The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CO 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 CO over the 3 months to 21 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 Business Applications 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Controlling (CO)
Rank 82 85 87
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP CO 14 24 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.833% 1.068% 0.376%
As % of the Business Applications category 7.910% 10.91% 3.483%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 3
Average daily rate £475 £405 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.21% -14.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £388 £355
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £538 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £484 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+13.82% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £53.00 -
% change year-on-year
-29.24% -
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
177 220 201
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.53% 9.791% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 92 102
Average daily rate £440 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £438 £420
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 4 8
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+89.00% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £21.96
% change year-on-year
+68.00% +2.45%
SAP CO
England

SAP CO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CO Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CO
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CO Daily Rate Trend

SAP CO
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CO across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands SAP CO Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CO Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CO within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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 +10 7 £363 -23.68%
Coventry -5 4 £550 +37.50%
Solihull - 1 £425 -
SAP CO
England

SAP CO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP CO 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 CO.

1 25 (100.00%) SAP
1 25 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 25 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 9 (36.00%) Automotive
3 8 (32.00%) SAP Implementation
4 7 (28.00%) Project Management
5 5 (20.00%) SAP MM
5 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (20.00%) ERP
5 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
5 5 (20.00%) Retail
6 4 (16.00%) Logistics
6 4 (16.00%) General Ledger
6 4 (16.00%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
6 4 (16.00%) MS Visio
6 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
6 4 (16.00%) MBA
6 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
6 4 (16.00%) Finance
7 3 (12.00%) ABAP
8 2 (8.000%) Asset Management
8 2 (8.000%) FMCG
8 2 (8.000%) CCA
9 1 (4.000%) GAAP
9 1 (4.000%) ISEB
9 1 (4.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
9 1 (4.000%) SAPscript
9 1 (4.000%) EDI

SAP CO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP CO 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 CO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.000%) EDI
1 1 (4.000%) SAP Smart Forms
Applications
1 4 (16.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 4 (16.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 25 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 25 (100.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 5 (20.00%) SAP MM
3 1 (4.000%) SAP GRC
3 1 (4.000%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (4.000%) SAP BPC
3 1 (4.000%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SAP BW
General
1 9 (36.00%) Automotive
2 5 (20.00%) Retail
3 4 (16.00%) General Ledger
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.000%) Banking
4 1 (4.000%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (4.000%) German Language
Job Titles
1 15 (60.00%) Consultant
1 15 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (44.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 7 (28.00%) SAP FI Consultant
3 7 (28.00%) SAP CO Consultant
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Architect
4 2 (8.000%) SAP Manager
4 2 (8.000%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (8.000%) Architect
5 1 (4.000%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Test Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (4.000%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Support
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Team Leader
5 1 (4.000%) SAP Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.000%) FMCG
3 1 (4.000%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (32.00%) SAP Implementation
2 7 (28.00%) Project Management
3 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.00%) ERP
3 5 (20.00%) Integration Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Logistics
4 4 (16.00%) Unit Testing
5 2 (8.000%) Asset Management
6 1 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.000%) SAP Security
6 1 (4.000%) Test Strategy
6 1 (4.000%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) ABAP
2 1 (4.000%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) MBA
2 2 (8.000%) CCA
3 1 (4.000%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.000%) GAAP
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP