The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FSCM 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 FSCM over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Financial Supply Chain Management (SAP FSCM)
Rank 510 576 565
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -11
Contract jobs citing SAP FSCM 19 8 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.041% 0.014% 0.031%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.478% 0.153% 0.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 5
Average daily rate £500 £398 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.78% -6.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £447 £336 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £460 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 - £450
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
3974 5226 5709
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.566% 8.961% 9.352%
Number of daily rates quoted 1967 2539 2786
Average daily rate £445 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 58 104
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

SAP FSCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP FSCM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FSCM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP FSCM Daily Rate Trend

SAP FSCM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FSCM within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

SAP FSCM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FSCM
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FSCM within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +56 15 £500 +25.78%
London +43 9 £550 +38.36%
City of London +16 2 £510 +59.37%
North West - 2 £475 -
Manchester - 2 £475 -
South East - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
Berkshire - 1 - -

SAP FSCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FSCM 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 FSCM.

1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (57.69%) SAP CO
2 15 (57.69%) SAP FI/CO
2 15 (57.69%) SAP FI
3 12 (46.15%) Finance
4 9 (34.62%) Supply Chain Management
5 4 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (15.38%) SAP Implementation
6 3 (11.54%) Investment Management
6 3 (11.54%) Time Management
6 3 (11.54%) Retail
6 3 (11.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 3 (11.54%) Degree
6 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
6 3 (11.54%) SAP BI
6 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.54%) SAP Basis
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle
7 2 (7.692%) Oracle CRM
7 2 (7.692%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (7.692%) SAP PS
7 2 (7.692%) CCA
7 2 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (7.692%) CRM
7 2 (7.692%) QA
7 2 (7.692%) Derivative
7 2 (7.692%) General Ledger
7 2 (7.692%) SAP FI-AP
7 2 (7.692%) FMCG

SAP FSCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP FSCM 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 FSCM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) SAP Basis
Business Applications
1 15 (57.69%) SAP CO
1 15 (57.69%) SAP FI/CO
1 15 (57.69%) SAP FI
2 3 (11.54%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 2 (7.692%) Oracle CRM
3 2 (7.692%) SAP PS
3 2 (7.692%) SAP FI-AP
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (3.846%) SAP SRM
4 1 (3.846%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.846%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) SAP BI
2 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.846%) SAP BW
General
1 12 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (11.54%) Retail
4 2 (7.692%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.846%) Marketing
5 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Consultant
1 18 (69.23%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (30.77%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) Functional Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) SAP CO Consultant
3 4 (15.38%) SAP FI Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) SAP BI Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Management Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 1 (3.846%) Data Warehouse Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.692%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 2 (7.692%) Derivative
2 2 (7.692%) FMCG
3 1 (3.846%) Data Extraction
3 1 (3.846%) Credit Risk
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Supply Chain Management
2 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (15.38%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (11.54%) Investment Management
3 3 (11.54%) Time Management
3 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (7.692%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (7.692%) CRM
5 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (3.846%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Logistics
5 1 (3.846%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
1 1 (3.846%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
2 2 (7.692%) CCA
3 1 (3.846%) SAP Certification
3 1 (3.846%) ACCA
3 1 (3.846%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Cognos
3 1 (3.846%) IBM