Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT contracts within the Manchester 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 SAP ABAP Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6975
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.306 %0.089 %
Daily rates quoted01
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 quoted00
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-
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads9791118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.542 %1.198 %
Daily rates quoted199207
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 quoted143169
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 %
ABAP Consultant North WestABAP Consultant
North West

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 Consultant
Demand Trend

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.

Manchester ABAP Consultant Demand Trend

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester ABAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

ABAP Consultant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

16 (100.00 %)ABAP
25 (83.33 %)SAP
33 (50.00 %)BAPI
42 (33.33 %)CRM
42 (33.33 %)SAPscript
51 (16.67 %)SAP R/3
51 (16.67 %)Workflow
51 (16.67 %)SAP Smart Forms
51 (16.67 %)SAP BW
51 (16.67 %)OO
51 (16.67 %)French Language

ABAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (50.00 %)BAPI
21 (16.67 %)SAP Smart Forms
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (16.67 %)SAP R/3
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SAP BW
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)French Language
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)CRM
21 (16.67 %)Workflow
21 (16.67 %)OO
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)ABAP
22 (33.33 %)SAPscript
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)SAP