The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP Developer
Rank 497 517 503
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -14
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Developer 21 45 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.051% 0.084% 0.123%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.055% 0.091% 0.132%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 34
Average daily rate £450 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £320 £330
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £500 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £438 £425 £450
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38380 49421 52947
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.44% 92.55% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22598 27956 29382
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1965 2419 2806
Average hourly rate £18.88 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.02% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.13 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
ABAP Developer
UK

ABAP Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England ABAP Developer Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ABAP Developer across the England region.

England ABAP Developer Daily Rate Trend

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

England ABAP Developer Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ABAP Developer Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
London +27 6 £550 +22.22%
North West +7 5 £438 -
South East +8 4 £438 +2.94%
East Midlands - 3 £475 -
South Coast - 1 - -
ABAP Developer
UK

ABAP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title.

1 44 (100.00%) ABAP
1 44 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (36.36%) OO
3 15 (34.09%) Workflow
4 12 (27.27%) Web Dynpro
5 11 (25.00%) SAP XI
6 7 (15.91%) ERP
7 6 (13.64%) CRM
7 6 (13.64%) SAP BW
7 6 (13.64%) SAPscript
7 6 (13.64%) SAP HR
8 5 (11.36%) Adobe
8 5 (11.36%) SAP Smart Forms
9 4 (9.091%) SAP CRM
9 4 (9.091%) NetWeaver
9 4 (9.091%) Web Services
9 4 (9.091%) OOP
10 3 (6.818%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (6.818%) SAP R/3
10 3 (6.818%) Open Text
10 3 (6.818%) Validation
10 3 (6.818%) Data Management
10 3 (6.818%) QA
10 3 (6.818%) SAP GRC
10 3 (6.818%) SAP BPC
11 2 (4.545%) LiveCycle
11 2 (4.545%) SAP PSCD
11 2 (4.545%) Revenue Management
11 2 (4.545%) SAP Implementation
11 2 (4.545%) SAP FI-CA

ABAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (27.27%) Web Dynpro
2 11 (25.00%) SAP XI
3 5 (11.36%) SAP Smart Forms
4 4 (9.091%) Web Services
5 2 (4.545%) SAP Business Workflow
5 2 (4.545%) SAP BSP
5 2 (4.545%) SAP Basis
5 2 (4.545%) Middleware
5 2 (4.545%) EDI
6 1 (2.273%) XML
6 1 (2.273%) BAPI
6 1 (2.273%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 4 (9.091%) NetWeaver
2 2 (4.545%) LiveCycle
Business Applications
1 6 (13.64%) SAP HR
2 4 (9.091%) SAP CRM
3 3 (6.818%) SAP R/3
3 3 (6.818%) SAP GRC
3 3 (6.818%) SAP BPC
4 2 (4.545%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (4.545%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (4.545%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (4.545%) SAP FI
5 1 (2.273%) SAP SD
5 1 (2.273%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.273%) SAP PS
5 1 (2.273%) SAP CO
5 1 (2.273%) SAP QM
5 1 (2.273%) SAP FI/CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.64%) SAP BW
2 2 (4.545%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.273%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (4.545%) LSMW
General
1 2 (4.545%) Dutch Language
1 2 (4.545%) Retail
1 2 (4.545%) Billing
1 2 (4.545%) Finance
2 1 (2.273%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.273%) German Language
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.545%) UNIX
1 2 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (36.36%) OO
2 15 (34.09%) Workflow
3 7 (15.91%) ERP
4 6 (13.64%) CRM
5 4 (9.091%) OOP
6 3 (6.818%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.818%) Validation
6 3 (6.818%) Data Management
7 2 (4.545%) Revenue Management
7 2 (4.545%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (4.545%) Integration Testing
7 2 (4.545%) EAI
7 2 (4.545%) SOA
8 1 (2.273%) Quality Management
8 1 (2.273%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (100.00%) ABAP
2 6 (13.64%) SAPscript
3 2 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (2.273%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.273%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.818%) QA
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (11.36%) Adobe
3 3 (6.818%) Open Text
4 2 (4.545%) Business Objects
5 1 (2.273%) CA