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This section looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the Swansea 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£433£440
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
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-
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Swansea
Matching contract IT job ads559
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.073 %0.009 %
Daily rates quoted351
Average minimum daily rate£371£450
Average daily rate£382£468
% change on same period last year-18.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£394£485
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
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£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
ABAP West WalesABAP
West Wales

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 Swansea region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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.

13 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)SAP ALE
21 (33.33 %)SAP Business Workflow
21 (33.33 %)SQL
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Workflow
21 (33.33 %)SAP Smart Forms
21 (33.33 %)BAPI
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (33.33 %)Siebel
21 (33.33 %)EAI

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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.

Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)SAP ALE
11 (33.33 %)SAP Business Workflow
11 (33.33 %)SAP Smart Forms
11 (33.33 %)BAPI
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)SAP Developer
22 (66.67 %)ABAP Developer
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Workflow
11 (33.33 %)EAI
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)SQL
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)SAP
21 (33.33 %)Oracle
21 (33.33 %)Siebel