The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HCM 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 HCM 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 Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
Rank 475 546 557
Rank change year-on-year
+71 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 54 38 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.116% 0.065% 0.044%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.359% 0.727% 0.473%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 7
Average daily rate £625 £495 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+26.26% -1.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £501 £368 £405
10% offered a daily rate of more than £750 £625 £529
UK excluding London average daily rate £550 £575 £500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £33.50
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 HCM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP HCM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP HCM Daily Rate Trend

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP HCM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HCM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP HCM Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HCM
Top 20 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HCM 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 +66 46 £625 +13.63%
London +48 19 £750 +97.36%
Surrey +21 9 £550 -12.00%
South East +20 9 £550 -12.00%
Berkshire +18 6 £588 -6.00%
East Midlands - 6 - -
City of London +17 3 £750 +105.47%
Manchester +9 3 - -
North West +8 3 - -
Leicestershire - 3 - -
Hinckley - 2 - -
Stockport - 2 - -
Wales - 2 £600 -
Scotland -9 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
South Wales - 1 £650 -
Derbyshire - 1 - -
Woking - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Cardiff - 1 £650 -

SAP HCM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 109 (100.00%) SAP
2 46 (42.20%) SAP HR
3 13 (11.93%) Project Management
4 12 (11.01%) ERP
4 12 (11.01%) ABAP
4 12 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (10.09%) Project Planning
6 10 (9.174%) SAP Payroll
7 7 (6.422%) QA
7 7 (6.422%) Workflow
8 6 (5.505%) Web Dynpro
8 6 (5.505%) Migration
9 5 (4.587%) HTML5
9 5 (4.587%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (4.587%) SAP GRC
9 5 (4.587%) SAP Portal
9 5 (4.587%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (4.587%) Time Management
9 5 (4.587%) Performance Management
9 5 (4.587%) HP
10 4 (3.670%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (3.670%) JavaScript
10 4 (3.670%) Change Management
10 4 (3.670%) Banking
10 4 (3.670%) Data Management
10 4 (3.670%) SAP XI
10 4 (3.670%) Data Migration
10 4 (3.670%) Analytics
11 3 (2.752%) LSMW
11 3 (2.752%) BSS

SAP HCM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (5.505%) Web Dynpro
2 5 (4.587%) HTML5
3 4 (3.670%) SAP XI
4 3 (2.752%) SAP Business Workflow
5 1 (0.917%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.917%) SAP ALE
5 1 (0.917%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.587%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.917%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.917%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (1.835%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.917%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 46 (42.20%) SAP HR
2 10 (9.174%) SAP Payroll
3 5 (4.587%) SAP GRC
4 3 (2.752%) SAP HR-PA
5 2 (1.835%) SAP FI
5 2 (1.835%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (1.835%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.917%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.917%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.917%) SAP SRM
6 1 (0.917%) SAP PLM
6 1 (0.917%) SAP HR-PD
6 1 (0.917%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.917%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.917%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.917%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.752%) BSS
2 2 (1.835%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.917%) SAP HANA
1 1 (0.917%) SAP BI
1 1 (0.917%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (2.752%) LSMW
General
1 4 (3.670%) Banking
2 3 (2.752%) Finance
2 3 (2.752%) Telecoms
3 2 (1.835%) Manufacturing
3 2 (1.835%) Dutch Language
3 2 (1.835%) Retail Banking
3 2 (1.835%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (1.835%) Retail
4 1 (0.917%) French Language
4 1 (0.917%) German Language
4 1 (0.917%) Automotive
4 1 (0.917%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 61 (55.96%) Consultant
2 57 (52.29%) SAP Consultant
3 30 (27.52%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 15 (13.76%) SAP Manager
5 9 (8.257%) Project Manager
5 9 (8.257%) SAP HR Consultant
5 9 (8.257%) SAP Project Manager
6 7 (6.422%) Technical Consultant
7 6 (5.505%) SAP Portals Consultant
7 6 (5.505%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 5 (4.587%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 5 (4.587%) Payroll Consultant
8 5 (4.587%) Architect
9 4 (3.670%) Business Analyst
9 4 (3.670%) Analyst
9 4 (3.670%) SAP Architect
9 4 (3.670%) Technical Leader
9 4 (3.670%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (3.670%) Change Manager
10 3 (2.752%) Test Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.835%) E-Learning
1 2 (1.835%) Learning Management System
2 1 (0.917%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (11.93%) Project Management
2 12 (11.01%) ERP
2 12 (11.01%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (10.09%) Project Planning
4 7 (6.422%) Workflow
5 6 (5.505%) Migration
6 5 (4.587%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (4.587%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (4.587%) Time Management
6 5 (4.587%) Performance Management
7 4 (3.670%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (3.670%) Change Management
7 4 (3.670%) Data Management
7 4 (3.670%) Data Migration
7 4 (3.670%) Analytics
8 3 (2.752%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (2.752%) Integration Testing
8 3 (2.752%) Performance Testing
8 3 (2.752%) Risk Management
8 3 (2.752%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) ABAP
2 4 (3.670%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.835%) SQL
4 1 (0.917%) R
4 1 (0.917%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.917%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (1.835%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (1.835%) SC Cleared
1 2 (1.835%) Security Cleared
2 1 (0.917%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (0.917%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.422%) QA
2 2 (1.835%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 2 (1.835%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 109 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (4.587%) HP
3 3 (2.752%) Oracle
3 3 (2.752%) Siebel
4 2 (1.835%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (0.917%) Open Text
5 1 (0.917%) Business Objects
5 1 (0.917%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.917%) Adobe
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Posted: 24 May 2013