The first table below looks at the demand for the SAP Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Test Analyst
Rank 501 545 560
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +15
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Test Analyst 39 36 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.083% 0.062% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.067% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 2
Average daily rate £350 £317 £483
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.58% -34.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £265 £449
10% offered a daily rate of more than £410 £443 £517
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £440
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -26.13%
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
43539 54119 55808
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.22% 92.58% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24944 29835 30377
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 2174 2589 2882
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 £41.28
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

SAP Test Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP Test Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Test Analyst
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Test Analyst Daily Rate Trend

SAP Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

SAP Test Analyst Daily Rate Histogram

SAP Test Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAP Test Analyst within the UK.

SAP Test Analyst Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Test Analyst
Top 27 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Test Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +48 37 £344 +8.60%
North West +19 10 £425 -2.85%
South East - 10 £375 -
Cheshire +8 9 £425 -
London +16 6 £325 +18.18%
East Midlands - 5 £300 -
Surrey - 4 £388 -
Kent - 3 £275 -
Nottinghamshire - 3 £300 -
Cambridgeshire +10 2 £375 -21.05%
West Midlands +10 2 - -
East of England +9 2 £375 -16.66%
Coventry -3 2 - -
Berkshire - 2 - -
Leicester - 2 £344 -
Cambridge - 2 £375 -
Leicestershire - 2 £344 -
Slough - 2 - -
South West +16 1 £300 -7.69%
Manchester +15 1 - -
Bristol +3 1 £300 -7.69%
Yorkshire - 1 £370 -
West Yorkshire - 1 £370 -
Woking - 1 £375 -
Weybridge - 1 - -
Warrington - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 £370 -

SAP Test Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title.

1 65 (100.00%) SAP
2 40 (61.54%) Test Scripting
3 33 (50.77%) HP Quality Center
4 23 (35.38%) HP
5 20 (30.77%) ISEB
6 19 (29.23%) Finance
7 14 (21.54%) QuickTest Pro
7 14 (21.54%) ISTQB
8 12 (18.46%) User Acceptance Testing
8 12 (18.46%) Test Strategy
8 12 (18.46%) SAP HR
9 10 (15.38%) SAP BW
10 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
10 9 (13.85%) Integration Testing
11 8 (12.31%) SAP Implementation
11 8 (12.31%) Regression Testing
11 8 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (10.77%) SAP FI
12 7 (10.77%) Mainframe
12 7 (10.77%) Performance Management
12 7 (10.77%) Test Automation
13 6 (9.231%) Security Cleared
13 6 (9.231%) Retail
13 6 (9.231%) SAP CRM
13 6 (9.231%) CRM
14 5 (7.692%) ABAP
14 5 (7.692%) CA
14 5 (7.692%) SAP CO
14 5 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
14 5 (7.692%) Manufacturing

SAP Test Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited SAP Test Analyst 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 Test Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (4.615%) SAP XI
1 3 (4.615%) SAP PI
2 2 (3.077%) .NET
3 1 (1.538%) SOAP
3 1 (1.538%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.077%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (4.615%) MS Visio
1 3 (4.615%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.077%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (18.46%) SAP HR
2 7 (10.77%) SAP FI
3 6 (9.231%) SAP CRM
4 5 (7.692%) SAP CO
4 5 (7.692%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (7.692%) SAP IS-U
5 3 (4.615%) SAP ECC
6 2 (3.077%) SAP FI-CA
6 2 (3.077%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.538%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.538%) SAP PS
7 1 (1.538%) SAP WM
7 1 (1.538%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.077%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.38%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.077%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (3.077%) SAP BI
3 1 (1.538%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.538%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 14 (21.54%) QuickTest Pro
2 3 (4.615%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.538%) TestDirector
General
1 19 (29.23%) Finance
2 6 (9.231%) Retail
3 5 (7.692%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.154%) Billing
4 4 (6.154%) Automotive
5 3 (4.615%) Banking
6 1 (1.538%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.77%) Mainframe
2 4 (6.154%) Smart Meter
3 2 (3.077%) iSeries
3 2 (3.077%) AS400
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (61.54%) Test Scripting
2 12 (18.46%) User Acceptance Testing
2 12 (18.46%) Test Strategy
3 9 (13.85%) Software Testing
3 9 (13.85%) Integration Testing
4 8 (12.31%) SAP Implementation
4 8 (12.31%) Regression Testing
4 8 (12.31%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.77%) Performance Management
5 7 (10.77%) Test Automation
6 6 (9.231%) CRM
7 5 (7.692%) Performance Testing
7 5 (7.692%) Load Testing
8 4 (6.154%) Unit Testing
8 4 (6.154%) Migration
9 3 (4.615%) ITIL
9 3 (4.615%) PRINCE2
9 3 (4.615%) Stress Testing
10 2 (3.077%) System Testing
10 2 (3.077%) Web Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.692%) ABAP
2 2 (3.077%) RPG
Qualifications
1 20 (30.77%) ISEB
2 14 (21.54%) ISTQB
3 6 (9.231%) Security Cleared
4 5 (7.692%) SC Cleared
5 3 (4.615%) CCA
6 1 (1.538%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.538%) ISEB Practitioner
Systems Management
1 33 (50.77%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 65 (100.00%) SAP
2 23 (35.38%) HP
3 5 (7.692%) CA
4 3 (4.615%) Siemens
5 2 (3.077%) Oracle
5 2 (3.077%) Lotus
5 2 (3.077%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.538%) Primavera
6 1 (1.538%) Business Objects