| SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to
22 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 28 | 31 | 46 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +3 | +15 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 4 | 3 | 27 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 1.613 % | 0.761 % | 2.016 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 5.000 % | 3.448 % | 7.563 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Average daily rate | £466 | - | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £450 | £475 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Average hourly rate | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | - | £57.50 |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 80 | 87 | 357 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands | 32.26 % | 22.08 % | 26.66 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 16 | 10 | 54 |
| Average daily rate | £312 | £250 | £345 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £200 | £249 | £250 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £500 | £375 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 8 | 10 | 12 |
| Average hourly rate | £21.70 | £27.00 | £36.25 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £13.00 | £25.00 | £22.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £25.00 | £33.00 | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £30.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
