The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the Warrington region.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 3 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 27 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 21.26% 7.292% 7.865%
As % of the Vendors category 36.99% 12.73% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 4
Average daily rate £475 £418 £228
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.77% +83.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £232 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £502 £359
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.75 £18.75 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+42.66% -1.31%
All Vendors
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
73 55 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 57.48% 57.29% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 19
Average daily rate £438 £355 £346
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.23% +2.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £229 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £443 £401
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 2
Average hourly rate £12.50 £21.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.17% +11.84%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
Cheshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Warrington region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Warrington SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SAP across the Warrington region.

Warrington SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Warrington SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SAP across the Warrington region.

Warrington SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing SAP 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 SAP.

1 17 (32.69%) Test Scripting
2 13 (25.00%) SAP HR
3 11 (21.15%) Open Text
4 10 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
5 9 (17.31%) MS Excel
5 9 (17.31%) SAP BW
6 8 (15.38%) SAP BI
7 7 (13.46%) Finance
8 6 (11.54%) Primavera
8 6 (11.54%) Business Objects
8 6 (11.54%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (9.615%) Logistics
9 5 (9.615%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (7.692%) LiveLink
10 4 (7.692%) Project Management
10 4 (7.692%) HP
10 4 (7.692%) SLA
10 4 (7.692%) MS Project
10 4 (7.692%) SQL
11 3 (5.769%) MS Office
11 3 (5.769%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (5.769%) .NET
11 3 (5.769%) Oracle
11 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
11 3 (5.769%) Windows
11 3 (5.769%) SharePoint
11 3 (5.769%) QuickTest Pro
11 3 (5.769%) SAP R/3
11 3 (5.769%) Telecoms

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington region citing SAP 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 SAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (5.769%) .NET
1 3 (5.769%) SAP PI
2 2 (3.846%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.846%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 2 (3.846%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.846%) .NET Framework
2 2 (3.846%) Java EE
2 2 (3.846%) WCF
2 2 (3.846%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (7.692%) LiveLink
2 3 (5.769%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.923%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.692%) MS Project
3 3 (5.769%) MS Office
4 2 (3.846%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.923%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (25.00%) SAP HR
2 3 (5.769%) SAP R/3
2 3 (5.769%) SAP Travel Management
2 3 (5.769%) SAP FI-AP
3 2 (3.846%) SAP GRC
3 2 (3.846%) SAP BPC
3 2 (3.846%) SAP PS
3 2 (3.846%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (3.846%) Maximo
4 1 (1.923%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.923%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.923%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.923%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.923%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (17.31%) SAP BW
2 8 (15.38%) SAP BI
3 6 (11.54%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.769%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (3.846%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.923%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (1.923%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.846%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.923%) LSMW
General
1 7 (13.46%) Finance
2 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (46.15%) Consultant
2 10 (19.23%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (15.38%) Analyst
4 5 (9.615%) Coordinator
4 5 (9.615%) Functional Consultant
5 4 (7.692%) Business Intelligence Consultant
5 4 (7.692%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) Business Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) SAP Business Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) Test Analyst
6 3 (5.769%) SAP HR Consultant
6 3 (5.769%) SAP BI Consultant
7 2 (3.846%) SAP Tester
7 2 (3.846%) SAP Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) SAP PI Consultant
7 2 (3.846%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (3.846%) ABAP Developer
7 2 (3.846%) Project Coordinator
7 2 (3.846%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.923%) AS400
2 1 (1.923%) E-Learning
2 1 (1.923%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.769%) Windows
2 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
2 1 (1.923%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.923%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.69%) Test Scripting
2 10 (19.23%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (9.615%) Logistics
4 4 (7.692%) Project Management
5 3 (5.769%) Workflow
5 3 (5.769%) Migration
5 3 (5.769%) SAP Implementation
6 2 (3.846%) Feature Driven Development
6 2 (3.846%) Performance Management
6 2 (3.846%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.846%) Test Automation
6 2 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (3.846%) Scrum
6 2 (3.846%) Risk Analysis
6 2 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.846%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.846%) Data Management
6 2 (3.846%) OO
7 1 (1.923%) ETL
7 1 (1.923%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.692%) SQL
2 2 (3.846%) ABAP
2 2 (3.846%) C#
2 2 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (5.769%) Degree
2 1 (1.923%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.923%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (1.923%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 1 (1.923%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.923%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (9.615%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (21.15%) Open Text
2 9 (17.31%) Microsoft
3 6 (11.54%) Business Objects
3 6 (11.54%) Primavera
4 4 (7.692%) HP
5 3 (5.769%) Oracle
6 2 (3.846%) Cognos
6 2 (3.846%) IBM
7 1 (1.923%) EMC
7 1 (1.923%) Citrix
7 1 (1.923%) Hitachi
7 1 (1.923%) NetApp
7 1 (1.923%) VMware