Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP Smart Forms 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 Smart Forms over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkSAP Smart Forms (SmartForms)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank480415574
Rank change year-on-year
Down-65Up+159
Matching contract IT job ads132626
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.027 %0.066 %0.032 %
As % of the Application Development category0.101 %0.298 %0.131 %
Daily rates quoted268
Average daily rate£592£519£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.12 %+29.68 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£266£438£273
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£918£538£438
UK excluding London average daily rate£592£519£400
% change year-on-year
+14.12 %+29.68 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

SAP Smart Forms
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SAP Smart Forms within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAP Smart Forms Demand Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Smart Forms Daily Rate Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Smart Forms within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

SAP Smart Forms Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Smart Forms
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAP Smart Forms Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Smart Forms within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-5812£592+14.12 %
South EastDown-17£592+48.00 %
West SussexDown-92£184-54.00 %
LondonDown-672--
DerbyshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireNew entry-2--
ChesterfieldNew entry-2--
East MidlandsNew entry-2--
North EastNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1£1,000-
WorthingNew entry-1--
WokingNew entry-1£1,000-
ReadingNew entry-1--

SAP Smart Forms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Smart Forms 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 Smart Forms.

128 (100.00 %)SAP
221 (75.00 %)ABAP
310 (35.71 %)SAPscript
48 (28.57 %)BAPI
57 (25.00 %)SAP SD
65 (17.86 %)Workflow
65 (17.86 %)Migration
65 (17.86 %)NetWeaver
65 (17.86 %)SAP ALE
74 (14.29 %)Data Migration
74 (14.29 %)Billing
74 (14.29 %)CRM
74 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
74 (14.29 %)SAP FI
83 (10.71 %)Web Dynpro
83 (10.71 %)SAP FI/CO
83 (10.71 %)Finance
83 (10.71 %)SAP BI
83 (10.71 %)SAP BW
83 (10.71 %)SAP HR
83 (10.71 %)Web Services
83 (10.71 %)OO
83 (10.71 %)SAP XI
83 (10.71 %)SAP CO
92 (7.143 %)Retail
92 (7.143 %)SAP Retail
92 (7.143 %)WebSphere
92 (7.143 %)Japanese Language
92 (7.143 %)PLM
92 (7.143 %)HTML

SAP Smart Forms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAP Smart Forms 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 Smart Forms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (28.57 %)BAPI
25 (17.86 %)SAP ALE
33 (10.71 %)Web Dynpro
33 (10.71 %)Web Services
33 (10.71 %)SAP XI
42 (7.143 %)WebSphere
42 (7.143 %)HTML
42 (7.143 %)SAP BSP
51 (3.571 %)Middleware
51 (3.571 %)Spring
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (17.86 %)NetWeaver
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (3.571 %)MS Office
11 (3.571 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (25.00 %)SAP SD
24 (14.29 %)SAP FI
33 (10.71 %)SAP FI/CO
33 (10.71 %)SAP HR
33 (10.71 %)SAP CO
42 (7.143 %)SAP Retail
51 (3.571 %)SAP MM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (10.71 %)SAP BI
13 (10.71 %)SAP BW
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (14.29 %)Billing
23 (10.71 %)Finance
32 (7.143 %)Retail
32 (7.143 %)Construction
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (28.57 %)Consultant
18 (28.57 %)Developer
18 (28.57 %)SAP Consultant
27 (25.00 %)SAP Developer
35 (17.86 %)ABAP Developer
44 (14.29 %)SAP SD Consultant
53 (10.71 %)ABAP Consultant
53 (10.71 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
62 (7.143 %)Functional Consultant
71 (3.571 %)Analyst
71 (3.571 %)Development Manager
71 (3.571 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.571 %)Programmer
71 (3.571 %)Team Leader
71 (3.571 %)Development Team Leader
71 (3.571 %)Functional Analyst
71 (3.571 %)ABAP Programmer
71 (3.571 %)SAP Functional Consultant
71 (3.571 %)Applications Development Manager
71 (3.571 %)Applications Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (7.143 %)Japanese Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
15 (17.86 %)Workflow
15 (17.86 %)Migration
24 (14.29 %)Data Migration
24 (14.29 %)CRM
24 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
33 (10.71 %)OO
42 (7.143 %)PLM
42 (7.143 %)SOA
42 (7.143 %)GAP Analysis
42 (7.143 %)Time Management
51 (3.571 %)SAP Implementation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (75.00 %)ABAP
210 (35.71 %)SAPscript
31 (3.571 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (7.143 %)SAP Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
128 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (7.143 %)IBM
31 (3.571 %)TIBCO