The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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.

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.

SAP Human Resources (HR)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank434380351
Rank change year-on-year
Down-54Down-29
Matching contract IT job ads143208193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.245 %0.346 %0.350 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.740 %3.716 %4.249 %
Number of daily rates quoted567459
Average daily rate£490£475£438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.15 %+8.57 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£277£333£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£625£600£560
UK excluding London average daily rate£500£480£450
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+6.66 %
Number of hourly rates quoted031
Average hourly rate-£26.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+32.50 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£27.25£20.00
% change year-on-year
-+36.25 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
521955974542
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.928 %9.304 %8.230 %
Number of daily rates quoted252727512014
Average daily rate£450£450£440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+2.27 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£260
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£420£400
% change year-on-year
+4.16 %+5.00 %
Number of hourly rates quoted6310387
Average hourly rate£26.25£24.00£30.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37 %-21.31 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£15.10£15.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£56.45£43.88£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.34£22.75£35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.59 %-35.00 %

SAP HR
Demand Trend

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

SAP HR Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP HR within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
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 HR within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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-58110£458-3.68 %
LondonUp+2459£450-4.45 %
South EastDown-2220£625+48.80 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-13£490-
City of LondonUp+2412£450-4.45 %
BerkshireDown-2411£625+47.05 %
North WestDown-1110£500-19.35 %
East of EnglandNo change07£328-12.66 %
SurreyUp+45£625+88.67 %
GuernseyNew entry-5£500-
Channel IslandsNew entry-5£500-
HampshireUp+134--
ScotlandUp+104£450-
ManchesterDown-234£425-33.59 %
CambridgeshireNew entry-4--
BelfastNew entry-4--
County AntrimNew entry-4--
BedfordshireUp+123£328-12.66 %
West SussexDown-13£600+50.00 %
ReadingDown-73--
YorkshireDown-173£290-
CheshireNew entry-3£500-
GlasgowDown-12£450-
WindsorDown-12--
East MidlandsDown-42£450-18.18 %
LeedsDown-102£290-
West MidlandsDown-212£450-5.26 %
West YorkshireDown-222£290-
AberdeenNew entry-2--
WorthingNew entry-2--

SAP HR
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP HR 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 HR.

1314 (100.00 %)SAP
251 (16.24 %)SAP Payroll
339 (12.42 %)SAP HCM
437 (11.78 %)ABAP
536 (11.46 %)Finance
629 (9.236 %)SAP BW
724 (7.643 %)Time Management
821 (6.688 %)CRM
920 (6.369 %)Project Management
1019 (6.051 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1116 (5.096 %)SAP CRM
1215 (4.777 %)Test Scripting
1314 (4.459 %)User Acceptance Testing
1314 (4.459 %)Migration
1413 (4.140 %)MS Visio
1512 (3.822 %)Business Intelligence
1512 (3.822 %)MS Project
1512 (3.822 %)LSMW
1512 (3.822 %)SAP SRM
1512 (3.822 %)SAP Implementation
1611 (3.503 %)Data Management
1611 (3.503 %)Oracle
1611 (3.503 %)PRINCE2
1611 (3.503 %)Data Modelling
1611 (3.503 %)Stakeholder Management
1611 (3.503 %)Telecoms
1710 (3.185 %)Workflow
1710 (3.185 %)Management Information System
1710 (3.185 %)Adobe
1710 (3.185 %)BusinessObjects

