The first table below looks at the demand for SAP SM 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 SM 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 Service Management (SM)
Rank 516 583 579
Rank change year-on-year
+67 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP SM 13 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.028% 0.002% 0.008%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.327% 0.019% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 2
Average daily rate £262 £442 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.72% -6.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £442 £455
10% offered a daily rate of more than £414 £442 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £264 - £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
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 SM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP SM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP SM
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP SM Daily Rate Trend

SAP SM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

SAP SM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP SM
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP SM 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 +54 9 £260 -41.17%
London +43 6 £250 -43.43%
South East - 2 £305 -
City of London - 2 £426 -
Middlesex - 2 £305 -
Uxbridge - 2 £250 -

SAP SM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (78.57%) ITIL
2 11 (78.57%) Service Management
3 8 (57.14%) Degree
4 6 (42.86%) HP
5 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
5 5 (35.71%) Problem Management
6 4 (28.57%) Process Management
7 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) IBM
7 2 (14.29%) Sun
7 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (7.143%) Data Governance
8 1 (7.143%) Data Quality
8 1 (7.143%) Master Data Management
8 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
8 1 (7.143%) SAP Certification
8 1 (7.143%) SAP APO
8 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
8 1 (7.143%) Remedy
8 1 (7.143%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (7.143%) ERP
8 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
8 1 (7.143%) SAP GTS
8 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
8 1 (7.143%) Data Architecture
8 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
8 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM
8 1 (7.143%) SAP CS

SAP SM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (7.143%) SAP APO
2 1 (7.143%) SAP GTS
2 1 (7.143%) SAP SCM
2 1 (7.143%) SAP CS
2 1 (7.143%) SAP PM
General
1 1 (7.143%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.143%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) SAP Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Problem Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Incident Manager
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Service Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Team Leader
4 1 (7.143%) Service Management Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) SAP QM Consultant
4 1 (7.143%) Data Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (78.57%) ITIL
1 11 (78.57%) Service Management
2 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
2 5 (35.71%) Problem Management
3 4 (28.57%) Process Management
4 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.143%) Data Governance
5 1 (7.143%) Master Data Management
5 1 (7.143%) Six Sigma
5 1 (7.143%) ERP
5 1 (7.143%) Data Modelling
5 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
5 1 (7.143%) Data Architecture
5 1 (7.143%) Lean Six Sigma
5 1 (7.143%) Data Management
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Degree
2 1 (7.143%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (42.86%) HP
3 2 (14.29%) IBM
3 2 (14.29%) Sun
4 1 (7.143%) Remedy