| SAP ABAP Consultant |
| 3 months to 21 Nov 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 69 | 75 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +6 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 3 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.005 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.306 % | 0.089 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | - | £400 |
| Average daily rate | - | £500 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | - | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £413 | £413 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.18 % |
| 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 | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 979 | 1118 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.542 % | 1.198 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 199 | 207 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £327 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £347 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.50 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £366 | £350 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £353 | £351 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.72 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 143 | 169 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £19.44 | £17.73 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.16 | £19.29 |
| % change on same period last year | +9.73 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £22.89 | £20.84 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £23.37 | £24.42 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.31 % |
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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 Consultant across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.