The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Merseyside 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing ABAP 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £444
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +1.40%
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
Merseyside
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
59 102 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Merseyside 31.22% 41.46% 27.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 47 41
Average daily rate £350 £325 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% +10.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £325 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 2
Average hourly rate - £17.48 £18.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
North West

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside ABAP Daily Rate Trend