SAP technical consultants, in high demand, can make $85 an hour

The high-impact, high-tech contractor jobs in greatest demand nationwide, and their average hourly pay rates (first quarter, 2007):

Aerospace Engineer: $49.98 Civil Engineer: $38.73 Clinical Research Associate: $49.42 Database Administrator: $57.36 Functional Consultant: $78.40 Hardware Designer: $65.63 Java Developer: $55.62 Mechanical Engineer: $42.47 Network Administrator: $38.77 Project Manager: $58.65 SAP Technical Consultant: $85.53 SAS Programmer: $52.77

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Base: Database of 5,000 technology professionals at more than 1,000 U.S. companies
Source: Yoh Index of Technology Wages, Yoh Services LLC, Philadelphia (www.yoh.com)
 

SAP technical consultants, in high demand, can make $85 an hour

The high-impact, high-tech contractor jobs in greatest demand nationwide, and their average hourly pay rates (first quarter, 2007):Aerospace Engineer: $49.98 Civil Engineer: $38.73 Clinical Research Associate: $49.42 Database Administrator: $57.36 Functional Consultant: $78.40 Hardware Designer: $65.63 Java Developer: $55.62 Mechanical Engineer: $42.47 Network Administrator: $38.77 Project Manager: $58.65 SAP Technical Consultant: $85.53 SAS Programmer: $52.77 ----------Base: Database of 5,000 technology professionals at more than 1,000 U.S. companiesSource: Yoh Index of Technology Wages, Yoh Services LLC, Philadelphia (www.yoh.com)

SAP technical consultants, in high demand, can make $85 an hour

The high-impact, high-tech contractor jobs in greatest demand nationwide, and their average hourly pay rates (first quarter, 2007):Aerospace Engineer: $49.98 Civil Engineer: $38.73 Clinical Research Associate: $49.42 Database Administrator: $57.36 Functional Consultant: $78.40 Hardware Designer: $65.63 Java Developer: $55.62 Mechanical Engineer: $42.47 Network Administrator: $38.77 Project Manager: $58.65 SAP Technical Consultant: $85.53 SAS Programmer: $52.77

Building relationships with customers is vital

Relationships in the IT business are vital if you want to sell something.  And that lesson is becoming more and more ingrained in me every day.  My company hired me back in Sept-Oct 2006 timeframe as the first employee in the Houston office, and we got a sales guy not too long thereafter.  Our task has been to grow the territory almost from scratch.  So as we have started down that path, we have run into a few roadblocks where local IT consulting companies have great relationships with their customers, and those customers are less than willing to use someone new.  And while I respect that viewpoint, it is also very frustrating to someone trying to break in to those customers (of course, I say that at the same time I am trying to build those relationships to keep other companies out).

Building relationships with customers is vital

Relationships in the IT business are vital if you want to sell something.  And that lesson is becoming more and more ingrained in me every day.  My company hired me back in Sept-Oct 2006 timeframe as the first employee in the Houston office, and we got a sales guy not too long thereafter.  Our task has been to grow the territory almost from scratch.  So as we have started down that path, we have run into a few roadblocks where local IT consulting companies have great relationships with their customers, and those customers are less than willing to use someone new.  And while I respect that viewpoint, it is also very frustrating to someone trying to break in to those customers (of course, I say that at the same time I am trying to build those relationships to keep other companies out).

Building relationships with customers is vital

Relationships in the IT business are vital if you want to sell something.  And that lesson is becoming more and more ingrained in me every day.  My company hired me back in Sept-Oct 2006 timeframe as the first employee in the Houston office, and we got a sales guy not too long thereafter.  Our task has been to grow the territory almost from scratch.  So as we have started down that path, we have run into a few roadblocks where local IT consulting companies have great relationships with their customers, and those customers are less than willing to use someone new.  And while I respect that viewpoint, it is also very frustrating to someone trying to break in to those customers (of course, I say that at the same time I am trying to build those relationships to keep other companies out).