Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP FI 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 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 Financial Accounting (FI)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank271216251
Rank change year-on-year
Down-55Up+35
Matching contract IT job ads247251437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.511 %0.636 %0.532 %
As % of the Business Applications category5.966 %7.464 %7.372 %
Daily rates quoted815494
Average daily rate£440£500£464
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.00 %+7.810 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£325£338
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£440£481£470
% change year-on-year
-8.570 %+2.390 %
Hourly rates quoted010
Average hourly rate-£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£30.00-
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
Demand Trend

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

SAP FI Demand Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FI Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP FI Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP FI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI
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 FI 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-44217£440-12.00 %
LondonDown-53115£440-18.13 %
South EastUp+1652£440+6.66 %
HampshireUp+1520£453+13.12 %
BerkshireUp+1216£338-15.62 %
City of LondonDown-6514£463+11.44 %
WalesUp+511£475-2.56 %
North WestDown-911£750+42.85 %
South WestDown-1810£435+58.18 %
SwanseaNew entry-7£475-
West WalesNew entry-7£475-
SurreyDown-106£1,000-
West MidlandsUp+125£443+47.50 %
East MidlandsDown-95--
East of EnglandUp+104£320-
YorkshireUp+34£319-
DerbyshireDown-34--
BuckinghamshireDown-64£370-12.94 %
SouthamptonNew entry-4£430-
WiltshireUp+83£500+81.81 %
MidlandsUp+53£500-
South WalesNo change03--
ReadingDown-13--
Milton KeynesDown-43£250-41.17 %
ChesterfieldNew entry-3--
BasingstokeNew entry-3£500-
LiverpoolUp+112£750-
MerseysideUp+112£750-
BedfordshireUp+12£240-
ManchesterDown-52--

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1466 (100.00 %)SAP
2361 (77.47 %)SAP CO
3360 (77.25 %)SAP FI/CO
4174 (37.34 %)Finance
551 (10.94 %)Citrix Certification
647 (10.09 %)Migration
737 (7.940 %)Data Migration
737 (7.940 %)Banking
831 (6.652 %)ERP
929 (6.223 %)ABAP
1028 (6.009 %)Business Intelligence
1028 (6.009 %)SAP BW
1028 (6.009 %)General Ledger
1126 (5.579 %)CA
1223 (4.936 %)Logistics
1322 (4.721 %)Project Management
1322 (4.721 %)SAP SD
1420 (4.292 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1519 (4.077 %)SAP FI-CA
1519 (4.077 %)SAP FI-GL
1519 (4.077 %)Retail
1519 (4.077 %)SAP R/3
1519 (4.077 %)Pharmaceutical
1519 (4.077 %)Cash Management
1618 (3.863 %)SAP BPC
1717 (3.648 %)SAP Implementation
1717 (3.648 %)SAP PS
1814 (3.004 %)Oracle
1814 (3.004 %)PRINCE2
1912 (2.575 %)SAP FI-AP

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (2.361 %)SAP XI
28 (1.717 %)SAP ALE
28 (1.717 %)BAPI
34 (0.858 %)SAP Smart Forms
43 (0.644 %)SAP PI
52 (0.429 %)SAP CO-PA
61 (0.215 %)Web Dynpro
61 (0.215 %)Middleware
61 (0.215 %).NET
61 (0.215 %)EDI
61 (0.215 %)Web Services
61 (0.215 %)XML
61 (0.215 %)SAP MI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (2.361 %)NetWeaver
26 (1.288 %)SAP Portal
32 (0.429 %)IIS
41 (0.215 %)Apache
41 (0.215 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
112 (2.575 %)MS Excel
210 (2.146 %)MS Visio
39 (1.931 %)MS Project
45 (1.073 %)MS Office
53 (0.644 %)CA Clarity
53 (0.644 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1361 (77.47 %)SAP CO
2360 (77.25 %)SAP FI/CO
322 (4.721 %)SAP SD
420 (4.292 %)SAP Oil and Gas
519 (4.077 %)SAP FI-CA
519 (4.077 %)SAP FI-GL
519 (4.077 %)SAP R/3
618 (3.863 %)SAP BPC
717 (3.648 %)SAP PS
812 (2.575 %)SAP FI-AP
911 (2.361 %)SAP ERP
1010 (2.146 %)SAP HR
118 (1.717 %)SAP MM
127 (1.502 %)SAP PSCD
136 (1.288 %)SAP CRM
144 (0.858 %)SAP IS-U
153 (0.644 %)SAP FSCM
162 (0.429 %)SAP Retail
162 (0.429 %)Maximo
162 (0.429 %)SAP PM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
128 (6.009 %)SAP BW
210 (2.146 %)ETL
37 (1.502 %)SQL Server
43 (0.644 %)DataStage
52 (0.429 %)Datawarehouse
52 (0.429 %)BusinessObjects
52 (0.429 %)SAP BI
61 (0.215 %)Crystal Reports
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (2.361 %)LSMW
22 (0.429 %)PowerBuilder
31 (0.215 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1174 (37.34 %)Finance
237 (7.940 %)Banking
328 (6.009 %)General Ledger
419 (4.077 %)Retail
419 (4.077 %)Pharmaceutical
512 (2.575 %)Manufacturing
69 (1.931 %)Retail Banking
69 (1.931 %)Billing
78 (1.717 %)Insurance
78 (1.717 %)Government
87 (1.502 %)Telecoms
96 (1.288 %)Investment Banking
96 (1.288 %)Back Office
105 (1.073 %)Legal
112 (0.429 %)Multimedia
112 (0.429 %)Local Government
112 (0.429 %)Pensions
112 (0.429 %)Chemicals
121 (0.215 %)Health
121 (0.215 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1244 (52.36 %)Consultant
2235 (50.43 %)SAP Consultant
3161 (34.55 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
4136 (29.18 %)SAP FI Consultant
592 (19.74 %)SAP CO Consultant
657 (12.23 %)Analyst
742 (9.013 %)SAP Analyst
837 (7.940 %)SAP Manager
926 (5.579 %)Project Manager
1024 (5.150 %)Architect
1024 (5.150 %)SAP Architect
1123 (4.936 %)SAP Trainer
1123 (4.936 %)Trainer
1218 (3.863 %)SAP Project Manager
1317 (3.648 %)Business Analyst
1416 (3.433 %)Functional Consultant
1416 (3.433 %)SAP Functional Consultant
1416 (3.433 %)SAP Support
1514 (3.004 %)Senior Consultant
1613 (2.790 %)Senior SAP Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (2.575 %)FMCG
26 (1.288 %)Data Conversion
34 (0.858 %)PMI
43 (0.644 %)E-Learning
43 (0.644 %)French Language
52 (0.429 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.215 %)Data Extraction
61 (0.215 %)Greek Language
61 (0.215 %)Italian Language
61 (0.215 %)Polish Language
61 (0.215 %)Spanish Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (0.215 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
147 (10.09 %)Migration
237 (7.940 %)Data Migration
331 (6.652 %)ERP
428 (6.009 %)Business Intelligence
523 (4.936 %)Logistics
622 (4.721 %)Project Management
719 (4.077 %)Cash Management
817 (3.648 %)SAP Implementation
914 (3.004 %)PRINCE2
1012 (2.575 %)Test Scripting
1111 (2.361 %)Time Management
1111 (2.361 %)TOGAF
1210 (2.146 %)CRM
139 (1.931 %)Test Management
139 (1.931 %)Business Analysis
148 (1.717 %)Agile Software Development
148 (1.717 %)Stakeholder Management
157 (1.502 %)User Acceptance Testing
157 (1.502 %)Asset Management
166 (1.288 %)Validation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
129 (6.223 %)ABAP
28 (1.717 %)C
37 (1.502 %)SQL
45 (1.073 %)T-SQL
53 (0.644 %)Java
61 (0.215 %)Pascal
61 (0.215 %)SAPscript
61 (0.215 %)VBA
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
151 (10.94 %)Citrix Certification
210 (2.146 %)Security Cleared
39 (1.931 %)ACCA
48 (1.717 %)CIMA
56 (1.288 %)SAP Certification
65 (1.073 %)PMP
65 (1.073 %)PMI Certification
74 (0.858 %)Degree
74 (0.858 %)PRINCE2 Certification
74 (0.858 %)SC Cleared
82 (0.429 %)CIPD
82 (0.429 %)ISEB
82 (0.429 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.215 %)BC Cleared
91 (0.215 %)CTC Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (1.717 %)QA
21 (0.215 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (0.215 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.858 %)HP Quality Center
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1466 (100.00 %)SAP
226 (5.579 %)CA
314 (3.004 %)Oracle
48 (1.717 %)Microsoft
53 (0.644 %)HP
53 (0.644 %)Hyperion
62 (0.429 %)Business Objects
62 (0.429 %)Remedy
71 (0.215 %)Citrix
71 (0.215 %)Sun
71 (0.215 %)Calypso
71 (0.215 %)Baan
71 (0.215 %)TIBCO
71 (0.215 %)JBoss
71 (0.215 %)Cognos
71 (0.215 %)Siebel
71 (0.215 %)IBM
71 (0.215 %)OutlookSoft