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

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 49 34 44
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +10
Permanent jobs citing SAP 1 2 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.279% 1.235% 1.695%
As % of the Vendors category 0.676% 2.985% 4.494%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
Average salary £25,500 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +1.49%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
All Vendors
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
148 67 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 41.34% 41.36% 37.71%
Number of salaries quoted 90 59 86
Average salary £39,500 £32,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.53% -12.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £21,723 £22,100
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Cheshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
1 1 (33.33%) SAP APO
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 Development
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP APO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Intranet
1 1 (33.33%) Internet
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Web Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
1 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Web Applications Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Support Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) SAP Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle