 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to
5 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 31 | 26 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -5 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 3 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.002 % | 0.003 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.429 % | 6.383 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| 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 quoted | 0 | 0 |
| 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 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 70 | 47 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.114 % | 0.051 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 9 | 6 |
| 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 quoted | 7 | 1 |
| 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 % |
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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.
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.
