The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Basis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Basis 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 of the Application Development category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Basis
Rank 110 98 90
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -8
Permanent jobs citing SAP Basis 8 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.471% 0.135% 0.074%
As % of the Application Development category 1.282% 0.388% 0.240%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 1
Average salary £41,250 £51,250 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.51% +2.50%
UK excluding London average salary £50,500 £55,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +25.00%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
624 515 416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.71% 34.75% 30.95%
Number of salaries quoted 560 475 382
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,250 £62,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
SAP Basis
West Midlands

SAP Basis
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham SAP Basis Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Basis
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham SAP Basis Salary Trend

SAP Basis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP Basis across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham SAP Basis Salary Histogram

SAP Basis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis.

1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (81.25%) NetWeaver
3 9 (56.25%) CRM
4 8 (50.00%) UNIX
4 8 (50.00%) Windows
5 6 (37.50%) AIX
5 6 (37.50%) Solaris
5 6 (37.50%) DB2
5 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (31.25%) HP
6 5 (31.25%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (31.25%) Business Objects
6 5 (31.25%) ABAP
6 5 (31.25%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (25.00%) Retail
7 4 (25.00%) Finance
7 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
7 4 (25.00%) Publishing
7 4 (25.00%) Migration
7 4 (25.00%) SQL
7 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
8 3 (18.75%) Oracle
8 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
8 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
9 1 (6.250%) Sun
9 1 (6.250%) ERP
9 1 (6.250%) Java
9 1 (6.250%) MQSeries
9 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
9 1 (6.250%) Tivoli

SAP Basis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing SAP Basis 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 Basis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 13 (81.25%) NetWeaver
2 1 (6.250%) MQSeries
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) DB2
2 5 (31.25%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (31.25%) DB2 UDB
3 3 (18.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Introscope
General
1 4 (25.00%) Retail
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
1 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
1 4 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) SAP Basis Consultant
1 15 (93.75%) SAP Consultant
1 15 (93.75%) Consultant
2 1 (6.250%) SAP Support
2 1 (6.250%) SAP Basis Support
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) UNIX
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) AIX
2 6 (37.50%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (56.25%) CRM
2 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) ERP
4 1 (6.250%) Programme Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Password Management
4 1 (6.250%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) ABAP
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.250%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli
1 1 (6.250%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 1 (6.250%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (31.25%) HP
2 5 (31.25%) Business Objects
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Sun