SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to 4 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 289 | 267 |
| Rank change on same period last year | -22 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 331 | 480 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.436 % | 0.509 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.393 % | 1.497 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 77 | 90 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £434 | £449 |
| Average daily rate | £465 | £483 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.73 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £495 | £516 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £412 | £457 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 6 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £52.47 | £48.17 |
| Average hourly rate | £54.97 | £52.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +5.03 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £57.47 | £56.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £51.67 | £41.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +24.99 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 23755 | 32056 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 31.32 % | 34.00 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8015 | 9910 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £377 | £408 |
| Average daily rate | £405 | £436 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £433 | £464 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £337 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.57 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1611 | 2289 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.69 | £31.36 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.87 | £33.48 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.81 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.05 | £35.59 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.13 | £33.16 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.07 % |
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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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.