The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis 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 SAP Basis 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 92 96 88
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 3 7 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.182% 0.314% 0.317%
As % of the Application Development category 0.748% 1.275% 1.271%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 5
Average daily rate - - £255
UK excluding London average daily rate £470 £450 £450
% change year-on-year
+4.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 - -
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
401 549 472
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.29% 24.61% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 301 256
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £218 £247
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 23
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.88
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP Basis Daily Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP Basis Hourly Rate Trend

SAP Basis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham +5 1 - -
Coventry - 1 - -
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Top 27 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (92.31%) NetWeaver
3 9 (69.23%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (53.85%) ITIL
4 7 (53.85%) Oracle
4 7 (53.85%) Six Sigma
4 7 (53.85%) German Language
5 6 (46.15%) NWDI
5 6 (46.15%) SAP BW
5 6 (46.15%) CRM
6 2 (15.38%) Internet
6 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
6 2 (15.38%) ERP
6 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Time Management
7 1 (7.692%) Degree
7 1 (7.692%) IBM
7 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (7.692%) AIX
7 1 (7.692%) Linux
7 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (7.692%) ABAP
7 1 (7.692%) Sybase
7 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
7 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
7 1 (7.692%) Migration
7 1 (7.692%) SAP CRM

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 12 (92.31%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (46.15%) SAP BW
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (7.692%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) NWDI
General
1 7 (53.85%) German Language
2 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Consultant
1 8 (61.54%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (46.15%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 3 (23.08%) SAP Basis Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leader
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Support
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Basis Support
4 2 (15.38%) SAP Administrator
4 2 (15.38%) Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Technical Architect
5 1 (7.692%) DBA
5 1 (7.692%) Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Technical Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Senior SAP Basis Consultant
5 1 (7.692%) Senior SAP Consultant
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.692%) AIX
1 1 (7.692%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Disaster Recovery
2 7 (53.85%) Six Sigma
2 7 (53.85%) ITIL
3 6 (46.15%) CRM
4 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) Time Management
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (53.85%) Oracle
3 1 (7.692%) Sybase
3 1 (7.692%) Business Objects
3 1 (7.692%) IBM