The first table below looks at the demand for BAPI skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BAPI over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the West Midlands 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.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Rank 96 100 91
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -9
Contract jobs citing BAPI 1 3 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.132% 0.363%
As % of the Application Development category 0.260% 0.576% 1.367%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 3
Average daily rate £305 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-32.22% -10.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
385 521 512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 22.94% 22.94% 26.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 195 295 275
Average daily rate £310 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £210 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 14 18
Average hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.66% +23.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
BAPI
England

BAPI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing BAPI across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands BAPI Jobs Demand Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands BAPI Daily Rate Trend

BAPI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Coventry +7 1 £305 - 1
Warwickshire - - - -
Birmingham - - - -
BAPI
England

BAPI
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (75.00%) ETL
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 3 (75.00%) LSMW
2 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
2 3 (75.00%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (50.00%) IBM
3 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (50.00%) Oracle
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) DB2
3 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
4 1 (25.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) ABAP

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) LSMW
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Business Objects Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Developer
1 2 (50.00%) Business Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Data Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Business Architect
2 1 (25.00%) SAP Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ETL
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analysis
1 3 (75.00%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Business Objects
Coventry, West Midlands
SAP ABAP - Coventry -UK £300 per day - July start SAP ABAP consultant required to help with this ongoing global programme.
Williams McKinley Ltd
Rate: £300 - £310 per day
Posted: 30 May 2013
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