“A shortage of workers with SAP NetWeaver BI and XI skills, among others, is sending salaries skyrocketing for consultants and in-house IT workers, according to recent research. It's a shortage SAP itself is trying to address….Companies willing to pay a premium are snatching up that talent….[M]any companies are turning to…recruiters or employment professionals… There's five open jobs for every one qualified person with the latest NetWeaver skills. SAP announced last week that it needs at least another 30,000 skilled professionals to manage its products…. According to the survey….executives are not only afraid they won't find qualified people. They're afraid they're not going to be able to pay them…. Almost half of those surveyed are concerned they won't find employees with the ability to deal with and manage change, as well as the ability to think strategically, compared with one-fifth who are worried about finding people with the right IT skills…. Some are worried that this skills shortage will cause companies -- specifically the small and midsized ones at which SAP's new applications have been targeted -- to delay implementations.”
- SearchSAP.com, May 20, 2008.
