The first table below looks at the demand for SAP PLM 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 PLM 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 Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SAP PLM 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - - -
As % of the Business Applications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £500
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 PLM
England

SAP PLM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands SAP PLM Jobs Demand Trend

SAP PLM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP PLM Daily Rate Trend

SAP PLM
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
1 3 (100.00%) SAP PM
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) PDM
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PS
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) SAP xRPM
3 1 (33.33%) SAP cProjects
3 1 (33.33%) SAP EHS
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management

SAP PLM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 3 (100.00%) SAP PM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PS
2 1 (33.33%) SAP xRPM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP cProjects
2 1 (33.33%) SAP EHS
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) SAP PM Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) SAP CS Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) SAP PLM Consultant
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) PLM
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) PDM
3 1 (33.33%) Quality Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP