The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Basingstoke 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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ABAP 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 0.467% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.962% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £405 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -
All Programming Languages
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
104 77 109
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 48.60% 41.85% 44.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 29 44
Average daily rate £350 £366 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.43% +4.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £298 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £483 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 14
Average hourly rate £23.13 £36.50 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.64% +5.79%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ABAP
Hampshire

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Basingstoke region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Basingstoke ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Basingstoke ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (66.67%) SAP BW
3 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (33.33%) SAP Smart Forms
3 1 (33.33%) BAPI
3 1 (33.33%) SAP XI
3 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke 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.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Smart Forms
1 1 (33.33%) BAPI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP XI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PI
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SAP BW
2 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ABAP Programmer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP BW Developer
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OOP
1 1 (33.33%) OO
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe