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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank1921
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads46624611
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled5.858 %5.181 %
As % of the category below13.59 %12.10 %
Daily rates quoted997842
Average minimum daily rate£424£425
Average daily rate£455£453
% change on same period last year+0.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£487£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£448£455
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Hourly rates quoted113109
Average minimum hourly rate£23.06£29.78
Average hourly rate£25.51£31.71
% change on same period last year-19.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.95£33.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.69£29.65
% change on same period last year-30.21 %
Vendors UKVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3431538117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.12 %42.83 %
Daily rates quoted985010253
Average minimum daily rate£384£384
Average daily rate£409£407
% change on same period last year+0.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£435£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£356
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
Hourly rates quoted29623054
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£23.08
Average hourly rate£23.64£24.56
% change on same period last year-3.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.20£26.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.62£24.87
% change on same period last year-9.01 %

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

SAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

SAP Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the UK over the past 3 months.

SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SAP across the UK.

SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the UK over the past 3 months.

SAP Hourly Rate Histogram

SAP
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandUp+34128£457+1.19 %
2LondonDown-31406£468+4.12 %
3South EastUp+41068£441-0.53 %
4North WestDown-2276£431+9.22 %
5South WestUp+25272£448+16.41 %
6West MidlandsDown-3252£453-2.20 %
6BerkshireUp+14252£423+4.85 %
7City of LondonUp+38223£445-9.53 %
8MidlandsDown-1185£403-21.01 %
9SurreyDown-2176£443-1.62 %
10HampshireUp+4174£396-18.81 %
11East of EnglandUp+11158£407-13.66 %
12YorkshireUp+14101£440-0.07 %
13HertfordshireUp+199£396-16.13 %
14WalesUp+1096£477-1.21 %
15ScotlandUp+1394£368+0.36 %
16East MidlandsDown-1589£442-3.27 %
17ManchesterUp+183£432+16.82 %
18BirminghamNo change082£444-3.28 %
19ReadingUp+2876£356-7.15 %
19Thames ValleyUp+1776£514+4.40 %
20WiltshireUp+1160£443+19.42 %
21BristolUp+3758£430-14.00 %
22MiddlesexDown-845£463+24.21 %
23South WalesUp+1643£531+11.72 %
24West SussexUp+541£333-25.40 %
25CheshireDown-2737£327-16.11 %
26BuckinghamshireDown-3036£488+11.32 %
27GuildfordUp+834£577-
27North EastDown-834£435-7.30 %

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP.

11299 (14.07 %)Finance
2953 (10.32 %)ABAP
3896 (9.705 %)SAP FI
4813 (8.806 %)SAP HR
5798 (8.644 %)CRM
6790 (8.557 %)SAP CO
7759 (8.221 %)SAP FI/CO
8718 (7.777 %)ERP
9717 (7.766 %)Business Intelligence
10705 (7.636 %)SAP BW
11550 (5.958 %)SAP SD
11550 (5.958 %)Oracle
12496 (5.373 %)Project Management
13479 (5.188 %)SAP Implementation
14466 (5.048 %)Migration
15411 (4.452 %)SAP CRM
16395 (4.279 %)SAP XI
17359 (3.889 %)NetWeaver
18353 (3.824 %)SAP BI
19336 (3.640 %)Manufacturing
20332 (3.596 %)SAP Basis
21328 (3.553 %)Government
22325 (3.520 %)Retail
23321 (3.477 %)SAP R/3
24320 (3.466 %)SAP MM
25319 (3.455 %)Logistics
26314 (3.401 %)Data Migration
27280 (3.033 %)Java
28257 (2.784 %)Workflow
29252 (2.730 %)Banking

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing SAP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1395 (4.279 %)SAP XI
2332 (3.596 %)SAP Basis
3116 (1.256 %)EDI
4107 (1.159 %)BAPI
5101 (1.094 %)J2EE
699 (1.072 %)Middleware
795 (1.029 %).NET
891 (0.986 %)SAP ALE
990 (0.975 %)WebSphere
1080 (0.867 %)Web Dynpro
1179 (0.856 %)XML
1261 (0.661 %)WebServices
1354 (0.585 %)SAP Smart Forms
1449 (0.531 %)SAP Business Workflow
1541 (0.444 %)HTML
1635 (0.379 %)ASP.NET
1732 (0.347 %)SOAP
1826 (0.282 %)SAP BSP
1925 (0.271 %)JMS
2023 (0.249 %)ASP
Application Platforms
1359 (3.889 %)NetWeaver
237 (0.401 %)SharePoint
333 (0.357 %)WebSphere MQ
431 (0.336 %)BizTalk Server
530 (0.325 %)SAP EP
619 (0.206 %)Lotus Notes
716 (0.173 %)MS Exchange
813 (0.141 %)SAS
813 (0.141 %)WebLogic
813 (0.141 %)CMS
910 (0.108 %)ESB
109 (0.097 %)Exchange Server 2003
109 (0.097 %)Oracle HTTP Server
118 (0.087 %)Documentum
127 (0.076 %)Tuxedo
127 (0.076 %)Rendezvous
136 (0.065 %)SAP Web AS
136 (0.065 %)Apache
136 (0.065 %)Office Project Server
136 (0.065 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1207 (2.242 %)MS Office
2154 (1.668 %)MS Excel
3117 (1.267 %)MS PowerPoint
477 (0.834 %)MS Project
560 (0.650 %)MS Visio
63 (0.032 %)Photoshop
72 (0.022 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.011 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.011 %)Pro/ENGINEER
Business Applications
1896 (9.705 %)SAP FI
2813 (8.806 %)SAP HR
3790 (8.557 %)SAP CO
4759 (8.221 %)SAP FI/CO
5550 (5.958 %)SAP SD
6411 (4.452 %)SAP CRM
7321 (3.477 %)SAP R/3
8320 (3.466 %)SAP MM
9213 (2.307 %)SAP IS-U
10212 (2.296 %)SAP Payroll
11180 (1.950 %)SAP Oil and Gas
12166 (1.798 %)SAP APO
13130 (1.408 %)SAP ERP
14127 (1.376 %)SAP PP
15117 (1.267 %)SAP SRM
1699 (1.072 %)SAP MDM
1798 (1.062 %)SAP PM
1884 (0.910 %)SAP QM
1884 (0.910 %)SAP Retail
1884 (0.910 %)SAP PS
Communications & Networking
158 (0.628 %)Internet
235 (0.379 %)Intranet
321 (0.227 %)SAN
420 (0.217 %)FTP
518 (0.195 %)HTTP
518 (0.195 %)LAN
518 (0.195 %)CTI
518 (0.195 %)Wireless
617 (0.184 %)VPN
716 (0.173 %)WAN
815 (0.162 %)TCP/IP
912 (0.130 %)SSL
912 (0.130 %)Firewall
109 (0.097 %)HTTPS
109 (0.097 %)LDAP
118 (0.087 %)Broadband
118 (0.087 %)3G
118 (0.087 %)RTP
126 (0.065 %)X.509
126 (0.065 %)DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1705 (7.636 %)SAP BW
2353 (3.824 %)SAP BI
3142 (1.538 %)SQL Server
489 (0.964 %)Data Cleansing
575 (0.812 %)BusinessObjects
674 (0.802 %)Datawarehouse
758 (0.628 %)Oracle 8/8i
852 (0.563 %)ETL
948 (0.520 %)DB2
1034 (0.368 %)MS Access
1127 (0.292 %)SQL Server 2000
1225 (0.271 %)BusinessObjects XI
1323 (0.249 %)Oracle 10g
1422 (0.238 %)GIS
1520 (0.217 %)RDBMS
1619 (0.206 %)Crystal Reports
1718 (0.195 %)BODI
1817 (0.184 %)Data Mining
1915 (0.162 %)SQL Server 2005
2014 (0.152 %)Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1156 (1.690 %)LSMW
290 (0.975 %)LoadRunner
373 (0.791 %)TestDirector
465 (0.704 %)QuickTest Pro
