The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank - - 20
Contract jobs citing ABAP 0 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester - - 1.875%
As % of the Programming Languages category - - 6.122%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
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
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
33 15 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 24.09% 13.04% 30.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 22
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £296
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 2
Average hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +81.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £50.00 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
Cheshire

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (50.00%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BPC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) DB2
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP