ABAP Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 20 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 of the Programming Languages category.

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
20 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 349 370 265
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -105
Contract jobs citing ABAP 192 214 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.413% 0.367% 0.659%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.104% 1.062% 1.759%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 81 152
Average daily rate £453 £438 £428
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.42% +2.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £325 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £530 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £405 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -
All Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 17391 20142 22575
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 37.38% 34.53% 37.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10706 11939 13056
Average daily rate £382 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.93% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £562 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 626 705 925
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.67 £17.50 £19.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +37 148 £463 +8.82%
London +39 62 £475 +13.09%
South East +2 26 £400 -5.88%
North West +17 15 £450 -12.62%
West Midlands +1 15 £425 +6.25%
Hampshire +3 10 £325 -31.57%
Birmingham +11 9 £363 -32.24%
East Midlands +1 9 £325 -27.77%
South Wales - 9 £388 -
Wales - 9 £388 -
Cardiff - 8 £388 -
Cheshire +10 7 £450 -12.62%
Berkshire +16 4 £443 -6.84%
Derbyshire +15 4 £325 -
City of London +15 4 £455 +8.86%
East of England +11 4 £425 -5.55%
Surrey +13 3 - -
Chesterfield -5 3 £325 -
Staines - 3 - -
Uxbridge - 3 £475 -
Lancashire - 3 £400 -
South Coast - 3 £405 -
Reading +8 2 £443 -6.84%
Cambridgeshire +6 2 - -
Oxfordshire +5 2 £463 -
Midlands +4 2 - -
West Sussex +4 2 £323 -24.11%
Worthing -2 2 £323 -26.28%
Warrington -2 2 £450 -15.09%
Nottinghamshire -4 2 £475 +58.33%

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1 400 (99.75%) SAP
2 113 (28.18%) SAP BW
3 108 (26.93%) Business Intelligence
4 77 (19.20%) NetWeaver
5 76 (18.95%) Java
6 66 (16.46%) CRM
7 62 (15.46%) Migration
8 57 (14.21%) Web Dynpro
9 56 (13.97%) BusinessObjects
9 56 (13.97%) Business Objects
10 53 (13.22%) SAP Basis
11 50 (12.47%) Workflow
12 47 (11.72%) BAPI
13 46 (11.47%) OO
13 46 (11.47%) ERP
14 44 (10.97%) Data Migration
15 40 (9.975%) SAP BI
16 38 (9.476%) Oracle
16 38 (9.476%) SAP XI
17 37 (9.227%) SAP CRM
17 37 (9.227%) Finance
18 33 (8.229%) SAP Data Services
19 32 (7.980%) SAP Smart Forms
20 31 (7.731%) Data Modelling
21 30 (7.481%) SAP ALE
22 29 (7.232%) ETL
23 28 (6.983%) LSMW
24 27 (6.733%) UNIX
24 27 (6.733%) SAP HR
25 26 (6.484%) SAP PI

