ABAP Programmer Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 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 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.

SAP ABAP Programmer
Location East of England England Glasgow Hertfordshire Scotland UK	3 months to 16 May 2012	Same period 2011	Same period 2010
Rank	576	575	-
Rank change year-on-year	-1 -
Matching contract IT job ads	3	6	0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.005 %	0.010 %	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.005 %	0.011 %	-
Number of daily rates quoted	2	0	0
Average daily rate	£450	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£450	-	-
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	54778	56882	50613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	92.55 %	92.70 %	91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted	30201	30929	24313
Average daily rate	£400	£425	£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	-5.88 % +3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£240	£250	£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£575	£600	£600
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£350	£325
% change year-on-year	- +7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted	2595	2925	2766
Average hourly rate	£18.75	£20.00	£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	-6.25 % +2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£11.00	£11.00	£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£40.00	£40.50	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.00	£20.00	£18.00
% change year-on-year	-10.00 % +11.11 %

ABAP Programmer
Demand Trend

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

ABAP Programmer
Daily Rate Trend

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

ABAP Programmer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ABAP Programmer
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. 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	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	+6	1	£450	-
Scotland	-	1	£450	-
East of England	-	1	£450	-
Glasgow	-	1	£450	-
Hertfordshire	-	1	£450	-

ABAP Programmer
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

ABAP Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (33.33 %) SAP Smart Forms 2 1 (16.67 %) BAPI 2 1 (16.67 %) SAP PI	Business Applications 1 1 (16.67 %) SAP FI-AP
Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (33.33 %) Systems Analysis	Programming Languages 1 6 (100.00 %) ABAP 2 2 (33.33 %) SAPscript
Vendors 1 6 (100.00 %) SAP