The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 472 492 507
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +15
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 137 148 129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.314% 0.275% 0.224%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.582% 0.509% 0.410%
Number of salaries quoted 89 116 77
Average salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.16% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £43,400
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £105,000 £71,800
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Programming Languages
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
23535 29055 31430
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 53.96% 53.99% 54.65%
Number of salaries quoted 20256 25824 26815
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +25 28 £55,000 +12.82%
Kingston Upon Thames - 3 - -
Feltham - 1 £62,500 -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 242 (94.90%) SAP
2 107 (41.96%) Finance
3 68 (26.67%) Logistics
4 62 (24.31%) SAP Implementation
5 55 (21.57%) Business Development
6 53 (20.78%) SAP PP
7 52 (20.39%) SAP BW
8 51 (20.00%) Java
9 45 (17.65%) NetWeaver
10 40 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (14.90%) SAP XI
12 37 (14.51%) ERP
13 36 (14.12%) Web Dynpro
14 32 (12.55%) Workflow
14 32 (12.55%) SQL
15 26 (10.20%) SAP Basis
15 26 (10.20%) SAP BPC
16 25 (9.804%) SAP Portal
16 25 (9.804%) Degree
16 25 (9.804%) Oracle
17 24 (9.412%) OO
17 24 (9.412%) SAP PI
18 22 (8.627%) SAP R/3
18 22 (8.627%) Stakeholder Management
19 21 (8.235%) Business Objects
19 21 (8.235%) BusinessObjects
19 21 (8.235%) SAP ALE
20 20 (7.843%) Project Management
21 19 (7.451%) SAP FI
21 19 (7.451%) SAP CO

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 38 (14.90%) SAP XI
2 36 (14.12%) Web Dynpro
3 26 (10.20%) SAP Basis
4 24 (9.412%) SAP PI
5 21 (8.235%) SAP ALE
6 15 (5.882%) BAPI
7 14 (5.490%) SAP BSP
7 14 (5.490%) Web Services
8 11 (4.314%) XML
8 11 (4.314%) Middleware
9 10 (3.922%) EDI
10 8 (3.137%) .NET
11 7 (2.745%) SAP Smart Forms
12 4 (1.569%) HTML5
13 3 (1.176%) MDX
13 3 (1.176%) HTML
14 2 (0.784%) DHTML
14 2 (0.784%) J2EE
14 2 (0.784%) CSS
15 1 (0.392%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 45 (17.65%) NetWeaver
2 25 (9.804%) SAP Portal
3 7 (2.745%) SAP EP
4 5 (1.961%) CMS
5 4 (1.569%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 7 (2.745%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.569%) MS Office
3 2 (0.784%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 53 (20.78%) SAP PP
2 26 (10.20%) SAP BPC
3 22 (8.627%) SAP R/3
4 19 (7.451%) SAP FI
4 19 (7.451%) SAP CO
5 17 (6.667%) SAP FI/CO
6 15 (5.882%) SAP HCM
7 13 (5.098%) SAP SD
8 12 (4.706%) SAP ERP
9 11 (4.314%) SAP CRM
10 8 (3.137%) SAP Oil and Gas
11 6 (2.353%) SAP Retail
11 6 (2.353%) SAP HR
12 5 (1.961%) SAP MM
13 3 (1.176%) SAP APO
13 3 (1.176%) SAP SRM
13 3 (1.176%) SAP GRC
14 2 (0.784%) Oracle Financials
14 2 (0.784%) SAP Payroll
15 1 (0.392%) SAP AFS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.922%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.784%) Intranet
2 2 (0.784%) Extranet
3 1 (0.392%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.392%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (20.39%) SAP BW
2 21 (8.235%) BusinessObjects
3 14 (5.490%) SQL Server
4 12 (4.706%) DB2
5 10 (3.922%) RDBMS
5 10 (3.922%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (3.922%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (3.529%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (2.353%) SAP BI
8 5 (1.961%) SAP Data Services
8 5 (1.961%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.176%) BusinessObjects XI
10 1 (0.392%) GIS
10 1 (0.392%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.392%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 12 (4.706%) LSMW
2 6 (2.353%) NWDI
3 4 (1.569%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.392%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.392%) Subversion
General
