Wales SAP XI Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP XI over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Docklands, London East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Hampshire Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire London Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Reading South Coast South East South Wales South West Southampton Surrey Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex Yorkshire	3 months to 16 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	62	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	3	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	1.685 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£300	-
Average daily rate	£450	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£600	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£437	£509
% change on same period last year	-14.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-41.25 %
Application Development Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	178	121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.228 %	0.136 %
Daily rates quoted	38	15
Average minimum daily rate	£344	£288
Average daily rate	£372	£313
% change on same period last year	+19.08 %
Average maximum daily rate	£401	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£335
% change on same period last year	+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	27	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.53	£23.15
Average hourly rate	£26.53	£25.08
% change on same period last year	+5.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.53	£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.42	£31.87
% change on same period last year	+1.71 %
SAP XI UK

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.

SAP XI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

SAP XI
Contract Locations

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

Rank	Location	Rank 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
1	South Wales	-	2	£450	-

SAP XI UK

SAP XI
Top 20 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wales region citing SAP XI 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 XI.

1 8 (100.00 %) SAP 2 4 (50.00 %) ABAP 3 3 (37.50 %) SAP Basis 3 3 (37.50 %) Service Management 3 3 (37.50 %) ITSM 3 3 (37.50 %) Oracle 3 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 3 3 (37.50 %) Java 3 3 (37.50 %) SQL 3 3 (37.50 %) ITIL 3 3 (37.50 %) Unix 3 3 (37.50 %) Windows 3 3 (37.50 %) AIX 3 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Certification 3 3 (37.50 %) NetWeaver

3 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP ALE 4 1 (12.50 %) Auditing 4 1 (12.50 %) Stress Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) Government

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Wales region citing SAP XI 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 XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (37.50 %) SAP Basis 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP ALE	Application Platforms 1 3 (37.50 %) NetWeaver
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 1 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2000	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Government 1 1 (12.50 %) Auditing
Job Titles 1 4 (50.00 %) Consultant 1 4 (50.00 %) SAP Consultant 1 4 (50.00 %) SAP XI Consultant 2 3 (37.50 %) Technical Specialist 3 2 (25.00 %) SAP Portals Consultant 4 1 (12.50 %) Technical Manager 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP Manager	Operating Systems 1 3 (37.50 %) Unix 1 3 (37.50 %) Windows 1 3 (37.50 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (37.50 %) ITIL 1 3 (37.50 %) Service Management 1 3 (37.50 %) ITSM 2 1 (12.50 %) Stress Testing	Programming Languages 1 4 (50.00 %) ABAP 2 3 (37.50 %) Java 2 3 (37.50 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (37.50 %) Oracle Certification	Vendors 1 8 (100.00 %) SAP 2 3 (37.50 %) Oracle