The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the West Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the West Wales 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 11 20 7
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -13
Contract jobs citing SAP 1 4 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 2.083% 3.922% 18.10%
As % of the Vendors category 6.667% 11.76% 29.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 16
Average daily rate - £469 £513
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -8.53%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
All Vendors
West Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
15 34 129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Wales 31.25% 33.33% 61.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 35
Average daily rate £325 £469 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.66% +15.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £402 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £545 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £17.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+135.29% +70.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.26 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -5.00%
SAP
Wales

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Wales SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Wales SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Wales SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (50.00%) BAPI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BSP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP ALE
2 1 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (50.00%) ACCA
2 1 (50.00%) CIMA
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) CRM

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (50.00%) BAPI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BSP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ALE
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HR
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Payroll Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Release Management
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ACCA
1 1 (50.00%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA