The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the London 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP Consultant
Rank 374 411 428
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +17
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 3 4 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.014% 0.015% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.016% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
Average daily rate £451 £421 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.94% +12.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £413 £408
% change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
ABAP Consultant
England

ABAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Consultant across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London ABAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ABAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

ABAP Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +15 1 £451 +7.90%
ABAP Consultant
England

ABAP Consultant
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited ABAP Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) ABAP
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (28.57%) SAP CRM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (28.57%) BAPI
2 2 (28.57%) OO
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP BSP
2 2 (28.57%) SAP ALE
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
3 1 (14.29%) SAP MII
3 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
3 1 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (14.29%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Java

ABAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited ABAP Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) Middleware
1 2 (28.57%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (28.57%) BAPI
1 2 (28.57%) SAP BSP
1 2 (28.57%) SAP ALE
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP CRM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MII
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) OO
1 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) ABAP
2 1 (14.29%) Java
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP