England ABAP Contracts

This section looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Andover Avon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Chichester City of London Colchester Darlington Derbyshire Dorking Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Scotland South East South Wales South West Southampton Southwark Staines Suffolk Surrey Swansea Thames Valley UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales Wigan Wiltshire Worthing York Yorkshire	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 %
Programming Languages England
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.

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Demand Trend

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.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ABAP within the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+33	163	£495	-5.07 %
South East	-8	78	£448	+6.89 %
North West	-32	20	£331	-24.28 %
South West	+29	13	-	-
East of England	-3	11	£409	-30.92 %
North East	+13	7	-	-
Yorkshire	+14	6	£368	-26.50 %
East Midlands	-2	5	-	-
Midlands	-22	5	£450	-5.26 %
West Midlands	-25	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 813 (96.33 %) SAP 2 107 (12.68 %) BAPI 3 103 (12.20 %) Business Intelligence 4 102 (12.09 %) SAP BW 5 101 (11.97 %) Finance 6 97 (11.49 %) CRM 7 92 (10.90 %) Java 8 85 (10.07 %) Workflow 9 81 (9.597 %) SAP HR 10 76 (9.005 %) LSMW 11 68 (8.057 %) SAP BI 12 67 (7.938 %) Migration 13 66 (7.820 %) SAP SD 14 64 (7.583 %) SAP XI 15 55 (6.517 %) SAPscript

16 53 (6.280 %) SAP Smart Forms 17 51 (6.043 %) NetWeaver 17 51 (6.043 %) ERP 18 50 (5.924 %) Data Migration 19 48 (5.687 %) SAP R/3 19 48 (5.687 %) SAP CRM 20 45 (5.332 %) SAP FI 21 41 (4.858 %) SQL 21 41 (4.858 %) SAP ALE 22 37 (4.384 %) SAP Implementation 23 36 (4.265 %) OO 24 35 (4.147 %) EDI 24 35 (4.147 %) SAP CO 24 35 (4.147 %) Web Dynpro 24 35 (4.147 %) SAP BSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development 1 107 (12.68 %) BAPI 2 64 (7.583 %) SAP XI 3 53 (6.280 %) SAP Smart Forms 4 41 (4.858 %) SAP ALE 5 35 (4.147 %) SAP BSP 5 35 (4.147 %) Web Dynpro 5 35 (4.147 %) EDI 6 31 (3.673 %) SAP Basis 7 29 (3.436 %) SAP Business Workflow 8 24 (2.844 %) Middleware 9 16 (1.896 %) J2EE 10 12 (1.422 %) HTML 11 11 (1.303 %) XML 12 10 (1.185 %) JMS 13 8 (0.948 %) WebServices 14 7 (0.829 %) .NET 15 6 (0.711 %) WebSphere 16 5 (0.592 %) XML Schema 16 5 (0.592 %) SOAP 17 4 (0.474 %) Struts	Application Platforms 1 51 (6.043 %) NetWeaver 2 6 (0.711 %) SAP EP 3 5 (0.592 %) Oracle HTTP Server 4 3 (0.355 %) SAP Web AS 5 2 (0.237 %) BizTalk Server 6 1 (0.118 %) WebSphere MQ 6 1 (0.118 %) CMS 6 1 (0.118 %) Oracle Workflow 6 1 (0.118 %) SharePoint 6 1 (0.118 %) Gentran 6 1 (0.118 %) ESB 6 1 (0.118 %) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications 1 6 (0.711 %) MS Office 2 4 (0.474 %) MS Excel 2 4 (0.474 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.118 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 81 (9.597 %) SAP HR 2 66 (7.820 %) SAP SD 3 48 (5.687 %) SAP R/3 3 48 (5.687 %) SAP CRM 4 45 (5.332 %) SAP FI 5 35 (4.147 %) SAP CO 6 30 (3.555 %) SAP FI/CO 7 18 (2.133 %) SAP MM 8 13 (1.540 %) SAP ERP 8 13 (1.540 %) SAP IS-U 9 12 (1.422 %) SAP Oil and Gas 9 12 (1.422 %) SAP Payroll 10 11 (1.303 %) SAP Retail 10 11 (1.303 %) SAP PP 11 9 (1.066 %) SAP APO 12 7 (0.829 %) SAP WM 12 7 (0.829 %) SAP SRM 12 7 (0.829 %) SAP FI-CA 12 7 (0.829 %) SAP FI-AP 13 5 (0.592 %) SAP Bank Analyzer
Communications & Networking 1 5 (0.592 %) FTP 1 5 (0.592 %) HTTP 1 5 (0.592 %) HTTPS 1 5 (0.592 %) SSL 1 5 (0.592 %) Intranet 1 5 (0.592 %) Internet 2 4 (0.474 %) X.509 3 3 (0.355 %) RFID 4 2 (0.237 %) SAN 5 1 (0.118 %) LDAP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 102 (12.09 %) SAP BW 2 68 (8.057 %) SAP BI 3 13 (1.540 %) SQL Server 3 13 (1.540 %) ETL 3 13 (1.540 %) RDBMS 4 12 (1.422 %) Data Cleansing 5 9 (1.066 %) Oracle 10g 6 6 (0.711 %) MS Access 6 6 (0.711 %) Datawarehouse 7 5 (0.592 %) Oracle 11g 8 4 (0.474 %) SQLPlus 9 3 (0.355 %) BusinessObjects 10 2 (0.237 %) SQL Server 2000 10 2 (0.237 %) Reference Data 11 1 (0.118 %) IDMS 11 1 (0.118 %) SQL Server Integration Services 11 1 (0.118 %) SQL Server 7 11 1 (0.118 %) DB2 11 1 (0.118 %) Oracle Reports 11 1 (0.118 %) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications 1 76 (9.005 %) LSMW 2 1 (0.118 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.118 %) JDeveloper 2 1 (0.118 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (0.118 %) XMLSpy	General 1 101 (11.97 %) Finance 2 28 (3.318 %) Banking 3 23 (2.725 %) Billing 4 21 (2.488 %) Retail 4 21 (2.488 %) Manufacturing 5 13 (1.540 %) Government 5 13 (1.540 %) FMCG 6 11 (1.303 %) Pharmaceutical 7 9 (1.066 %) Back Office 7 9 (1.066 %) Automotive 7 9 (1.066 %) Advertising 8 7 (0.829 %) Legal 9 6 (0.711 %) Chemicals 10 5 (0.592 %) General Ledger 11 4 (0.474 %) Investment Banking 12 3 (0.355 %) Health 13 2 (0.237 %) Publishing 14 1 (0.118 %) Construction 14 1 (0.118 %) Education 14 1 (0.118 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 447 (52.96 %) Consultant 2 400 (47.39 %) SAP Consultant 3 201 (23.82 %) Developer 4 154 (18.25 %) SAP Developer 5 136 (16.11 %) ABAP Consultant 6 126 (14.93 %) ABAP Developer 7 83 (9.834 %) Analyst 8 53 (6.280 %) SAP BW Consultant 9 52 (6.161 %) SAP SD Consultant 10 42 (4.976 %) Business Intelligence Consultant 11 41 (4.858 %) SAP HR Consultant 11 41 (4.858 %) SAP BI Consultant 12 33 (3.910 %) Programmer 13 30 (3.555 %) ABAP Programmer 14 27 (3.199 %) SAP Support 15 25 (2.962 %) SAP Programmer 16 24 (2.844 %) SAP MM Consultant 17 22 (2.607 %) CRM Consultant 18 21 (2.488 %) Business Analyst 19 20 (2.370 %) SAP CRM Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 14 (1.659 %) Data Conversion 2 10 (1.185 %) Management Information System 3 8 (0.948 %) German Language 4 7 (0.829 %) Data Extraction 5 6 (0.711 %) Data Integration 5 6 (0.711 %) Spanish Language 5 6 (0.711 %) French Language 6 4 (0.474 %) W3C 7 3 (0.355 %) Russian Language 8 2 (0.237 %) Italian Language 9 1 (0.118 %) Mainframe 9 1 (0.118 %) Statistics 9 1 (0.118 %) Taxonomies
Operating Systems 1 11 (1.303 %) VMS 2 10 (1.185 %) Windows 3 6 (0.711 %) Unix 4 2 (0.237 %) Windows NT 4 2 (0.237 %) Windows XP 4 2 (0.237 %) AIX 5 1 (0.118 %) HPUX 5 1 (0.118 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 103 (12.20 %) Business Intelligence 2 97 (11.49 %) CRM 3 85 (10.07 %) Workflow 4 67 (7.938 %) Migration 5 51 (6.043 %) ERP 6 50 (5.924 %) Data Migration 7 37 (4.384 %) SAP Implementation 8 36 (4.265 %) OO 9 34 (4.028 %) Data Modelling 10 31 (3.673 %) Logistics 11 21 (2.488 %) Data Management 12 19 (2.251 %) Security Cleared 13 18 (2.133 %) Validation 14 12 (1.422 %) Test Scripting 15 10 (1.185 %) User Acceptance Testing 16 9 (1.066 %) Performance Management 16 9 (1.066 %) Unit Testing 16 9 (1.066 %) Data Mapping 16 9 (1.066 %) Regression Testing 17 8 (0.948 %) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages 1 92 (10.90 %) Java 2 55 (6.517 %) SAPscript 3 41 (4.858 %) SQL 4 13 (1.540 %) Transact-SQL 5 6 (0.711 %) VB 6 5 (0.592 %) JavaScript 6 5 (0.592 %) C# 7 4 (0.474 %) VB.NET 7 4 (0.474 %) PL/SQL 8 1 (0.118 %) C 8 1 (0.118 %) JCL 8 1 (0.118 %) DHTML 8 1 (0.118 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 12 (1.422 %) SAP Certification 2 2 (0.237 %) Citrix Certification 2 2 (0.237 %) Oracle Certification 3 1 (0.118 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (0.474 %) SLA 2 3 (0.355 %) QA 3 1 (0.118 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 3 1 (0.118 %) GMP 3 1 (0.118 %) GxP	System Software 1 1 (0.118 %) SAP ITS
Vendors 1 813 (96.33 %) SAP 2 24 (2.844 %) Oracle 3 13 (1.540 %) CA 4 9 (1.066 %) Adobe 5 8 (0.948 %) Microsoft 6 6 (0.711 %) SEEBURGER 7 5 (0.592 %) PeopleSoft 8 4 (0.474 %) Hyperion 9 3 (0.355 %) IBM 9 3 (0.355 %) Business Objects 10 2 (0.237 %) webMethods 11 1 (0.118 %) FileNet 11 1 (0.118 %) VMware 11 1 (0.118 %) i2 11 1 (0.118 %) Retek 11 1 (0.118 %) Red Hat 11 1 (0.118 %) JD Edwards 11 1 (0.118 %) CheckPoint 11 1 (0.118 %) Siebel