The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 23 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 Yorkshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 77 26 51
Rank change year-on-year
-51 +25
Contract jobs citing SAP 35 115 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.882% 5.118% 2.800%
As % of the Vendors category 4.065% 11.11% 6.980%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 58 17
Average daily rate £375 £400 £405
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -1.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £174 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £518 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
- -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 £75.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-83.33% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year
+30.00% +5.26%
All Vendors
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
861 1035 745
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 46.29% 46.06% 40.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 425 522 306
Average daily rate £325 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 74 74
Average hourly rate £13.71 £16.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.90% -17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.48 £10.32 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £33.25 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year
- -6.17%
SAP
England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire SAP Daily Rate Trend

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SAP across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Yorkshire SAP Daily Rate Histogram

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
West Yorkshire -43 26 £375 -3.22%
South Yorkshire +2 3 £375 -27.18%
North Yorkshire +1 1 £500 -
SAP
England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 27 (25.47%) User Acceptance Testing
2 22 (20.75%) Finance
3 20 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
4 17 (16.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (14.15%) SAP HR
5 15 (14.15%) SQL
5 15 (14.15%) MS Project
6 14 (13.21%) ERP
7 13 (12.26%) CRM
7 13 (12.26%) SAP Payroll
8 12 (11.32%) Project Management
9 11 (10.38%) Test Scripting
10 10 (9.434%) Microsoft
10 10 (9.434%) MS Excel
11 9 (8.491%) ETL
11 9 (8.491%) Oracle
11 9 (8.491%) Risk Management
12 8 (7.547%) Data Integration
12 8 (7.547%) Project Planning
13 7 (6.604%) SAP IS-U
13 7 (6.604%) Migration
13 7 (6.604%) PL/SQL
13 7 (6.604%) Data Modelling
14 6 (5.660%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (5.660%) Oracle 11i
14 6 (5.660%) PeopleSoft
14 6 (5.660%) Informatica
14 6 (5.660%) SAP BW
14 6 (5.660%) Oracle OWB
14 6 (5.660%) Change Management

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 2 (1.887%) SAP Basis
1 2 (1.887%) SAP XI
2 1 (0.943%) SAP PI
2 1 (0.943%) BAPI
2 1 (0.943%) Hibernate
2 1 (0.943%) Middleware
2 1 (0.943%) EDI
2 1 (0.943%) .NET
2 1 (0.943%) J2EE
2 1 (0.943%) COM
2 1 (0.943%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.830%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.943%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.943%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (0.943%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.943%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 15 (14.15%) MS Project
2 10 (9.434%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (14.15%) SAP HR
2 13 (12.26%) SAP Payroll
3 7 (6.604%) SAP IS-U
4 6 (5.660%) Oracle 11i
4 6 (5.660%) SAP PM
5 5 (4.717%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 4 (3.774%) SAP CRM
6 4 (3.774%) SAP LE
7 3 (2.830%) SAP ERP
7 3 (2.830%) SAP EWM
7 3 (2.830%) SAP MM
8 2 (1.887%) SAP ECC
8 2 (1.887%) SAP Business One
8 2 (1.887%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.943%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.943%) SAP EHS
9 1 (0.943%) SAP PLM
9 1 (0.943%) SAP FSCM
9 1 (0.943%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.943%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.830%) LAN
1 3 (2.830%) WAN
2 1 (0.943%) RTP
2 1 (0.943%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.660%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (5.660%) SAP BW
1 6 (5.660%) Oracle OWB
1 6 (5.660%) Oracle BI EE
2 5 (4.717%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (4.717%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.887%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.887%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.887%) SAP BI
3 2 (1.887%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (1.887%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.887%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.887%) BODI
3 2 (1.887%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.943%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (0.943%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.943%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.887%) LSMW
2 1 (0.943%) SAP CE
2 1 (0.943%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.943%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (20.75%) Finance
2 5 (4.717%) Marketing
2 5 (4.717%) Retail
2 5 (4.717%) Billing
2 5 (4.717%) Manufacturing
3 4 (3.774%) Electronics
3 4 (3.774%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.887%) Banking
4 2 (1.887%) Back Office
5 1 (0.943%) Retail Banking
5 1 (0.943%) German Language
5 1 (0.943%) Italian Language
5 1 (0.943%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 30 (28.30%) Analyst
2 26 (24.53%) Consultant
3 23 (21.70%) Business Analyst
4 20 (18.87%) SAP Consultant
5 18 (16.98%) Project Manager
6 11 (10.38%) Developer
7 9 (8.491%) SAP Business Analyst
7 9 (8.491%) SAP Manager
8 7 (6.604%) SAP Analyst
8 7 (6.604%) SAP Project Manager
9 5 (4.717%) SAP HR Business Analyst
10 3 (2.830%) Business Manager
10 3 (2.830%) OBIEE Developer
10 3 (2.830%) Data Analyst
10 3 (2.830%) Change Manager
10 3 (2.830%) Functional Consultant
10 3 (2.830%) 2nd Line Support
10 3 (2.830%) SAP Developer
10 3 (2.830%) Software Engineer
10 3 (2.830%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.547%) Data Integration
2 5 (4.717%) Smart Meter
3 4 (3.774%) DTV
3 4 (3.774%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.887%) NHS
4 2 (1.887%) Statistics
5 1 (0.943%) Visualisation
5 1 (0.943%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.943%) PACS
5 1 (0.943%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.774%) Windows
2 1 (0.943%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.943%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.47%) User Acceptance Testing
2 20 (18.87%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (16.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (13.21%) ERP
5 13 (12.26%) CRM
6 12 (11.32%) Project Management
7 11 (10.38%) Test Scripting
8 9 (8.491%) ETL
8 9 (8.491%) Risk Management
9 8 (7.547%) Project Planning
10 7 (6.604%) Migration
10 7 (6.604%) Data Modelling
11 6 (5.660%) Change Management
11 6 (5.660%) Analytics
11 6 (5.660%) Load Balancing
12 5 (4.717%) Data Migration
12 5 (4.717%) Root Cause Analysis
13 4 (3.774%) Programme Management
13 4 (3.774%) Digital Marketing
13 4 (3.774%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 15 (14.15%) SQL
2 7 (6.604%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.830%) T-SQL
4 2 (1.887%) VB
4 2 (1.887%) ABAP
4 2 (1.887%) VBA
4 2 (1.887%) Java
5 1 (0.943%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (0.943%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.830%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.830%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.774%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (9.434%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.491%) Oracle
3 6 (5.660%) PeopleSoft
3 6 (5.660%) Informatica
4 5 (4.717%) Business Objects
5 4 (3.774%) HP
5 4 (3.774%) VMware
6 1 (0.943%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (0.943%) Adobe
6 1 (0.943%) JD Edwards
6 1 (0.943%) Siebel
6 1 (0.943%) Progress
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day
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West Yorkshire
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Rate: market rate
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Halifax £300 - £350 per day Initial 3 Month Contract Skills: Business Analysis, Banking, SAP, Process Simplification, Data Migration, Financial Services Our financial services client requires 2 Business Analysts...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day
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West Yorkshire
Previous experience of leading Data and BI teams within a SAP/Click delivery project is mandatory... You will have leadership and line management skills, experience of leading Data...
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Rate: £530 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013