The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP 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 Programming Languages category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 294 312 294
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -18
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 27 11 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.231% 0.084% 0.240%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.431% 0.158% 0.441%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 21
Average salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.78% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £44,900 £46,500
10% offered a salary of more than £82,250 £73,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6266 6970 8398
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 53.72% 53.35% 54.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5543 6523 7549
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
London

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 30 (76.92%) SAP
2 18 (46.15%) SQL
3 15 (38.46%) Java
4 12 (30.77%) Migration
5 11 (28.21%) ERP
5 11 (28.21%) Data Migration
6 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (25.64%) Finance
7 9 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (20.51%) .NET
8 8 (20.51%) Windows
8 8 (20.51%) SAP Portal
9 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
9 7 (17.95%) NetWeaver
10 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
10 6 (15.38%) SAP BW
10 6 (15.38%) SAP FI
10 6 (15.38%) SAP ALE
11 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (12.82%) SAP Basis
11 5 (12.82%) SAP CO
11 5 (12.82%) LSMW
11 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
11 5 (12.82%) SAP PI
11 5 (12.82%) SAP Implementation
11 5 (12.82%) Data Conversion
11 5 (12.82%) SAP R/3
11 5 (12.82%) SAP FI/CO

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 8 (20.51%) .NET
2 6 (15.38%) SAP ALE
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Basis
3 5 (12.82%) SAP PI
4 4 (10.26%) EDI
4 4 (10.26%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (7.692%) SAP BSP
6 2 (5.128%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (5.128%) DHTML
6 2 (5.128%) CSS
6 2 (5.128%) J2EE
6 2 (5.128%) HTML5
7 1 (2.564%) SAP XI
7 1 (2.564%) BAPI
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.51%) SAP Portal
2 7 (17.95%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 6 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.564%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (15.38%) SAP FI
2 5 (12.82%) SAP CO
2 5 (12.82%) SAP R/3
2 5 (12.82%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (5.128%) SAP SD
3 2 (5.128%) SAP APO
3 2 (5.128%) SAP ERP
4 1 (2.564%) SAP GTS
4 1 (2.564%) SAP BPC
4 1 (2.564%) SAP GRC
4 1 (2.564%) SAP HR
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (2.564%) SAP CRM
4 1 (2.564%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.82%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.128%) Intranet
2 2 (5.128%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.38%) SAP BW
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2005
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 5 (12.82%) LSMW
General
1 10 (25.64%) Finance
2 3 (7.692%) Advertising
3 2 (5.128%) Banking
4 1 (2.564%) Retail
4 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.564%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Consultant
2 14 (35.90%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (23.08%) Technical Consultant
4 8 (20.51%) Business Consultant
5 5 (12.82%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 4 (10.26%) Data Conversion Specialist
6 4 (10.26%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (7.692%) ABAP Consultant
8 2 (5.128%) Applications Specialist
8 2 (5.128%) Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) Functional Consultant
8 2 (5.128%) Security Specialist
8 2 (5.128%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 1 (2.564%) Senior SAP Project Manager
9 1 (2.564%) SAP Logistics Consultant
9 1 (2.564%) Data Consultant
9 1 (2.564%) SAP Manager
9 1 (2.564%) SAP XI Developer
9 1 (2.564%) Supply Chain Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.82%) Data Conversion
2 4 (10.26%) Computer Science
3 3 (7.692%) Mathematics
3 3 (7.692%) Management Information System
4 2 (5.128%) FMCG
5 1 (2.564%) Hedge funds
5 1 (2.564%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (20.51%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.564%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (30.77%) Migration
2 11 (28.21%) ERP
2 11 (28.21%) Data Migration
3 10 (25.64%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.82%) SAP Implementation
5 5 (12.82%) ETL
6 3 (7.692%) Security Architecture
6 3 (7.692%) Data Governance
6 3 (7.692%) Information Security
6 3 (7.692%) Project Management
6 3 (7.692%) Workflow
7 2 (5.128%) MVC
7 2 (5.128%) CRM
7 2 (5.128%) OSSTMM
7 2 (5.128%) OWASP
7 2 (5.128%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.128%) Vulnerability Assessment
7 2 (5.128%) Penetration Testing
7 2 (5.128%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 18 (46.15%) SQL
2 15 (38.46%) Java
3 2 (5.128%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.128%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) Degree
2 1 (2.564%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.564%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.564%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.564%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.692%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.564%) SCCM
Vendors
1 30 (76.92%) SAP
2 7 (17.95%) Microsoft
3 5 (12.82%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.564%) Adobe
4 1 (2.564%) Sun
4 1 (2.564%) SunGard
4 1 (2.564%) Oracle
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