The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 for the Wales region.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 34 - 47
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ABAP 9 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 2.228% - 1.852%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.977% - 5.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 6
Average daily rate £388 - £479
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 - £434
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 - £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £450 £425
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 -
% change year-on-year
+27.27% -
All Programming Languages
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 155 208
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 31.93% 27.93% 32.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 76 91
Average daily rate £325 £315 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £490
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 12
Average hourly rate £35.00 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.27% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 across the Wales region.

Wales ABAP Daily Rate Trend

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales ABAP Hourly Rate Trend

ABAP
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales - 9 £388 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (63.64%) SAP BW
3 12 (54.55%) Data Modelling
4 10 (45.45%) Business Objects
4 10 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
4 10 (45.45%) BusinessObjects
4 10 (45.45%) SAP Data Services
5 7 (31.82%) Finance
6 3 (13.64%) Open Text
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Adobe
6 3 (13.64%) Web Services
6 3 (13.64%) ETL
6 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Data Extraction
7 2 (9.091%) SAP ALE
7 2 (9.091%) BusinessObjects XI
7 2 (9.091%) CRM
8 1 (4.545%) SAP PM
8 1 (4.545%) SAP EBP
8 1 (4.545%) LiveLink
8 1 (4.545%) SAP CRM
8 1 (4.545%) BAPI
8 1 (4.545%) SAP XI
8 1 (4.545%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (4.545%) Change Management
8 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
8 1 (4.545%) Workflow
8 1 (4.545%) EDI
8 1 (4.545%) ERP

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region 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 3 (13.64%) Web Services
2 2 (9.091%) SAP ALE
3 1 (4.545%) EDI
3 1 (4.545%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (4.545%) BAPI
3 1 (4.545%) SAP XI
3 1 (4.545%) SAP Basis
3 1 (4.545%) SAP BSP
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) NetWeaver
1 1 (4.545%) LiveLink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP HR
1 1 (4.545%) SAP APO
1 1 (4.545%) SAP CRM
1 1 (4.545%) SAP PM
1 1 (4.545%) SAP EBP
1 1 (4.545%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.545%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (63.64%) SAP BW
2 10 (45.45%) BusinessObjects
2 10 (45.45%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (9.091%) BusinessObjects XI
General
1 7 (31.82%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Developer
2 10 (45.45%) SAP Developer
3 9 (40.91%) SAP BW Developer
4 8 (36.36%) Consultant
5 6 (27.27%) SAP Consultant
6 3 (13.64%) SAP BW Consultant
7 2 (9.091%) Business Developer
7 2 (9.091%) ABAP Consultant
8 1 (4.545%) ABAP Developer
8 1 (4.545%) Architect
8 1 (4.545%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 1 (4.545%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 1 (4.545%) SAP Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Data Modelling
2 10 (45.45%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (13.64%) Data Migration
3 3 (13.64%) ETL
3 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 2 (9.091%) CRM
5 1 (4.545%) ERP
5 1 (4.545%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.545%) Release Management
5 1 (4.545%) Test Management
5 1 (4.545%) Test Strategy
5 1 (4.545%) Change Management
5 1 (4.545%) Workflow
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.545%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) SAP Certification
1 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (45.45%) Business Objects
3 3 (13.64%) Adobe
3 3 (13.64%) Open Text