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 57 (14.21%) Web Dynpro
2 53 (13.22%) SAP Basis
3 47 (11.72%) BAPI
4 38 (9.476%) SAP XI
5 32 (7.980%) SAP Smart Forms
6 30 (7.481%) SAP ALE
7 26 (6.484%) SAP PI
8 16 (3.990%) Web Services
9 13 (3.242%) Middleware
10 11 (2.743%) EDI
11 10 (2.494%) SOAP
11 10 (2.494%) SAP Business Workflow
12 9 (2.244%) XSLT
12 9 (2.244%) JMS
13 8 (1.995%) SAP BSP
14 7 (1.746%) XML
15 5 (1.247%) JDBC
15 5 (1.247%) MDX
15 5 (1.247%) HTML5
16 3 (0.748%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 77 (19.20%) NetWeaver
2 18 (4.489%) SAP Portal
3 4 (0.998%) ESB
4 2 (0.499%) LiveCycle
4 2 (0.499%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.249%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.249%) LiveLink
5 1 (0.249%) SAP EP
Applications
1 8 (1.995%) MS Visio
2 7 (1.746%) MS Project
3 2 (0.499%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.249%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 37 (9.227%) SAP CRM
2 27 (6.733%) SAP HR
3 22 (5.486%) SAP FI
4 21 (5.237%) SAP ERP
5 18 (4.489%) SAP BPC
6 17 (4.239%) SAP MM
7 16 (3.990%) SAP FI/CO
7 16 (3.990%) SAP CO
8 14 (3.491%) SAP SD
8 14 (3.491%) SAP GRC
9 13 (3.242%) SAP R/3
10 12 (2.993%) SAP HCM
11 9 (2.244%) SAP PM
12 7 (1.746%) SAP PP
13 6 (1.496%) SAP WM
13 6 (1.496%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 5 (1.247%) SAP APO
15 3 (0.748%) SAP MDM
15 3 (0.748%) SAP SCM
15 3 (0.748%) SAP FI-CA
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.746%) LAN
1 7 (1.746%) WAN
2 6 (1.496%) HTTP
2 6 (1.496%) SAN
3 3 (0.748%) Internet
4 1 (0.249%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.249%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (28.18%) SAP BW
2 56 (13.97%) BusinessObjects
3 40 (9.975%) SAP BI
4 33 (8.229%) SAP Data Services
5 12 (2.993%) SQL Server
6 10 (2.494%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (2.244%) Oracle 11g
8 7 (1.746%) SAP HANA
8 7 (1.746%) DB2
9 4 (0.998%) Crystal Reports
9 4 (0.998%) BusinessObjects XI
10 3 (0.748%) OLAP
10 3 (0.748%) MS Access
11 2 (0.499%) DataStage
11 2 (0.499%) BODI
11 2 (0.499%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.499%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 1 (0.249%) Xcelsius
12 1 (0.249%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.249%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 28 (6.983%) LSMW
2 2 (0.499%) eCATT
3 1 (0.249%) SAP CE
3 1 (0.249%) NWDI
3 1 (0.249%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (0.249%) ERwin
General
1 37 (9.227%) Finance
2 21 (5.237%) Manufacturing
3 14 (3.491%) Retail
4 13 (3.242%) Dutch Language
5 10 (2.494%) German Language
6 9 (2.244%) French Language
7 7 (1.746%) Banking
8 6 (1.496%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (1.496%) Billing
9 4 (0.998%) Automotive
10 3 (0.748%) Law
10 3 (0.748%) Marketing
11 2 (0.499%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.499%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.499%) Music
11 2 (0.499%) Front Office
11 2 (0.499%) Back Office
11 2 (0.499%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.249%) Financial Institution
12 1 (0.249%) Danish Language
Job Titles
1 163 (40.65%) Consultant
2 156 (38.90%) SAP Consultant
3 112 (27.93%) Developer
4 99 (24.69%) SAP Developer
5 63 (15.71%) ABAP Developer
6 38 (9.476%) ABAP Consultant
7 26 (6.484%) Analyst
8 22 (5.486%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 22 (5.486%) SAP Analyst
9 20 (4.988%) SAP BW Developer
9 20 (4.988%) Architect
10 16 (3.990%) SAP Manager
11 15 (3.741%) SAP Architect
12 13 (3.242%) SAP Data Consultant
12 13 (3.242%) Data Consultant
12 13 (3.242%) Technical Consultant
12 13 (3.242%) SAP Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.743%) Migration Consultant
13 11 (2.743%) SAP BW Consultant
13 11 (2.743%) SAP CRM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.244%) Client/Server
2 4 (0.998%) Data Extraction
2 4 (0.998%) FMCG
3 3 (0.748%) Data Integration
3 3 (0.748%) SWIFT
4 2 (0.499%) SaaS
4 2 (0.499%) Management Information System
4 2 (0.499%) Replication
4 2 (0.499%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (0.499%) Computer Science
4 2 (0.499%) Data Conversion
5 1 (0.249%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.249%) Derivative
5 1 (0.249%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.249%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.249%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.733%) UNIX
2 14 (3.491%) Windows
2 14 (3.491%) Solaris
3 9 (2.244%) Linux
4 5 (1.247%) AIX
5 1 (0.249%) Android
5 1 (0.249%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (26.93%) Business Intelligence
2 66 (16.46%) CRM
3 62 (15.46%) Migration
4 50 (12.47%) Workflow
5 46 (11.47%) ERP
5 46 (11.47%) OO
6 44 (10.97%) Data Migration
7 31 (7.731%) Data Modelling
8 29 (7.232%) ETL
9 24 (5.985%) SAP Implementation
10 19 (4.738%) Project Management
11 14 (3.491%) Data Management
11 14 (3.491%) Logistics
12 11 (2.743%) Change Management
13 10 (2.494%) ITIL
14 9 (2.244%) Technical Architecture
14 9 (2.244%) Test Scripting
15 8 (1.995%) Integration Testing
15 8 (1.995%) User Acceptance Testing
15 8 (1.995%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 76 (18.95%) Java
2 24 (5.985%) SQL
3 20 (4.988%) SAPscript
4 6 (1.496%) C
5 4 (0.998%) JavaScript
5 4 (0.998%) VBA
6 3 (0.748%) Bourne shell
6 3 (0.748%) Korn
6 3 (0.748%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.249%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (0.249%) C#
7 1 (0.249%) PowerHouse
7 1 (0.249%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 10 (2.494%) Security Cleared
2 8 (1.995%) SC Cleared
3 6 (1.496%) Degree
4 5 (1.247%) SAP Certification
5 4 (0.998%) ISEB
5 4 (0.998%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.499%) CCA
6 2 (0.499%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (0.499%) PMP
6 2 (0.499%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.249%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.249%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.990%) QA
2 2 (0.499%) GxP
2 2 (0.499%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.249%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 4 (0.998%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 400 (99.75%) SAP
2 56 (13.97%) Business Objects
3 38 (9.476%) Oracle
4 21 (5.237%) Adobe
5 14 (3.491%) Sybase
6 13 (3.242%) Microsoft
7 6 (1.496%) Open Text
7 6 (1.496%) Sun
8 5 (1.247%) IXOS
9 4 (0.998%) HP
10 2 (0.499%) Sencha
10 2 (0.499%) CA
10 2 (0.499%) Informatica
11 1 (0.249%) Apple
11 1 (0.249%) Google
11 1 (0.249%) SEEBURGER
11 1 (0.249%) Ariba
11 1 (0.249%) Cognos
11 1 (0.249%) IBM
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