The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire 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 31 52 52
Rank change year-on-year
+21 0
Permanent jobs citing SAP 72 29 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.569% 2.965% 2.728%
As % of the Vendors category 10.91% 5.410% 7.492%
Number of salaries quoted 69 27 23
Average salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £68,500 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
All Vendors
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
660 536 307
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 60.22% 54.81% 36.42%
Number of salaries quoted 589 436 293
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £28,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £55,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
East of England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

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

Bedfordshire SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford +10 31 £40,000 -2.43%
Luton +6 14 £50,500 -12.17%
Dunstable - 4 £52,500 -
SAP
East of England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 36 (32.43%) ABAP
2 33 (29.73%) ERP
3 27 (24.32%) Logistics
3 27 (24.32%) Incident Management
4 21 (18.92%) Oracle
4 21 (18.92%) ITIL
5 20 (18.02%) SAP PI
6 19 (17.12%) SQL
7 16 (14.41%) Finance
7 16 (14.41%) Degree
7 16 (14.41%) CRM
8 15 (13.51%) SAP SD
9 13 (11.71%) SAP MM
9 13 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (10.81%) iSeries
11 10 (9.009%) BAPI
11 10 (9.009%) Service Management
11 10 (9.009%) Salesforce.com
11 10 (9.009%) OO
12 9 (8.108%) SAP ERP
13 8 (7.207%) Problem Management
13 8 (7.207%) Manufacturing
13 8 (7.207%) Process Improvement
13 8 (7.207%) Change Control
14 7 (6.306%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
14 7 (6.306%) SAP FI/CO
14 7 (6.306%) SAP CO
14 7 (6.306%) SAP BW
14 7 (6.306%) Data Modelling
14 7 (6.306%) Microsoft

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 20 (18.02%) SAP PI
2 10 (9.009%) BAPI
3 6 (5.405%) SAP XI
4 5 (4.505%) WebSphere
4 5 (4.505%) Middleware
5 4 (3.604%) EDI
5 4 (3.604%) Web Dynpro
5 4 (3.604%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (0.901%) jQuery
6 1 (0.901%) XHTML
6 1 (0.901%) HTML
6 1 (0.901%) CSS
6 1 (0.901%) XML
Application Platforms
1 7 (6.306%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
2 6 (5.405%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (2.703%) SharePoint
4 2 (1.802%) SAP Portal
5 1 (0.901%) FormScape
Applications
1 4 (3.604%) MS Office
2 2 (1.802%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.802%) MS Project
3 1 (0.901%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 15 (13.51%) SAP SD
2 13 (11.71%) SAP MM
3 9 (8.108%) SAP ERP
4 7 (6.306%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (6.306%) SAP CO
4 7 (6.306%) SAP FI
5 3 (2.703%) SAP CRM
5 3 (2.703%) SAP HR
6 2 (1.802%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.901%) SiteCatalyst
7 1 (0.901%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.901%) SAP Retail
7 1 (0.901%) Cognos Controller
7 1 (0.901%) HFM
7 1 (0.901%) Hyperion Enterprise
7 1 (0.901%) Cognos Planning
7 1 (0.901%) Oracle Financials
7 1 (0.901%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.306%) SAP BW
2 6 (5.405%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (5.405%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (5.405%) BusinessObjects XI
3 5 (4.505%) GIS
3 5 (4.505%) SAP BI
4 4 (3.604%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.703%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.802%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.901%) Big Data
7 1 (0.901%) Essbase
7 1 (0.901%) MS Access
7 1 (0.901%) DB2
7 1 (0.901%) OLAP
7 1 (0.901%) Data Mining
General
1 16 (14.41%) Finance
2 8 (7.207%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.901%) Advertising
3 1 (0.901%) Retail
3 1 (0.901%) Czech Language
3 1 (0.901%) German Language
3 1 (0.901%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 63 (56.76%) Analyst
2 24 (21.62%) Business Analyst
3 21 (18.92%) Consultant
4 17 (15.32%) SAP Consultant
4 17 (15.32%) SAP Business Analyst
5 14 (12.61%) Support Analyst
5 14 (12.61%) Developer
5 14 (12.61%) SAP Analyst
6 13 (11.71%) SAP Developer
7 11 (9.910%) ABAP Consultant
8 10 (9.009%) ABAP Developer
9 7 (6.306%) Integration Analyst
10 6 (5.405%) MI Analyst
10 6 (5.405%) Report Analyst
11 5 (4.505%) Applications Architect
11 5 (4.505%) Junior Analyst
11 5 (4.505%) Architect
11 5 (4.505%) Junior
12 4 (3.604%) Business Process Analyst
12 4 (3.604%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.81%) iSeries
2 6 (5.405%) FMCG
3 1 (0.901%) Management Information System
3 1 (0.901%) Biotechnology
3 1 (0.901%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.604%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.73%) ERP
2 27 (24.32%) Logistics
2 27 (24.32%) Incident Management
3 21 (18.92%) ITIL
4 16 (14.41%) CRM
5 13 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (9.009%) Service Management
6 10 (9.009%) OO
7 8 (7.207%) Problem Management
7 8 (7.207%) Process Improvement
7 8 (7.207%) Change Control
8 7 (6.306%) Data Modelling
9 6 (5.405%) TOGAF
10 5 (4.505%) Test Scripting
10 5 (4.505%) Migration
11 4 (3.604%) OOP
11 4 (3.604%) Data Migration
12 3 (2.703%) Performance Management
12 3 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
12 3 (2.703%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 36 (32.43%) ABAP
2 19 (17.12%) SQL
3 6 (5.405%) Java
4 4 (3.604%) SAPscript
5 3 (2.703%) C#
6 1 (0.901%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.901%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.901%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (14.41%) Degree
2 3 (2.703%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.703%) SLA
1 3 (2.703%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 21 (18.92%) Oracle
2 10 (9.009%) Salesforce.com
3 7 (6.306%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.405%) Business Objects
5 2 (1.802%) Sage
6 1 (0.901%) hybris
6 1 (0.901%) Infor
6 1 (0.901%) ATG
6 1 (0.901%) Omniture
6 1 (0.901%) Cognos
6 1 (0.901%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.901%) IBM
6 1 (0.901%) Hyperion
6 1 (0.901%) Pegasus
6 1 (0.901%) CODA
6 1 (0.901%) JD Edwards
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