The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Middlesex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 20 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 Middlesex 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank - 28 26
Contract jobs citing ABAP 0 3 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex - 1.053% 4.156%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 5.769% 18.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £463
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
Middlesex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
61 52 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Middlesex 30.20% 18.25% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 18 36
Average daily rate £325 £350 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £240 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 6
Average hourly rate £37.50 £39.00 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +34.48%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
South East

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Middlesex 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 Middlesex region.

Middlesex ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 3 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Middlesex 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.

General
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP