 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 240 | 266 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +26 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 167 | 221 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.223 % | 0.224 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.374 % | 1.179 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 50 | 54 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £460 | £493 |
| Average daily rate | £489 | £523 |
| % change on same period last year | -6.55 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £519 | £554 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £417 | £453 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1 | 2 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £25.00 | £70.00 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.00 | £80.00 |
| % change on same period last year | -62.50 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.00 | £90.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £47.50 | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 12153 | 18750 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 16.20 % | 18.97 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 5515 | 7526 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £405 | £442 |
| Average daily rate | £436 | £474 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £467 | £505 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 382 | 653 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £28.70 | £32.81 |
| Average hourly rate | £30.66 | £35.14 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.75 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £32.62 | £37.46 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
