England ABAP Developer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Developer role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP ABAP Developer
Location Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Buckinghamshire Cheshire Chester Doncaster East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire England Essex Goole Harlow Hertfordshire Home Counties Leicester Leicestershire London Maidenhead Manchester Midlands North Wales North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Slough Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK Wales West Midlands Weybridge Wiltshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	724	860
Rank change on same period last year	+136
Matching permanent IT job ads	121	96
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.078 %	0.043 %
As % of the category below	0.092 %	0.049 %
Salaries quoted	101	68
Average minimum salary	£41,000	£43,232
Average salary	£44,762	£47,109
% change on same period last year	-4.98 %
Average maximum salary	£48,524	£50,986
UK excluding London average salary	£44,405	£47,392
% change on same period last year	-6.30 %
Job Titles England
Matching permanent IT job ads	132041	194797
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	85.19 %	87.20 %
Salaries quoted	112205	157976
Average minimum salary	£38,757	£39,818
Average salary	£42,400	£43,650
% change on same period last year	-2.86 %
Average maximum salary	£46,043	£47,481
UK excluding London average salary	£38,468	£39,125
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
ABAP Developer UK

ABAP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

ABAP Developer
Salary Trend

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

ABAP Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

ABAP Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
South East	+93	44	£45,012	-4.14 %
London	+128	39	£45,288	-2.95 %
West Midlands	-	14	£41,923	-
East of England	+29	7	£53,125	+26.23 %
South West	-4	6	£44,400	-19.27 %
North West	+27	6	£40,125	+10.14 %
East Midlands	+1	3	£40,833	-8.23 %
Midlands	-	1	£32,500	-
Yorkshire	+23	1	£40,000	+23.45 %

ABAP Developer UK

ABAP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title.

1 221 (100.00 %) ABAP 1 221 (100.00 %) SAP 2 97 (43.89 %) BAPI 3 53 (23.98 %) SAPscript 4 52 (23.53 %) Workflow 5 50 (22.62 %) SAP ALE 6 45 (20.36 %) SAP Smart Forms 7 40 (18.10 %) LSMW 8 35 (15.84 %) SAP XI 9 34 (15.38 %) Java 10 30 (13.57 %) NetWeaver 11 27 (12.22 %) CRM 12 25 (11.31 %) OO 13 24 (10.86 %) ERP 13 24 (10.86 %) SAP R/3

14 23 (10.41 %) EDI 14 23 (10.41 %) Manufacturing 15 22 (9.955 %) Migration 15 22 (9.955 %) Web Dynpro 16 19 (8.597 %) Business Intelligence 17 18 (8.145 %) Data Migration 18 17 (7.692 %) RDBMS 18 17 (7.692 %) SQL 19 14 (6.335 %) C++ 19 14 (6.335 %) SAP Implementation 20 13 (5.882 %) SAP BI 21 12 (5.430 %) SAP BW 22 11 (4.977 %) SAP BSP 23 8 (3.620 %) Finance 23 8 (3.620 %) SAP CRM

ABAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited ABAP Developer in their job title 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 with ABAP Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 97 (43.89 %) BAPI 2 50 (22.62 %) SAP ALE 3 45 (20.36 %) SAP Smart Forms 4 35 (15.84 %) SAP XI 5 23 (10.41 %) EDI 6 22 (9.955 %) Web Dynpro 7 11 (4.977 %) SAP BSP 8 8 (3.620 %) WebServices 9 4 (1.810 %) HTML 10 3 (1.357 %) Middleware 10 3 (1.357 %) SAP Business Workflow 11 1 (0.452 %) SAP PI 11 1 (0.452 %) SAP Basis 11 1 (0.452 %) .NET 11 1 (0.452 %) JSP 11 1 (0.452 %) Servlets	Application Platforms 1 30 (13.57 %) NetWeaver 2 4 (1.810 %) Tomcat 3 1 (0.452 %) SAP EP 3 1 (0.452 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Business Applications 1 24 (10.86 %) SAP R/3 2 8 (3.620 %) SAP CRM 3 4 (1.810 %) SAP HR 4 3 (1.357 %) SAP SD 4 3 (1.357 %) SAP FI 4 3 (1.357 %) SAP MM 5 2 (0.905 %) SAP Payroll 5 2 (0.905 %) SAP FI/CO 5 2 (0.905 %) SAP CO 6 1 (0.452 %) SAP Retail 6 1 (0.452 %) SAP SRM 6 1 (0.452 %) SAP ERP 6 1 (0.452 %) SAP WM 6 1 (0.452 %) Axapta	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (7.692 %) RDBMS 2 13 (5.882 %) SAP BI 3 12 (5.430 %) SAP BW 4 2 (0.905 %) SQL Server 5 1 (0.452 %) BusinessObjects
Development Applications 1 40 (18.10 %) LSMW	General 1 23 (10.41 %) Manufacturing 2 8 (3.620 %) Finance 3 7 (3.167 %) Education 3 7 (3.167 %) Government 4 6 (2.715 %) Local Government 5 5 (2.262 %) Retail 6 3 (1.357 %) Billing 6 3 (1.357 %) Pensions 6 3 (1.357 %) Home Office 6 3 (1.357 %) Health 7 2 (0.905 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.452 %) Chemicals 8 1 (0.452 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (0.452 %) Front Office 8 1 (0.452 %) Electronics 8 1 (0.452 %) Publishing 8 1 (0.452 %) Banking 8 1 (0.452 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.452 %) Investment Banking 8 1 (0.452 %) Insurance
Miscellaneous 1 2 (0.905 %) Data Extraction 2 1 (0.452 %) Data Conversion	Operating Systems 1 1 (0.452 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 52 (23.53 %) Workflow 2 27 (12.22 %) CRM 3 25 (11.31 %) OO 4 24 (10.86 %) ERP 5 22 (9.955 %) Migration 6 19 (8.597 %) Business Intelligence 7 18 (8.145 %) Data Migration 8 14 (6.335 %) SAP Implementation 9 7 (3.167 %) Logistics 10 6 (2.715 %) Service Delivery 11 4 (1.810 %) Unit Testing 11 4 (1.810 %) Business Development 12 3 (1.357 %) Security Cleared 13 2 (0.905 %) User Acceptance Testing 13 2 (0.905 %) Asset Management 13 2 (0.905 %) Project Management 14 1 (0.452 %) Data Modelling 14 1 (0.452 %) Web Development 14 1 (0.452 %) Integration Testing	Programming Languages 1 221 (100.00 %) ABAP 2 53 (23.98 %) SAPscript 3 34 (15.38 %) Java 4 17 (7.692 %) SQL 5 14 (6.335 %) C++ 6 2 (0.905 %) C 7 1 (0.452 %) C#
Qualifications 1 5 (2.262 %) Degree 2 1 (0.452 %) SAP Certification	Vendors 1 221 (100.00 %) SAP 2 2 (0.905 %) Oracle 3 1 (0.452 %) Business Objects 3 1 (0.452 %) Microsoft 3 1 (0.452 %) Open Text 3 1 (0.452 %) Northgate