519 (0.206 %)WinRunner
617 (0.184 %)Visual Studio
714 (0.152 %)ClearQuest
811 (0.119 %)ClearCase
910 (0.108 %)eCATT
106 (0.065 %)FrontPage
114 (0.043 %)Oracle Forms
114 (0.043 %)Ant
123 (0.032 %)VSS/SourceSafe
123 (0.032 %)JDeveloper
123 (0.032 %)XMLSpy
123 (0.032 %)PowerBuilder
123 (0.032 %)Zend Studio
132 (0.022 %)Eclipse
141 (0.011 %)Dreamweaver
141 (0.011 %)RequisitePro
General
11299 (14.07 %)Finance
2336 (3.640 %)Manufacturing
3328 (3.553 %)Government
4325 (3.520 %)Retail
5252 (2.730 %)Banking
6219 (2.372 %)Billing
7193 (2.091 %)Telecoms
8110 (1.192 %)Pharmaceutical
974 (0.802 %)Automotive
1073 (0.791 %)Health
1172 (0.780 %)Marketing
1265 (0.704 %)Legal
1359 (0.639 %)Insurance
1455 (0.596 %)Advertising
1553 (0.574 %)General Ledger
1651 (0.552 %)Back Office
1749 (0.531 %)Education
1848 (0.520 %)Chemicals
1945 (0.487 %)Investment Banking
2038 (0.412 %)Local Government
Job Titles
14329 (46.89 %)Consultant
24036 (43.72 %)SAP Consultant
31040 (11.27 %)Analyst
4768 (8.319 %)SAP Manager
5522 (5.654 %)Project Manager
5522 (5.654 %)Developer
6458 (4.961 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
7454 (4.918 %)SAP HR Consultant
8390 (4.224 %)Trainer
9383 (4.149 %)SAP SD Consultant
10377 (4.084 %)Architect
11364 (3.943 %)SAP FI Consultant
12363 (3.932 %)Business Analyst
13361 (3.910 %)SAP Trainer
14340 (3.683 %)SAP BW Consultant
15310 (3.358 %)SAP CO Consultant
15310 (3.358 %)SAP Developer
16301 (3.260 %)SAP Project Manager
17282 (3.055 %)SAP MM Consultant
18244 (2.643 %)Business Intelligence Consultant
Miscellaneous
170 (0.758 %)German Language
261 (0.661 %)French Language
354 (0.585 %)E-Learning
445 (0.487 %)Data Conversion
541 (0.444 %)Asset Management
637 (0.401 %)Mainframe
637 (0.401 %)Management Information System
735 (0.379 %)Data Extraction
834 (0.368 %)Dutch Language
927 (0.292 %)Spanish Language
1021 (0.227 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1119 (0.206 %)Statistics
1218 (0.195 %)Client/Server
1316 (0.173 %)AS400
1316 (0.173 %)Data Integration
1316 (0.173 %)IBM Mainframe
1415 (0.162 %)EPoS
159 (0.097 %)Thin Client
159 (0.097 %)Clustering
159 (0.097 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
1216 (2.340 %)Windows
2164 (1.776 %)Unix
358 (0.628 %)AIX
440 (0.433 %)Windows XP
537 (0.401 %)Windows NT
634 (0.368 %)Solaris
730 (0.325 %)Linux
827 (0.292 %)VMS
925 (0.271 %)Windows 2000
1021 (0.227 %)Windows Server 2003
1117 (0.184 %)HPUX
128 (0.087 %)Mac OS X
132 (0.022 %)zOS
132 (0.022 %)MVS
141 (0.011 %)OS/390
141 (0.011 %)OS/400
Processes & Methodologies
1798 (8.644 %)CRM
2718 (7.777 %)ERP
3717 (7.766 %)Business Intelligence
4496 (5.373 %)Project Management
5479 (5.188 %)SAP Implementation
6466 (5.048 %)Migration
7319 (3.455 %)Logistics
8314 (3.401 %)Data Migration
9257 (2.784 %)Workflow
10246 (2.665 %)Change Management
11238 (2.578 %)PRINCE2
12172 (1.863 %)User Acceptance Testing
13160 (1.733 %)Test Scripting
14152 (1.646 %)ITIL