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP HR 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 HR. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (2.548 %)Middleware
26 (1.911 %)SAP XI
35 (1.592 %)Web Dynpro
35 (1.592 %)XSLT
44 (1.274 %)SAP PI
44 (1.274 %)SAP ALE
44 (1.274 %)BAPI
53 (0.955 %).NET
62 (0.637 %)Oracle Fusion
62 (0.637 %)SAP Basis
62 (0.637 %)SAP Smart Forms
62 (0.637 %)J2EE
71 (0.318 %)Struts
71 (0.318 %)Web Services
71 (0.318 %)EDI
71 (0.318 %)Hibernate
71 (0.318 %)Spring
71 (0.318 %)JSF
71 (0.318 %)jQuery
71 (0.318 %)Spring MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (2.548 %)SAP Portal
27 (2.229 %)NetWeaver
33 (0.955 %)CMS
33 (0.955 %)SharePoint
42 (0.637 %)SAP EP
51 (0.318 %)WebLogic
51 (0.318 %)Apache
51 (0.318 %)Tomcat
51 (0.318 %)SAS
51 (0.318 %)GlassFish
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (4.140 %)MS Visio
212 (3.822 %)MS Project
39 (2.866 %)MS Excel
46 (1.911 %)MS Office
54 (1.274 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
151 (16.24 %)SAP Payroll
239 (12.42 %)SAP HCM
319 (6.051 %)SAP Oil and Gas
416 (5.096 %)SAP CRM
512 (3.822 %)SAP SRM
68 (2.548 %)SAP FI
76 (1.911 %)SAP GRC
76 (1.911 %)SAP FI/CO
76 (1.911 %)SAP CO
84 (1.274 %)SAP HR-PA
84 (1.274 %)SAP SD
93 (0.955 %)SAP MM
93 (0.955 %)SAP FI-AP
102 (0.637 %)SAP BPC
111 (0.318 %)SAP R/3
111 (0.318 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
111 (0.318 %)SAP IS-U
111 (0.318 %)SAP HR-PD
111 (0.318 %)SAP EHS
111 (0.318 %)Dynamics NAV
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.911 %)Wireless
22 (0.637 %)WPA
31 (0.318 %)Intranet
31 (0.318 %)Internet
31 (0.318 %)LDAP
31 (0.318 %)VPN
31 (0.318 %)IP Telephony
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (9.236 %)SAP BW
210 (3.185 %)BusinessObjects
35 (1.592 %)SAP BI
35 (1.592 %)Oracle 10g
43 (0.955 %)Data Warehouse
43 (0.955 %)ETL
52 (0.637 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
52 (0.637 %)Oracle 11g
52 (0.637 %)TOAD
52 (0.637 %)MS Access
52 (0.637 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (0.637 %)SQL Server
52 (0.637 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.318 %)Oracle Reports
61 (0.318 %)RDBMS
61 (0.318 %)Xcelsius
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (3.822 %)LSMW
22 (0.637 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.318 %)ERwin
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (11.46 %)Finance
211 (3.503 %)Telecoms
36 (1.911 %)Manufacturing
45 (1.592 %)Legal
53 (0.955 %)Back Office
53 (0.955 %)Law
62 (0.637 %)Local Government
62 (0.637 %)German Language
62 (0.637 %)Banking
62 (0.637 %)Retail
71 (0.318 %)Polish Language
71 (0.318 %)French Language
71 (0.318 %)Retail Banking
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
197 (30.89 %)Consultant
293 (29.62 %)SAP Consultant
387 (27.71 %)Analyst
472 (22.93 %)SAP HR Consultant
545 (14.33 %)SAP Analyst
640 (12.74 %)Business Analyst
731 (9.873 %)SAP Business Analyst
731 (9.873 %)SAP HR Analyst
826 (8.280 %)SAP HR Business Analyst
826 (8.280 %)SAP Manager
924 (7.643 %)Project Manager
1023 (7.325 %)Architect
1120 (6.369 %)Developer
1219 (6.051 %)SAP Architect
1318 (5.732 %)SAP Project Manager
1318 (5.732 %)SAP HR Project Manager
1417 (5.414 %)SAP Developer
1514 (4.459 %)Functional Consultant
1514 (4.459 %)SAP Functional Consultant
1612 (3.822 %)SAP Payroll Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (3.185 %)Management Information System
27 (2.229 %)FMCG
34 (1.274 %)E-Learning
43 (0.955 %)PMI
52 (0.637 %)Learning Management System
52 (0.637 %)Data Protection Act
61 (0.318 %)Handset
61 (0.318 %)EPoS
61 (0.318 %)N-Tier
61 (0.318 %)Freedom of Information
61 (0.318 %)Freedom of Information Act
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (7.643 %)Time Management
221 (6.688 %)CRM
320 (6.369 %)Project Management
415 (4.777 %)Test Scripting
514 (4.459 %)User Acceptance Testing
514 (4.459 %)Migration
612 (3.822 %)Business Intelligence
612 (3.822 %)SAP Implementation
711 (3.503 %)Data Management
711 (3.503 %)PRINCE2
711 (3.503 %)Data Modelling
711 (3.503 %)Stakeholder Management
810 (3.185 %)Workflow
99 (2.866 %)Data Migration
108 (2.548 %)Change Management
116 (1.911 %)SAP Security
116 (1.911 %)Performance Management
116 (1.911 %)Document Management
116 (1.911 %)Six Sigma
116 (1.911 %)GAP Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (11.78 %)ABAP
25 (1.592 %)Java
25 (1.592 %)XPath
34 (1.274 %)SQL
34 (1.274 %)VBA
41 (0.318 %)JavaScript
41 (0.318 %)SAPscript
41 (0.318 %)REXX
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (2.866 %)Security Cleared
27 (2.229 %)SAP Certification
34 (1.274 %)PMP
34 (1.274 %)PMI Certification
43 (0.955 %)Degree
51 (0.318 %)CISM
51 (0.318 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.318 %)CCA
51 (0.318 %)CISSP
51 (0.318 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.548 %)QA
27 (2.229 %)Data Quality
36 (1.911 %)ISO 9000
43 (0.955 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.318 %)Basel II
51 (0.318 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.318 %)HIPAA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.318 %)RACF
11 (0.318 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (2.866 %)HP Quality Center
22 (0.637 %)Oracle Identity Management
31 (0.318 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
31 (0.318 %)Sun Identity Manager
31 (0.318 %)Cisco UCCX
31 (0.318 %)Oracle Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1314 (100.00 %)SAP
211 (3.503 %)Oracle
310 (3.185 %)Adobe
310 (3.185 %)Business Objects
48 (2.548 %)Microsoft
57 (2.229 %)Taleo
66 (1.911 %)Open Text
74 (1.274 %)Casewise
74 (1.274 %)HP
83 (0.955 %)Informatica
92 (0.637 %)Avaya
92 (0.637 %)Siebel
92 (0.637 %)PeopleSoft
101 (0.318 %)ESRI
101 (0.318 %)JBoss
101 (0.318 %)Sun
101 (0.318 %)Cisco
101 (0.318 %)IBM
101 (0.318 %)Kronos