 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to
10 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 163 | 217 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +54 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 85 | 76 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.120 % | 0.077 % |
| As % of the category below | 2.302 % | 1.313 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 12 | 16 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £429 | £346 |
| Average daily rate | £465 | £365 |
| % change on same period last year | +27.28 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £500 | £384 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £451 | £422 |
| % change on same period last year | +6.88 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| Average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | - | £40.00 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 3692 | 5789 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 5.198 % | 5.850 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 983 | 1452 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £307 | £320 |
| Average daily rate | £328 | £338 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.84 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £350 | £356 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £324 | £334 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.98 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 381 | 716 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £33.53 | £32.90 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.71 | £35.15 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.60 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £37.89 | £37.39 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.24 | £32.80 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.70 % |
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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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
