Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the South Wales region.

 SAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank282554
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Up+29
Matching contract IT job ads12222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales3.540 %5.641 %0.292 %
As % of the Programming Languages category11.11 %16.54 %0.862 %
Daily rates quoted730
Average daily rate£450£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£475£433
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+9.820 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£57.50
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
108133232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales31.86 %34.10 %33.92 %
Daily rates quoted453435
Average daily rate£330£290£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.79 %-1.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£174£202£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£450£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted91244
Average hourly rate£24.50£22.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.36 %-37.14 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.40£22.00£32.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£110.00£40.60£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
ABAP WalesABAP
Wales

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.

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Wales ABAP Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

South Wales ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
NewportUp+55£475-
ABAP WalesABAP
Wales

ABAP
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

115 (100.00 %)SAP
210 (66.67 %)ERP
39 (60.00 %)CAD
39 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
39 (60.00 %)PLM
39 (60.00 %)Document Management
39 (60.00 %)SAP PLM
48 (53.33 %)Remedy
55 (33.33 %)Data Migration
55 (33.33 %)Migration
63 (20.00 %)SAP XI
72 (13.33 %)SAP BW
72 (13.33 %)SAP BSP
72 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
81 (6.667 %)SAP Business Workflow
81 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
81 (6.667 %)SAP PI
81 (6.667 %)SAP BI
81 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence
81 (6.667 %)Java
81 (6.667 %)Workflow
81 (6.667 %)Finance
81 (6.667 %)Validation

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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.

South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (20.00 %)SAP XI
22 (13.33 %)SAP BSP
31 (6.667 %)SAP Business Workflow
31 (6.667 %)SAP PI
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
19 (60.00 %)SAP PLM
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)SAP BW
21 (6.667 %)SAP BI
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Finance
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (46.67 %)Support Specialist
17 (46.67 %)SAP Support
25 (33.33 %)Consultant
34 (26.67 %)SAP Consultant
42 (13.33 %)SAP PLM Consultant
51 (6.667 %)SAP BI Consultant
51 (6.667 %)ABAP Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Team Leader
51 (6.667 %)SAP Developer
51 (6.667 %)SAP Team Leader
51 (6.667 %)SAP BW Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Developer
51 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (66.67 %)ERP
29 (60.00 %)CAD
29 (60.00 %)Configuration Management
29 (60.00 %)PLM
29 (60.00 %)Document Management
35 (33.33 %)Data Migration
35 (33.33 %)Migration
42 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
51 (6.667 %)Business Intelligence
51 (6.667 %)Workflow
51 (6.667 %)Validation
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (6.667 %)Java
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
South Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (100.00 %)SAP
28 (53.33 %)Remedy