The first 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Smart Forms
Rank 524 569 539
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -30
Contract jobs citing SAP Smart Forms 5 15 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.026% 0.074%
As % of the Application Development category 0.039% 0.101% 0.268%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 17
Average daily rate £440 £463 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.86% +8.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £388 £425
% change year-on-year
+13.54% -8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
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 364 388 570
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 Smart Forms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Smart Forms
Daily Rate Trend

This 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
Hourly Rate Trend

This 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 5 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 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 +40 3 £440 -4.86%
London +36 1 - -
West Midlands +6 1 £440 -2.22%
South Coast - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £440 -

SAP Smart Forms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 31 (100.00%) ABAP
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (64.52%) BAPI
3 15 (48.39%) SAP ALE
3 15 (48.39%) SAPscript
4 13 (41.94%) OO
5 11 (35.48%) Workflow
5 11 (35.48%) Web Dynpro
6 9 (29.03%) Adobe
7 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
7 8 (25.81%) Migration
8 6 (19.35%) EDI
9 5 (16.13%) SQL
10 4 (12.90%) SAP XI
10 4 (12.90%) SAP HR
10 4 (12.90%) SAP FI
10 4 (12.90%) SAP Implementation
10 4 (12.90%) SAP CO
10 4 (12.90%) SAP FI/CO
10 4 (12.90%) Retail
11 3 (9.677%) Data Management
11 3 (9.677%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 3 (9.677%) SAP PI
11 3 (9.677%) Middleware
11 3 (9.677%) SAP R/3
11 3 (9.677%) SAP BW
11 3 (9.677%) CRM
12 2 (6.452%) XML
12 2 (6.452%) OOP
12 2 (6.452%) Business Objects

SAP Smart Forms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 20 (64.52%) BAPI
2 15 (48.39%) SAP ALE
3 11 (35.48%) Web Dynpro
4 6 (19.35%) EDI
5 4 (12.90%) SAP XI
6 3 (9.677%) SAP PI
6 3 (9.677%) Middleware
7 2 (6.452%) XML
7 2 (6.452%) SAP Business Workflow
7 2 (6.452%) SAP BSP
8 1 (3.226%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) SAP HR
1 4 (12.90%) SAP FI
1 4 (12.90%) SAP CO
1 4 (12.90%) SAP FI/CO
2 3 (9.677%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 3 (9.677%) SAP R/3
3 2 (6.452%) SAP SD
3 2 (6.452%) SAP PM
3 2 (6.452%) SAP CRM
4 1 (3.226%) SAP ERP
4 1 (3.226%) SAP WM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.677%) SAP BW
2 2 (6.452%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (3.226%) DataStage
General
1 4 (12.90%) Retail
2 2 (6.452%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (54.84%) Consultant
1 17 (54.84%) SAP Consultant
2 15 (48.39%) ABAP Consultant
3 10 (32.26%) SAP Developer
3 10 (32.26%) Developer
4 9 (29.03%) ABAP Developer
5 3 (9.677%) SAP HR Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) SAP CRM Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) CRM Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) SAP CO Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) SAP WM Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) SAP FI Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.226%) Data Integration
1 1 (3.226%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) OO
2 11 (35.48%) Workflow
3 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
3 8 (25.81%) Migration
4 4 (12.90%) SAP Implementation
5 3 (9.677%) Data Management
5 3 (9.677%) CRM
6 2 (6.452%) OOP
6 2 (6.452%) ERP
7 1 (3.226%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (3.226%) Logistics
7 1 (3.226%) Time Management
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Security
7 1 (3.226%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.226%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) ABAP
2 15 (48.39%) SAPscript
3 5 (16.13%) SQL
4 1 (3.226%) C#
4 1 (3.226%) Java
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (29.03%) Adobe
3 2 (6.452%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.226%) Microsoft