The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PI 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 PI over the 3 months to 23 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 Application Development 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP PI)
Rank 502 520 510
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -10
Contract jobs citing SAP PI 39 45 76
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.084% 0.077% 0.122%
As % of the Application Development category 0.309% 0.302% 0.445%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 13 27
Average daily rate £469 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.31% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £383 £419 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £610 £537 £579
UK excluding London average daily rate £431 £500 £439
% change year-on-year
-13.75% +13.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £61.25 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+122.72% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £61.25 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+122.72% -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12638 14882 17097
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.27% 25.50% 27.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7921 8711 9986
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 363 389 578
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

SAP PI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP PI within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAP PI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP PI Daily Rate Trend

SAP PI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP PI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

SAP PI Daily Rate Histogram

SAP PI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP PI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP PI
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PI within the UK over the 3 months to 23 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 +44 34 £469 -1.31%
London +34 10 £580 +33.71%
South East +14 9 £469 +4.16%
Surrey +20 5 £469 +10.29%
East of England - 5 £400 -
East Midlands +3 3 £363 -
Hampshire -1 3 £375 -
Guildford - 3 £469 -
City of London +21 2 £625 +38.88%
Derbyshire +15 2 £363 -
Chesterfield -5 2 £363 -
Cambridgeshire - 2 £625 -
Bedfordshire - 2 £400 -
Basingstoke - 2 £375 -
West Midlands +8 1 £500 -
Milton Keynes +5 1 £575 +53.33%
Buckinghamshire +5 1 £575 +53.33%
South Coast - 1 - -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - -
Hertfordshire - 1 £400 -
Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £500 -
Southampton - 1 - -
Nottingham - 1 - -
Luton - 1 £400 -
Huddersfield - 1 £500 -
Cambridge - 1 £625 -

SAP PI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP PI 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 PI.

1 99 (100.00%) SAP
2 29 (29.29%) Java
3 28 (28.28%) SAP XI
4 27 (27.27%) ABAP
5 23 (23.23%) NetWeaver
6 21 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (17.17%) ESB
8 16 (16.16%) Oracle
9 14 (14.14%) XML
9 14 (14.14%) CRM
9 14 (14.14%) SOA
10 13 (13.13%) BizTalk Server
10 13 (13.13%) ERP
11 12 (12.12%) Finance
11 12 (12.12%) .NET
11 12 (12.12%) SOAP
12 11 (11.11%) SQL Server
12 11 (11.11%) JMS
12 11 (11.11%) VLDB
12 11 (11.11%) TDD
12 11 (11.11%) Validation
12 11 (11.11%) Contract for Difference
12 11 (11.11%) Windows Azure
13 10 (10.10%) Multithreading
13 10 (10.10%) XSLT
14 9 (9.091%) N-Tier
14 9 (9.091%) WSDL
14 9 (9.091%) XML Schema
14 9 (9.091%) Middleware
14 9 (9.091%) SAP SD

