West Wales ABAP Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the West Wales region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP ABAP
Location Aberdeen Alderley Edge Amersham Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentford Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Leicestershire London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Manchester Middlesex Midlands Neath Port Talbot North East North West North Yorkshire Port Talbot Reading Rugby Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West Surrey Swansea Swindon Taunton UK Wales Warwickshire Watford Wembley West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	9	23
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	8	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	34.78 %	14.29 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£457	£434
% change on same period last year	+5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£90.00	£40.00
% change on same period last year	+125.00 %
Programming Languages West Wales
Matching contract IT job ads	23	14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.036 %	0.015 %
Daily rates quoted	6	3
Average minimum daily rate	£300	£300
Average daily rate	£324	£313
% change on same period last year	+3.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£325
UK excluding London average daily rate	£317	£332
% change on same period last year	-4.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.21	£32.89
% change on same period last year	-5.10 %
ABAP Wales

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.

ABAP
Demand Trend

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

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ABAP across the West Wales region.

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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 West Wales region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Swansea	+12	8	-	-

ABAP Wales

ABAP
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 7 (87.50 %) SAP 2 6 (75.00 %) Government 2 6 (75.00 %) Security Cleared 3 2 (25.00 %) Regression Testing 3 2 (25.00 %) SAPscript 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP R/3 4 1 (12.50 %) Web Dynpro 4 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) Integration Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) Statistics 4 1 (12.50 %) Java

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West 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 1 (12.50 %) Web Dynpro	Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) SAP R/3
General 1 6 (75.00 %) Government	Job Titles 1 6 (75.00 %) Developer 1 6 (75.00 %) ABAP Developer 2 5 (62.50 %) SAP Developer 2 5 (62.50 %) ABAP Programmer 2 5 (62.50 %) Programmer 2 5 (62.50 %) SAP Programmer 3 1 (12.50 %) Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) SAP Consultant 3 1 (12.50 %) ABAP Consultant
Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Statistics	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (75.00 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (25.00 %) Regression Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 1 (12.50 %) Integration Testing
Programming Languages 1 2 (25.00 %) SAPscript 2 1 (12.50 %) Java	Vendors 1 7 (87.50 %) SAP