 SAP ABAP |
| 3 months to 16 May 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 235 | 252 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +17 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 456 | 495 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.585 % | 0.556 % |
| As % of the category below | 1.714 % | 1.558 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 111 | 76 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £434 | £431 |
| Average daily rate | £459 | £459 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.14 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £485 | £487 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £431 | £452 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.77 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 5 | 5 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £59.47 | £43.80 |
| Average hourly rate | £62.97 | £46.80 |
| % change on same period last year | +34.55 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £66.47 | £49.80 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £61.67 | £41.33 |
| % change on same period last year | +49.19 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 26603 | 31778 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 34.13 % | 35.70 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 8690 | 9418 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £383 | £401 |
| Average daily rate | £411 | £428 |
| % change on same period last year | -3.97 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £439 | £454 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £341 | £332 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.61 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 1745 | 2073 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £30.44 | £30.22 |
| Average hourly rate | £33.03 | £32.24 |
| % change on same period last year | +2.46 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £35.62 | £34.25 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £33.36 | £32.37 |
| % change on same period last year | +3.05 % |
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.
The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing ABAP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
