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The table below looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Aberdeen region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2228
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below14.29 %1.887 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£451£422
% change on same period last year+6.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Aberdeen
Matching contract IT job ads2853
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.039 %0.054 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£200£284
Average daily rate£200£320
% change on same period last year-37.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£200£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted96
Average minimum hourly rate£35.72£31.40
Average hourly rate£37.33£32.00
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.94£32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
ABAP ScotlandABAP
Scotland

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Aberdeen ABAP Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ABAP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing ABAP 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 ABAP.

16 (100.00 %)SAP
16 (100.00 %)OO
16 (100.00 %)SAPscript
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
16 (100.00 %)Education
16 (100.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
16 (100.00 %)BAPI
16 (100.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
16 (100.00 %)SAP ALE
23 (50.00 %)Web Dynpro
31 (16.67 %)Pensions

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing ABAP 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 ABAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
16 (100.00 %)BAPI
16 (100.00 %)SAP ALE
23 (50.00 %)Web Dynpro
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (100.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (100.00 %)Telecoms
16 (100.00 %)Education
21 (16.67 %)Pensions
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Developer
14 (66.67 %)ABAP Developer
22 (33.33 %)ABAP Consultant
22 (33.33 %)Consultant
31 (16.67 %)SAP Consultant
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (100.00 %)OO
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)SAPscript
Aberdeen IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (100.00 %)SAP