The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP Consultant
Rank 525 565 511
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -54
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 9 21 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.019% 0.035% 0.125%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.038% 0.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 33
Average daily rate £438 £421 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.91% +3.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £428 £300 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £448 £518 £545
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £413 £408
% change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

ABAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

ABAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK.

ABAP Consultant Daily Rate Trend

ABAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK.

ABAP Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP Consultant
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +46 5 £438 +3.91%
London +29 3 £451 +6.94%
City of London +10 1 £451 +7.90%

ABAP Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title.

1 38 (100.00%) ABAP
1 38 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (42.11%) SAP Smart Forms
3 15 (39.47%) BAPI
4 12 (31.58%) SAP ALE
5 11 (28.95%) Data Migration
5 11 (28.95%) Migration
6 9 (23.68%) Web Dynpro
6 9 (23.68%) Workflow
6 9 (23.68%) OO
7 8 (21.05%) Adobe
8 6 (15.79%) SAP XI
9 5 (13.16%) BusinessObjects
9 5 (13.16%) SAP BW
9 5 (13.16%) SAPscript
9 5 (13.16%) SAP SD
9 5 (13.16%) CRM
9 5 (13.16%) Business Objects
10 4 (10.53%) SAP PI
11 3 (7.895%) SAP BSP
11 3 (7.895%) SAP CRM
11 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
11 3 (7.895%) Java
11 3 (7.895%) SAP HR
12 2 (5.263%) Middleware
12 2 (5.263%) SAP MM
12 2 (5.263%) SQL
12 2 (5.263%) ETL
12 2 (5.263%) SAP PM
12 2 (5.263%) Law

ABAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (42.11%) SAP Smart Forms
2 15 (39.47%) BAPI
3 12 (31.58%) SAP ALE
4 9 (23.68%) Web Dynpro
5 6 (15.79%) SAP XI
6 4 (10.53%) SAP PI
7 3 (7.895%) SAP BSP
8 2 (5.263%) Middleware
9 1 (2.632%) EDI
9 1 (2.632%) J2EE
9 1 (2.632%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.632%) NetWeaver
1 1 (2.632%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 5 (13.16%) SAP SD
2 3 (7.895%) SAP CRM
2 3 (7.895%) SAP HR
3 2 (5.263%) SAP MM
3 2 (5.263%) SAP PM
4 1 (2.632%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (2.632%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.632%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.632%) SAP WM
4 1 (2.632%) SAP R/3
4 1 (2.632%) SAP MII
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.632%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) BusinessObjects
1 5 (13.16%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (5.263%) Law
1 2 (5.263%) Marketing
1 2 (5.263%) French Language
2 1 (2.632%) Investment Banking
2 1 (2.632%) Banking
2 1 (2.632%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Data Migration
1 11 (28.95%) Migration
2 9 (23.68%) Workflow
2 9 (23.68%) OO
3 5 (13.16%) CRM
4 3 (7.895%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (5.263%) ETL
5 2 (5.263%) Logistics
6 1 (2.632%) Supply Chain Management
6 1 (2.632%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.632%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (2.632%) B2B
6 1 (2.632%) B2C
6 1 (2.632%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.632%) ERP
6 1 (2.632%) Data Modelling
6 1 (2.632%) OOP
6 1 (2.632%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) ABAP
2 5 (13.16%) SAPscript
3 3 (7.895%) Java
4 2 (5.263%) SQL
Vendors
1 38 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (21.05%) Adobe
3 5 (13.16%) Business Objects