The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 382 442 453
Rank change year-on-year
+60 +11
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 595 505 470
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.588% 0.445% 0.399%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.102% 0.818% 0.751%
Number of salaries quoted 421 391 354
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £87,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
53970 61717 62590
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 53.36% 54.44% 53.13%
Number of salaries quoted 46892 54625 54597
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

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

England ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the England region over the 3 months to 24 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
South East +23 172 £45,000 -10.00%
London +44 136 £57,500 -9.80%
West Midlands +4 93 £50,000 +5.26%
North West +29 72 £47,500 +11.76%
East of England +27 52 £42,500 -22.72%
Yorkshire +18 18 £54,250 -14.90%
South Coast - 14 £50,000 -
South West +1 8 £40,000 -33.33%
East Midlands -10 8 £50,000 +13.20%
North East +7 7 £50,000 -4.76%
Midlands +2 4 £50,000 +5.26%
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1121 (98.68%) SAP
2 280 (24.65%) Finance
3 244 (21.48%) SAP BW
4 215 (18.93%) Business Intelligence
5 211 (18.57%) CRM
6 193 (16.99%) SAP Implementation
7 187 (16.46%) Manufacturing
8 183 (16.11%) Java
9 163 (14.35%) Business Development
10 155 (13.64%) SAP MM
11 148 (13.03%) BusinessObjects
11 148 (13.03%) Business Objects
12 139 (12.24%) SAP SD
13 134 (11.80%) NetWeaver
14 130 (11.44%) Logistics
15 121 (10.65%) SAP BI
16 113 (9.947%) OO
17 112 (9.859%) ERP
18 109 (9.595%) SQL
18 109 (9.595%) Retail
19 106 (9.331%) Workflow
20 105 (9.243%) BAPI
21 103 (9.067%) Migration
21 103 (9.067%) SAP R/3
22 102 (8.979%) Oracle
23 99 (8.715%) SAP CRM
24 98 (8.627%) Web Dynpro
24 98 (8.627%) SAP PI
25 95 (8.363%) Data Modelling
25 95 (8.363%) SAP PP