SAP PI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP PI 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 PI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 28 (28.28%) SAP XI
2 14 (14.14%) XML
3 12 (12.12%) .NET
3 12 (12.12%) SOAP
4 11 (11.11%) JMS
5 10 (10.10%) XSLT
6 9 (9.091%) WSDL
6 9 (9.091%) XML Schema
6 9 (9.091%) Middleware
6 9 (9.091%) BAPI
6 9 (9.091%) SAP Basis
7 8 (8.081%) Web Services
7 8 (8.081%) SAP ALE
8 7 (7.071%) JDBC
9 5 (5.051%) Web Dynpro
9 5 (5.051%) EDI
10 3 (3.030%) SAP Smart Forms
11 1 (1.010%) SAP CAF
11 1 (1.010%) WebSphere
11 1 (1.010%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 23 (23.23%) NetWeaver
2 17 (17.17%) ESB
3 13 (13.13%) BizTalk Server
4 11 (11.11%) Windows Azure
5 3 (3.030%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.020%) SAP Portal
7 1 (1.010%) Gentran
7 1 (1.010%) SAP EP
Applications
1 5 (5.051%) MS Project
2 3 (3.030%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.020%) MS Office
3 2 (2.020%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (9.091%) SAP SD
2 8 (8.081%) SAP CRM
3 7 (7.071%) SAP ERP
4 5 (5.051%) SAP FI
5 4 (4.040%) SAP CO
5 4 (4.040%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (3.030%) SAP IS-U
6 3 (3.030%) SAP WM
7 2 (2.020%) SAP HR
7 2 (2.020%) SAP R/3
7 2 (2.020%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (2.020%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (2.020%) SmartPlant
8 1 (1.010%) SAP GTS
8 1 (1.010%) SAP HCM
8 1 (1.010%) SAP FI-CA
8 1 (1.010%) SAP QM
8 1 (1.010%) SAP MM
8 1 (1.010%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.051%) HTTP
2 1 (1.010%) LDAP
2 1 (1.010%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.010%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (11.11%) SQL Server
1 11 (11.11%) VLDB
2 8 (8.081%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (5.051%) SAP BW
4 3 (3.030%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (3.030%) GIS
5 2 (2.020%) SAP BI
5 2 (2.020%) DataStage
5 2 (2.020%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.020%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (2.020%) dBASE
6 1 (1.010%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.010%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.010%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (1.010%) SAP CE
1 1 (1.010%) NWDI
General
1 12 (12.12%) Finance
2 3 (3.030%) French Language
2 3 (3.030%) Billing
3 2 (2.020%) Banking
3 2 (2.020%) Retail
3 2 (2.020%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (2.020%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.010%) Dutch Language
4 1 (1.010%) German Language
4 1 (1.010%) Spanish Language
4 1 (1.010%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (38.38%) Consultant
2 34 (34.34%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (29.29%) Architect
4 23 (23.23%) SAP PI Consultant
5 16 (16.16%) Solutions Architect
6 13 (13.13%) Developer
7 12 (12.12%) SAP Developer
8 11 (11.11%) SAP Architect
9 7 (7.071%) SAP PI Developer
9 7 (7.071%) Analyst
10 5 (5.051%) Integration Consultant
11 4 (4.040%) SAP Support
11 4 (4.040%) ABAP Consultant
11 4 (4.040%) Business Analyst
11 4 (4.040%) SAP XI Consultant
12 3 (3.030%) SAP Analyst
12 3 (3.030%) Performance Test Analyst
12 3 (3.030%) SAP Test Analyst
12 3 (3.030%) Test Analyst
12 3 (3.030%) Integration Architect
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.11%) Contract for Difference
2 9 (9.091%) N-Tier
3 3 (3.030%) Smart Meter
4 2 (2.020%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.020%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.020%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.010%) Data Integration
5 1 (1.010%) FMCG
5 1 (1.010%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 3 (3.030%) Windows
2 1 (1.010%) UNIX
2 1 (1.010%) Solaris
2 1 (1.010%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (21.21%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (14.14%) CRM
2 14 (14.14%) SOA
3 13 (13.13%) ERP
4 11 (11.11%) TDD
4 11 (11.11%) Validation
5 10 (10.10%) Multithreading
6 9 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
7 6 (6.061%) Scrum
7 6 (6.061%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (5.051%) Migration
8 5 (5.051%) E-business
8 5 (5.051%) Project Management
8 5 (5.051%) Business Analysis
8 5 (5.051%) Logistics
8 5 (5.051%) B2B
9 4 (4.040%) OO
9 4 (4.040%) Process Management
9 4 (4.040%) Test Scripting
9 4 (4.040%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (29.29%) Java
2 27 (27.27%) ABAP
3 2 (2.020%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.010%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (1.010%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.010%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.010%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (4.040%) Degree
2 3 (3.030%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.020%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.030%) QA
2 1 (1.010%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (4.040%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 99 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (16.16%) Oracle
3 8 (8.081%) Business Objects
4 7 (7.071%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.030%) Sybase
5 3 (3.030%) Adobe
5 3 (3.030%) IBM
5 3 (3.030%) CA
5 3 (3.030%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.020%) webMethods
7 1 (1.010%) SEEBURGER
7 1 (1.010%) ReadSoft
7 1 (1.010%) Sun
7 1 (1.010%) HP