The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Payroll 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 Payroll over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
Rank 498 564 549
Rank change year-on-year
+66 -15
Contract jobs citing SAP Payroll 36 22 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.076% 0.037% 0.061%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.889% 0.413% 0.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 12
Average daily rate £450 £338 £493
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -31.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £316 £303 £358
10% offered a daily rate of more than £588 £405 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £338 £438
% change year-on-year
+40.74% -22.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £26.50
All Business Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
4049 5324 5657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 8.592% 8.981% 9.398%
Number of daily rates quoted 2008 2592 2772
Average daily rate £450 £450 £450
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £300 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £433 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +2.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 62 102
Average hourly rate £37.80 £25.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+51.20% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.00 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £62.00 £56.60 £44.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%

SAP Payroll
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP Payroll Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Payroll Daily Rate Trend

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Payroll within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

SAP Payroll Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Payroll
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Payroll Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Payroll
Top 24 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Payroll within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +71 34 £450 +33.33%
London +35 8 £350 -17.64%
East Midlands - 6 £450 -
North West +10 5 £513 -
Yorkshire - 5 £325 -
West Yorkshire - 5 £325 -
West Midlands - 5 £613 -
South East +12 4 £280 -17.03%
Halifax - 4 £325 -
Cheshire - 4 £513 -
Birmingham - 3 £450 -
Hampshire 0 2 £280 -
Warrington - 2 £538 -
Derbyshire - 2 - -
City of London +10 1 £438 -
Reading +9 1 - -
Berkshire +9 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 - -
Lincolnshire - 1 £450 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
Northampton - 1 - -
Manchester - 1 - -
Kingston Upon Thames - 1 - -
Eastleigh - 1 - -

SAP Payroll
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Payroll 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 Payroll.

1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 59 (89.39%) SAP HR
3 12 (18.18%) Finance
3 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (15.15%) SAP HCM
5 8 (12.12%) MS Project
5 8 (12.12%) Test Scripting
6 7 (10.61%) Legal
6 7 (10.61%) Migration
6 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.061%) SAP Travel Management
7 4 (6.061%) SAP XI
7 4 (6.061%) ERP
8 3 (4.545%) Project Management
9 2 (3.030%) Northgate
9 2 (3.030%) Banking
9 2 (3.030%) Retail
9 2 (3.030%) SAP BI
9 2 (3.030%) Crystal Reports
9 2 (3.030%) Business Objects
9 2 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.030%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 2 (3.030%) NorthgateArinso
9 2 (3.030%) Xcelsius
10 1 (1.515%) Unit Testing
10 1 (1.515%) Time Management
10 1 (1.515%) Performance Management
10 1 (1.515%) Data Migration
10 1 (1.515%) SLA

SAP Payroll
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Payroll 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 Payroll. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.061%) SAP XI
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 59 (89.39%) SAP HR
2 10 (15.15%) SAP HCM
3 4 (6.061%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (1.515%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.515%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.515%) SAP HR-PA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.030%) SAP BI
1 2 (3.030%) Crystal Reports
1 2 (3.030%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.030%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 2 (3.030%) Xcelsius
General
1 12 (18.18%) Finance
2 7 (10.61%) Legal
3 2 (3.030%) Banking
3 2 (3.030%) Retail
4 1 (1.515%) Retail Banking
4 1 (1.515%) French Language
Job Titles
1 25 (37.88%) Consultant
1 25 (37.88%) SAP Consultant
2 20 (30.30%) SAP HR Consultant
3 13 (19.70%) Analyst
3 13 (19.70%) Business Analyst
4 10 (15.15%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 10 (15.15%) Payroll Consultant
5 9 (13.64%) SAP Manager
6 8 (12.12%) SAP Business Analyst
7 7 (10.61%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
8 5 (7.576%) SAP HR Business Analyst
9 4 (6.061%) SAP HCM Consultant
9 4 (6.061%) SAP Project Manager
9 4 (6.061%) Project Manager
10 3 (4.545%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (4.545%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (4.545%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (4.545%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
10 3 (4.545%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 3 (4.545%) Payroll Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (12.12%) Test Scripting
3 7 (10.61%) Migration
3 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (6.061%) ERP
5 3 (4.545%) Project Management
6 2 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (1.515%) Unit Testing
7 1 (1.515%) Time Management
7 1 (1.515%) Performance Management
7 1 (1.515%) Data Migration
7 1 (1.515%) Programme Management
7 1 (1.515%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.515%) Change Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) SLA
1 1 (1.515%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (1.515%) QA
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (3.030%) Northgate
2 2 (3.030%) Business Objects
2 2 (3.030%) NorthgateArinso