East Midlands ABAP Jobs

This section looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Ascot Ashby-de-la-Zouch Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheadle Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Colchester Coventry Crewe Darlington Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire England Essex Glasgow Hampshire Harrogate Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Malvern Manchester Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Monmouthshire North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Ripon Runcorn Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Sunderland Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Wolverhampton Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	164	167
Rank change on same period last year	+3
Matching permanent IT job ads	16	21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.685 %	0.805 %
Salaries quoted	14	20
Average minimum salary	£39,643	£42,900
Average salary	£43,750	£47,600
% change on same period last year	-8.08 %
Average maximum salary	£47,857	£52,300
UK excluding London average salary	£49,139	£48,046
% change on same period last year	+2.27 %
Programming Languages East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	2336	2609
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.199 %	1.087 %
Salaries quoted	2005	2213
Average minimum salary	£30,299	£29,577
Average salary	£32,832	£31,934
% change on same period last year	+2.81 %
Average maximum salary	£35,365	£34,291
UK excluding London average salary	£35,210	£35,524
% change on same period last year	-0.88 %
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ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing ABAP within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leicestershire	+3	9	£42,500	-20.00 %
Derbyshire	-	2	£45,000	-
Northamptonshire	-11	1	£52,500	+12.78 %
Nottinghamshire	-	1	£27,500	-

ABAP England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 24 (85.71 %) SAP 2 9 (32.14 %) Business Intelligence 3 7 (25.00 %) SAP BW 4 6 (21.43 %) SAP SD 4 6 (21.43 %) CRM 5 4 (14.29 %) Home Office 5 4 (14.29 %) Web Dynpro 5 4 (14.29 %) Logistics 5 4 (14.29 %) SAP BSP 5 4 (14.29 %) Pensions 5 4 (14.29 %) MATLAB 5 4 (14.29 %) ERP 5 4 (14.29 %) Data Modelling 5 4 (14.29 %) SAS 5 4 (14.29 %) Progress 4GL

5 4 (14.29 %) SAP R/3 5 4 (14.29 %) Informix 5 4 (14.29 %) NetWeaver 5 4 (14.29 %) User Acceptance Testing 5 4 (14.29 %) System Testing 6 3 (10.71 %) Manufacturing 6 3 (10.71 %) SAP MM 6 3 (10.71 %) Retail 7 2 (7.143 %) SAP CO 7 2 (7.143 %) Finance 7 2 (7.143 %) SAP FI/CO 7 2 (7.143 %) Billing 7 2 (7.143 %) Quality Management 7 2 (7.143 %) Project Management 7 2 (7.143 %) SAP FI

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 4 (14.29 %) Web Dynpro 1 4 (14.29 %) SAP BSP 2 1 (3.571 %) SAP Smart Forms 2 1 (3.571 %) BAPI 2 1 (3.571 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 4 (14.29 %) SAS 1 4 (14.29 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 4 (14.29 %) MATLAB 2 2 (7.143 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 6 (21.43 %) SAP SD 2 4 (14.29 %) SAP R/3 3 3 (10.71 %) SAP MM 4 2 (7.143 %) SAP FI/CO 4 2 (7.143 %) SAP CO 4 2 (7.143 %) SAP FI 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP QM 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (25.00 %) SAP BW 2 4 (14.29 %) Informix	Development Applications 1 1 (3.571 %) LSMW
General 1 4 (14.29 %) Home Office 1 4 (14.29 %) Pensions 2 3 (10.71 %) Retail 2 3 (10.71 %) Manufacturing 3 2 (7.143 %) Finance 3 2 (7.143 %) Billing 4 1 (3.571 %) Banking 4 1 (3.571 %) Education 4 1 (3.571 %) Pharmaceutical	Job Titles 1 9 (32.14 %) Programmer 2 8 (28.57 %) Analyst 3 6 (21.43 %) Consultant 4 5 (17.86 %) SAP Consultant 5 4 (14.29 %) Senior Analyst 5 4 (14.29 %) SAP Manager 5 4 (14.29 %) Software Programmer 5 4 (14.29 %) Analyst Programmer 6 3 (10.71 %) SAP Developer 6 3 (10.71 %) Senior Programmer 6 3 (10.71 %) Senior ABAP Developer 6 3 (10.71 %) Senior SAP Developer 6 3 (10.71 %) ABAP Developer 6 3 (10.71 %) Senior Analyst Programmer 6 3 (10.71 %) Senior Developer 6 3 (10.71 %) Developer 7 2 (7.143 %) Development Manager 7 2 (7.143 %) ABAP Consultant 7 2 (7.143 %) SAP Programmer 8 1 (3.571 %) SAP Architect
Miscellaneous 1 1 (3.571 %) Management Information System 1 1 (3.571 %) French Language 1 1 (3.571 %) Spanish Language	Operating Systems 1 2 (7.143 %) VMS 2 1 (3.571 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (32.14 %) Business Intelligence 2 6 (21.43 %) CRM 3 4 (14.29 %) ERP 3 4 (14.29 %) Data Modelling 3 4 (14.29 %) User Acceptance Testing 3 4 (14.29 %) System Testing 3 4 (14.29 %) Logistics 4 2 (7.143 %) Project Management 4 2 (7.143 %) Quality Management 5 1 (3.571 %) Change Management 5 1 (3.571 %) Document Management 5 1 (3.571 %) Systems Analysis 5 1 (3.571 %) Business Analysis 5 1 (3.571 %) SAP Implementation 5 1 (3.571 %) SC Cleared 5 1 (3.571 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 4 (14.29 %) Progress 4GL 2 1 (3.571 %) SAPscript
Qualifications 1 1 (3.571 %) Degree	Vendors 1 24 (85.71 %) SAP 2 1 (3.571 %) Oracle