The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 24 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 Buckinghamshire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 67 71 73
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +2
Contract jobs citing ABAP 1 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.123% 0.410% 0.468%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.403% 1.521% 1.608%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £575 £300 £398
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+91.66% -24.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £427
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.32%
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
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
248 263 311
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 30.62% 26.95% 29.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 134 138
Average daily rate £323 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £176 £200 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 9 10
Average hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £33.51
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +4.44%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £35.00 £14.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £35.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ABAP
South East

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes +4 1 £575 +91.66%
ABAP
South East

ABAP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) NetWeaver
2 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 4 (80.00%) SAP XI
2 4 (80.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) SAP PI
3 3 (60.00%) ESB
4 2 (40.00%) BAPI
4 2 (40.00%) SAP ALE
4 2 (40.00%) Java
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) SAP CRM
4 2 (40.00%) JMS
4 2 (40.00%) HTTP
4 2 (40.00%) Middleware
4 2 (40.00%) JDBC
4 2 (40.00%) SOAP
4 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) XSLT
5 1 (20.00%) SAP WM

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 4 (80.00%) SAP XI
1 4 (80.00%) SAP PI
2 2 (40.00%) BAPI
2 2 (40.00%) SAP ALE
2 2 (40.00%) JMS
2 2 (40.00%) Middleware
2 2 (40.00%) JDBC
2 2 (40.00%) SOAP
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) NetWeaver
2 3 (60.00%) ESB
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (20.00%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) HTTP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Consultant
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (60.00%) SAP PI Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Integration Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP WM Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) NetWeaver Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
1 4 (80.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) Java
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP