The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Hertfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 62 65 62
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -3
Contract jobs citing ABAP 1 3 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.156% 0.310% 0.461%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.366% 0.726% 1.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
Average daily rate £425 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +5.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
273 413 308
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 42.46% 42.67% 35.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 164 110
Average daily rate £375 £335 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% +11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 40 56
Average hourly rate £20.00 £36.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.44% +2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £21.50 £31.31
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £42.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
East of England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Hertfordshire ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) Web Services
2 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (50.00%) Middleware
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
3 3 (37.50%) NetWeaver
3 3 (37.50%) SOA
3 3 (37.50%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) SAP CRM
4 2 (25.00%) Business Objects
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (25.00%) SAP BI
5 1 (12.50%) EAM
5 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
5 1 (12.50%) ETL
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (12.50%) SAP MDM
5 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) SAP BSP
5 1 (12.50%) SAP Implementation

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 4 (50.00%) Web Services
1 4 (50.00%) Middleware
2 1 (12.50%) SAP BSP
2 1 (12.50%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP CRM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (12.50%) SAP MDM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP CO
2 1 (12.50%) SAP FI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SAP BW
2 2 (25.00%) SAP BI
2 2 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (12.50%) Xcelsius
General
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Developer
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Developer
2 3 (37.50%) CRM Developer
2 3 (37.50%) SAP CRM Developer
3 2 (25.00%) SAP BW Developer
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAP BI Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Middleware Developer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) ABAP Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Support
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 3 (37.50%) SOA
2 3 (37.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 1 (12.50%) Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (12.50%) Master Data Management
4 1 (12.50%) EAM
4 1 (12.50%) OO
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Business Objects