 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 137 | 146 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +9 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 10 | 7 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.013 % | 0.007 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.691 % | 0.396 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 6 | 2 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £373 | £525 |
| Average daily rate | £406 | £593 |
| % change on same period last year | -31.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £438 | £660 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £417 | £453 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.94 % |
| 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 | £47.50 | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1448 | 1767 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.930 % | 1.788 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 437 | 504 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £357 | £340 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.05 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £383 | £360 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 138 | 234 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.55 | £29.86 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.35 | £31.52 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.80 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £36.15 | £33.18 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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 East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
