The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Release Manager role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP Release Manager in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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 Release Manager
Rank 536 560 577
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +17
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Release Manager 5 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.009% 0.015%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.009% 0.016%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £525 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £600 £475 -
% change year-on-year
+26.31% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42697 54001 57544
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.14% 92.51% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24521 29759 31287
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2095 2581 2973
Average hourly rate £18.25 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.88 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SAP Release Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Release Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

SAP Release Manager Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Release Manager
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Release Manager Daily Rate Trend

SAP Release Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP Release Manager Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Release Manager
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Release Manager 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 +45 5 £525 -
North West - 3 £600 -
London +33 2 £500 -
Cheshire - 2 £675 -

SAP Release Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Release Manager in their job title 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 with SAP Release Manager in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (83.33%) SAP Basis
3 4 (66.67%) CRM
4 3 (50.00%) Client/Server
4 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
4 3 (50.00%) LAN
4 3 (50.00%) WAN
4 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (50.00%) UNIX
4 3 (50.00%) Solaris
4 3 (50.00%) Java
4 3 (50.00%) ABAP
4 3 (50.00%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) MS Project
4 3 (50.00%) SAN
4 3 (50.00%) SAP BW
4 3 (50.00%) NetWeaver
5 2 (33.33%) SAP HR
5 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (33.33%) Migration
5 2 (33.33%) NWDI
5 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (33.33%) ITIL
5 2 (33.33%) QA
5 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (16.67%) CMDB
6 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (16.67%) SOA

SAP Release Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Release Manager in their job title 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 with SAP Release Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (83.33%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS Visio
1 3 (50.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP HR
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) LAN
1 3 (50.00%) WAN
1 3 (50.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) NWDI
General
1 1 (16.67%) German Language
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) UNIX
1 3 (50.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) CRM
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (16.67%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle