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This section looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Birmingham 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4845
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.022 %
As % of the category below2.609 %6.528 %
Daily rates quoted07
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 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-
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads230337
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.304 %0.336 %
Daily rates quoted6484
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 quoted1622
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 %
ABAP West MidlandsABAP
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

19 (100.00 %)SAP
24 (44.44 %)CRM
24 (44.44 %)SAP XI
33 (33.33 %)OO
42 (22.22 %)JDBC
42 (22.22 %)SOAP
42 (22.22 %)WebServices
42 (22.22 %)XML
42 (22.22 %)XSD
42 (22.22 %)UDDI
42 (22.22 %)HTTP
42 (22.22 %)WSDL
42 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
42 (22.22 %)Finance
42 (22.22 %)SAP CRM
42 (22.22 %)ION Trading
42 (22.22 %)SAP PI
51 (11.11 %)LSMW
51 (11.11 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (11.11 %)SAP Smart Forms
51 (11.11 %)BAPI
51 (11.11 %)Web Dynpro
51 (11.11 %)SAP BSP
51 (11.11 %)SAP ALE
51 (11.11 %)SAP CO
51 (11.11 %)SAP BW
51 (11.11 %)NetWeaver
51 (11.11 %)SAPscript
51 (11.11 %)SAP FI
51 (11.11 %)Java

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (44.44 %)SAP XI
22 (22.22 %)JDBC
22 (22.22 %)SOAP
22 (22.22 %)WebServices
22 (22.22 %)XML
22 (22.22 %)XSD
22 (22.22 %)UDDI
22 (22.22 %)WSDL
22 (22.22 %)SAP PI
31 (11.11 %)SAP Smart Forms
31 (11.11 %)BAPI
31 (11.11 %)Web Dynpro
31 (11.11 %)SAP BSP
31 (11.11 %)SAP ALE
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (11.11 %)NetWeaver
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (22.22 %)SAP CRM
21 (11.11 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (11.11 %)SAP CO
21 (11.11 %)SAP FI
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)HTTP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)SAP BW
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)LSMW
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Finance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (55.56 %)Consultant
24 (44.44 %)SAP Consultant
32 (22.22 %)ABAP Programmer
32 (22.22 %)Programmer
41 (11.11 %)SAP Developer
41 (11.11 %)SAP BW Consultant
41 (11.11 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
41 (11.11 %)SAP XI Consultant
41 (11.11 %)SAP Programmer
41 (11.11 %)ABAP Consultant
41 (11.11 %)SAP FI Consultant
41 (11.11 %)SAP CO Consultant
41 (11.11 %)Developer
41 (11.11 %)Analyst
41 (11.11 %)Analyst Programmer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (44.44 %)CRM
23 (33.33 %)OO
32 (22.22 %)Business Intelligence
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)SAPscript
11 (11.11 %)Java
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (22.22 %)ION Trading