The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors for the Worcestershire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 20 11 11
Rank change year-on-year
-9 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 3 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 3.226% 3.571% 3.448%
As % of the Vendors category 5.882% 10.00% 6.667%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
Average daily rate £385 £475 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.94% -
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 £26.50 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+32.50% +5.26%
All Vendors
Worcestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
51 20 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Worcestershire 54.84% 35.71% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 6 19
Average daily rate £300 £318 £233
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.51% +36.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £168 £225 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £465 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 2 6
Average hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+34.48% -42.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £10.90 £10.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £14.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire SAP Hourly Rate Trend

SAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Evesham - 1 £425 -
Worcester - 1 £350 -
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 8 (57.14%) NetWeaver
2 7 (50.00%) SAP Basis
3 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
3 5 (35.71%) SAP BW
3 5 (35.71%) Oracle
3 5 (35.71%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) German Language
3 5 (35.71%) NWDI
4 4 (28.57%) CRM
4 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (14.29%) Time Management
5 2 (14.29%) Internet
5 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 2 (14.29%) ERP
5 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.143%) Java
6 1 (7.143%) ABAP
6 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
6 1 (7.143%) MS Project
6 1 (7.143%) MS Office
6 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (7.143%) SAP SD
6 1 (7.143%) LAN
6 1 (7.143%) WAN
6 1 (7.143%) EDI
6 1 (7.143%) Finance
6 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (7.143%) SAP FI/CO

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Worcestershire 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 7 (50.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (7.143%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 8 (57.14%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Project
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
2 1 (7.143%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) SAP SD
1 1 (7.143%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (7.143%) SAP FI
1 1 (7.143%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) LAN
2 1 (7.143%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SAP BW
2 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) NWDI
General
1 5 (35.71%) German Language
2 2 (14.29%) Telecoms
3 1 (7.143%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
1 6 (42.86%) Consultant
2 4 (28.57%) Administrator
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Support
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Basis Support
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Basis Administrator
4 2 (14.29%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Principal Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Data Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) DBA
5 1 (7.143%) Trainer
5 1 (7.143%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) EDI Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) SAP EDI Consultant
5 1 (7.143%) Programme Administrator
5 1 (7.143%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (7.143%) Technical Leader
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
1 5 (35.71%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) CRM
2 4 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Implementation
3 2 (14.29%) Time Management
3 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) Java
1 1 (7.143%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Business Objects