Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank225200222
Rank change year-on-year
Down-25Up+22
Matching contract IT job ads320279543
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.662 %0.707 %0.661 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.716 %2.270 %1.896 %
Daily rates quoted8354160
Average daily rate£450£481£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.490 %+6.940 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£325£375£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£579£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£450£475£433
% change year-on-year
-5.260 %+9.820 %
Hourly rates quoted123
Average hourly rate£45.00£66.25£57.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.07 %+15.21 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate--£57.50
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
186521229128637
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK38.61 %31.16 %34.84 %
Daily rates quoted921542679243
Average daily rate£414£363£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.06 %-9.370 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£225£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted9069362052
Average hourly rate£30.00£30.00£34.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--11.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£42.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %

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.

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ABAP Demand Trend

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

ABAP Daily Rate Histogram

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-8272£450-7.69 %
LondonDown-49116£479-4.30 %
South EastUp+4198£413+3.12 %
BerkshireUp+2628£400-20.00 %
MiddlesexUp+2027£450-
City of LondonDown-6125£500+5.26 %
SurreyNo change018£763+38.63 %
WalesDown-418£450-5.26 %
StainesNew entry-14£525-
West MidlandsUp+1812£350-
ReadingUp+1112£425-22.72 %
South WalesDown-312£450-
ScotlandNew entry-11--
East MidlandsUp+410--
DerbyshireNew entry-9--
BirminghamNew entry-8£400-
North WestDown-127£447-10.70 %
West SussexDown-56£184-54.00 %
South WestDown-286£525+10.52 %
NewportUp+55£475-
East of EnglandUp+55£465-11.42 %
ManchesterDown-64£447-13.92 %
West WalesDown-164--
SwanseaDown-174--
NewburyNew entry-4--
WorthingNew entry-4--
MidlandsUp+63£466-
HertfordshireUp+53£473-10.00 %
HampshireDown-33£475-13.63 %
BuckinghamshireDown-143£388+10.71 %

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1556 (95.04 %)SAP
2104 (17.78 %)SAP BW
3103 (17.61 %)CRM
490 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence
586 (14.70 %)Workflow
665 (11.11 %)SAP XI
761 (10.43 %)OO
860 (10.26 %)BAPI
948 (8.205 %)Java
948 (8.205 %)SAP HR
1047 (8.034 %)ERP
1146 (7.863 %)SAP CRM
1244 (7.521 %)NetWeaver
1343 (7.350 %)Finance
1440 (6.838 %)SAP BI
1440 (6.838 %)Web Dynpro
1440 (6.838 %)Migration
1440 (6.838 %)SAP ALE
1535 (5.983 %)SAP BSP
1633 (5.641 %)QA
1732 (5.470 %)SAP IS-U
1829 (4.957 %)SAP PI
1829 (4.957 %)SAP FI
1928 (4.786 %)Data Modelling
1928 (4.786 %)SAP Basis
2026 (4.444 %)Data Migration
2125 (4.274 %)SAPscript
2125 (4.274 %)Oracle
2224 (4.103 %)SAP SD
2323 (3.932 %)HTML

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
165 (11.11 %)SAP XI
260 (10.26 %)BAPI
340 (6.838 %)Web Dynpro
340 (6.838 %)SAP ALE
435 (5.983 %)SAP BSP
529 (4.957 %)SAP PI
628 (4.786 %)SAP Basis
723 (3.932 %)HTML
723 (3.932 %)Middleware
821 (3.590 %)SAP Smart Forms
919 (3.248 %)XML
1013 (2.222 %)Web Services
1111 (1.880 %)SAP Business Workflow
129 (1.538 %)SOAP
129 (1.538 %)EDI
138 (1.368 %).NET
145 (0.855 %)Adobe Flex
145 (0.855 %)jQuery
154 (0.684 %)Velocity
154 (0.684 %)ASP
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
144 (7.521 %)NetWeaver
219 (3.248 %)SAP Portal
36 (1.026 %)SAP EP
45 (0.855 %)SharePoint
54 (0.684 %)SharePoint Server 2007
54 (0.684 %)BizTalk Server
63 (0.513 %)Documentum
71 (0.171 %)MQSeries
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (0.342 %)MS Visio
12 (0.342 %)MS Excel
21 (0.171 %)MS Project
21 (0.171 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
148 (8.205 %)SAP HR
246 (7.863 %)SAP CRM
332 (5.470 %)SAP IS-U
429 (4.957 %)SAP FI
524 (4.103 %)SAP SD
623 (3.932 %)SAP PM
719 (3.248 %)SAP R/3
719 (3.248 %)SAP Oil and Gas
818 (3.077 %)SAP CO
818 (3.077 %)SAP FI/CO
913 (2.222 %)SAP PLM
1011 (1.880 %)SAP MM
1110 (1.709 %)SAP ERP
129 (1.538 %)SAP Payroll
129 (1.538 %)SAP MRS
138 (1.368 %)SAP SRM
147 (1.197 %)SAP FI-CA
156 (1.026 %)SAP FI-AP
156 (1.026 %)SAP xRPM
156 (1.026 %)SAP BPC
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (1.026 %)NAS
16 (1.026 %)HTTP
21 (0.171 %)SMS
21 (0.171 %)Intranet
21 (0.171 %)SAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1104 (17.78 %)SAP BW
240 (6.838 %)SAP BI
322 (3.761 %)ETL
416 (2.735 %)BusinessObjects
54 (0.684 %)Datawarehouse
54 (0.684 %)PowerCenter
63 (0.513 %)DataStage
63 (0.513 %)SQL Server
72 (0.342 %)BusinessObjects XI
72 (0.342 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
81 (0.171 %)DTS
81 (0.171 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.171 %)DB2
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (2.564 %)LSMW
24 (0.684 %)TestDirector
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
143 (7.350 %)Finance
216 (2.735 %)Government
315 (2.564 %)Billing
413 (2.222 %)Retail
59 (1.538 %)Electric
67 (1.197 %)Banking
67 (1.197 %)Pharmaceutical
75 (0.855 %)Investment Banking
75 (0.855 %)Legal
75 (0.855 %)Back Office
84 (0.684 %)Aerospace
93 (0.513 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.342 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.342 %)Law
102 (0.342 %)Chemicals
102 (0.342 %)Construction
102 (0.342 %)Criminal Justice
102 (0.342 %)General Ledger
111 (0.171 %)Pensions
111 (0.171 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1213 (36.41 %)Consultant
2209 (35.73 %)Developer
3194 (33.16 %)SAP Consultant
4160 (27.35 %)SAP Developer
5109 (18.63 %)ABAP Developer
653 (9.060 %)ABAP Consultant
734 (5.812 %)Analyst
828 (4.786 %)Technical Consultant
828 (4.786 %)SAP BW Consultant
923 (3.932 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
923 (3.932 %)SAP BW Developer
923 (3.932 %)SAP BI Consultant
1022 (3.761 %)Architect
1120 (3.419 %)CRM Consultant
1120 (3.419 %)SAP Architect
1120 (3.419 %)SAP Analyst
1219 (3.248 %)SAP Manager
1317 (2.906 %)SAP Support
1317 (2.906 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
1416 (2.735 %)SAP HR Consultant
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (1.026 %)German Language
25 (0.855 %)Data Protection Act
25 (0.855 %)FMCG
25 (0.855 %)Data Extraction
32 (0.342 %)Data Conversion
32 (0.342 %)Dutch Language
32 (0.342 %)French Language
32 (0.342 %)Japanese Language
32 (0.342 %)Smart Meter
32 (0.342 %)Replication
41 (0.171 %)Client/Server
41 (0.171 %)AS400
41 (0.171 %)TRADACOMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (1.709 %)UNIX
29 (1.538 %)Windows
35 (0.855 %)Linux
42 (0.342 %)AIX
51 (0.171 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1103 (17.61 %)CRM
290 (15.38 %)Business Intelligence
386 (14.70 %)Workflow
461 (10.43 %)OO
547 (8.034 %)ERP
640 (6.838 %)Migration
728 (4.786 %)Data Modelling
826 (4.444 %)Data Migration
920 (3.419 %)Logistics
920 (3.419 %)SAP Implementation
1017 (2.906 %)Test Scripting
1116 (2.735 %)Document Management
1116 (2.735 %)Configuration Management
1213 (2.222 %)CAD
1213 (2.222 %)PLM
1310 (1.709 %)Business Analysis
149 (1.538 %)Validation
149 (1.538 %)Project Management
157 (1.197 %)Technical Architecture
166 (1.026 %)Integration Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (8.205 %)Java
225 (4.274 %)SAPscript
316 (2.735 %)JavaScript
49 (1.538 %)C
55 (0.855 %)SQL
64 (0.684 %)VB
64 (0.684 %)VB.NET
64 (0.684 %)VBA
64 (0.684 %)C#
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
117 (2.906 %)Security Cleared
29 (1.538 %)SC Cleared
38 (1.368 %)SAP Certification
42 (0.342 %)Degree
51 (0.171 %)Citrix Certification
51 (0.171 %)Oracle Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
133 (5.641 %)QA
21 (0.171 %)SLA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (1.026 %)Oracle RAC
22 (0.342 %)SAP ITS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.855 %)EMC NetWorker
21 (0.171 %)HP Data Protector
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1556 (95.04 %)SAP
225 (4.274 %)Oracle
320 (3.419 %)Adobe
416 (2.735 %)Remedy
416 (2.735 %)Business Objects
514 (2.393 %)CA
69 (1.538 %)Informatica
75 (0.855 %)Microsoft
83 (0.513 %)StreamServe
83 (0.513 %)IBM
92 (0.342 %)TIBCO
92 (0.342 %)EMC
101 (0.171 %)Orchard
101 (0.171 %)Cognos
101 (0.171 %)HP
101 (0.171 %)NetApp
101 (0.171 %)SEEBURGER