The first table below looks at the demand for SAP HR 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 HR 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 Human Resources (HR)
Rank 83 102 96
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP HR 12 1 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.735% 0.045% 0.317%
As % of the Business Applications category 6.857% 0.459% 2.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 1
Average daily rate £594 £450 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.94% -5.26%
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year
- +3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.25
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 HR
England

SAP HR
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP HR Jobs Demand Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP HR Daily Rate Trend

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands SAP HR Daily Rate Histogram

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP HR Hourly Rate Trend

SAP HR
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HR 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 - 7 £450 -
Coventry - 1 - -
SAP HR
England

SAP HR
Top 12 Related IT Skills

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

1 19 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 7 (36.84%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (31.58%) Cognos
3 6 (31.58%) SAP FI
3 6 (31.58%) ResourceLink
3 6 (31.58%) Data Migration
4 5 (26.32%) Legal
5 4 (21.05%) SAP XI
6 1 (5.263%) SAP HCM
6 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing

SAP HR
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (21.05%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 7 (36.84%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (31.58%) SAP FI
2 6 (31.58%) ResourceLink
3 1 (5.263%) SAP HCM
General
1 5 (26.32%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (63.16%) Consultant
2 6 (31.58%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (26.32%) SAP HR Consultant
3 5 (26.32%) Applications Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior SAP HR Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Test Leader
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Engineer
5 1 (5.263%) Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.263%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Migration
2 6 (31.58%) Data Migration
3 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
3 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (31.58%) Cognos