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This section looks at the demand for SAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP XI over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Exchange Infrastructure (XI)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank114116
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads62
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.906 %0.402 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£550-
Average daily rate£550-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£550-
UK excluding London average daily rate£422£509
% change on same period last year-17.10 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£23.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£27.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-41.25 %
Application Development West MidlandsApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads662497
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.849 %0.558 %
Daily rates quoted12284
Average minimum daily rate£298£306
Average daily rate£315£327
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted3044
Average minimum hourly rate£25.05£26.97
Average hourly rate£27.95£29.72
% change on same period last year-5.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.86£32.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
SAP XI EnglandSAP XI
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SAP XI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands SAP XI Demand Trend

SAP XI
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands SAP XI Daily Rate Trend

SAP XI
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing SAP XI across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands SAP XI Hourly Rate Trend

SAP XI
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP XI within the West Midlands region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BirminghamUp+63--
2HerefordshireNew entry-1--
SAP XI EnglandSAP XI
England

SAP XI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI.

115 (100.00 %)SAP
212 (80.00 %)Java
311 (73.33 %)Oracle
49 (60.00 %)HTML
58 (53.33 %)J2EE
58 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
58 (53.33 %)SQL
58 (53.33 %)ABAP
58 (53.33 %)SOAP
58 (53.33 %)WebServices
58 (53.33 %)XML
58 (53.33 %)FTP
58 (53.33 %)HTTP
58 (53.33 %)WSDL
58 (53.33 %)JMS
58 (53.33 %)HTTPS
58 (53.33 %)RDBMS
58 (53.33 %)SSL
58 (53.33 %)Oracle 10g
58 (53.33 %)Oracle HTTP Server
58 (53.33 %)SQLPlus
58 (53.33 %)Oracle 11g
67 (46.67 %)XSL
76 (40.00 %)e-GIF
76 (40.00 %)SOA
76 (40.00 %)XML Schema
76 (40.00 %)CRM
76 (40.00 %)Middleware
76 (40.00 %)W3C
76 (40.00 %)SAML

SAP XI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing SAP XI also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing SAP XI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19 (60.00 %)HTML
28 (53.33 %)J2EE
28 (53.33 %)SOAP
28 (53.33 %)WebServices
28 (53.33 %)XML
28 (53.33 %)JMS
28 (53.33 %)WSDL
37 (46.67 %)XSL
46 (40.00 %)XML Schema
46 (40.00 %)SAML
46 (40.00 %)Middleware
55 (33.33 %)UDDI
62 (13.33 %)JavaBeans
62 (13.33 %)XSD
62 (13.33 %)Struts
62 (13.33 %)JSP
62 (13.33 %).NET
62 (13.33 %).NET Framework
62 (13.33 %)Spring
62 (13.33 %)SAP BSP
Application Platforms
18 (53.33 %)Oracle HTTP Server
23 (20.00 %)NetWeaver
32 (13.33 %)Documentum
Business Applications
14 (26.67 %)SAP CRM
21 (6.667 %)SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
18 (53.33 %)FTP
18 (53.33 %)HTTP
18 (53.33 %)HTTPS
18 (53.33 %)SSL
26 (40.00 %)X.509
34 (26.67 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (53.33 %)RDBMS
18 (53.33 %)Oracle 10g
18 (53.33 %)SQLPlus
18 (53.33 %)Oracle 11g
24 (26.67 %)SAP BI
32 (13.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
41 (6.667 %)BODI
41 (6.667 %)BusinessObjects
Development Applications
12 (13.33 %)Visual Studio
12 (13.33 %)Oracle Forms
12 (13.33 %)JDeveloper
12 (13.33 %)XMLSpy
21 (6.667 %)LSMW
General
16 (40.00 %)Government
22 (13.33 %)Finance
31 (6.667 %)Retail
31 (6.667 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
18 (53.33 %)Developer
25 (33.33 %)Java Developer
32 (13.33 %)Applications Support
41 (6.667 %)Trainer
41 (6.667 %)Analyst
41 (6.667 %)Business Developer
41 (6.667 %)Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Applications Specialist
41 (6.667 %)Support Specialist
41 (6.667 %)SAP CRM Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Business Objects Developer
41 (6.667 %)SAP Consultant
41 (6.667 %)ABAP Developer
41 (6.667 %)SAP Trainer
41 (6.667 %)Applications Support Specialist
41 (6.667 %)CRM Consultant
41 (6.667 %)SAP Developer
41 (6.667 %)Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
16 (40.00 %)W3C
Processes & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)CRM
16 (40.00 %)SOA
16 (40.00 %)e-GIF
16 (40.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
25 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
32 (13.33 %)Content Management
41 (6.667 %)Logistics
41 (6.667 %)Use Case
41 (6.667 %)ITIL
41 (6.667 %)OO
41 (6.667 %)Service Management
41 (6.667 %)Service Delivery
41 (6.667 %)Data Management
Programming Languages
112 (80.00 %)Java
28 (53.33 %)PL/SQL
28 (53.33 %)SQL
28 (53.33 %)ABAP
31 (6.667 %)SAPscript
Qualifications
12 (13.33 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)WAI
Vendors
115 (100.00 %)SAP
211 (73.33 %)Oracle
33 (20.00 %)FatWire
42 (13.33 %)Stellent
51 (6.667 %)Business Objects
51 (6.667 %)Adobe
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