The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Nottinghamshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 39 38 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing ABAP 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 0.606% 0.704% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.041% 1.550% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £475 £300 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+58.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
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
Nottinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
98 129 91
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottinghamshire 29.70% 45.42% 30.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 78 29
Average daily rate £325 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £388 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 6
Average hourly rate £17.00 £17.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% -41.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.71 £8.50 £17.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.75 £25.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
East Midlands

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (60.00%) Retail
3 2 (40.00%) SAP Retail
3 2 (40.00%) ERP
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
4 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
4 1 (20.00%) Workflow
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
4 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) QA
4 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
4 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) Billing

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Retail
2 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (20.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (20.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (20.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (20.00%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (60.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Consultant
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) ABAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Developer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Test Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Test Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Test Scripting
2 1 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (20.00%) HP