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The table below looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Buckinghamshire 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank7784
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.727 %0.706 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£450£240
Average daily rate£475£250
% change on same period last year+90.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£457£434
% change on same period last year+5.20 %
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£90.00£40.00
% change on same period last year+125.00 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads275425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.433 %0.455 %
Daily rates quoted8384
Average minimum daily rate£303£288
Average daily rate£319£306
% change on same period last year+3.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£332
% change on same period last year-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted1850
Average minimum hourly rate£33.70£30.87
Average hourly rate£36.80£32.29
% change on same period last year+13.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.90£33.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.21£32.89
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
ABAP South EastABAP
South East

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ABAP Hourly 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 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
AmershamNew entry-1£475-
ABAP South EastABAP
South East

ABAP
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

14 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (50.00 %)SAPscript
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)SAP R/3
22 (50.00 %)Migration
22 (50.00 %)LSMW
22 (50.00 %)SAP ALE
22 (50.00 %)SAP ERP
22 (50.00 %)Data Migration
31 (25.00 %)General Ledger
31 (25.00 %)BAPI
31 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (25.00 %)Project Management
31 (25.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (25.00 %)webMethods
31 (25.00 %)SAP HR
31 (25.00 %)ERP
31 (25.00 %)GMP
31 (25.00 %)GxP

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)Middleware
12 (50.00 %)SAP ALE
21 (25.00 %)BAPI
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (50.00 %)SAP R/3
12 (50.00 %)SAP ERP
21 (25.00 %)SAP HR
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (50.00 %)LSMW
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (25.00 %)Finance
11 (25.00 %)General Ledger
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)Consultant
12 (50.00 %)SAP Consultant
12 (50.00 %)ABAP Developer
21 (25.00 %)SAP Developer
21 (25.00 %)Technical Lead
21 (25.00 %)Senior ABAP Developer
21 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
21 (25.00 %)Technical Consultant
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (50.00 %)Migration
12 (50.00 %)Data Migration
21 (25.00 %)ERP
21 (25.00 %)Project Management
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (50.00 %)SAPscript
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (25.00 %)GMP
11 (25.00 %)GxP
11 (25.00 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (25.00 %)webMethods