The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP Consultant
Rank 109 98 89
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 9 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.529% 0.135% 0.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.559% 0.141% 0.156%
Number of salaries quoted 9 2 1
Average salary £50,000 £46,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +2.77%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
ABAP Consultant
West Midlands

ABAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham ABAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham ABAP Consultant Salary Trend

ABAP Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled with ABAP Consultant in their job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SAP
1 11 (100.00%) ABAP
2 9 (81.82%) Workflow
3 8 (72.73%) Adobe
3 8 (72.73%) Web Services
3 8 (72.73%) OO
3 8 (72.73%) SAP ALE
4 5 (45.45%) CRM
5 4 (36.36%) BAPI
6 3 (27.27%) EDI
6 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
7 1 (9.091%) SAP PI
7 1 (9.091%) Syclo
7 1 (9.091%) Marketing
7 1 (9.091%) Java
7 1 (9.091%) SAPscript
7 1 (9.091%) Middleware
7 1 (9.091%) Sybase
7 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (9.091%) SAP CRM
7 1 (9.091%) SAP Smart Forms

ABAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 IT job ads sampled with ABAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (72.73%) Web Services
1 8 (72.73%) SAP ALE
2 4 (36.36%) BAPI
3 3 (27.27%) EDI
4 1 (9.091%) SAP PI
4 1 (9.091%) Middleware
4 1 (9.091%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (9.091%) SAP Smart Forms
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) SAP CRM
General
1 1 (9.091%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Workflow
2 8 (72.73%) OO
3 5 (45.45%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) ABAP
2 1 (9.091%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (72.73%) Adobe
3 1 (9.091%) Syclo
3 1 (9.091%) Sybase