The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Technical Architect 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 Technical Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Technical Architect
Rank 523 569 578
Rank change year-on-year
+46 +9
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Technical Architect 11 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.023% 0.029% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.031% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 3
Average daily rate £475 £555 £520
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.41% +6.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £467 £450 £484
10% offered a daily rate of more than £555 £630 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £550 £503
% change year-on-year
-14.54% +9.45%
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
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SAP Technical Architect
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP Technical Architect Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Technical Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Technical Architect Daily Rate Trend

SAP Technical Architect
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Technical Architect within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +53 11 £475 -15.17%
London +31 7 £575 +2.67%
South East +14 1 £475 -13.63%
North West +7 1 £465 -
West Midlands - 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £475 -
Manchester - 1 £465 -

SAP Technical Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Technical Architect 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 Technical Architect in their job title.

1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (50.00%) NetWeaver
3 7 (43.75%) SAP Basis
4 6 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (31.25%) SAP BW
6 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (25.00%) ITIL
6 4 (25.00%) Oracle
6 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (18.75%) Migration
7 3 (18.75%) Finance
7 3 (18.75%) Project Management
8 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
8 2 (12.50%) MS Office
8 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
8 2 (12.50%) Change Management
8 2 (12.50%) OPNET
8 2 (12.50%) ISEB
8 2 (12.50%) BMC
8 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
8 2 (12.50%) CRM
8 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
8 2 (12.50%) Java
8 2 (12.50%) ABAP
8 2 (12.50%) SAP SRM
8 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
8 2 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
8 2 (12.50%) Logistics
9 1 (6.250%) Systems Analysis

SAP Technical Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Technical Architect 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 Technical Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (43.75%) SAP Basis
2 1 (6.250%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 8 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Office
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 2 (12.50%) MS Visio
1 2 (12.50%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
1 2 (12.50%) SAP SRM
2 1 (6.250%) SAP CRM
2 1 (6.250%) SAP GRC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) LAN
1 1 (6.250%) WAN
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SAP BW
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) DB2
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (6.250%) SAP BI
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Music
2 1 (6.250%) Manufacturing
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) UNIX
1 1 (6.250%) Windows
1 1 (6.250%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Technical Architecture
2 4 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Six Sigma
4 2 (12.50%) Change Management
4 2 (12.50%) CRM
4 2 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 2 (12.50%) TOGAF
4 2 (12.50%) Logistics
5 1 (6.250%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (6.250%) Load Balancing
5 1 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (6.250%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
5 1 (6.250%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
1 2 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) OPNET
3 2 (12.50%) BMC
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Posted: 16 May 2013