Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP IS-U 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 IS-U over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

LinkSAP Utilities (ISU)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank386348510
Rank change year-on-year
Down-38Up+162
Matching contract IT job ads1079390
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.221 %0.236 %0.109 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.585 %2.765 %1.518 %
Daily rates quoted271011
Average daily rate£410£538£600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.72 %-10.41 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£361£450
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£593£750
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£500£600
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
414033635928
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.570 %8.525 %7.212 %
Daily rates quoted166510221650
Average daily rate£450£450£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--5.260 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£283£300£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£600£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£425£450
% change year-on-year
-5.880 %-5.550 %
Hourly rates quoted7068138
Average hourly rate£32.75£24.75£28.72
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.32 %-13.82 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£11.15£12.30
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£47.55£57.00£57.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£20.50£25.00
% change year-on-year
+53.65 %-18.00 %

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 IS-U
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP IS-U within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP IS-U Demand Trend

SAP IS-U
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP IS-U Daily Rate Trend

SAP IS-U
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP IS-U within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SAP IS-U Daily Rate Histogram

SAP IS-U
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP IS-U Hourly Rate Trend

SAP IS-U
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP IS-U within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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-3094£410-21.90 %
LondonDown-4834£325-40.90 %
South EastDown-1332£375-
West SussexUp+617£369+34.09 %
YorkshireUp+89£420-20.00 %
West YorkshireDown-49£420-20.00 %
LeedsUp+108£420-20.00 %
SurreyDown-138£375-
CrawleyUp+17£325+18.18 %
StainesDown-147--
MiddlesexDown-66--
North EastUp+144£450-
West MidlandsUp+122£388-
City of LondonDown-662--
MidlandsNew entry-2--
East GrinsteadNew entry-2£325-

SAP IS-U
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP IS-U 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 IS-U.

1252 (100.00 %)SAP
2100 (39.68 %)Billing
393 (36.90 %)CRM
471 (28.17 %)SAP Oil and Gas
568 (26.98 %)Electric
634 (13.49 %)SAP CRM
732 (12.70 %)ABAP
826 (10.32 %)Workflow
924 (9.524 %)Validation
1021 (8.333 %)BAPI
1021 (8.333 %)SAP PM
1118 (7.143 %)SAP BW
1118 (7.143 %)Asset Management
1118 (7.143 %)SAP Basis
1216 (6.349 %)SAP PI
1314 (5.556 %)Smart Meter
1413 (5.159 %)Finance
1413 (5.159 %)OO
1512 (4.762 %)Business Intelligence
1512 (4.762 %)Oracle
1610 (3.968 %)Business Development
1610 (3.968 %)Retail
179 (3.571 %)Test Scripting
188 (3.175 %)NetWeaver
188 (3.175 %)Siebel
197 (2.778 %)DTS
197 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
197 (2.778 %)CA
197 (2.778 %)Telecoms
197 (2.778 %)Time Management

SAP IS-U
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP IS-U 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 IS-U. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (8.333 %)BAPI
218 (7.143 %)SAP Basis
316 (6.349 %)SAP PI
46 (2.381 %)SAP BSP
54 (1.587 %)SAP XI
63 (1.190 %)XML
63 (1.190 %)SAP ALE
72 (0.794 %)SAP MI
72 (0.794 %)Web Services
72 (0.794 %)HTML
72 (0.794 %)Middleware
81 (0.397 %)SOAP
81 (0.397 %)SAP Business Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (3.175 %)NetWeaver
22 (0.794 %)SAP Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (0.794 %)MS PowerPoint
12 (0.794 %)MS Office
12 (0.794 %)MS Excel
12 (0.794 %)MS Visio
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
171 (28.17 %)SAP Oil and Gas
234 (13.49 %)SAP CRM
321 (8.333 %)SAP PM
45 (1.984 %)SAP FI-CA
54 (1.587 %)SAP FI
63 (1.190 %)SAP MM
63 (1.190 %)SAP MRS
72 (0.794 %)SAP SD
81 (0.397 %)SAP R/3
81 (0.397 %)SAP CO
81 (0.397 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.397 %)SAP ERP
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (1.984 %)CTI
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (7.143 %)SAP BW
27 (2.778 %)DTS
34 (1.587 %)Reference Data
34 (1.587 %)Siebel EIM
34 (1.587 %)Oracle 10g
42 (0.794 %)SQL Server
42 (0.794 %)BusinessObjects
42 (0.794 %)SAP BI
51 (0.397 %)ETL
51 (0.397 %)RDBMS
51 (0.397 %)Data Cleansing
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (2.381 %)QuickTest Pro
21 (0.397 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1100 (39.68 %)Billing
268 (26.98 %)Electric
313 (5.159 %)Finance
410 (3.968 %)Retail
57 (2.778 %)Telecoms
57 (2.778 %)Marketing
66 (2.381 %)Retail Banking
66 (2.381 %)Banking
66 (2.381 %)Investment Banking
66 (2.381 %)Insurance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1161 (63.89 %)Consultant
2149 (59.13 %)SAP Consultant
3116 (46.03 %)SAP ISU Consultant
439 (15.48 %)Management Consultant
520 (7.937 %)Analyst
618 (7.143 %)Project Manager
618 (7.143 %)Functional Consultant
717 (6.746 %)SAP Functional Consultant
815 (5.952 %)SAP Manager
815 (5.952 %)Architect
815 (5.952 %)Tester
913 (5.159 %)SAP Tester
913 (5.159 %)CRM Consultant
1012 (4.762 %)SAP Project Manager
1012 (4.762 %)SAP CRM Consultant
1012 (4.762 %)Solutions Architect
1012 (4.762 %)SAP Analyst
1111 (4.365 %)SAP Architect
129 (3.571 %)SAP Solutions Architect
138 (3.175 %)SAP Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
114 (5.556 %)Smart Meter
26 (2.381 %)Replication
32 (0.794 %)Clustering
41 (0.397 %)German Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (1.587 %)Windows
23 (1.190 %)HPUX
32 (0.794 %)AIX
41 (0.397 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
193 (36.90 %)CRM
226 (10.32 %)Workflow
324 (9.524 %)Validation
418 (7.143 %)Asset Management
513 (5.159 %)OO
612 (4.762 %)Business Intelligence
710 (3.968 %)Business Development
89 (3.571 %)Test Scripting
97 (2.778 %)PRINCE2
97 (2.778 %)Time Management
106 (2.381 %)Software Testing
115 (1.984 %)Data Modelling
115 (1.984 %)Scrum
115 (1.984 %)SAP Implementation
124 (1.587 %)Project Planning
124 (1.587 %)Data Architecture
124 (1.587 %)EAI
124 (1.587 %)EAM
133 (1.190 %)GAP Analysis
133 (1.190 %)Continuous Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
132 (12.70 %)ABAP
24 (1.587 %)C
32 (0.794 %)Java
41 (0.397 %)JavaScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (0.794 %)Security Cleared
21 (0.397 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (0.397 %)PMP
21 (0.397 %)PMI Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.984 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.794 %)HP Quality Center
12 (0.794 %)Data Guard
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1252 (100.00 %)SAP
212 (4.762 %)Oracle
38 (3.175 %)Siebel
47 (2.778 %)CA
52 (0.794 %)StreamServe
52 (0.794 %)Business Objects
52 (0.794 %)Microsoft
61 (0.397 %)HP