The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors for the Aberdeen region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 15 7 9
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Permanent jobs citing SAP 40 63 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 11.59% 14.79% 14.94%
As % of the Vendors category 17.94% 27.27% 27.86%
Number of salaries quoted 36 49 31
Average salary £59,500 £65,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.46% +23.80%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
All Vendors
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
223 231 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 64.64% 54.23% 53.64%
Number of salaries quoted 172 169 113
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,850 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,500 £52,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Scotland

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SAP across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Aberdeen SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAP across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Aberdeen SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SAP 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SAP.

1 33 (45.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 29 (39.73%) SAP CO
3 27 (36.99%) Finance
4 26 (35.62%) SAP FI/CO
4 26 (35.62%) SAP FI
5 25 (34.25%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (20.55%) BusinessObjects
6 15 (20.55%) CA
6 15 (20.55%) SAP BI
6 15 (20.55%) Business Objects
7 13 (17.81%) ABAP
7 13 (17.81%) SAP BW
8 11 (15.07%) LSMW
8 11 (15.07%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (13.70%) Logistics
10 9 (12.33%) ERP
11 8 (10.96%) SAP PM
11 8 (10.96%) Migration
11 8 (10.96%) Data Migration
11 8 (10.96%) SAP FSCM
12 7 (9.589%) SAP BPC
12 7 (9.589%) Workflow
13 6 (8.219%) Back Office
13 6 (8.219%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (8.219%) Web Dynpro
13 6 (8.219%) SAP Smart Forms
13 6 (8.219%) BAPI
13 6 (8.219%) Maximo
13 6 (8.219%) SAP ALE
13 6 (8.219%) SAP Business Workflow

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SAP also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited SAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (8.219%) Web Dynpro
1 6 (8.219%) SAP Smart Forms
1 6 (8.219%) BAPI
1 6 (8.219%) SAP ALE
1 6 (8.219%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (8.219%) EDI
2 5 (6.849%) .NET
3 4 (5.479%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.370%) CSS
4 1 (1.370%) ASP
4 1 (1.370%) HTML
4 1 (1.370%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.370%) ColdFusion
1 1 (1.370%) Tomcat
1 1 (1.370%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.370%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.479%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.370%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 33 (45.21%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 29 (39.73%) SAP CO
3 26 (35.62%) SAP FI/CO
3 26 (35.62%) SAP FI
4 8 (10.96%) SAP PM
4 8 (10.96%) SAP FSCM
5 7 (9.589%) SAP BPC
6 6 (8.219%) Maximo
7 3 (4.110%) SAP HR
7 3 (4.110%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (2.740%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (2.740%) GoldMine
8 2 (2.740%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (2.740%) SAP MM
9 1 (1.370%) SAP R/3
9 1 (1.370%) Oracle Financials
9 1 (1.370%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (1.370%) SAP HCM
9 1 (1.370%) SAP ERP
9 1 (1.370%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.55%) BusinessObjects
1 15 (20.55%) SAP BI
2 13 (17.81%) SAP BW
3 4 (5.479%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (2.740%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.740%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.370%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.370%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 11 (15.07%) LSMW
General
1 27 (36.99%) Finance
2 6 (8.219%) Back Office
3 3 (4.110%) Legal
4 2 (2.740%) German Language
5 1 (1.370%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.370%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 49 (67.12%) Consultant
2 47 (64.38%) SAP Consultant
3 22 (30.14%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 11 (15.07%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 11 (15.07%) SAP BI Consultant
5 7 (9.589%) SAP CO Consultant
5 7 (9.589%) SAP FI Consultant
6 6 (8.219%) SAP Developer
6 6 (8.219%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 6 (8.219%) Senior Consultant
6 6 (8.219%) Developer
7 5 (6.849%) Analyst
7 5 (6.849%) Applications Support
8 4 (5.479%) SAP BW Developer
8 4 (5.479%) Business Intelligence Developer
8 4 (5.479%) Support Analyst
8 4 (5.479%) SAP PM Consultant
8 4 (5.479%) SAP BI Developer
8 4 (5.479%) Development Consultant
9 3 (4.110%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.370%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.370%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.740%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.25%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (15.07%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (13.70%) Logistics
4 9 (12.33%) ERP
5 8 (10.96%) Migration
5 8 (10.96%) Data Migration
6 7 (9.589%) Workflow
7 6 (8.219%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.219%) Change Control
8 5 (6.849%) OOP
8 5 (6.849%) OO
9 4 (5.479%) Document Management
10 2 (2.740%) Software Testing
10 2 (2.740%) Supply Chain Management
10 2 (2.740%) Time Management
10 2 (2.740%) Data Management
10 2 (2.740%) Asset Management
10 2 (2.740%) CRM
10 2 (2.740%) Change Management
10 2 (2.740%) EAM
Programming Languages
1 13 (17.81%) ABAP
2 6 (8.219%) SAPscript
3 5 (6.849%) SQL
4 4 (5.479%) VBA
5 3 (4.110%) T-SQL
5 3 (4.110%) VB.NET
5 3 (4.110%) Perl
5 3 (4.110%) PHP
6 2 (2.740%) Java
7 1 (1.370%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.370%) C#
7 1 (1.370%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.849%) Degree
2 3 (4.110%) CIMA
2 3 (4.110%) ACCA
3 1 (1.370%) HNC
3 1 (1.370%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.370%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 15 (20.55%) CA
1 15 (20.55%) Business Objects
2 6 (8.219%) Adobe
3 5 (6.849%) Oracle
4 4 (5.479%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.740%) Sage
5 2 (2.740%) Epicor
5 2 (2.740%) Pegasus
6 1 (1.370%) Baan
6 1 (1.370%) JD Edwards
6 1 (1.370%) Sun
6 1 (1.370%) PeopleSoft
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