The first table below looks at the demand for SAPscript skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAPscript 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 of the Programming Languages 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAPscript
Rank 528 576 557
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -19
Contract jobs citing SAPscript 6 10 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.013% 0.017% 0.048%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.034% 0.049% 0.129%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 13
Average daily rate £440 £475 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.36% +11.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £440 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-2.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17528 20495 22548
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.19% 34.57% 37.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 10822 12098 13078
Average daily rate £385 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £563 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 618 734 915
Average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £17.00 £19.52
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%

SAPscript
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAPscript within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

SAPscript Jobs Demand Trend

SAPscript
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAPscript Daily Rate Trend

SAPscript
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SAPscript Hourly Rate Trend

SAPscript
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAPscript 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 +54 6 £440 -7.36%
South East +20 4 - -
Hampshire - 4 - -
London +29 1 - -
West Midlands +11 1 £440 -2.22%
Southampton - 1 - -
Birmingham - 1 £440 -

SAPscript
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAPscript 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 SAPscript.

1 20 (100.00%) ABAP
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (80.00%) SAP Smart Forms
3 8 (40.00%) OO
4 7 (35.00%) BAPI
5 6 (30.00%) Adobe
6 5 (25.00%) SAP R/3
6 5 (25.00%) Web Dynpro
6 5 (25.00%) SQL
6 5 (25.00%) SAP XI
7 4 (20.00%) SAP CO
7 4 (20.00%) Retail
7 4 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (20.00%) EDI
7 4 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (20.00%) Workflow
7 4 (20.00%) SAP FI
7 4 (20.00%) SAP BW
8 3 (15.00%) ERP
8 3 (15.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 3 (15.00%) SAP ALE
8 3 (15.00%) Data Management
9 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
9 2 (10.00%) SAP Business Workflow
9 2 (10.00%) SAP PI
9 2 (10.00%) Java
9 2 (10.00%) SAP HR
9 2 (10.00%) XML
10 1 (5.000%) Scrum

SAPscript
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SAPscript 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 SAPscript. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (80.00%) SAP Smart Forms
2 7 (35.00%) BAPI
3 5 (25.00%) Web Dynpro
3 5 (25.00%) SAP XI
4 4 (20.00%) EDI
5 3 (15.00%) SAP ALE
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Business Workflow
6 2 (10.00%) SAP PI
6 2 (10.00%) XML
7 1 (5.000%) Middleware
7 1 (5.000%) HTML
7 1 (5.000%) JDBC
7 1 (5.000%) SOAP
7 1 (5.000%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.000%) BizTalk Server
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) SAP R/3
2 4 (20.00%) SAP CO
2 4 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (20.00%) SAP FI
3 3 (15.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
4 2 (10.00%) SAP HR
5 1 (5.000%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) HTTP
1 1 (5.000%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.000%) DataStage
2 1 (5.000%) BusinessObjects
General
1 4 (20.00%) Retail
2 1 (5.000%) French Language
Job Titles
1 13 (65.00%) SAP Developer
1 13 (65.00%) Developer
2 11 (55.00%) ABAP Developer
3 6 (30.00%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (30.00%) Consultant
4 5 (25.00%) ABAP Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) SAP PI Developer
5 1 (5.000%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (5.000%) SAP CO Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 1 (5.000%) SAP FI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.000%) Data Integration
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) OO
2 4 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
2 4 (20.00%) Workflow
3 3 (15.00%) ERP
3 3 (15.00%) Data Management
4 2 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (5.000%) Scrum
5 1 (5.000%) Migration
5 1 (5.000%) ETL
5 1 (5.000%) SAP Security
5 1 (5.000%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.000%) Data Migration
5 1 (5.000%) Logistics
5 1 (5.000%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (5.000%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 20 (100.00%) ABAP
2 5 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (10.00%) Java
4 1 (5.000%) C#
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (30.00%) Adobe
3 1 (5.000%) Business Objects
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft