The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 Dorset 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 61 46 31
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -15
Permanent jobs citing SAP 3 12 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.497% 2.484% 5.052%
As % of the Vendors category 1.215% 6.593% 11.33%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 27
Average salary £27,500 £37,500 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66% +29.31%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
All Vendors
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
247 182 256
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 40.89% 37.68% 44.60%
Number of salaries quoted 214 136 202
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
South West

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset SAP Salary Trend

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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -6 2 £27,500 -35.29%
Poole +5 1 £32,500 -13.33%
SAP
South West

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 17 (73.91%) Finance
2 15 (65.22%) SAP CO
2 15 (65.22%) SAP FI/CO
2 15 (65.22%) ERP
2 15 (65.22%) SAP FI
3 12 (52.17%) SAP ERP
4 11 (47.83%) ITIL
5 10 (43.48%) SAP Certification
5 10 (43.48%) ABAP
6 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
7 5 (21.74%) Service Management
7 5 (21.74%) Windows
8 4 (17.39%) SAP HR
9 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
10 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
10 2 (8.696%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (8.696%) SAP HCM
10 2 (8.696%) Firewall
10 2 (8.696%) SAP Payroll
10 2 (8.696%) Java
10 2 (8.696%) SQL
10 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
10 2 (8.696%) LAN
10 2 (8.696%) WAN
10 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
10 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (8.696%) SLA
10 2 (8.696%) .NET
10 2 (8.696%) Apple

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 2 (8.696%) .NET
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
1 2 (8.696%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (65.22%) SAP FI/CO
1 15 (65.22%) SAP CO
1 15 (65.22%) SAP FI
2 12 (52.17%) SAP ERP
3 4 (17.39%) SAP HR
4 2 (8.696%) SAP HCM
4 2 (8.696%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (8.696%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (4.348%) SAP Business One
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.696%) LAN
1 2 (8.696%) WAN
1 2 (8.696%) TCP/IP
1 2 (8.696%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (4.348%) Visual Studio
1 1 (4.348%) NUnit
1 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (4.348%) MSBuild
General
1 17 (73.91%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) SAP Manager
2 3 (13.04%) IT Support
3 2 (8.696%) Software Manager
3 2 (8.696%) ERP Manager
3 2 (8.696%) Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Consultant
3 2 (8.696%) Systems Support
3 2 (8.696%) Support Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Technical Support
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Support
3 2 (8.696%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
3 2 (8.696%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (8.696%) Help Desk Support Analyst
3 2 (8.696%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (8.696%) Senior Support Engineer
3 2 (8.696%) SAP Support
4 1 (4.348%) Test Engineer
4 1 (4.348%) IT Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
2 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.696%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) ERP
2 11 (47.83%) ITIL
3 9 (39.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (21.74%) Service Management
4 5 (21.74%) Business Analysis
5 2 (8.696%) Resource Management
5 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.696%) Project Management
6 1 (4.348%) Logistics
6 1 (4.348%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (4.348%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) ABAP
2 2 (8.696%) Java
2 2 (8.696%) SQL
3 1 (4.348%) VBScript
3 1 (4.348%) VB
3 1 (4.348%) VBA
3 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) SAP Certification
2 1 (4.348%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.348%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (8.696%) Apple
1 2 (8.696%) JD Edwards
2 1 (4.348%) VMware
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft