The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester 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 Colchester 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 14 39 27
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -12
Permanent jobs citing SAP 16 5 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 9.091% 2.747% 5.882%
As % of the Vendors category 22.86% 5.618% 11.86%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 2
Average salary £34,000 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.52% -5.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +4.76%
All Vendors
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
70 89 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 39.77% 48.90% 49.58%
Number of salaries quoted 63 78 90
Average salary £34,500 £38,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.21% -10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £32,625
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Essex

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Colchester SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 14 (51.85%) Oracle
2 13 (48.15%) SAP FI
2 13 (48.15%) SAP FI/CO
2 13 (48.15%) SAP CO
3 11 (40.74%) Finance
3 11 (40.74%) MS Office
3 11 (40.74%) Oracle Reports
4 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 8 (29.63%) JD Edwards
5 8 (29.63%) Sage
5 8 (29.63%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (29.63%) ERP
5 8 (29.63%) PerformancePoint
6 7 (25.93%) SQL
7 6 (22.22%) T-SQL
7 6 (22.22%) SAP BW
7 6 (22.22%) SAS
7 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
7 6 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
8 4 (14.81%) Business Development
9 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
9 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (11.11%) Information Security
10 2 (7.407%) CODA
10 2 (7.407%) Project Management
10 2 (7.407%) Law
11 1 (3.704%) Migration
11 1 (3.704%) Scrum
11 1 (3.704%) VMware

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 6 (22.22%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (40.74%) MS Office
2 3 (11.11%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.704%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 13 (48.15%) SAP FI
1 13 (48.15%) SAP FI/CO
1 13 (48.15%) SAP CO
2 8 (29.63%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (3.704%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (3.704%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.704%) SAP R/3
3 1 (3.704%) Agresso
3 1 (3.704%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) Intranet
1 1 (3.704%) LAN
1 1 (3.704%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (40.74%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (29.63%) PerformancePoint
3 6 (22.22%) SAP BW
3 6 (22.22%) SQL Server
3 6 (22.22%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (11.11%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 2 (7.407%) Law
3 1 (3.704%) Banking
3 1 (3.704%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 13 (48.15%) Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 9 (33.33%) Consultant
3 6 (22.22%) Developer
4 5 (18.52%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 5 (18.52%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (14.81%) Trainee
5 4 (14.81%) Trainee Consultant
5 4 (14.81%) Recruitment Consultant
5 4 (14.81%) Graduate
5 4 (14.81%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (11.11%) MI Developer
6 3 (11.11%) SAP Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Support Consultant
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Analyst
7 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Junior
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Support
7 1 (3.704%) Systems Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
1 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) ERP
2 4 (14.81%) Business Development
3 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (11.11%) Information Security
4 2 (7.407%) Project Management
5 1 (3.704%) Migration
5 1 (3.704%) Scrum
5 1 (3.704%) Change Management
5 1 (3.704%) Programme Management
5 1 (3.704%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (3.704%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.704%) CRM
5 1 (3.704%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.704%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.704%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.704%) PMP
1 1 (3.704%) PMI Certification
1 1 (3.704%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 14 (51.85%) Oracle
2 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (29.63%) JD Edwards
3 8 (29.63%) Sage
4 2 (7.407%) CODA
5 1 (3.704%) VMware
5 1 (3.704%) Cisco
5 1 (3.704%) Citrix
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