The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 18 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 Midlands 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 24 31 30
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -1
Contract jobs citing ABAP 2 1 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.070% 0.391% 1.231%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.077% 1.282% 5.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £443
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +1.69%
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
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
65 78 78
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 34.76% 30.47% 24.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 18
Average daily rate £325 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £286 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 21
Average hourly rate £37.50 £36.50 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.73% +52.08%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Midlands region.

Midlands ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (100.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) ERP

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CRM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
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