The first table below looks at the demand for SAP FI 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 FI 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Rank 81 75 83
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +8
Contract jobs citing SAP FI 16 28 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.954% 1.233% 0.777%
As % of the Business Applications category 9.195% 12.44% 6.550%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 18 4
Average daily rate £488 £401 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.72% -5.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £350 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £475 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £418 £450
% change year-on-year
+13.77% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £62.50 £53.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+17.92% +194.44%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
174 225 229
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.37% 9.908% 11.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 98 100
Average daily rate £450 £413 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £307 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £502 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £408
% change year-on-year
- +4.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 13
Average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.12% +20.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £36.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+44.00% -13.79%
SAP FI
England

SAP FI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP FI Jobs Demand Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP FI Daily Rate Trend

SAP FI
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP FI across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Midlands SAP FI Daily Rate Histogram

SAP FI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP FI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP FI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham - 8 £458 -
Staffordshire - - - -
Warwickshire - - - -
SAP FI
England

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 27 (87.10%) SAP FI/CO
2 27 (87.10%) SAP CO
3 9 (29.03%) Automotive
4 7 (22.58%) Project Management
4 7 (22.58%) Finance
4 7 (22.58%) SAP Implementation
5 5 (16.13%) General Ledger
5 5 (16.13%) Retail
5 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
5 5 (16.13%) ERP
5 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
5 5 (16.13%) SAP MM
6 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
6 4 (12.90%) MBA
6 4 (12.90%) Migration
6 4 (12.90%) MS Visio
6 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (12.90%) Cognos
6 4 (12.90%) ABAP
6 4 (12.90%) SAP HR
6 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
6 4 (12.90%) MS PowerPoint
6 4 (12.90%) ResourceLink
6 4 (12.90%) Unit Testing
6 4 (12.90%) Logistics
7 3 (9.677%) CCA
8 2 (6.452%) GAAP
8 2 (6.452%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (6.452%) SAP BW

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (6.452%) EDI
2 1 (3.226%) SAP Smart Forms
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) MS Visio
1 4 (12.90%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (87.10%) SAP FI/CO
1 27 (87.10%) SAP CO
2 5 (16.13%) SAP MM
3 4 (12.90%) SAP HR
3 4 (12.90%) ResourceLink
4 2 (6.452%) SAP BPC
5 1 (3.226%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (3.226%) SAP ERP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.452%) SAP BW
General
1 9 (29.03%) Automotive
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 5 (16.13%) General Ledger
3 5 (16.13%) Retail
3 5 (16.13%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.226%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (3.226%) German Language
4 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 22 (70.97%) Consultant
2 18 (58.06%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (45.16%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 7 (22.58%) SAP CO Consultant
4 7 (22.58%) SAP FI Consultant
5 3 (9.677%) Applications Consultant
6 2 (6.452%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.452%) Architect
6 2 (6.452%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.452%) SAP Architect
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Financial Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Manager
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Administrator
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Support
7 1 (3.226%) SAP Team Leader
7 1 (3.226%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Trainer
7 1 (3.226%) Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.452%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.226%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Project Management
1 7 (22.58%) SAP Implementation
2 5 (16.13%) Integration Testing
2 5 (16.13%) ERP
3 4 (12.90%) Migration
3 4 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
3 4 (12.90%) Unit Testing
3 4 (12.90%) Logistics
4 2 (6.452%) Asset Management
4 2 (6.452%) SAP Security
5 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.90%) ABAP
2 1 (3.226%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) MBA
2 3 (9.677%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.452%) GAAP
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (12.90%) Cognos
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