Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East of England region.

 SAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8291133
Rank change year-on-year
Up+9Up+42
Matching contract IT job ads51323
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England0.298 %0.602 %0.523 %
As % of the Programming Languages category0.745 %1.860 %1.488 %
Daily rates quoted365
Average daily rate£465£525£475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.42 %+10.52 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£475£425
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+11.76 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£57.50
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6716991546
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England40.04 %32.39 %35.18 %
Daily rates quoted247222432
Average daily rate£275£290£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.170 %-17.14 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£185£220£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£450£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted14193210
Average hourly rate£30.00£33.40£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.17 %-4.570 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.25£21.00£22.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.50£45.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
ABAP EnglandABAP
England

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.

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the East of England region.

East of England ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HertfordshireUp+23£473-10.00 %
ABAP EnglandABAP
England

ABAP
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

16 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (33.33 %)Java
22 (33.33 %)SAP BI
22 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
22 (33.33 %)SAP SD
22 (33.33 %)LSMW
22 (33.33 %)SAP PI
31 (16.67 %)SAP EM
31 (16.67 %)Capacity Planning
31 (16.67 %)SAP BSP
31 (16.67 %)SAP ERP
31 (16.67 %)SAP R/3
31 (16.67 %)SAP PP
31 (16.67 %)CRM
31 (16.67 %)ERP
31 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
31 (16.67 %)Web Dynpro
31 (16.67 %)SAP CRM

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)SAP PI
21 (16.67 %)SAP BSP
21 (16.67 %)Web Dynpro
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)SAP SD
21 (16.67 %)SAP EM
21 (16.67 %)SAP ERP
21 (16.67 %)SAP R/3
21 (16.67 %)SAP PP
21 (16.67 %)SAP CRM
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SAP BI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)LSMW
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Manufacturing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Consultant
13 (50.00 %)SAP Consultant
22 (33.33 %)SAP SD Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Developer
31 (16.67 %)SAP PP Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Applications Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Business Intelligence
21 (16.67 %)Capacity Planning
21 (16.67 %)CRM
21 (16.67 %)ERP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (33.33 %)Java
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (100.00 %)SAP