The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the North West 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 North West 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 113 109 91
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -18
Contract jobs citing ABAP 13 23 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.537% 0.770% 1.004%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.662% 2.148% 3.254%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 5 12
Average daily rate £463 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.50% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £264 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £563 £557 £473
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
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
782 1071 922
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 32.30% 35.87% 30.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 388 593 518
Average daily rate £321 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.83% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 49
Average hourly rate £37.50 £21.50 £29.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+74.41% -25.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.61 £15.00 £15.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £40.00 £38.00
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire 0 4 £500 -2.91%
Manchester +4 3 £475 +50.79% 1
Lancashire - 3 £400 -
Merseyside - - - -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (30.00%) CRM
4 5 (25.00%) Client/Server
4 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
4 5 (25.00%) UNIX
4 5 (25.00%) Solaris
4 5 (25.00%) OO
4 5 (25.00%) MS Project
4 5 (25.00%) Java
4 5 (25.00%) Oracle
4 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (25.00%) LAN
4 5 (25.00%) WAN
4 5 (25.00%) SAN
4 5 (25.00%) NetWeaver
4 5 (25.00%) SAP Basis
4 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 5 (25.00%) Workflow
5 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (15.00%) QA
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Business Workflow
5 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (15.00%) SAP GRC
5 3 (15.00%) SAP BPC
5 3 (15.00%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.00%) BAPI
5 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 3 (15.00%) Web Dynpro

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 5 (25.00%) SAP Basis
2 3 (15.00%) SAP Business Workflow
2 3 (15.00%) BAPI
2 3 (15.00%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (5.000%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 5 (25.00%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 5 (25.00%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP GRC
1 3 (15.00%) SAP BPC
2 2 (10.00%) SAP HR
2 2 (10.00%) SAP SD
2 2 (10.00%) SAP FI
2 2 (10.00%) SAP CO
2 2 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.000%) SAP MM
3 1 (5.000%) SAP PS
3 1 (5.000%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) LAN
1 5 (25.00%) WAN
1 5 (25.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) MS Access
2 2 (10.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.000%) SAP HANA
3 1 (5.000%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) LSMW
General
1 5 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (15.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (5.000%) German Language
3 1 (5.000%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
1 7 (35.00%) Consultant
1 7 (35.00%) SAP Consultant
1 7 (35.00%) SAP Developer
2 6 (30.00%) ABAP Developer
3 4 (20.00%) SAP Manager
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Release Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Release Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Data Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Data Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Data Migration Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) Development Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP SD Analyst
6 1 (5.000%) Technical Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP SD Consultant
6 1 (5.000%) SAP Basis Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) UNIX
1 5 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (30.00%) CRM
3 5 (25.00%) OO
3 5 (25.00%) Workflow
4 3 (15.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (15.00%) Data Migration
4 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.00%) Migration
5 2 (10.00%) ITIL
5 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.00%) TOGAF
5 2 (10.00%) Project Management
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (5.000%) Release Management
6 1 (5.000%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) PLM
6 1 (5.000%) Data Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) Business Analysis
6 1 (5.000%) SOA
6 1 (5.000%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) Java
2 3 (15.00%) SQL
3 1 (5.000%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.000%) Degree
1 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (5.000%) SAP Certification
1 1 (5.000%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Oracle
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Open Text
3 3 (15.00%) Adobe
4 2 (10.00%) Business Objects
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