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The table below looks at the demand for SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BAPI over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank90-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.676 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£420£377
% change on same period last year+11.50 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads444848
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.713 %0.911 %
Daily rates quoted113158
Average minimum daily rate£334£318
Average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£387£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted2546
Average minimum hourly rate£26.88£26.43
Average hourly rate£27.99£28.02
% change on same period last year-0.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.10£29.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
BAPI UKBAPI
UK

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.

BAPI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BAPI across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland BAPI Demand Trend

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BAPI across the Scotland region.

Scotland BAPI Daily Rate Trend

BAPI
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
AberdeenNew entry-3--
BAPI UKBAPI
UK

BAPI
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

110 (100.00 %)ABAP
110 (100.00 %)SAP
110 (100.00 %)SAP ALE
27 (70.00 %)SAPscript
27 (70.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
36 (60.00 %)Telecoms
36 (60.00 %)Education
36 (60.00 %)OO
36 (60.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
43 (30.00 %)Web Dynpro
52 (20.00 %)Retail
61 (10.00 %)LSMW
61 (10.00 %)Java
61 (10.00 %)SAP XI
61 (10.00 %)EDI
61 (10.00 %)EAI
61 (10.00 %)XML Schema
61 (10.00 %)B2B
61 (10.00 %)NetWeaver
61 (10.00 %)WebServices
61 (10.00 %)XML
61 (10.00 %)XSLT

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)SAP ALE
27 (70.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
33 (30.00 %)Web Dynpro
41 (10.00 %)SAP XI
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)XML
41 (10.00 %)XSLT
41 (10.00 %)EDI
41 (10.00 %)XML Schema
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)NetWeaver
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (60.00 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)LSMW
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Telecoms
16 (60.00 %)Education
22 (20.00 %)Retail
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
18 (80.00 %)ABAP Developer
23 (30.00 %)SAP Developer
32 (20.00 %)Consultant
32 (20.00 %)SAP Consultant
32 (20.00 %)ABAP Consultant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)EAI
21 (10.00 %)B2B
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)ABAP
27 (70.00 %)SAPscript
31 (10.00 %)Java
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (100.00 %)SAP