Consultant
72 (5.556 %)Senior Consultant
72 (5.556 %)Tester
81 (2.778 %)Test Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (11.11 %)STB
21 (2.778 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (33.33 %)Migration
28 (22.22 %)ERP
37 (19.44 %)Data Migration
46 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
55 (13.89 %)Software Architecture
64 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
73 (8.333 %)Test Management
82 (5.556 %)Business Analysis
91 (2.778 %)Stakeholder Management
91 (2.778 %)Data Analysis
91 (2.778 %)SAP Implementation
91 (2.778 %)Data Mapping
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (2.778 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (5.556 %)ACCA
21 (2.778 %)CIMA
21 (2.778 %)ISEB
21 (2.778 %)Citrix Certification
21 (2.778 %)SC Cleared
21 (2.778 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
136 (100.00 %)SAP
27 (19.44 %)Oracle
31 (2.778 %)Calypso
31 (2.778 %)CA