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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
1 105 (9.243%) BAPI
2 98 (8.627%) Web Dynpro
2 98 (8.627%) SAP PI
3 88 (7.746%) SAP Basis
4 83 (7.306%) SAP XI
5 71 (6.250%) Web Services
6 69 (6.074%) SAP ALE
7 58 (5.106%) EDI
8 56 (4.930%) XML
9 51 (4.489%) Middleware
10 43 (3.785%) SAP Smart Forms
11 40 (3.521%) SAP BSP
12 39 (3.433%) .NET
13 34 (2.993%) HTML
14 27 (2.377%) CSS
14 27 (2.377%) SAP TM
15 23 (2.025%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.056%) J2EE
17 11 (0.968%) SAP Business Workflow
18 10 (0.880%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 134 (11.80%) NetWeaver
2 52 (4.577%) SAP Portal
3 24 (2.113%) SAP EP
4 16 (1.408%) SharePoint
4 16 (1.408%) CMS
5 6 (0.528%) ESB
6 3 (0.264%) ColdFusion
6 3 (0.264%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (0.176%) LiveLink
8 1 (0.088%) SAS
Applications
1 46 (4.049%) MS Excel
2 30 (2.641%) MS Office
3 4 (0.352%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.352%) MS Project
4 2 (0.176%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 155 (13.64%) SAP MM
2 139 (12.24%) SAP SD
3 103 (9.067%) SAP R/3
4 99 (8.715%) SAP CRM
5 95 (8.363%) SAP PP
6 87 (7.658%) SAP FI
7 86 (7.570%) SAP BPC
8 84 (7.394%) SAP WM
9 75 (6.602%) SAP CO
10 73 (6.426%) SAP FI/CO
11 53 (4.665%) SAP APO
12 43 (3.785%) SAP HR
13 40 (3.521%) SAP SRM
14 38 (3.345%) SAP SCM
15 36 (3.169%) SAP ERP
16 34 (2.993%) SAP LE
17 32 (2.817%) SAP Retail
18 22 (1.937%) SAP GRC
19 20 (1.761%) SAP HCM
20 19 (1.673%) SAP PSCD
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.968%) HTTPS
2 10 (0.880%) TCP/IP
3 7 (0.616%) SSL
4 4 (0.352%) LAN
4 4 (0.352%) WAN
4 4 (0.352%) LDAP
5 3 (0.264%) HTTP
6 2 (0.176%) Intranet
6 2 (0.176%) Extranet
7 1 (0.088%) RTP
7 1 (0.088%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 244 (21.48%) SAP BW
2 148 (13.03%) BusinessObjects
3 121 (10.65%) SAP BI
4 71 (6.250%) SQL Server
5 58 (5.106%) SAP Data Services
6 39 (3.433%) SAP HANA
7 34 (2.993%) DB2
8 30 (2.641%) SQL Server 2008
9 27 (2.377%) SQL Server 2005
10 21 (1.849%) RDBMS
11 18 (1.585%) Oracle 11g
12 17 (1.496%) Oracle 10g
13 15 (1.320%) Data Warehouse
14 12 (1.056%) MS Access
15 9 (0.792%) Xcelsius
16 8 (0.704%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.704%) OLAP
17 7 (0.616%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
18 6 (0.528%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 6 (0.528%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 89 (7.835%) LSMW
2 15 (1.320%) Visual Studio
3 13 (1.144%) NWDI
4 7 (0.616%) LoadRunner
5 4 (0.352%) Xcode
5 4 (0.352%) NWDS
5 4 (0.352%) Hudson
6 2 (0.176%) Subversion
6 2 (0.176%) TestDirector
7 1 (0.088%) VisualSVN
7 1 (0.088%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.088%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.088%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 280 (24.65%) Finance
2 187 (16.46%) Manufacturing
3 109 (9.595%) Retail
4 65 (5.722%) Publishing
5 37 (3.257%) Billing
6 36 (3.169%) German Language
7 22 (1.937%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (1.496%) Legal
9 13 (1.144%) Advertising
9 13 (1.144%) Marketing
10 12 (1.056%) Games
11 11 (0.968%) Banking
12 10 (0.880%) Automotive
13 7 (0.616%) Law
13 7 (0.616%) French Language
14 5 (0.440%) Aerospace
15 4 (0.352%) General Ledger
15 4 (0.352%) Italian Language
15 4 (0.352%) Korean Language
15 4 (0.352%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 682 (60.04%) Consultant
2 642 (56.51%) SAP Consultant
3 205 (18.05%) Developer
4 171 (15.05%) SAP Developer
5 141 (12.41%) Managing Consultant
6 111 (9.771%) ABAP Developer
7 106 (9.331%) Analyst
8 101 (8.891%) SAP MM Consultant
9 76 (6.690%) SAP PP Consultant
10 70 (6.162%) SAP WM Consultant
11 69 (6.074%) SAP Analyst
12 68 (5.986%) SAP SD Consultant
13 67 (5.898%) ABAP Consultant
14 54 (4.754%) SAP QM Consultant
15 53 (4.665%) SAP SRM Consultant
16 50 (4.401%) SAP BW Consultant
17 46 (4.049%) Technical Consultant
18 43 (3.785%) Data Consultant
19 41 (3.609%) Data Migration Consultant
19 41 (3.609%) Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 38 (3.345%) Data Conversion
2 32 (2.817%) FMCG
3 25 (2.201%) Computer Science
4 18 (1.585%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.320%) Data Extraction
6 11 (0.968%) Replication
7 8 (0.704%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.528%) Life Science
8 6 (0.528%) Mathematics
8 6 (0.528%) AS400
9 5 (0.440%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.352%) PMI
10 4 (0.352%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.264%) SaaS
11 3 (0.264%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.264%) Physics
11 3 (0.264%) Data Integration
12 2 (0.176%) Derivative
12 2 (0.176%) iPad
12 2 (0.176%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 72 (6.338%) UNIX
2 66 (5.810%) Windows
3 22 (1.937%) AIX
4 17 (1.496%) Windows Server 2003
5 10 (0.880%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (0.880%) Linux
6 6 (0.528%) Solaris
7 4 (0.352%) Android
7 4 (0.352%) Windows Phone 7
7 4 (0.352%) Windows Phone
8 3 (0.264%) Windows 2000
8 3 (0.264%) VMS
8 3 (0.264%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.088%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (18.93%) Business Intelligence
2 211 (18.57%) CRM
3 193 (16.99%) SAP Implementation
4 163 (14.35%) Business Development
5 130 (11.44%) Logistics
6 113 (9.947%) OO
7 112 (9.859%) ERP
8 106 (9.331%) Workflow
9 103 (9.067%) Migration
10 95 (8.363%) Data Modelling
11 83 (7.306%) ETL
12 81 (7.130%) Project Management
13 78 (6.866%) Data Migration
14 58 (5.106%) ITIL
15 39 (3.433%) Root Cause Analysis
16 37 (3.257%) Stakeholder Management
17 35 (3.081%) SOA
18 33 (2.905%) Business Analysis
19 27 (2.377%) Change Management
19 27 (2.377%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 183 (16.11%) Java
2 109 (9.595%) SQL
3 55 (4.842%) SAPscript
4 40 (3.521%) C
5 31 (2.729%) JavaScript
6 16 (1.408%) C#
7 14 (1.232%) VB.NET
8 12 (1.056%) Shell Script
9 6 (0.528%) VB
10 5 (0.440%) C++
10 5 (0.440%) COBOL
10 5 (0.440%) PHP
11 4 (0.352%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.264%) Delphi
12 3 (0.264%) T-SQL
12 3 (0.264%) VBA
12 3 (0.264%) Ada
12 3 (0.264%) Tcl
12 3 (0.264%) Lisp
12 3 (0.264%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 75 (6.602%) SAP Certification
2 73 (6.426%) Degree
3 62 (5.458%) Security Cleared
4 21 (1.849%) SC Cleared
5 10 (0.880%) CCA
6 7 (0.616%) HND
7 4 (0.352%) CITP
7 4 (0.352%) PMP
7 4 (0.352%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.264%) HNC
8 3 (0.264%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (2.993%) QA
2 12 (1.056%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 10 (0.880%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.264%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.088%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 20 (1.761%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.088%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1121 (98.68%) SAP
2 148 (13.03%) Business Objects
3 102 (8.979%) Oracle
4 57 (5.018%) Microsoft
5 22 (1.937%) Adobe
6 19 (1.673%) webMethods
7 17 (1.496%) HP
8 15 (1.320%) Sybase
9 11 (0.968%) OutlookSoft
10 7 (0.616%) Sun
11 6 (0.528%) Venda
11 6 (0.528%) Syclo
12 5 (0.440%) JDA
13 4 (0.352%) Sencha
14 3 (0.264%) Siebel
14 3 (0.264%) Sage
14 3 (0.264%) Chordiant
14 3 (0.264%) SunGard
14 3 (0.264%) Sitecore
15 2 (0.176%) JD Edwards
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