INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - ERP HALF YEARLY, 2014 www.robertwalters.com.au MARKET UPDATE NSW OVERVIEW In the IT ERP sector in Sydney in the first half of 2014, the SAP, Oracle and BI markets were more buoyant than in 2013, due to a significant increase in the volume of approved projects. As a result, there was a lot of movement at the senior management level across NSW. However, there were also a number of companies that made redundancies across Australia that affected NSW, particularly within the oil and mining industries. There was a move to offshore a number of areas in the SAP space and this lead to more candidates on the market and decreasing rates. During the first half of the year, SAP pushed their SAP Hana platform. With the opening of a new SAP Hana data centre in Sydney, more companies looked to leverage their IT spend in this area. There were also many NSW Government SAP projects in the beginning stages, which lead to significant hiring in the SAP market. The Oracle WebCenter space was also very busy, with a number of relevant projects taking off within NSW. R12 implementations and upgrades continued to keep the market moving for both contract and permanent consultants. From a BI perspective, candidates with Master of Data Management (MDM) experience were in demand as companies looked to improve their data governance. LOOKING FORWARD In the next six months, SAP Hana resources will remain in high demand. This is still a new technology for the Australia and New Zealand region and there is as such a shortage of consultants who have the requisite skills in the market. The most in-demand skill sets, such as MDM, Oracle WebCenter, SOA and OBIEE/OBIA will be the most difficult to recruit over the next six months due to an imbalance in supply and demand. hiring managers to be open to sponsoring overseas candidates. Often this process isn’t as time-consuming as previously thought, and is substantially more beneficial from a financial and staff retention perspective. At the beginning of the year, permanent salaries generally remained constant, although salaries did slightly increase for more senior level positions due to a larger than usual amount of movement at the top end. However, on the contract side, rates for candidates with generic skill sets slackened off somewhat and some candidate salaries decreased by up to 10%. Candidates who are skilled in niche areas continue to attract a premium for their skill set due to being in constant demand. KEY TRENDS • SAP Hana skills will continue to be in demand as companies look to leverage their spend on Business Intelligence and ERP systems • A number of companies are expecting to instigate projects at the start of the new financial year, and the market will become more buoyant accordingly. Skills in demand will be in the OBIEE and OBIA spaces, as well as the ERP/CRM and BI spaces • Offshoring and restructuring activities will continue for the remainder of the year and this will add to the growing candidate pool _ “Candidates who are skilled in niche areas continue to attract a premium for their skill set due to being in constant demand.” _ To attract the best candidates, we advise companies to move swiftly through the recruitment process. For contract roles, we recommend hiring managers make initial contracts as long as possible in order to attract quality candidates, who usually prefer more stable, secure and rewarding projects. We also encourage www.robertwalters.com.au For more information on market trends or to discuss your recruitment needs, contact: Eoin O'Shea Consultant, IT Sydney Tel: 02 8289 3116 Email: [email protected] INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - ERP ROLE PERMANENT SALARY PER ANNUM AUD ($) SAP Functional Consultant 100 - 130k SAP ABAP Developer 85 - 105k SAP Functional Lead 140 - 160k SAP PM 140 - 160k SAP Trainer 90 - 120k Oracle Functional Consultant 120 - 130k Oracle Technical Consultant 100 - 120k Oracle PM 140 - 160k Oracle Support Analyst 80 - 110k ERP Project Manager 110 - 130k ERP Functional Consultant 100 - 130k BI Developer 80 - 110k BI Analyst 90 - 120k ROLE CONTRACT SALARY PER DAY AUD ($) SAP Functional Consultant 800 - 1000 SAP ABAP Developer 500 - 800 SAP Functional Lead 900 - 1100 SAP PM 1000 - 1200 SAP Trainer 650 - 900 Oracle Functional Consultant 750 - 950 Oracle Technical Consultant 550 - 800 Oracle PM 900 - 1100 Oracle Support Analyst 700 - 800 ERP Project Manager 850 - 950 ERP Functional Consultant 700 - 900 BI Developer 700 - 900 BI Analyst 750 - 950 NB: Figures are salaries inclusive of superannuation, but exclusive of benefits/ bonuses unless otherwise specified. www.robertwalters.com.au AT A GLANCE NATIONAL HIRING TRENDS Hiring levels in the information technology sector across Australia are expected to remain steady over the next six months, with 37% of surveyed hiring managers indicating that their hiring levels will stay the same. The major reasons cited that will impact hiring positively or negatively include budget constraints and redundancies. While many salaries will remain the same, 36% of hiring managers said there will be overall wage increases for their staff in the next six months. THE MOST POPULAR WORKING ARRANGEMENTS WAGES 36% of hiring managers said wages will increase in the next six months 60% said salaries would remain the same 4% said salaries would decrease First half 2014 Second half 2014 ■ Permanent (50%) ■ Contract (26%) ■ Even mix (24%) ■ Permanent (43%) ■ Contract (26%) ■ Even mix (31%) THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER EXPERIENCE LEVEL First half 2014 Mid-level (82%) Junior (42%) Senior (44%) Executive/director (7%) Second half 2014 Mid-level (79%) Junior (43%) Senior (38%) Executive/director (7%) 31% OF HIRING MANAGERS ARE LESS LIKELY TO HIRE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS 26% OF HIRING MANAGERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO HIRE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS CONTACT ADELAIDE Amy Bestwick Tel: 08 8216 3502 Email: [email protected] BRISBANE Gavin Knox Tel: 07 3032 2280 Email: [email protected] CHATSWOOD Ali Cochran Tel: 02 8423 1116 Email: [email protected] MELBOURNE Ben Brown Tel: 03 8628 2177 Email: [email protected] PARRAMATTA Marsha El-Khoury Tel: 02 8836 3603 Email: [email protected] PERTH Jodie Gillespie Tel: 08 9266 0941 Email: [email protected] SYDNEY Eoin O'Shea Tel: 02 8289 3116 Email: [email protected] These findings are based on research undertaken by Robert Walters. To conduct this research, Robert Walters surveyed over 1200 hiring managers across Australia. www.robertwalters.com.au AUSTRALIA BELGIUM BRAZIL CHINA FRANCE GERMANY HONG KONG INDONESIA IRELAND JAPAN LUXEMBOURG MALAYSIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN THAILAND UAE UK USA VIETNAM www.robertwalters.com.au
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