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

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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 38 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SAP 9 0 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 2.711% - 2.663%
As % of the Vendors category 6.767% - 5.056%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 5
Average salary £35,000 - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +4.76%
All Vendors
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
133 206 178
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 40.06% 50.74% 52.66%
Number of salaries quoted 91 100 121
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
West Yorkshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 8 (61.54%) SQL
1 8 (61.54%) Business Analysis
2 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 6 (46.15%) Crystal Reports
3 6 (46.15%) Business Objects
3 6 (46.15%) MS Office
3 6 (46.15%) Cognos
3 6 (46.15%) T-SQL
3 6 (46.15%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (46.15%) NHS
3 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
3 6 (46.15%) Information Management
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
3 6 (46.15%) QlikView
3 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) Windows
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) ERP
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) Retail
5 2 (15.38%) SAP Retail
6 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
6 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
6 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 Platforms
1 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
1 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 6 (46.15%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Retail
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) LAN
1 1 (7.692%) WAN
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 6 (46.15%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (46.15%) BusinessObjects
2 6 (46.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (46.15%) QlikView
2 6 (46.15%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 2 (15.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Business Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Information Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Security Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Security Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Support
Miscellaneous
1 6 (46.15%) NHS
1 6 (46.15%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Business Analysis
2 6 (46.15%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (46.15%) Information Management
3 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (15.38%) ERP
4 1 (7.692%) SAP Security
4 1 (7.692%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (7.692%) Workflow
4 1 (7.692%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Business Objects
1 6 (46.15%) Cognos
2 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle