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
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank576575-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-1New entry-
Matching contract IT job ads360
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.005 %0.010 %-
As % of the Job Titles category0.005 %0.011 %-
Number of daily rates quoted200
Average daily rate£450--
UK excluding London average daily rate£450--
Number of hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
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 quoted259529252766
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 Demand Trend

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 Daily Rate Trend

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 Hourly Rate Trend

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.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+61£450-
ScotlandNew entry-1£450-
East of EnglandNew entry-1£450-
GlasgowNew entry-1£450-
HertfordshireNew entry-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.

16 (100.00 %)ABAP
16 (100.00 %)SAP
22 (33.33 %)Systems Analysis
22 (33.33 %)SAP Smart Forms
22 (33.33 %)SAPscript
31 (16.67 %)BAPI
31 (16.67 %)SAP FI-AP
31 (16.67 %)SAP PI

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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (33.33 %)SAP Smart Forms
21 (16.67 %)BAPI
21 (16.67 %)SAP PI
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (16.67 %)SAP FI-AP
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Systems Analysis
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)ABAP
22 (33.33 %)SAPscript
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (100.00 %)SAP