England SAP SD Jobs

This section looks at the demand for SAP Sales and Distribution (SD) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP SD over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Sales and Distribution (SD)
Location Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Brentwood Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Colchester Crawley Crewe Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Essex Gatwick Grays Hampshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hounslow Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Portsmouth Reading Romford Scotland Somerset South Coast South East South West Stafford Staffordshire Stockport Street Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tipton Tunbridge Wells UK Uxbridge Walsall Warrington West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	454	496
Rank change on same period last year	+42
Matching permanent IT job ads	584	595
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.308 %	0.244 %
As % of the category below	5.213 %	4.211 %
Salaries quoted	488	470
Average minimum salary	£46,678	£45,543
Average salary	£51,001	£50,961
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Average maximum salary	£55,325	£56,379
UK excluding London average salary	£51,921	£51,588
% change on same period last year	+0.64 %
Business Applications England
Matching permanent IT job ads	11203	14128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	5.914 %	5.785 %
Salaries quoted	8909	10780
Average minimum salary	£45,960	£46,023
Average salary	£51,586	£51,383
% change on same period last year	+0.39 %
Average maximum salary	£57,213	£56,742
UK excluding London average salary	£49,524	£50,253
% change on same period last year	-1.45 %
SAP SD UK

SAP SD
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAP SD across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP SD
Salary Trend

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

SAP SD
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP SD across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

SAP SD
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP SD within the England region over the 3 months to 25 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
London	+2	151	£51,244	-6.31 %
South East	+46	133	£51,206	-5.33 %
North West	+24	69	£58,952	+27.25 %
East of England	+70	64	£45,412	+11.78 %
West Midlands	-18	49	£49,078	+1.20 %
South West	+6	30	£45,795	+14.14 %
Midlands	+6	23	£50,850	+11.07 %
East Midlands	+17	11	£49,864	-1.26 %
Yorkshire	+3	11	£45,350	+34.75 %
South Coast	-	9	£46,667	-
North East	-16	8	£54,643	+33.71 %

SAP SD UK

SAP SD
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SAP SD 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 SD.

1 1150 (100.00 %) SAP 2 205 (17.83 %) Manufacturing 3 190 (16.52 %) ABAP 4 146 (12.70 %) SAP MM 5 144 (12.52 %) Logistics 6 143 (12.43 %) Retail 7 110 (9.565 %) CRM 8 104 (9.043 %) SAP FI 9 95 (8.261 %) Billing 10 91 (7.913 %) SAP CO 11 88 (7.652 %) SAP FI/CO 12 86 (7.478 %) Finance 13 80 (6.957 %) Project Management 14 75 (6.522 %) SAP R/3 15 67 (5.826 %) Business Intelligence

16 59 (5.130 %) ERP 17 54 (4.696 %) FMCG 18 52 (4.522 %) SAP XI 19 50 (4.348 %) SAP BI 19 50 (4.348 %) NetWeaver 19 50 (4.348 %) SAP Implementation 20 49 (4.261 %) SAP CRM 21 48 (4.174 %) Business Analysis 22 44 (3.826 %) SAP Retail 22 44 (3.826 %) French Language 23 41 (3.565 %) German Language 23 41 (3.565 %) SAP ALE 23 41 (3.565 %) SAPscript 24 39 (3.391 %) SAP Smart Forms 24 39 (3.391 %) SAP Certification

SAP SD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SAP SD 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 SD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 52 (4.522 %) SAP XI 2 41 (3.565 %) SAP ALE 3 39 (3.391 %) SAP Smart Forms 4 33 (2.870 %) EDI 5 27 (2.348 %) BAPI 6 9 (0.783 %) Web Dynpro 7 5 (0.435 %) SAP Business Workflow 8 3 (0.261 %) EDIFACT 9 2 (0.174 %) Middleware 9 2 (0.174 %) WebServices 10 1 (0.087 %) XML 10 1 (0.087 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 50 (4.348 %) NetWeaver 2 3 (0.261 %) BizTalk Server 3 1 (0.087 %) Lotus Notes
Applications 1 17 (1.478 %) MS Visio 2 13 (1.130 %) MS Excel 3 3 (0.261 %) CA Clarity 3 3 (0.261 %) MS Project 3 3 (0.261 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.174 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 146 (12.70 %) SAP MM 2 104 (9.043 %) SAP FI 3 91 (7.913 %) SAP CO 4 88 (7.652 %) SAP FI/CO 5 75 (6.522 %) SAP R/3 6 49 (4.261 %) SAP CRM 7 44 (3.826 %) SAP Retail 8 33 (2.870 %) SAP PP 9 31 (2.696 %) SAP WM 10 25 (2.174 %) SAP ERP 11 24 (2.087 %) SAP HR 12 20 (1.739 %) SAP APO 13 19 (1.652 %) SAP SCM 14 14 (1.217 %) SAP PM 15 11 (0.957 %) SAP QM 16 10 (0.870 %) SAP LE 17 9 (0.783 %) SAP SM 18 8 (0.696 %) SAP Oil and Gas 19 5 (0.435 %) SAP PS 20 4 (0.348 %) SAP EBP
Communications & Networking 1 19 (1.652 %) CTI 2 5 (0.435 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 50 (4.348 %) SAP BI 2 22 (1.913 %) SAP BW 3 6 (0.522 %) SQL Server 7 3 6 (0.522 %) SQL Server 4 1 (0.087 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 9 (0.783 %) WinRunner 1 9 (0.783 %) LSMW 1 9 (0.783 %) eCATT 2 8 (0.696 %) TestDirector 3 6 (0.522 %) LoadRunner 4 4 (0.348 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 205 (17.83 %) Manufacturing 2 143 (12.43 %) Retail 3 95 (8.261 %) Billing 4 86 (7.478 %) Finance 5 54 (4.696 %) FMCG 6 39 (3.391 %) Pensions 7 37 (3.217 %) Marketing 8 27 (2.348 %) Health 9 21 (1.826 %) Pharmaceutical 10 15 (1.304 %) Insurance 11 14 (1.217 %) Automotive 12 13 (1.130 %) Banking 13 12 (1.043 %) Government 14 10 (0.870 %) Education 15 7 (0.609 %) Telecoms 16 6 (0.522 %) Publishing 17 4 (0.348 %) Auditing 17 4 (0.348 %) Electronics 18 3 (0.261 %) Back Office 18 3 (0.261 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 721 (62.70 %) Consultant 2 696 (60.52 %) SAP Consultant 3 593 (51.57 %) SAP SD Consultant 4 248 (21.57 %) Analyst 5 234 (20.35 %) SAP Analyst 6 148 (12.87 %) SAP MM Consultant 7 138 (12.00 %) SAP SD/MM Consultant 8 67 (5.826 %) Business Analyst 9 65 (5.652 %) SAP Support 10 63 (5.478 %) SAP Business Analyst 11 41 (3.565 %) Senior Consultant 11 41 (3.565 %) Support Consultant 12 39 (3.391 %) Senior SAP Consultant 13 38 (3.304 %) SAP Support Consultant 14 33 (2.870 %) Configuration Analyst 15 32 (2.783 %) Functional Analyst 15 32 (2.783 %) Senior Analyst 16 31 (2.696 %) Team Leader 16 31 (2.696 %) Developer 16 31 (2.696 %) SAP Manager	Miscellaneous 1 44 (3.826 %) French Language 2 41 (3.565 %) German Language 3 34 (2.957 %) Italian Language 4 17 (1.478 %) Spanish Language 5 13 (1.130 %) Management Information System 6 11 (0.957 %) Data Conversion 7 8 (0.696 %) Dutch Language 8 6 (0.522 %) Life Science 8 6 (0.522 %) Portuguese Language 9 4 (0.348 %) AS400 10 2 (0.174 %) Mathematics 11 1 (0.087 %) Computer Science 11 1 (0.087 %) Economics 11 1 (0.087 %) Data Extraction
Operating Systems 1 13 (1.130 %) VMS 2 3 (0.261 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 144 (12.52 %) Logistics 2 110 (9.565 %) CRM 3 80 (6.957 %) Project Management 4 67 (5.826 %) Business Intelligence 5 59 (5.130 %) ERP 6 50 (4.348 %) SAP Implementation 7 48 (4.174 %) Business Analysis 8 28 (2.435 %) Change Management 9 24 (2.087 %) Workflow 10 23 (2.000 %) GAP Analysis 11 18 (1.565 %) Migration 12 13 (1.130 %) ITIL 13 12 (1.043 %) Data Migration 14 10 (0.870 %) OO 14 10 (0.870 %) Quality Management 15 8 (0.696 %) UML 15 8 (0.696 %) Data Management 15 8 (0.696 %) Test Scripting 15 8 (0.696 %) System Testing 16 7 (0.609 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 190 (16.52 %) ABAP 2 41 (3.565 %) SAPscript 3 21 (1.826 %) C 4 5 (0.435 %) Java 5 3 (0.261 %) SQL 5 3 (0.261 %) C# 5 3 (0.261 %) C++ 6 2 (0.174 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 39 (3.391 %) SAP Certification 2 32 (2.783 %) Degree 3 3 (0.261 %) Citrix Certification 4 2 (0.174 %) PMP 4 2 (0.174 %) PMI Certification 5 1 (0.087 %) ACCA 5 1 (0.087 %) PRINCE2 Certification 5 1 (0.087 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (1.304 %) QA 2 1 (0.087 %) SLA	Vendors 1 1150 (100.00 %) SAP 2 10 (0.870 %) ION Trading 3 8 (0.696 %) Microsoft 4 6 (0.522 %) CA 5 3 (0.261 %) PeopleSoft 5 3 (0.261 %) webMethods 6 2 (0.174 %) Oracle 6 2 (0.174 %) Siebel 6 2 (0.174 %) Hyperion 7 1 (0.087 %) Lotus 7 1 (0.087 %) JD Edwards 7 1 (0.087 %) FatWire