Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Cheshire region.

 SAP
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank625895
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+37
Matching permanent IT job ads375149
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire2.538 %3.571 %1.510 %
As % of the Vendors category5.506 %8.458 %4.040 %
Salaries quoted364036
Average salary£56,500£45,000£44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.55 %+1.120 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£33,820£29,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£65,000£56,250
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£52,500£52,500
% change year-on-year
+4.760 %-
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
6726031213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire46.09 %42.23 %37.39 %
Salaries quoted6075561081
Average salary£40,000£33,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40 %+1.510 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
SAP North WestSAP
North West

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within SAP AG.

SAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Cheshire SAP Demand Trend

SAP
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Cheshire SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ChesterDown-24£56,500+46.75 %
WarringtonUp+152£19,000-57.77 %
SAP North WestSAP
North West

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

121 (47.73 %)ERP
218 (40.91 %)Finance
316 (36.36 %)SAP ERP
415 (34.09 %)Chemicals
415 (34.09 %)Health
415 (34.09 %)Pharmaceutical
511 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
66 (13.64 %)ITIL
66 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
75 (11.36 %)ETL
75 (11.36 %)Project Management
75 (11.36 %)PMI
75 (11.36 %)PMI Certification
75 (11.36 %)Hyperion
75 (11.36 %)Stakeholder Management
75 (11.36 %)Ab Initio
75 (11.36 %)Teradata
84 (9.091 %)Supplier Management
84 (9.091 %)Workflow
84 (9.091 %)SAP HR
84 (9.091 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
93 (6.818 %)HND
93 (6.818 %)ABAP
93 (6.818 %)MS Office
93 (6.818 %)Risk Management
93 (6.818 %)Quality Management
93 (6.818 %)Information Security Management
93 (6.818 %)Security Management
93 (6.818 %)Information Security
93 (6.818 %)Manufacturing

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (6.818 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (36.36 %)SAP ERP
24 (9.091 %)SAP HR
33 (6.818 %)SAP GRC
42 (4.545 %)Great Plains
51 (2.273 %)Axapta
51 (2.273 %)Line 100
51 (2.273 %)SAP R/3
51 (2.273 %)SAP CRM
51 (2.273 %)Dynamics AX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.273 %)SAN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (11.36 %)ETL
21 (2.273 %)SAP BW
21 (2.273 %)SQL Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (40.91 %)Finance
215 (34.09 %)Chemicals
215 (34.09 %)Pharmaceutical
215 (34.09 %)Health
33 (6.818 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.273 %)Back Office
41 (2.273 %)Education
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
114 (31.82 %)Architect
213 (29.55 %)Project Manager
38 (18.18 %)Programme Manager
45 (11.36 %)Senior Manager
45 (11.36 %)Senior Project Manager
45 (11.36 %)Senior Programme Manager
45 (11.36 %)Senior Architect
45 (11.36 %)Sourcing Manager
54 (9.091 %)HR Specialist
54 (9.091 %)Analyst
63 (6.818 %)Consultant
63 (6.818 %)SAP HR Consultant
63 (6.818 %)SAP Project Manager
63 (6.818 %)SAP Consultant
63 (6.818 %)Information Architect
63 (6.818 %)SAP Analyst
63 (6.818 %)SAP Manager
63 (6.818 %)Security Architect
63 (6.818 %)Information Manager
63 (6.818 %)Information Security Manager
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (11.36 %)PMI
21 (2.273 %)French Language
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (2.273 %)UNIX
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
121 (47.73 %)ERP
211 (25.00 %)Enterprise Architecture
36 (13.64 %)ITIL
36 (13.64 %)PRINCE2
45 (11.36 %)Project Management
45 (11.36 %)Stakeholder Management
54 (9.091 %)Workflow
54 (9.091 %)Supplier Management
63 (6.818 %)Information Security
63 (6.818 %)Quality Management
63 (6.818 %)Information Security Management
63 (6.818 %)Security Management
63 (6.818 %)Risk Management
63 (6.818 %)Information Assurance
63 (6.818 %)Security Architecture
71 (2.273 %)Financial Analysis
71 (2.273 %)CRM
71 (2.273 %)PRINCE
71 (2.273 %)Six Sigma
71 (2.273 %)PLM
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (6.818 %)ABAP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (11.36 %)PMI Certification
23 (6.818 %)HND
23 (6.818 %)Degree
31 (2.273 %)OCA
31 (2.273 %)Oracle Certification
31 (2.273 %)CIPD
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (9.091 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
23 (6.818 %)QA
31 (2.273 %)SLA
31 (2.273 %)COBIT
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (11.36 %)Hyperion
15 (11.36 %)Ab Initio
15 (11.36 %)Teradata
22 (4.545 %)Oracle
22 (4.545 %)Microsoft
31 (2.273 %)Sun
31 (2.273 %)PeopleSoft
31 (2.273 %)Sage