The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Certification in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Certification 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 Qualifications for the England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Certification
Rank 760 662 732
Rank change year-on-year
-98 +70
Permanent jobs citing SAP Certification 81 205 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.080% 0.181% 0.100%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.291% 0.658% 0.386%
Number of salaries quoted 54 128 100
Average salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £74,500 £87,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27848 31150 30564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.53% 27.48% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 22693 26719 25735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
SAP Certification
UK

SAP Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England SAP Certification Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Certification
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAP Certification across the England region.

England SAP Certification Salary Trend

SAP Certification
Salary Histogram

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

England SAP Certification Salary Histogram

SAP Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Certification 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
London -6 37 £55,000 -31.25%
South East -37 13 £55,250 +0.45%
North West +7 9 £50,000 -14.52%
West Midlands -37 6 £67,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £55,000 -
South Coast - 1 £57,500 -
SAP Certification
UK

SAP Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing SAP Certification 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 Certification.

1 206 (100.00%) SAP
2 75 (36.41%) ABAP
3 70 (33.98%) Degree
4 67 (32.52%) Finance
5 66 (32.04%) SAP BW
6 47 (22.82%) Manufacturing
7 38 (18.45%) Logistics
8 35 (16.99%) BusinessObjects
8 35 (16.99%) Business Objects
9 34 (16.50%) Business Intelligence
9 34 (16.50%) SAP BPC
10 33 (16.02%) ETL
11 30 (14.56%) Data Modelling
11 30 (14.56%) SAP FI
12 29 (14.08%) SAP MM
13 28 (13.59%) Retail
14 27 (13.11%) QA
14 27 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
15 26 (12.62%) ERP
15 26 (12.62%) SAP CO
15 26 (12.62%) SAP FI/CO
16 23 (11.17%) Test Strategy
17 22 (10.68%) NetWeaver
18 19 (9.223%) ISEB
18 19 (9.223%) Software Testing
18 19 (9.223%) Computer Science
19 18 (8.738%) SAP BI
20 17 (8.252%) QuickTest Pro
20 17 (8.252%) LoadRunner
20 17 (8.252%) Microsoft

SAP Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing SAP Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (7.282%) SAP Basis
2 7 (3.398%) .NET
3 6 (2.913%) BAPI
3 6 (2.913%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.942%) SAP XI
5 3 (1.456%) Middleware
5 3 (1.456%) JDBC
5 3 (1.456%) XML
5 3 (1.456%) ODBC
5 3 (1.456%) Web Dynpro
5 3 (1.456%) SAP BC
6 2 (0.971%) WebSphere
6 2 (0.971%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.485%) CGI
7 1 (0.485%) CSS
7 1 (0.485%) EDI
7 1 (0.485%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 22 (10.68%) NetWeaver
2 7 (3.398%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.456%) SAP EP
4 2 (0.971%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 2 (0.971%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 11 (5.340%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.456%) MS Office
3 1 (0.485%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 34 (16.50%) SAP BPC
2 30 (14.56%) SAP FI
3 29 (14.08%) SAP MM
4 26 (12.62%) SAP CO
4 26 (12.62%) SAP FI/CO
5 16 (7.767%) SAP ERP
6 13 (6.311%) SAP SD
7 12 (5.825%) SAP SCM
8 11 (5.340%) SAP Retail
9 9 (4.369%) SAP HR
10 8 (3.883%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 7 (3.398%) SAP WM
12 6 (2.913%) SAP SRM
12 6 (2.913%) SAP R/3
12 6 (2.913%) SAP LE
13 5 (2.427%) SAP PP
13 5 (2.427%) Maximo
14 4 (1.942%) SAP CRM
14 4 (1.942%) SAP Payroll
14 4 (1.942%) SAP FI-AP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.340%) SAN
2 4 (1.942%) WAN
3 3 (1.456%) RFID
3 3 (1.456%) LDAP
3 3 (1.456%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.971%) VPN
4 2 (0.971%) Internet
4 2 (0.971%) Firewall
5 1 (0.485%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.485%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (0.485%) Network Security
5 1 (0.485%) FWSM
5 1 (0.485%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.485%) HSRP
5 1 (0.485%) IPsec
5 1 (0.485%) BGP
5 1 (0.485%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.485%) VRRP
5 1 (0.485%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (32.04%) SAP BW
2 35 (16.99%) BusinessObjects
3 18 (8.738%) SAP BI
4 12 (5.825%) SQL Server
5 10 (4.854%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (4.854%) SAP HANA
5 10 (4.854%) Big Data
6 9 (4.369%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (1.942%) OLTP
7 4 (1.942%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 4 (1.942%) Xcelsius
8 3 (1.456%) Oracle 11g
8 3 (1.456%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (1.456%) Crystal Reports
8 3 (1.456%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.485%) GIS
9 1 (0.485%) DB2
Development Applications
1 17 (8.252%) QuickTest Pro
1 17 (8.252%) LoadRunner
2 9 (4.369%) LSMW
3 1 (0.485%) TestDirector
General
1 67 (32.52%) Finance
2 47 (22.82%) Manufacturing
3 28 (13.59%) Retail
4 13 (6.311%) Banking
5 11 (5.340%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (4.369%) General Ledger
7 8 (3.883%) Legal
8 6 (2.913%) Publishing
9 3 (1.456%) Advertising
10 2 (0.971%) Billing
10 2 (0.971%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.485%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.485%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 108 (52.43%) Consultant
1 108 (52.43%) SAP Consultant
2 35 (16.99%) Analyst
3 29 (14.08%) SAP Analyst
4 22 (10.68%) Senior SAP Consultant
4 22 (10.68%) Senior Consultant
5 19 (9.223%) Test Specialist
6 17 (8.252%) Test Consultant
7 14 (6.796%) SAP Developer
7 14 (6.796%) SAP BW Developer
7 14 (6.796%) Developer
8 13 (6.311%) Development Analyst
9 12 (5.825%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 12 (5.825%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
9 12 (5.825%) Functional Consultant
10 10 (4.854%) Technical Specialist
10 10 (4.854%) Architect
10 10 (4.854%) Business Analyst
10 10 (4.854%) SAP BPC Consultant
10 10 (4.854%) Senior SAP BPC Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 19 (9.223%) Computer Science
2 5 (2.427%) Management Information System
2 5 (2.427%) Life Science
3 3 (1.456%) FMCG
3 3 (1.456%) Clustering
4 2 (0.971%) SaaS
5 1 (0.485%) PaaS
5 1 (0.485%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.485%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.282%) Windows
2 11 (5.340%) UNIX
3 10 (4.854%) Linux
4 6 (2.913%) AIX
4 6 (2.913%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.942%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (1.456%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.456%) Oracle Linux
6 3 (1.456%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.485%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (18.45%) Logistics
2 34 (16.50%) Business Intelligence
3 33 (16.02%) ETL
4 30 (14.56%) Data Modelling
5 27 (13.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 26 (12.62%) ERP
7 23 (11.17%) Test Strategy
8 19 (9.223%) Software Testing
9 16 (7.767%) Migration
10 15 (7.282%) ITIL
10 15 (7.282%) CRM
10 15 (7.282%) Project Management
10 15 (7.282%) Supply Chain Management
11 14 (6.796%) Test Management
12 13 (6.311%) Continuous Improvement
13 12 (5.825%) PRINCE2
14 10 (4.854%) Business Analysis
14 10 (4.854%) Business Development
14 10 (4.854%) Six Sigma
14 10 (4.854%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 75 (36.41%) ABAP
2 11 (5.340%) Java
3 5 (2.427%) SQL
4 1 (0.485%) C
Qualifications
1 70 (33.98%) Degree
2 19 (9.223%) ISEB
3 5 (2.427%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 5 (2.427%) CCA
4 2 (0.971%) ACCA
5 1 (0.485%) PCI QSA
5 1 (0.485%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.485%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.485%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.485%) CIMA
5 1 (0.485%) CCIE
5 1 (0.485%) CCNP
5 1 (0.485%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (13.11%) QA
2 5 (2.427%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.942%) SLA
4 1 (0.485%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.485%) GAAP
4 1 (0.485%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 3 (1.456%) Active Directory
1 3 (1.456%) Cronacle
2 1 (0.485%) vSphere
2 1 (0.485%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.485%) vCloud
2 1 (0.485%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 12 (5.825%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (1.456%) Data Guard
2 3 (1.456%) HP Data Protector
2 3 (1.456%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 1 (0.485%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.485%) CiscoWorks
3 1 (0.485%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.485%) Nessus
Vendors
1 206 (100.00%) SAP
2 35 (16.99%) Business Objects
3 17 (8.252%) Microsoft
3 17 (8.252%) HP
4 16 (7.767%) Oracle
5 8 (3.883%) OutlookSoft
6 6 (2.913%) Red Hat
7 5 (2.427%) Microgen
7 5 (2.427%) Primavera
8 3 (1.456%) SunGard
8 3 (1.456%) Sun
8 3 (1.456%) VMware
9 2 (0.971%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (0.971%) Cisco
9 2 (0.971%) IBM
9 2 (0.971%) ATG
10 1 (0.485%) 3PAR
10 1 (0.485%) Qualys
10 1 (0.485%) NetApp
10 1 (0.485%) Siemens