 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to
20 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 48 | 45 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -3 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 6 | 22 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.008 % | 0.022 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.609 % | 6.528 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 7 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £379 |
| Average daily rate | - | £454 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £529 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £433 | £440 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.56 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 230 | 337 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.304 % | 0.336 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 64 | 84 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £256 | £302 |
| Average daily rate | £289 | £337 |
| % change on same period last year | -14.21 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £322 | £372 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £331 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.24 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 16 | 22 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.49 | £28.16 |
| Average hourly rate | £26.30 | £28.97 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.22 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £29.12 | £29.78 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.47 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.31 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
