The first table below looks at the demand for SAP CRM 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 CRM over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Rank 77 89 85
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP CRM 18 14 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.102% 0.624% 0.899%
As % of the Business Applications category 10.29% 6.422% 8.213%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 14
Average daily rate £418 £350 £490
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.28% -28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £270 £363
10% offered a daily rate of more than £528 £350 £688
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
175 218 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.72% 9.723% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 94 103
Average daily rate £450 £411 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.42% +2.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 11
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -15.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
SAP CRM
England

SAP CRM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CRM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CRM Daily Rate Trend

SAP CRM
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP CRM across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands SAP CRM Daily Rate Histogram

SAP CRM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP CRM Hourly Rate Trend

SAP CRM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP CRM within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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 +20 8 £360 -
Warwickshire - 3 - -
Coventry -5 1 - -
SAP CRM
England

SAP CRM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP CRM 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 CRM.

1 24 (100.00%) CRM
1 24 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (25.00%) NetWeaver
3 5 (20.83%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (20.83%) ERP
3 5 (20.83%) ABAP
3 5 (20.83%) Sybase
3 5 (20.83%) Business Objects
3 5 (20.83%) Automotive
4 4 (16.67%) SAP ERP
5 3 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
5 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (12.50%) Change Control
6 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
6 2 (8.333%) Marketing
6 2 (8.333%) Data Governance
7 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
7 1 (4.167%) Degree
7 1 (4.167%) TOGAF
7 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
7 1 (4.167%) System Testing
7 1 (4.167%) Android
7 1 (4.167%) Apple iOS
7 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
7 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
7 1 (4.167%) Mobile Application Development
7 1 (4.167%) SAP Basis
7 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
7 1 (4.167%) Change Management

SAP CRM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP CRM 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 CRM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) WebSphere
1 1 (4.167%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (16.67%) SAP ERP
2 1 (4.167%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (4.167%) TestDirector
General
1 5 (20.83%) Automotive
2 2 (8.333%) Marketing
3 1 (4.167%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) Finance
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Consultant
2 11 (45.83%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (29.17%) CRM Consultant
3 7 (29.17%) SAP CRM Consultant
4 6 (25.00%) SAP Manager
5 5 (20.83%) Project Manager
6 4 (16.67%) SAP Project Manager
7 3 (12.50%) SAP Architect
7 3 (12.50%) Architect
8 2 (8.333%) CRM Architect
9 1 (4.167%) SAP Test Analyst
9 1 (4.167%) Manual Test Analyst
9 1 (4.167%) SAP Tester
9 1 (4.167%) SAP Test Manager
9 1 (4.167%) Technical Leader
9 1 (4.167%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 1 (4.167%) SAP Technical Architect
9 1 (4.167%) Technical Manager
9 1 (4.167%) CRM Project Manager
9 1 (4.167%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Mobile App
1 1 (4.167%) Blackberry
1 1 (4.167%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) Android
1 1 (4.167%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) CRM
2 5 (20.83%) ERP
3 3 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
3 3 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (12.50%) Change Control
4 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
4 2 (8.333%) Data Governance
5 1 (4.167%) TOGAF
5 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
5 1 (4.167%) System Testing
5 1 (4.167%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.167%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (4.167%) Change Management
5 1 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.167%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (20.83%) Sybase
2 5 (20.83%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.167%) Oracle
3 1 (4.167%) IBM
3 1 (4.167%) HP
3 1 (4.167%) Apple