Yorkshire ABAP Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT contracts within the Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP ABAP Consultant
Location Birmingham East Midlands England Hampshire London Manchester Midlands North West Somerset South Coast South East South West Swansea UK Wales West Midlands West Wales Yorkshire	3 months to 3 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	105	137
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching contract IT job ads	1	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.002 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.042 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum daily rate	-	£488
Average daily rate	-	£506
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£525
UK excluding London average daily rate	£413	£409
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	2380	3502
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.843 %	3.820 %
Daily rates quoted	534	816
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£324
Average daily rate	£357	£340
% change on same period last year	+5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.12 %
Hourly rates quoted	274	309
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.37	£20.91
Average hourly rate	£20.61	£22.24
% change on same period last year	-7.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.85	£23.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.16	£23.97
% change on same period last year	-3.40 %
ABAP Consultant England

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ABAP Consultant across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) ABAP 1 3 (100.00 %) SAP 2 1 (33.33 %) SAP Implementation 2 1 (33.33 %) Manufacturing 2 1 (33.33 %) Web Dynpro

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) Web Dynpro	General 1 1 (33.33 %) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) SAP Implementation	Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) ABAP
Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) SAP