The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills 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 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 of the Programming Languages category 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
Rank 326 370 351
Rank change year-on-year
+44 -19
Contract jobs citing ABAP 51 45 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.235% 0.167% 0.293%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.575% 0.443% 0.690%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 44
Average daily rate £463 £423 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.46% -6.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £350 £218
10% offered a daily rate of more than £594 £498 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £427
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.32%
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
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
8875 10154 13197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 40.98% 37.69% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 6378 6878 8900
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £288 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 157 180
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.85 £18.00 £18.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP 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 +10 4 £455 +4.78%
Brentford -8 1 £325 -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 113 (100.00%) SAP
2 45 (39.82%) SAP BW
3 39 (34.51%) Business Intelligence
4 29 (25.66%) Java
5 28 (24.78%) NetWeaver
6 26 (23.01%) SAP Basis
7 20 (17.70%) Oracle
8 19 (16.81%) CRM
8 19 (16.81%) SAP BI
9 18 (15.93%) ETL
10 17 (15.04%) ERP
11 13 (11.50%) SAP CRM
11 13 (11.50%) UNIX
12 12 (10.62%) Migration
13 11 (9.735%) Workflow
13 11 (9.735%) Finance
13 11 (9.735%) Windows
14 10 (8.850%) SQL
14 10 (8.850%) Web Dynpro
14 10 (8.850%) SAP ERP
14 10 (8.850%) SAP Portal
14 10 (8.850%) SAP Data Services
15 9 (7.965%) Technical Architecture
15 9 (7.965%) SAP XI
15 9 (7.965%) BAPI
15 9 (7.965%) Business Objects
15 9 (7.965%) OO
15 9 (7.965%) SAP FI
15 9 (7.965%) BusinessObjects
16 8 (7.080%) SQL Server

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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 26 (23.01%) SAP Basis
2 10 (8.850%) Web Dynpro
3 9 (7.965%) SAP XI
3 9 (7.965%) BAPI
4 7 (6.195%) SAP ALE
4 7 (6.195%) Middleware
5 4 (3.540%) Web Services
5 4 (3.540%) SAP PI
5 4 (3.540%) SAP BSP
5 4 (3.540%) MDX
6 3 (2.655%) SAP Business Workflow
6 3 (2.655%) SAP Smart Forms
6 3 (2.655%) XML
7 2 (1.770%) SOAP
7 2 (1.770%) XSLT
7 2 (1.770%) JDBC
8 1 (0.885%) SAP CO-PA
8 1 (0.885%) HTML5
8 1 (0.885%) RESTful
8 1 (0.885%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 28 (24.78%) NetWeaver
2 10 (8.850%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.885%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (0.885%) MS Office
1 1 (0.885%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (11.50%) SAP CRM
2 10 (8.850%) SAP ERP
3 9 (7.965%) SAP FI
4 6 (5.310%) SAP HR
5 5 (4.425%) SAP HCM
5 5 (4.425%) SAP BPC
5 5 (4.425%) SAP GRC
5 5 (4.425%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (4.425%) SAP CO
5 5 (4.425%) SAP MM
6 4 (3.540%) SAP PM
7 3 (2.655%) SAP R/3
8 2 (1.770%) SAP SD
8 2 (1.770%) Summit
9 1 (0.885%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (0.885%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.885%) SAP FI-CA
9 1 (0.885%) SAP FI-GL
9 1 (0.885%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.885%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.655%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (39.82%) SAP BW
2 19 (16.81%) SAP BI
3 10 (8.850%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (7.965%) BusinessObjects
5 8 (7.080%) SQL Server
6 5 (4.425%) Oracle 11g
6 5 (4.425%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (2.655%) SAP HANA
7 3 (2.655%) DB2
8 2 (1.770%) DataStage
8 2 (1.770%) OLAP
9 1 (0.885%) Data Mart
9 1 (0.885%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.885%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 1 (0.885%) Oracle OLAP
9 1 (0.885%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.885%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.885%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.885%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.885%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 7 (6.195%) LSMW
2 1 (0.885%) NWDI
General
1 11 (9.735%) Finance
2 5 (4.425%) Banking
3 3 (2.655%) German Language
3 3 (2.655%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.770%) Law
4 2 (1.770%) Front Office
4 2 (1.770%) Back Office
4 2 (1.770%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.770%) Music
4 2 (1.770%) Marketing
5 1 (0.885%) General Ledger
5 1 (0.885%) Billing
5 1 (0.885%) Spanish Language
5 1 (0.885%) Dutch Language
5 1 (0.885%) Financial Institution
5 1 (0.885%) Retail
5 1 (0.885%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 42 (37.17%) Consultant
2 39 (34.51%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (25.66%) Developer
4 22 (19.47%) SAP Developer
5 17 (15.04%) ABAP Developer
6 12 (10.62%) Architect
7 11 (9.735%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 9 (7.965%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (7.080%) SAP Architect
9 8 (7.080%) Business Intelligence Architect
10 7 (6.195%) ABAP Consultant
11 6 (5.310%) Analyst
12 5 (4.425%) SAP Solutions Architect
12 5 (4.425%) SAP BPC Consultant
12 5 (4.425%) SAP Analyst
13 4 (3.540%) Business Objects Developer
13 4 (3.540%) Business Developer
13 4 (3.540%) Support Analyst
13 4 (3.540%) Technical Consultant
13 4 (3.540%) CRM Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (2.655%) SWIFT
1 3 (2.655%) Client/Server
2 2 (1.770%) Data Integration
2 2 (1.770%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (1.770%) Data Conversion
3 1 (0.885%) FMCG
3 1 (0.885%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.50%) UNIX
2 11 (9.735%) Windows
3 6 (5.310%) Linux
4 5 (4.425%) Solaris
5 1 (0.885%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (34.51%) Business Intelligence
2 19 (16.81%) CRM
3 18 (15.93%) ETL
4 17 (15.04%) ERP
5 12 (10.62%) Migration
6 11 (9.735%) Workflow
7 9 (7.965%) Technical Architecture
7 9 (7.965%) OO
8 8 (7.080%) Data Management
9 7 (6.195%) Enterprise Data Management
9 7 (6.195%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (6.195%) Systems Analysis
9 7 (6.195%) Project Management
10 6 (5.310%) Change Management
10 6 (5.310%) SAP Implementation
11 5 (4.425%) Load Balancing
11 5 (4.425%) Integration Testing
11 5 (4.425%) Data Migration
11 5 (4.425%) Disaster Recovery
12 4 (3.540%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 29 (25.66%) Java
2 10 (8.850%) SQL
3 4 (3.540%) VBA
4 3 (2.655%) Korn
4 3 (2.655%) Bourne shell
4 3 (2.655%) PowerShell
4 3 (2.655%) C
5 2 (1.770%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.885%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (0.885%) ActionScript
6 1 (0.885%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (1.770%) Degree
2 1 (0.885%) CCA
2 1 (0.885%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.310%) QA
2 1 (0.885%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.885%) GxP
Vendors
1 113 (100.00%) SAP
2 20 (17.70%) Oracle
3 9 (7.965%) Business Objects
4 5 (4.425%) IXOS
5 4 (3.540%) Sun
6 2 (1.770%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.885%) SEEBURGER
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