The first 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 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Rank 313 307 276
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -31
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 241 315 374
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.510% 0.539% 0.622%
As % of the Business Applications category 5.940% 6.008% 6.622%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 141 140
Average daily rate £475 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £290 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £425 £425
% change year-on-year
+11.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
Average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4057 5243 5648
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.594% 8.969% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 2011 2552 2778
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £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% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 62 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% -3.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.25 £56.45 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%

SAP FI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP FI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

This 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

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

SAP FI Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 21 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 +1 206 £475 +11.11%
London +10 118 £463 +2.77%
South East +15 38 £493 +15.88%
City of London +18 24 £439 +9.06%
West Midlands 0 15 £475 +18.60%
Berkshire +6 12 - -
Hampshire -5 11 £520 +4.00%
Surrey +22 8 £475 -9.52%
Birmingham +11 8 £363 -23.68%
East of England +2 8 £425 -
North West -15 6 £425 -2.85%
Hertfordshire +10 5 £425 +11.84%
Midlands +7 5 £600 +100.00%
Guildford - 5 £475 -
Cheshire -2 4 £413 -2.94%
Coventry -5 4 £550 +37.50%
Scotland -11 4 £313 -16.66%
Southampton - 4 £428 -
Middlesex - 3 £524 -
South West +26 2 £425 -22.72%
West Sussex +13 2 - -
Bedfordshire +2 2 £525 -4.54%
Worthing +1 2 - -
East Midlands +1 2 - -
Kent - 2 - -
Luton - 2 £525 -
Brentford - 2 £500 -
Basingstoke - 2 £523 -
Reading +8 1 - -
South Wales +8 1 £400 -58.97%

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 401 (100.00%) SAP
2 335 (83.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 335 (83.54%) SAP CO
3 152 (37.91%) Finance
4 48 (11.97%) SAP Implementation
5 40 (9.975%) Business Intelligence
6 37 (9.227%) ERP
6 37 (9.227%) SAP BW
6 37 (9.227%) Migration
7 31 (7.731%) Project Management
8 29 (7.232%) CCA
9 28 (6.983%) SAP SD
10 27 (6.733%) Data Migration
10 27 (6.733%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 26 (6.484%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (6.484%) FMCG
12 25 (6.234%) General Ledger
13 22 (5.486%) ABAP
14 21 (5.237%) Manufacturing
15 20 (4.988%) SAP HR
16 19 (4.738%) Business Analysis
16 19 (4.738%) User Acceptance Testing
16 19 (4.738%) SAP MM
17 17 (4.239%) CA
18 16 (3.990%) Change Management
19 15 (3.741%) SAP FI-CA
19 15 (3.741%) Integration Testing
19 15 (3.741%) ITIL
19 15 (3.741%) SAP FSCM
20 14 (3.491%) Banking

