Home Counties ABAP Developer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Developer role in IT contracts within the Home Counties region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP ABAP Developer
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties London Macclesfield Manchester North East North West Reading Rugby Scotland Somerset South East South West Surrey Swansea Taunton UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£440	£389
% change on same period last year	+13.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Home Counties
Matching contract IT job ads	72	184
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.113 %	0.197 %
Daily rates quoted	20	22
Average minimum daily rate	£393	£360
Average daily rate	£409	£364
% change on same period last year	+12.57 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	6
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.33	£22.44
Average hourly rate	£18.83	£23.44
% change on same period last year	-19.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£19.33	£24.44
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
ABAP Developer South East

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.

ABAP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Developer across the Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

ABAP Developer
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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 2 (100.00 %) ABAP 1 2 (100.00 %) SAP 1 2 (100.00 %) Manufacturing

ABAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

General 1 2 (100.00 %) Manufacturing	Programming Languages 1 2 (100.00 %) ABAP
Vendors 1 2 (100.00 %) SAP