15139 (1.506 %)Time Management
16128 (1.386 %)Data Modelling
17126 (1.365 %)Business Analysis
18116 (1.256 %)Stakeholder Management
19111 (1.202 %)Data Management
2091 (0.986 %)Programme Management
Programming Languages
1953 (10.32 %)ABAP
2280 (3.033 %)Java
3224 (2.426 %)SQL
495 (1.029 %)SAPscript
547 (0.509 %)C#
638 (0.412 %)C
729 (0.314 %)VB
826 (0.282 %)PL/SQL
925 (0.271 %)JavaScript
1024 (0.260 %)Transact-SQL
1117 (0.184 %)VBA
1214 (0.152 %)VB.NET
1313 (0.141 %)C++
1410 (0.108 %)PHP
1410 (0.108 %)Shell Script
157 (0.076 %)PHP5
166 (0.065 %)Perl
175 (0.054 %)VBScript
175 (0.054 %)Korn
184 (0.043 %)VB6
Qualifications
1107 (1.159 %)Degree
298 (1.062 %)SAP Certification
392 (0.997 %)Citrix Certification
454 (0.585 %)ACCA
553 (0.574 %)ISEB
652 (0.563 %)PRINCE2 Certification
737 (0.401 %)CIMA
819 (0.206 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
913 (0.141 %)PMP
1012 (0.130 %)PMI Certification
1111 (0.119 %)ITIL Certification
1210 (0.108 %)Oracle Certification
1210 (0.108 %)CISA
138 (0.087 %)CISSP
146 (0.065 %)Cisco Certification
146 (0.065 %)Microsoft Certification
155 (0.054 %)CCNP
155 (0.054 %)CCNA
155 (0.054 %)QiCA
164 (0.043 %)MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
196 (1.040 %)QA
285 (0.921 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
360 (0.650 %)SLA
411 (0.119 %)GAAP
510 (0.108 %)COBIT
510 (0.108 %)ISO9001
69 (0.097 %)Basel II
74 (0.043 %)BS7799
83 (0.032 %)CESG Infosec
83 (0.032 %)JSP 440
83 (0.032 %)ISO9000
92 (0.022 %)MiFID
101 (0.011 %)IAS 39
101 (0.011 %)WAI
101 (0.011 %)CDISC
101 (0.011 %)GxP
101 (0.011 %)GAMP
101 (0.011 %)GCP
System Software
134 (0.368 %)Active Directory
25 (0.054 %)NetBackup
34 (0.043 %)RACF
42 (0.022 %)Oracle RMAN
42 (0.022 %)SAP ITS
42 (0.022 %)Oracle RAC
51 (0.011 %)ISA Server
Systems Management
111 (0.119 %)Tivoli
28 (0.087 %)TIBCO Hawk
28 (0.087 %)EMC TimeFinder
37 (0.076 %)Legato
37 (0.076 %)OpenView
43 (0.032 %)CiscoWorks
43 (0.032 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
43 (0.032 %)SCOM
43 (0.032 %)HP Data Protector
52 (0.022 %)MOM
52 (0.022 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.011 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.011 %)BMC PATROL
61 (0.011 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.011 %)Unicenter
61 (0.011 %)Tivoli Monitoring
61 (0.011 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.011 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.011 %)MIIS
Vendors
1550 (5.958 %)Oracle
2199 (2.156 %)Microsoft
3113 (1.224 %)PeopleSoft
4100 (1.083 %)HP
591 (0.986 %)Siebel
686 (0.932 %)IBM
775 (0.812 %)Business Objects
850 (0.542 %)JD Edwards
948 (0.520 %)CA
1033 (0.357 %)Citrix
1130 (0.325 %)Cognos
1227 (0.292 %)Adobe
1326 (0.282 %)Cisco
1326 (0.282 %)Hyperion
1425 (0.271 %)Informatica
1425 (0.271 %)SEEBURGER
1522 (0.238 %)Sun
1621 (0.227 %)Sage
1719 (0.206 %)Remedy
1719 (0.206 %)Lotus
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