The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 23 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 Bedford region.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 20 30 29
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -1
Permanent jobs citing SAP 31 12 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 12.45% 6.000% 4.790%
As % of the Vendors category 18.90% 11.43% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 31 12 8
Average salary £40,000 £41,750 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.19% +39.16%
UK excluding London average salary £50,625 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-7.95% +4.76%
All Vendors
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
164 105 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 65.86% 52.50% 38.32%
Number of salaries quoted 162 99 62
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +16.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £23,300 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Bedfordshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bedford SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 23 (46.94%) ABAP
1 23 (46.94%) ERP
2 19 (38.78%) Logistics
3 17 (34.69%) ITIL
4 14 (28.57%) SAP SD
4 14 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 13 (26.53%) Degree
5 13 (26.53%) SAP PI
6 9 (18.37%) Salesforce.com
6 9 (18.37%) SQL
6 9 (18.37%) Service Management
7 6 (12.24%) BAPI
7 6 (12.24%) TOGAF
7 6 (12.24%) SAP ERP
7 6 (12.24%) SAP MM
7 6 (12.24%) OO
7 6 (12.24%) Java
7 6 (12.24%) FMCG
8 5 (10.20%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
8 5 (10.20%) Middleware
9 4 (8.163%) WebSphere
9 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 4 (8.163%) Test Scripting
9 4 (8.163%) SAP BW
9 4 (8.163%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (8.163%) Oracle
10 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
10 3 (6.122%) C#
10 3 (6.122%) CRM
10 3 (6.122%) SAP BI

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 13 (26.53%) SAP PI
2 6 (12.24%) BAPI
3 5 (10.20%) Middleware
4 4 (8.163%) WebSphere
5 1 (2.041%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.20%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 4 (8.163%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 1 (2.041%) FormScape
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Project
1 1 (2.041%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (28.57%) SAP SD
2 6 (12.24%) SAP ERP
2 6 (12.24%) SAP MM
3 3 (6.122%) SAP CRM
4 1 (2.041%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.041%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (2.041%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.163%) SAP BW
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.122%) SAP BI
2 3 (6.122%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.041%) Crystal Reports
General
1 3 (6.122%) Finance
Job Titles
1 28 (57.14%) Analyst
2 15 (30.61%) Business Analyst
3 13 (26.53%) Developer
4 12 (24.49%) SAP Business Analyst
4 12 (24.49%) SAP Developer
5 9 (18.37%) ABAP Developer
6 8 (16.33%) SAP Analyst
7 7 (14.29%) Consultant
7 7 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
8 6 (12.24%) ABAP Consultant
9 5 (10.20%) Junior
9 5 (10.20%) Architect
9 5 (10.20%) Integration Analyst
9 5 (10.20%) Junior Analyst
9 5 (10.20%) Applications Architect
10 3 (6.122%) Graduate
10 3 (6.122%) SAP PI Developer
10 3 (6.122%) Senior Architect
11 2 (4.082%) Middleware Developer
11 2 (4.082%) Integration Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) FMCG
2 2 (4.082%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.082%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (46.94%) ERP
2 19 (38.78%) Logistics
3 17 (34.69%) ITIL
4 14 (28.57%) Incident Management
5 9 (18.37%) Service Management
6 6 (12.24%) TOGAF
6 6 (12.24%) OO
7 4 (8.163%) Test Scripting
7 4 (8.163%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (6.122%) CRM
9 2 (4.082%) System Testing
10 1 (2.041%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (46.94%) ABAP
2 9 (18.37%) SQL
3 6 (12.24%) Java
4 3 (6.122%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (26.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Salesforce.com
2 4 (8.163%) Oracle
3 3 (6.122%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.041%) IBM