The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 23 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 Leicestershire region.

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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 56 43 26
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -17
Permanent jobs citing SAP 23 30 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 3.353% 4.298% 6.968%
As % of the Vendors category 6.461% 11.45% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 29
Average salary £42,500 £41,712 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.89% -0.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,250 £26,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,250 £53,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,625 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-7.95% +4.76%
All Vendors
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
356 262 240
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 51.90% 37.54% 45.20%
Number of salaries quoted 307 224 208
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -8.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,950 £24,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Leicestershire SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Leicester -24 3 £40,000 -4.10%
SAP
East Midlands

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 12 (21.82%) ITIL
2 12 (21.82%) Retail
3 10 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 10 (18.18%) VMware
3 10 (18.18%) ABAP
3 10 (18.18%) HP
4 9 (16.36%) NetApp
4 9 (16.36%) vSphere
4 9 (16.36%) Capacity Management
5 7 (12.73%) SQL
5 7 (12.73%) Finance
5 7 (12.73%) SAP PM
6 6 (10.91%) MCP
6 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (10.91%) SAN
6 6 (10.91%) CRM
6 6 (10.91%) ERP
7 5 (9.091%) Cognos
7 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
7 5 (9.091%) E-Commerce
7 5 (9.091%) EPoS
7 5 (9.091%) SAP SD
7 5 (9.091%) PLM
7 5 (9.091%) SAP CRM
7 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 5 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
8 4 (7.273%) Degree

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (5.455%) SAP ALE
2 2 (3.636%) SAP PI
2 2 (3.636%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (3.636%) SAP BSP
2 2 (3.636%) Web Services
2 2 (3.636%) XML
2 2 (3.636%) HTML
3 1 (1.818%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.636%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (3.636%) SharePoint
1 2 (3.636%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (7.273%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (12.73%) SAP PM
2 5 (9.091%) SAP SD
2 5 (9.091%) SAP CRM
3 3 (5.455%) SAP PP
3 3 (5.455%) SAP WM
3 3 (5.455%) SAP FI
3 3 (5.455%) SAP HR
3 3 (5.455%) SAP CO
3 3 (5.455%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (5.455%) SAP SRM
3 3 (5.455%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.636%) Retail-J
4 2 (3.636%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (3.636%) SAP Retail
5 1 (1.818%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.818%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.818%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.91%) SAN
2 2 (3.636%) Wireless
2 2 (3.636%) LAN
2 2 (3.636%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (5.455%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (5.455%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (3.636%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.818%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (5.455%) MorphX
General
1 12 (21.82%) Retail
2 10 (18.18%) Manufacturing
3 7 (12.73%) Finance
4 4 (7.273%) Billing
5 3 (5.455%) Marketing
6 1 (1.818%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (38.18%) Analyst
2 18 (32.73%) Business Analyst
3 14 (25.45%) SAP Business Analyst
4 13 (23.64%) SAP Analyst
5 12 (21.82%) Business Systems Analyst
5 12 (21.82%) Systems Analyst
6 8 (14.55%) VMware Engineer
6 8 (14.55%) Consultant
7 7 (12.73%) Developer
8 5 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
9 3 (5.455%) Analyst Programmer
9 3 (5.455%) Programmer
9 3 (5.455%) Support Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) Applications Support
9 3 (5.455%) Cognos Developer
9 3 (5.455%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) SAP SD Analyst
9 3 (5.455%) Support Analyst Programmer
10 2 (3.636%) Service Manager
10 2 (3.636%) SAP HR Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.091%) EPoS
2 3 (5.455%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.818%) Derivative
3 1 (1.818%) Life Science
3 1 (1.818%) Clustering
3 1 (1.818%) FMCG
3 1 (1.818%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.455%) Windows
2 1 (1.818%) AIX
2 1 (1.818%) Linux
2 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (1.818%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.818%) SUSE
2 1 (1.818%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (1.818%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.82%) ITIL
2 9 (16.36%) Capacity Management
3 6 (10.91%) CRM
3 6 (10.91%) ERP
4 5 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 5 (9.091%) PLM
5 4 (7.273%) Logistics
6 3 (5.455%) OO
6 3 (5.455%) Data Analysis
7 2 (3.636%) Time Management
7 2 (3.636%) Workflow
7 2 (3.636%) Incident Management
7 2 (3.636%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.636%) Project Management
8 1 (1.818%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.818%) BCP
8 1 (1.818%) Service Delivery
8 1 (1.818%) Change Management
8 1 (1.818%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.818%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) ABAP
2 7 (12.73%) SQL
3 3 (5.455%) X++
4 2 (3.636%) SAPscript
4 2 (3.636%) VBScript
4 2 (3.636%) VB
4 2 (3.636%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (10.91%) MCP
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 4 (7.273%) Degree
4 3 (5.455%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.455%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.818%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.818%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.818%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.636%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (16.36%) vSphere
2 5 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
2 10 (18.18%) VMware
2 10 (18.18%) HP
3 9 (16.36%) NetApp
4 5 (9.091%) Cognos
5 4 (7.273%) Oracle
6 3 (5.455%) PeopleSoft
6 3 (5.455%) Sage
7 2 (3.636%) Symantec
7 2 (3.636%) Sophos
8 1 (1.818%) Cisco
8 1 (1.818%) IBM
8 1 (1.818%) Cognizant
8 1 (1.818%) Dell
8 1 (1.818%) Red Hat