ABAP Contracts in the South East
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East 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 South East 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 202 192 167
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -25
Contract jobs citing ABAP 22 47 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.282% 0.463% 0.829%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.853% 1.548% 2.458%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 26 21
Average daily rate £434 £438 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.85% +2.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £313 £370
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £450 £427
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -
All Programming Languages
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 2578 3036 3499
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 33.08% 29.92% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1284 1472 1535
Average daily rate £343 £329 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.18% +1.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 203 293
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.10% -2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £20.50 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the South East region.

South East ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hampshire -5 6 £275 -43.58%
Berkshire +9 4 £443 -11.50%
Surrey +10 3 - -
West Sussex +12 2 £323 -24.11%
Oxfordshire +7 2 £463 -
Buckinghamshire +4 1 £575 +91.66%
East Sussex - 1 - -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (28.33%) Business Intelligence
3 16 (26.67%) SAP BW
3 16 (26.67%) Java
4 14 (23.33%) Migration
5 13 (21.67%) SAP XI
5 13 (21.67%) CRM
6 12 (20.00%) BAPI
6 12 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
6 12 (20.00%) Workflow
7 11 (18.33%) Data Migration
8 10 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
9 9 (15.00%) Business Objects
9 9 (15.00%) BusinessObjects
9 9 (15.00%) SAP Basis
10 8 (13.33%) SAP ALE
10 8 (13.33%) SAP HR
11 7 (11.67%) NetWeaver
11 7 (11.67%) Oracle
11 7 (11.67%) Finance
11 7 (11.67%) SAP PI
12 6 (10.00%) SAP BI
12 6 (10.00%) OO
12 6 (10.00%) ERP
12 6 (10.00%) EAI
13 5 (8.333%) OOP
13 5 (8.333%) SAPscript
13 5 (8.333%) Adobe
13 5 (8.333%) SAP CRM
13 5 (8.333%) Scrum

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 13 (21.67%) SAP XI
2 12 (20.00%) BAPI
2 12 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
3 10 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
4 9 (15.00%) SAP Basis
5 8 (13.33%) SAP ALE
6 7 (11.67%) SAP PI
7 4 (6.667%) Web Services
8 3 (5.000%) JDBC
8 3 (5.000%) SOAP
8 3 (5.000%) JMS
9 2 (3.333%) Middleware
9 2 (3.333%) XML
9 2 (3.333%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 7 (11.67%) NetWeaver
2 3 (5.000%) ESB
3 2 (3.333%) LiveCycle
Business Applications
1 8 (13.33%) SAP HR
2 5 (8.333%) SAP CRM
3 3 (5.000%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (3.333%) SAP ERP
4 2 (3.333%) SAP PM
4 2 (3.333%) SAP R/3
5 1 (1.667%) SAP FI
5 1 (1.667%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.667%) SAP WM
5 1 (1.667%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.667%) SAP PP-PI
5 1 (1.667%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.000%) HTTP
2 1 (1.667%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (26.67%) SAP BW
2 9 (15.00%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (10.00%) SAP BI
4 4 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (3.333%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (1.667%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.667%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.667%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.667%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.667%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (5.000%) LSMW
2 2 (3.333%) eCATT
General
1 7 (11.67%) Finance
2 4 (6.667%) Manufacturing
3 3 (5.000%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 20 (33.33%) Consultant
1 20 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
2 19 (31.67%) SAP Developer
2 19 (31.67%) Developer
3 11 (18.33%) ABAP Developer
4 6 (10.00%) SAP BW Developer
4 6 (10.00%) ABAP Consultant
5 5 (8.333%) SAP PI Consultant
6 4 (6.667%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (6.667%) SAP BI Developer
7 3 (5.000%) Architect
7 3 (5.000%) Technical Leader
7 3 (5.000%) CRM Consultant
7 3 (5.000%) SAP CRM Consultant
8 2 (3.333%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 2 (3.333%) SAP Administrator
8 2 (3.333%) SAP Architect
8 2 (3.333%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 2 (3.333%) SAP Basis Administrator
8 2 (3.333%) NetWeaver Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.667%) SaaS
1 1 (1.667%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.667%) UNIX
2 2 (3.333%) AIX
2 2 (3.333%) Solaris
2 2 (3.333%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (28.33%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (23.33%) Migration
3 13 (21.67%) CRM
4 12 (20.00%) Workflow
5 11 (18.33%) Data Migration
6 6 (10.00%) OO
6 6 (10.00%) ERP
6 6 (10.00%) EAI
7 5 (8.333%) OOP
7 5 (8.333%) Scrum
8 4 (6.667%) Data Management
9 3 (5.000%) Data Modelling
9 3 (5.000%) Project Management
9 3 (5.000%) Revenue Management
10 2 (3.333%) Time Management
10 2 (3.333%) Test Scripting
10 2 (3.333%) SAP Implementation
10 2 (3.333%) WFM
10 2 (3.333%) ETL
11 1 (1.667%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 16 (26.67%) Java
2 5 (8.333%) SAPscript
3 1 (1.667%) C
3 1 (1.667%) PowerHouse
Qualifications
1 3 (5.000%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.000%) QA
Vendors
1 60 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (15.00%) Business Objects
3 7 (11.67%) Oracle
4 5 (8.333%) Adobe
5 2 (3.333%) Sun
6 1 (1.667%) Cognos
6 1 (1.667%) Ariba
6 1 (1.667%) CA
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