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 5 (1.247%) SAP PI
1 5 (1.247%) Web Dynpro
2 4 (0.998%) SAP Smart Forms
2 4 (0.998%) SAP XI
3 3 (0.748%) BAPI
3 3 (0.748%) SAP CO-PA
3 3 (0.748%) SAP Business Workflow
4 2 (0.499%) soapUI
4 2 (0.499%) SOAP
5 1 (0.249%) Middleware
5 1 (0.249%) EDI
5 1 (0.249%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.249%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 3 (0.748%) CMS
2 1 (0.249%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.249%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 6 (1.496%) MS PowerPoint
1 6 (1.496%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.499%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.249%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 335 (83.54%) SAP FI/CO
1 335 (83.54%) SAP CO
2 28 (6.983%) SAP SD
3 27 (6.733%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 20 (4.988%) SAP HR
5 19 (4.738%) SAP MM
6 15 (3.741%) SAP FI-CA
6 15 (3.741%) SAP FSCM
7 11 (2.743%) SAP ERP
8 10 (2.494%) SAP PSCD
9 8 (1.995%) SAP PM
9 8 (1.995%) SAP PS
9 8 (1.995%) SAP BPC
10 7 (1.746%) ResourceLink
11 5 (1.247%) SAP FI-GL
12 4 (0.998%) SAP SRM
12 4 (0.998%) SAP FI-AP
12 4 (0.998%) SAP SCM
12 4 (0.998%) SAP CRM
13 3 (0.748%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.499%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.227%) SAP BW
2 9 (2.244%) SAP BI
3 3 (0.748%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.499%) TOAD
5 1 (0.249%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.249%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (0.249%) LSMW
1 1 (0.249%) NWDI
General
1 152 (37.91%) Finance
2 25 (6.234%) General Ledger
3 21 (5.237%) Manufacturing
4 14 (3.491%) Banking
4 14 (3.491%) Retail
5 10 (2.494%) Automotive
6 9 (2.244%) Back Office
6 9 (2.244%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (1.496%) Telecoms
8 4 (0.998%) Dutch Language
8 4 (0.998%) Billing
9 2 (0.499%) French Language
9 2 (0.499%) German Language
9 2 (0.499%) Law
9 2 (0.499%) Legal
10 1 (0.249%) Front Office
10 1 (0.249%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 213 (53.12%) Consultant
2 204 (50.87%) SAP Consultant
3 144 (35.91%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 83 (20.70%) SAP FI Consultant
5 70 (17.46%) SAP CO Consultant
6 52 (12.97%) Analyst
7 49 (12.22%) SAP Analyst
8 38 (9.476%) SAP Manager
9 31 (7.731%) Project Manager
10 22 (5.486%) SAP Support
10 22 (5.486%) SAP Project Manager
11 21 (5.237%) Business Analyst
12 20 (4.988%) SAP Business Analyst
13 17 (4.239%) Architect
13 17 (4.239%) Functional Consultant
14 16 (3.990%) Trainer
14 16 (3.990%) SAP Architect
14 16 (3.990%) SAP Trainer
15 15 (3.741%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 10 (2.494%) SAP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.484%) FMCG
2 11 (2.743%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 6 (1.496%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.247%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.247%) Data Integration
5 3 (0.748%) PMI
5 3 (0.748%) Data Extraction
5 3 (0.748%) Computer Science
6 2 (0.499%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (0.499%) Derivative
6 2 (0.499%) Clustering
7 1 (0.249%) Data Conversion
7 1 (0.249%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.748%) Windows
2 1 (0.249%) Windows XP
2 1 (0.249%) Windows Vista
2 1 (0.249%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (11.97%) SAP Implementation
2 40 (9.975%) Business Intelligence
3 37 (9.227%) ERP
3 37 (9.227%) Migration
4 31 (7.731%) Project Management
5 27 (6.733%) Data Migration
6 26 (6.484%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (4.738%) Business Analysis
7 19 (4.738%) User Acceptance Testing
8 16 (3.990%) Change Management
9 15 (3.741%) Integration Testing
9 15 (3.741%) ITIL
10 13 (3.242%) Logistics
10 13 (3.242%) CRM
11 11 (2.743%) Supply Chain Management
12 10 (2.494%) Test Scripting
13 9 (2.244%) Validation
13 9 (2.244%) Test Management
14 8 (1.995%) Asset Management
14 8 (1.995%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.486%) ABAP
2 6 (1.496%) SQL
3 4 (0.998%) SAPscript
4 2 (0.499%) C
5 1 (0.249%) Java
5 1 (0.249%) VBA
Qualifications
1 29 (7.232%) CCA
2 11 (2.743%) Degree
3 4 (0.998%) MBA
3 4 (0.998%) ACCA
4 3 (0.748%) PMI Certification
4 3 (0.748%) CIMA
5 2 (0.499%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.499%) SAP Certification
5 2 (0.499%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.249%) ISEB
6 1 (0.249%) PMP
6 1 (0.249%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (1.247%) SLA
2 4 (0.998%) QA
3 3 (0.748%) GAAP
4 1 (0.249%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.249%) IAS 39
System Software
1 2 (0.499%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (1.746%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.249%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 401 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (4.239%) CA
3 7 (1.746%) Cognos
4 6 (1.496%) Oracle
5 5 (1.247%) Sage
5 5 (1.247%) Adobe
5 5 (1.247%) HP
6 4 (0.998%) JDA
6 4 (0.998%) webMethods
7 3 (0.748%) Business Objects
7 3 (0.748%) Microsoft
7 3 (0.748%) Open Text
8 2 (0.499%) RedPrairie
8 2 (0.499%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.499%) Pegasus
9 1 (0.249%) OpenLink
9 1 (0.249%) Primavera
9 1 (0.249%) Progress
9 1 (0.249%) OutlookSoft
9 1 (0.249%) datango
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