1 107 (41.96%) Finance
2 15 (5.882%) Manufacturing
3 9 (3.529%) Legal
4 8 (3.137%) Banking
4 8 (3.137%) Retail
5 5 (1.961%) Publishing
6 4 (1.569%) Games
7 3 (1.176%) Advertising
8 2 (0.784%) Investment Banking
8 2 (0.784%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.392%) Music
9 1 (0.392%) Law
9 1 (0.392%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.392%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 154 (60.39%) Consultant
2 143 (56.08%) SAP Consultant
3 54 (21.18%) SAP PP Consultant
4 53 (20.78%) SAP QM Consultant
5 29 (11.37%) Developer
6 28 (10.98%) Analyst
7 20 (7.843%) SAP Developer
8 19 (7.451%) Senior Consultant
8 19 (7.451%) SAP Analyst
9 18 (7.059%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 17 (6.667%) Technical Consultant
11 16 (6.275%) ABAP Consultant
11 16 (6.275%) ABAP Developer
12 15 (5.882%) SAP Basis Consultant
13 13 (5.098%) Technical Leader
13 13 (5.098%) Business Analyst
14 11 (4.314%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
14 11 (4.314%) SAP BPC Consultant
15 10 (3.922%) SAP Team Leader
15 10 (3.922%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.137%) Data Conversion
2 6 (2.353%) Replication
2 6 (2.353%) Computer Science
3 4 (1.569%) PMI
3 4 (1.569%) Management Information System
3 4 (1.569%) FMCG
3 4 (1.569%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.176%) Mathematics
5 2 (0.784%) Derivative
5 2 (0.784%) Social Media
6 1 (0.392%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.392%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.392%) Energy Derivatives
6 1 (0.392%) Informatics
6 1 (0.392%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.667%) Windows
2 15 (5.882%) UNIX
3 10 (3.922%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (3.922%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (0.784%) Windows 7
4 2 (0.784%) Solaris
5 1 (0.392%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.67%) Logistics
2 62 (24.31%) SAP Implementation
3 55 (21.57%) Business Development
4 40 (15.69%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (14.51%) ERP
6 32 (12.55%) Workflow
7 24 (9.412%) OO
8 22 (8.627%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (7.843%) Project Management
10 19 (7.451%) Migration
11 17 (6.667%) CRM
12 16 (6.275%) Data Migration
13 12 (4.706%) Performance Management
13 12 (4.706%) SOA
14 11 (4.314%) ETL
15 9 (3.529%) Data Governance
16 7 (2.745%) Project Planning
16 7 (2.745%) ITIL
17 6 (2.353%) Information Management
17 6 (2.353%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 51 (20.00%) Java
2 32 (12.55%) SQL
3 12 (4.706%) SAPscript
4 6 (2.353%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.569%) C
5 4 (1.569%) C#
5 4 (1.569%) C++
5 4 (1.569%) COBOL
5 4 (1.569%) Delphi
5 4 (1.569%) MATLAB
5 4 (1.569%) Objective-C
5 4 (1.569%) Modula-2
5 4 (1.569%) Lingo
5 4 (1.569%) Groovy
5 4 (1.569%) F#
5 4 (1.569%) Ada
5 4 (1.569%) Fortran
5 4 (1.569%) Tcl
5 4 (1.569%) Lisp
6 1 (0.392%) VBA
Qualifications
1 25 (9.804%) Degree
2 12 (4.706%) SAP Certification
3 4 (1.569%) PMP
3 4 (1.569%) PMI Certification
3 4 (1.569%) CITP
4 2 (0.784%) CCA
4 2 (0.784%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.392%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.392%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.706%) QA
2 7 (2.745%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.392%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.392%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 5 (1.961%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.392%) SCCM
Vendors
1 242 (94.90%) SAP
2 25 (9.804%) Oracle
3 21 (8.235%) Business Objects
4 13 (5.098%) Microsoft
5 11 (4.314%) OutlookSoft
6 5 (1.961%) Adobe
7 4 (1.569%) HP
7 4 (1.569%) Sencha
8 3 (1.176%) Sun
9 2 (0.784%) SunGard
9 2 (0.784%) Open Text
10 1 (0.392%) Sybase
10 1 (0.392%) Twitter
10 1 (0.392%) StreamServe
10 1 (0.392%) Cognizant
10 1 (0.392%) Veritas
10 1 (0.392%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.392%) Remedy
10 1 (0.392%) IXOS
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