The first table below looks at the demand for SAP R/3 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 R/3 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 R/3
Rank 493 543 530
Rank change year-on-year
+50 -13
Contract jobs citing SAP R/3 36 41 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.078% 0.070% 0.088%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.906% 0.785% 0.946%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 19
Average daily rate £385 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.75% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £263 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £446 £573 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £398 £358
% change year-on-year
-1.69% +11.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £7.00
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 R/3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP R/3 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP R/3 Daily Rate Trend

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP R/3 Daily Rate Histogram

SAP R/3
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP R/3 Hourly Rate Trend

SAP R/3
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 R/3 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 +29 23 £375 -6.25%
North West +14 13 £290 -47.03%
Cheshire +2 7 £283 -50.65%
London +36 5 £375 -25.00%
Aberdeen - 4 £410 -
Scotland - 4 £410 -
South West +30 3 £413 +50.00%
Chester - 3 £275 -
Liverpool - 2 - -
Somerset - 2 £399 -
Warrington - 2 - -
Merseyside - 2 - -
City of London +14 1 £428 -
South East +7 1 - -
Manchester +1 1 £475 +75.92%
Middlesex - 1 - -

SAP R/3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP R/3 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 R/3.

1 58 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (20.69%) Finance
3 11 (18.97%) ITIL
3 11 (18.97%) ABAP
3 11 (18.97%) SAP BW
4 9 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (15.52%) Project Management
4 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
4 9 (15.52%) Migration
5 8 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
5 8 (13.79%) Change Management
5 8 (13.79%) Logistics
5 8 (13.79%) CRM
5 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
5 8 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 8 (13.79%) Tivoli
5 8 (13.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 8 (13.79%) Degree
6 7 (12.07%) SharePoint 2010
6 7 (12.07%) Office 365
6 7 (12.07%) SharePoint 2013
6 7 (12.07%) Intranet
6 7 (12.07%) Configuration Management
6 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
6 7 (12.07%) ERP
6 7 (12.07%) MS Office
6 7 (12.07%) AIX
7 6 (10.34%) SAP APO
7 6 (10.34%) Service Management

SAP R/3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP R/3 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 R/3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.897%) SAP Basis
2 3 (5.172%) SAP Smart Forms
2 3 (5.172%) EDI
3 2 (3.448%) HTML
3 2 (3.448%) Middleware
3 2 (3.448%) SAP XI
3 2 (3.448%) SAP BC
3 2 (3.448%) SAP PI
4 1 (1.724%) SAP Business Workflow
4 1 (1.724%) WebSphere
4 1 (1.724%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (1.724%) XML
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 7 (12.07%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (12.07%) SharePoint 2013
3 2 (3.448%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.724%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (12.07%) Office 365
1 7 (12.07%) MS Office
2 2 (3.448%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.724%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.724%) MS Project
3 1 (1.724%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (10.34%) SAP APO
1 6 (10.34%) SAP ERP
2 3 (5.172%) SAP GRC
2 3 (5.172%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (5.172%) SAP SD
3 2 (3.448%) SAP FI
3 2 (3.448%) SAP PS
3 2 (3.448%) SAP WM
3 2 (3.448%) SAP SEM
4 1 (1.724%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (1.724%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.724%) SAP FI-CA
4 1 (1.724%) SAP Retail
4 1 (1.724%) SAP SCM
4 1 (1.724%) SAP CRM
4 1 (1.724%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.724%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.724%) SAP HR
4 1 (1.724%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.07%) Intranet
2 1 (1.724%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (18.97%) SAP BW
2 4 (6.897%) SAP BI
3 2 (3.448%) DataStage
3 2 (3.448%) QualityStage
4 1 (1.724%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.724%) OLAP
4 1 (1.724%) MS Access
4 1 (1.724%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.724%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.724%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (6.897%) LSMW
2 1 (1.724%) GCC
2 1 (1.724%) ClearQuest
General
1 12 (20.69%) Finance
2 8 (13.79%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.621%) Retail
4 4 (6.897%) Dutch Language
5 3 (5.172%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (3.448%) General Ledger
6 2 (3.448%) Marketing
6 2 (3.448%) German Language
7 1 (1.724%) French Language
7 1 (1.724%) Electronics
7 1 (1.724%) Back Office
7 1 (1.724%) Automotive
7 1 (1.724%) Law
7 1 (1.724%) Legal
7 1 (1.724%) Banking
7 1 (1.724%) Billing
Job Titles
1 19 (32.76%) Consultant
2 16 (27.59%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (13.79%) Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) SAP Analyst
4 7 (12.07%) Project Manager
5 5 (8.621%) Delivery Manager
6 4 (6.897%) Coordinator
6 4 (6.897%) IT Project Manager
6 4 (6.897%) Delivery Project Manager
7 3 (5.172%) Tivoli Specialist
7 3 (5.172%) SAP Support
7 3 (5.172%) Developer
7 3 (5.172%) ABAP Developer
7 3 (5.172%) SAP Developer
8 2 (3.448%) Business Analyst
8 2 (3.448%) Systems Analyst
8 2 (3.448%) Team Leader
8 2 (3.448%) SAP Business Analyst
8 2 (3.448%) Project Analyst
8 2 (3.448%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.172%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.448%) CMDB
3 1 (1.724%) Data Conversion
3 1 (1.724%) Data Extraction
3 1 (1.724%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.724%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.724%) Statistics
3 1 (1.724%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.07%) AIX
2 5 (8.621%) Tru64
2 5 (8.621%) UNIX
2 5 (8.621%) Windows
2 5 (8.621%) Linux
3 2 (3.448%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (18.97%) ITIL
2 9 (15.52%) Business Intelligence
2 9 (15.52%) Project Management
2 9 (15.52%) Migration
3 8 (13.79%) Service Delivery
3 8 (13.79%) Change Management
3 8 (13.79%) Logistics
3 8 (13.79%) CRM
4 7 (12.07%) Configuration Management
4 7 (12.07%) ERP
5 6 (10.34%) Service Management
5 6 (10.34%) Data Migration
5 6 (10.34%) SAP Implementation
6 4 (6.897%) Validation
6 4 (6.897%) Problem Management
7 3 (5.172%) SAP Security
7 3 (5.172%) Workflow
7 3 (5.172%) Information Management
7 3 (5.172%) OO
8 2 (3.448%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 11 (18.97%) ABAP
2 5 (8.621%) Shell Script
3 4 (6.897%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.724%) Java
4 1 (1.724%) SQL
4 1 (1.724%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (3.448%) ACCA
2 2 (3.448%) CIMA
3 1 (1.724%) CPIM
3 1 (1.724%) CCA
3 1 (1.724%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (3.448%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (13.79%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 7 (12.07%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (13.79%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.724%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 58 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (15.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.621%) Oracle
4 3 (5.172%) HP
5 1 (1.724%) IBM
5 1 (1.724%) Business Objects
5 1 (1.724%) CA
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