 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to
21 Aug 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 140 | 159 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +19 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 12 | 10 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.016 % | 0.010 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.923 % | 0.507 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 1 | 1 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £350 | £350 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £375 |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum daily rate | £400 | £400 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £433 | £440 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.56 % |
| 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 | £40.00 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 1300 | 1974 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 1.716 % | 1.966 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 292 | 327 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £298 | £324 |
| Average daily rate | £326 | £353 |
| % change on same period last year | -7.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £354 | £382 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £330 | £335 |
| % change on same period last year | -1.38 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 256 | 312 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £31.13 | £30.85 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.35 | £33.55 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.58 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.56 | £36.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.40 | £33.03 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.11 % |
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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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
