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The table below looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Chester 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 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.429 %6.383 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£290
Average daily rate-£333
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£457£432
% change on same period last year+5.83 %
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 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads7047
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted96
Average minimum daily rate£289£297
Average daily rate£296£318
% change on same period last year-6.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£316£330
% change on same period last year-4.23 %
Hourly rates quoted71
Average minimum hourly rate£31.78£46.00
Average hourly rate£34.50£46.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.22£46.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.08£32.56
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
ABAP CheshireABAP
Cheshire

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

11 (100.00 %)SAP
11 (100.00 %)SAP HR
11 (100.00 %)BAPI
11 (100.00 %)Integration Testing

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)BAPI
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (100.00 %)SAP HR
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)ABAP Developer
11 (100.00 %)SAP Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Integration Testing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)SAP