The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 56 69 74
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +5
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 62 23 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.699% 1.583% 1.504%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.278% 3.511% 3.766%
Number of salaries quoted 61 19 12
Average salary £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £50,000 £54,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
749 655 531
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 44.69% 45.08% 39.92%
Number of salaries quoted 651 610 483
Average salary £37,500 £35,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.63% +18.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,150 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
West Midlands

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing ABAP 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 ABAP.

1 93 (97.89%) SAP
2 48 (50.53%) Retail
3 46 (48.42%) Finance
4 42 (44.21%) Manufacturing
4 42 (44.21%) CRM
5 37 (38.95%) Publishing
6 36 (37.89%) SAP SD
7 35 (36.84%) SAP BW
8 33 (34.74%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (34.74%) SAP MM
9 31 (32.63%) SAP BI
10 29 (30.53%) SAP CRM
11 21 (22.11%) Logistics
11 21 (22.11%) SAP HR
12 20 (21.05%) SAP FI
12 20 (21.05%) SAP FI/CO
12 20 (21.05%) SAP CO
13 19 (20.00%) SAP Retail
13 19 (20.00%) Workflow
13 19 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
13 19 (20.00%) Data Modelling
13 19 (20.00%) ETL
13 19 (20.00%) Business Objects
13 19 (20.00%) SAP BPC
14 18 (18.95%) SAP WM
14 18 (18.95%) SAP ALE
14 18 (18.95%) SAP LE
15 16 (16.84%) EDI
16 15 (15.79%) SAP SRM
17 14 (14.74%) Billing

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing ABAP 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 ABAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (18.95%) SAP ALE
2 16 (16.84%) EDI
3 10 (10.53%) BAPI
3 10 (10.53%) Web Services
4 8 (8.421%) Web Dynpro
5 7 (7.368%) SAP Smart Forms
6 4 (4.211%) SAP Basis
7 3 (3.158%) Middleware
7 3 (3.158%) SAP PI
8 2 (2.105%) SAP BSP
9 1 (1.053%) SAP CO-PA
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.158%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (1.053%) MS Office
1 1 (1.053%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.053%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 36 (37.89%) SAP SD
2 33 (34.74%) SAP MM
3 29 (30.53%) SAP CRM
4 21 (22.11%) SAP HR
5 20 (21.05%) SAP FI
5 20 (21.05%) SAP FI/CO
5 20 (21.05%) SAP CO
6 19 (20.00%) SAP Retail
6 19 (20.00%) SAP BPC
7 18 (18.95%) SAP WM
7 18 (18.95%) SAP LE
8 15 (15.79%) SAP SRM
9 9 (9.474%) SAP QM
9 9 (9.474%) SAP APO
9 9 (9.474%) SAP PP
10 7 (7.368%) SAP PS
11 6 (6.316%) SAP Payroll
12 3 (3.158%) SAP IS-U
13 2 (2.105%) SAP PM
13 2 (2.105%) SAP HCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (36.84%) SAP BW
2 31 (32.63%) SAP BI
3 19 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (8.421%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (6.316%) LSMW
General
1 48 (50.53%) Retail
2 46 (48.42%) Finance
3 42 (44.21%) Manufacturing
4 37 (38.95%) Publishing
5 14 (14.74%) Billing
6 4 (4.211%) Marketing
7 1 (1.053%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.053%) Legal
Job Titles
1 60 (63.16%) Consultant
2 58 (61.05%) SAP Consultant
3 24 (25.26%) Developer
3 24 (25.26%) SAP Developer
4 16 (16.84%) ABAP Developer
5 12 (12.63%) SAP BW Consultant
6 11 (11.58%) ABAP Consultant
7 10 (10.53%) SAP SD Consultant
8 9 (9.474%) SAP PP Consultant
9 8 (8.421%) SAP BW Developer
10 6 (6.316%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
11 5 (5.263%) SAP Payroll Consultant
11 5 (5.263%) Payroll Consultant
12 4 (4.211%) SAP Support
13 3 (3.158%) SAP Basis Consultant
13 3 (3.158%) SAP HR Consultant
14 2 (2.105%) Analyst
14 2 (2.105%) Support Analyst
14 2 (2.105%) Support Consultant
14 2 (2.105%) SAP Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.053%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.158%) Windows
2 1 (1.053%) AIX
2 1 (1.053%) Solaris
2 1 (1.053%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (44.21%) CRM
2 33 (34.74%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (22.11%) Logistics
4 19 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 19 (20.00%) ETL
4 19 (20.00%) Workflow
5 10 (10.53%) OO
6 8 (8.421%) ITIL
7 7 (7.368%) Migration
8 5 (5.263%) Incident Management
9 4 (4.211%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (4.211%) Integration Testing
9 4 (4.211%) PLM
9 4 (4.211%) Data Migration
9 4 (4.211%) ERP
9 4 (4.211%) Validation
9 4 (4.211%) Service Delivery
10 2 (2.105%) Project Management
10 2 (2.105%) Service Management
11 1 (1.053%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.421%) Java
2 7 (7.368%) SAPscript
3 3 (3.158%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) SAP Certification
2 8 (8.421%) Security Cleared
3 3 (3.158%) CCA
3 3 (3.158%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.263%) QA
2 1 (1.053%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (4.211%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 93 (97.89%) SAP
2 19 (20.00%) Business Objects
3 9 (9.474%) Adobe
4 4 (4.211%) HP
5 2 (2.105%) Syclo
5 2 (2.105%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.105%) Sybase
6 1 (1.053%) Oracle
6 1 (1.053%) Sun