The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 24 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 Reading 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 68 80 76
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -4
Contract jobs citing ABAP 2 4 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 0.240% 0.359% 0.864%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.847% 1.504% 2.486%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 4
Average daily rate £443 £500 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.50% +16.41%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £427
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.32%
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
236 266 362
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 28.26% 23.86% 34.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 105 163
Average daily rate £363 £370 £339
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.02% +9.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £226 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £480 £436
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 4 16
Average hourly rate £16.86 £44.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-61.68% +114.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £17.20 £12.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £31.00 £44.00 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ABAP
Berkshire

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (75.00%) Migration
2 6 (75.00%) BAPI
3 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
3 5 (62.50%) SAP ALE
3 5 (62.50%) Workflow
3 5 (62.50%) SAP Smart Forms
4 4 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (37.50%) SAP HR
6 2 (25.00%) ERP
7 1 (12.50%) ETL
7 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (12.50%) Adobe
7 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (12.50%) Ariba
7 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (12.50%) CRM
7 1 (12.50%) Oracle
7 1 (12.50%) Business Objects
7 1 (12.50%) SAP BI
7 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
7 1 (12.50%) SAP PM
7 1 (12.50%) SAP XI
7 1 (12.50%) Time Management
7 1 (12.50%) FMCG
7 1 (12.50%) SaaS
7 1 (12.50%) SAP Data Services

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 6 (75.00%) BAPI
2 5 (62.50%) SAP ALE
2 5 (62.50%) SAP Smart Forms
3 4 (50.00%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (12.50%) SAP XI
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) SAP HR
2 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP PM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BW
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BI
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Data Services
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Consultant
1 6 (75.00%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (50.00%) ABAP Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) CRM Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM Functional Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Technical Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) CRM Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) FMCG
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Data Migration
2 5 (62.50%) Workflow
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Time Management
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Ariba
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Business Objects