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The table below looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Southampton region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank2634
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.471 %1.739 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£441£438
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
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£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Southampton
Matching contract IT job ads68115
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.092 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted3353
Average minimum daily rate£294£275
Average daily rate£333£294
% change on same period last year+13.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£314
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted1014
Average minimum hourly rate£31.68£23.30
Average hourly rate£33.71£25.41
% change on same period last year+32.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.74£27.53
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.18£32.81
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
ABAP HampshireABAP
Hampshire

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.

ABAP
Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

14 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (50.00 %)Middleware
31 (25.00 %)Workflow
31 (25.00 %)SAP CRM
31 (25.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
31 (25.00 %)BAPI
31 (25.00 %)SAP XI
31 (25.00 %)SAP ALE
31 (25.00 %)FMCG
31 (25.00 %)OO
31 (25.00 %)CRM
31 (25.00 %)SAPscript
31 (25.00 %)SAP SD
31 (25.00 %)HTML
31 (25.00 %)Java

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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.

Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (50.00 %)Middleware
21 (25.00 %)SAP Smart Forms
21 (25.00 %)BAPI
21 (25.00 %)SAP XI
21 (25.00 %)SAP ALE
21 (25.00 %)HTML
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)SAP SD
11 (25.00 %)SAP CRM
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)FMCG
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Developer
12 (50.00 %)Consultant
12 (50.00 %)ABAP Developer
12 (50.00 %)SAP Developer
21 (25.00 %)SAP Portals Consultant
21 (25.00 %)SAP Consultant
21 (25.00 %)ABAP Consultant
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)OO
11 (25.00 %)CRM
11 (25.00 %)Workflow
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)Java
11 (25.00 %)SAPscript
Southampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)SAP