The first table below looks at the demand for SAP GTS 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 GTS over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Global Trade Services (GTS)
Rank 519 570 581
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP GTS 14 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.351% 0.057% 0.124%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £525 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
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
3990 5226 5654
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.575% 8.958% 9.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 1983 2546 2773
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £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% +4.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 60 100
Average hourly rate £37.80 £24.17 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.39% +15.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.13 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.50 £56.75 £44.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +12.50%

SAP GTS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP GTS Jobs Demand Trend

SAP GTS
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP GTS Daily Rate Trend

SAP GTS
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP GTS within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +66 6 £525 -
Scotland - 5 - -
Aberdeen - 5 - -
Midlands - 4 - -
London +21 2 £525 -

SAP GTS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP GTS 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 GTS.

1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (36.36%) Data Management
3 7 (31.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 7 (31.82%) Degree
4 6 (27.27%) SAP CCM
4 6 (27.27%) Wireless
4 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
4 6 (27.27%) IP Telephony
4 6 (27.27%) LAN
4 6 (27.27%) VoIP
4 6 (27.27%) WAN
4 6 (27.27%) VPN
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco
4 6 (27.27%) CCIE
4 6 (27.27%) Citrix
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (27.27%) Remedy
4 6 (27.27%) BGP
4 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
4 6 (27.27%) MGCP
4 6 (27.27%) H.323
4 6 (27.27%) Time Management
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (27.27%) Riverbed
4 6 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (22.73%) CCNP
6 4 (18.18%) Finance
7 3 (13.64%) Banking
7 3 (13.64%) Temenos T24
7 3 (13.64%) OpenLink

SAP GTS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (4.545%) SAP Basis
1 1 (4.545%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (31.82%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 6 (27.27%) SAP CCM
3 3 (13.64%) Temenos T24
4 2 (9.091%) SAP SD
5 1 (4.545%) SAP APO
5 1 (4.545%) SAP SM
5 1 (4.545%) SAP SCM
5 1 (4.545%) SAP GTM
5 1 (4.545%) SmartPlant
Communications & Networking
1 6 (27.27%) LAN
1 6 (27.27%) VoIP
1 6 (27.27%) WAN
1 6 (27.27%) VPN
1 6 (27.27%) BGP
1 6 (27.27%) EIGRP
1 6 (27.27%) MGCP
1 6 (27.27%) H.323
1 6 (27.27%) Wireless
1 6 (27.27%) IP Telephony
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (27.27%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (4.545%) SAP BW
1 1 (4.545%) SAP BI
General
1 6 (27.27%) Telecoms
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Banking
4 2 (9.091%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.545%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.545%) German Language
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Network Engineer
1 6 (27.27%) Senior Network Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Test Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) SAP Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Senior SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) UAT Test Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Test Leader
5 1 (4.545%) SAP GTM Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Test Team Leader
5 1 (4.545%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) SWIFT
2 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.545%) APACS
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (36.36%) Data Management
2 6 (27.27%) Time Management
3 3 (13.64%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (9.091%) Change Control
4 2 (9.091%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.545%) Master Data Management
5 1 (4.545%) Test Management
5 1 (4.545%) Data Architecture
5 1 (4.545%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (4.545%) Data Governance
5 1 (4.545%) Network Design
5 1 (4.545%) Logistics
5 1 (4.545%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (4.545%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
5 1 (4.545%) CRM
5 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.545%) Six Sigma
5 1 (4.545%) Process Management
5 1 (4.545%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) Java
1 1 (4.545%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Degree
2 6 (27.27%) CCIE
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (22.73%) CCNP
4 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (27.27%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Citrix
2 6 (27.27%) Remedy
2 6 (27.27%) Riverbed
3 3 (13.64%) OpenLink
3 3 (13.64%) Mercator
4 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) T-Plan
4 1 (4.545%) Business Objects