The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire 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 Developer
Rank 60 65 75
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +10
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Developer 3 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.408% 0.124% 0.103%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.447% 0.136% 0.112%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £430
% change year-on-year
- -1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 734 892
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 91.29% 91.18% 91.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 375 492
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £481 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 20 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
ABAP Developer
North West

ABAP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire ABAP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire ABAP Developer Daily Rate Trend

ABAP Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Warrington - 2 £450 -
ABAP Developer
North West

ABAP Developer
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Business Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) SAP GRC
2 1 (33.33%) SAP BPC
2 1 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (33.33%) Open Text
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
2 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PS

ABAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP GRC
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BPC
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
1 1 (33.33%) SAP SD
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
1 1 (33.33%) SAP PS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Open Text
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe