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 Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 18 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 Glasgow region.

 SAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank47-59
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching contract IT job ads303
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow0.551 %-0.308 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.382 %-0.759 %
Daily rates quoted002
Average daily rate--£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£475£433
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+9.820 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£57.50
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
217155395
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow39.89 %35.55 %40.51 %
Daily rates quoted12544141
Average daily rate£320£270£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51 %-22.85 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£220£251
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£450£416
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted81110
Average hourly rate£12.50£19.00£23.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.21 %-19.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.35£19.00£17.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.21£40.40£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-14.28 %
ABAP ScotlandABAP
Scotland

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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

15 (100.00 %)SAP
23 (60.00 %)NetWeaver
23 (60.00 %)SAP PI
32 (40.00 %)BAPI
32 (40.00 %)SAP XI
32 (40.00 %)SAP HR
41 (20.00 %)Java
41 (20.00 %)SAP MDM
41 (20.00 %)JDBC
41 (20.00 %)SOAP
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)XSLT
41 (20.00 %)EAI
41 (20.00 %)SOA

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)SAP PI
22 (40.00 %)BAPI
22 (40.00 %)SAP XI
31 (20.00 %)JDBC
31 (20.00 %)SOAP
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)XSLT
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)NetWeaver
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (40.00 %)SAP HR
21 (20.00 %)SAP MDM
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Consultant
15 (100.00 %)SAP Consultant
23 (60.00 %)Technical Consultant
23 (60.00 %)SAP PI Consultant
32 (40.00 %)SAP PI Developer
32 (40.00 %)SAP XI Consultant
32 (40.00 %)SAP XI Developer
32 (40.00 %)Developer
32 (40.00 %)SAP HR Consultant
32 (40.00 %)ABAP Consultant
32 (40.00 %)SAP Developer
41 (20.00 %)NetWeaver Consultant
41 (20.00 %)SAP MDM Consultant
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)EAI
11 (20.00 %)SOA
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)Java
Glasgow IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (100.00 %)SAP