The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 206 202 237
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +35
Contract jobs citing ABAP 4 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.059% 0.129% 0.140%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.138% 0.346% 0.326%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 10
Average daily rate £451 £434 £446
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.86% -2.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £444
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +1.40%
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2903 2888 4295
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 42.82% 37.31% 42.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2232 2209 3290
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £288 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 29 36
Average hourly rate £39.75 £35.00 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+13.57% +25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £18.47 £20.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.30 £48.00 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
London

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the City of London region.

City of London ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (41.67%) NetWeaver
3 4 (33.33%) OO
3 4 (33.33%) CRM
3 4 (33.33%) SAP CRM
4 3 (25.00%) Java
4 3 (25.00%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
5 2 (16.67%) SAP Portal
5 2 (16.67%) SAP BSP
5 2 (16.67%) SAP ALE
5 2 (16.67%) Korn
5 2 (16.67%) Marketing
5 2 (16.67%) Bourne shell
5 2 (16.67%) SAP Basis
5 2 (16.67%) C
5 2 (16.67%) IXOS
5 2 (16.67%) SAP HR
5 2 (16.67%) Middleware
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) UNIX
5 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
5 2 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
5 2 (16.67%) BAPI
5 2 (16.67%) SAP BW
5 2 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
6 1 (8.333%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (8.333%) Financial Institution
6 1 (8.333%) Front Office

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 (16.67%) SAP BSP
1 2 (16.67%) SAP ALE
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Basis
1 2 (16.67%) Middleware
1 2 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (16.67%) BAPI
1 2 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (8.333%) SAP XI
2 1 (8.333%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 5 (41.67%) NetWeaver
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 4 (33.33%) SAP CRM
2 2 (16.67%) SAP HR
3 1 (8.333%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (8.333%) Summit
3 1 (8.333%) SAP CO
3 1 (8.333%) SAP FI
3 1 (8.333%) SAP HCM
3 1 (8.333%) SAP FI-GL
3 1 (8.333%) SAP IS-U
3 1 (8.333%) SAP MII
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.333%) Financial Institution
2 1 (8.333%) Front Office
2 1 (8.333%) Back Office
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Law
2 1 (8.333%) General Ledger
2 1 (8.333%) Banking
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Consultant
2 8 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) ABAP Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) CRM Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Business Objects Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) SAP FI Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Developer
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Leader
5 1 (8.333%) SAP ISU Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) SAP Developer
5 1 (8.333%) SAP Basis Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (8.333%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) OO
1 4 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (8.333%) Workflow
2 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
2 1 (8.333%) ERP
2 1 (8.333%) Data Modelling
2 1 (8.333%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (25.00%) Java
2 2 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 2 (16.67%) Korn
2 2 (16.67%) Bourne shell
2 2 (16.67%) C
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) IXOS
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle