The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP 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 Vendors for the Leicester region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 63 43 16
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -27
Permanent jobs citing SAP 3 13 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 0.763% 3.631% 10.60%
As % of the Vendors category 1.316% 9.774% 22.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 10 22
Average salary £40,000 £41,712 £41,698
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% +0.03%
UK excluding London average salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +4.76%
All Vendors
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
228 133 135
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 58.02% 37.15% 47.70%
Number of salaries quoted 200 117 116
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £22,900
10% offered a salary of more than £51,750 £70,000 £54,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Leicestershire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Salary Trend

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

Leicester SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
3 9 (52.94%) HP
3 9 (52.94%) NetApp
3 9 (52.94%) VMware
3 9 (52.94%) vSphere
3 9 (52.94%) Capacity Management
4 6 (35.29%) SAN
4 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (35.29%) MCP
5 5 (29.41%) Retail
5 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (17.65%) Windows
7 3 (17.65%) CRM
8 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
8 2 (11.76%) ERP
8 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
8 2 (11.76%) LAN
8 2 (11.76%) WAN
8 2 (11.76%) SLA
8 2 (11.76%) OO
8 2 (11.76%) HTML
8 2 (11.76%) Java
8 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) VBScript
8 2 (11.76%) VB
8 2 (11.76%) ABAP
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle
8 2 (11.76%) Symantec

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
1 2 (11.76%) XML
1 2 (11.76%) SAP ALE
2 1 (5.882%) SAP PI
2 1 (5.882%) SAP BSP
2 1 (5.882%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (5.882%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
1 2 (11.76%) MS Exchange
1 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP CRM
1 2 (11.76%) SAP Retail
1 2 (11.76%) Retail-J
2 1 (5.882%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (5.882%) SAP PM
2 1 (5.882%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (5.882%) SAP HR
2 1 (5.882%) SAP SD
2 1 (5.882%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (35.29%) SAN
2 2 (11.76%) LAN
2 2 (11.76%) WAN
2 2 (11.76%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MorphX
General
1 5 (29.41%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing
3 1 (5.882%) Billing
3 1 (5.882%) Finance
3 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.882%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) VMware Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Manager
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Programme Test Manager
4 1 (5.882%) CRM Developer
4 1 (5.882%) SAP CRM Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Support Analyst Programmer
4 1 (5.882%) ABAP Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) ABAP Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) SAP FI Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) CRM Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Developer
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Programme Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.882%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 9 (52.94%) Capacity Management
3 3 (17.65%) CRM
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) OO
4 2 (11.76%) Incident Management
5 1 (5.882%) Performance Management
5 1 (5.882%) Logistics
5 1 (5.882%) Supply Chain Management
5 1 (5.882%) Test Management
5 1 (5.882%) Test Strategy
5 1 (5.882%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.882%) Risk Management
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.882%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) VBScript
1 2 (11.76%) VB
1 2 (11.76%) ABAP
2 1 (5.882%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (35.29%) MCP
2 5 (29.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
4 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Certification
4 1 (5.882%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) vSphere
2 4 (23.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) HP
2 9 (52.94%) NetApp
2 9 (52.94%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) Symantec
3 2 (11.76%) Sophos
4 1 (5.882%) Cognizant
4 1 (5.882%) Sage
4 1 (5.882%) PeopleSoft