The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 119 122 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 1 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.056% 0.104% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.098% 0.160% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1025 1252 1021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 57.29% 64.97% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 843 1119 900
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
North West

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 1 (50.00%) SAP Basis
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Support Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Support
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Support Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Technical Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Sybase
2 1 (50.00%) Business Objects