 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to 25 Jul 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 89 | 87 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  -2 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 11 | 41 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.015 % | 0.041 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.526 % | 3.492 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 4 | 8 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £400 | £433 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £458 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.56 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £483 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £417 | £453 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.94 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £47.50 | £41.00 |
| % change on same period last year | +15.85 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 721 | 1174 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.961 % | 1.188 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 147 | 249 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £304 | £316 |
| Average daily rate | £325 | £331 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.72 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £347 | £345 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £332 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.41 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 28 | 34 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £26.18 | £26.83 |
| Average hourly rate | £29.07 | £29.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.14 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £31.97 | £31.23 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.38 | £33.07 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.95 % |
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
