The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 22 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 136 154 144
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -10
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 45 23 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.096% 0.624% 0.643%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.747% 1.030% 1.291%
Number of salaries quoted 37 18 23
Average salary £50,000 £43,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +9.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,250 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2576 2232 1937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 62.74% 60.55% 49.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2308 2025 1811
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% +6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
North West

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Manchester ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 26 (39.39%) SAP WM
3 21 (31.82%) SAP BI
3 21 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (22.73%) Workflow
4 15 (22.73%) BAPI
4 15 (22.73%) Web Services
5 14 (21.21%) EDI
6 13 (19.70%) BusinessObjects
6 13 (19.70%) Business Objects
7 12 (18.18%) XML
7 12 (18.18%) Data Modelling
7 12 (18.18%) ETL
7 12 (18.18%) OO
7 12 (18.18%) LSMW
8 11 (16.67%) SAP BPC
8 11 (16.67%) SAP BW
9 10 (15.15%) SAP Certification
9 10 (15.15%) CRM
9 10 (15.15%) SAP Smart Forms
9 10 (15.15%) Web Dynpro
9 10 (15.15%) SAPscript
10 9 (13.64%) SAP XI
11 8 (12.12%) ERP
11 8 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (10.61%) Manufacturing
13 6 (9.091%) SAP MM
14 5 (7.576%) SQL
15 4 (6.061%) XSLT
15 4 (6.061%) CSS

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 15 (22.73%) BAPI
1 15 (22.73%) Web Services
2 14 (21.21%) EDI
3 12 (18.18%) XML
4 10 (15.15%) SAP Smart Forms
4 10 (15.15%) Web Dynpro
5 9 (13.64%) SAP XI
6 4 (6.061%) XSLT
6 4 (6.061%) CSS
7 3 (4.545%) SAP ALE
7 3 (4.545%) WCF
7 3 (4.545%) .NET Framework
7 3 (4.545%) HTML5
7 3 (4.545%) SAP PI
7 3 (4.545%) ASP.NET
7 3 (4.545%) .NET
8 2 (3.030%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 2 (3.030%) LINQ to SQL
8 2 (3.030%) REST
9 1 (1.515%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.545%) SAP Portal
2 2 (3.030%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 26 (39.39%) SAP WM
2 11 (16.67%) SAP BPC
3 6 (9.091%) SAP MM
4 4 (6.061%) SAP SD
4 4 (6.061%) SAP CRM
5 2 (3.030%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.515%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.515%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.515%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.515%) SAP FI/CO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (31.82%) SAP BI
2 13 (19.70%) BusinessObjects
3 11 (16.67%) SAP BW
4 3 (4.545%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (4.545%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.030%) SAP HANA
5 2 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.515%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 12 (18.18%) LSMW
2 1 (1.515%) Subversion
2 1 (1.515%) VisualSVN
2 1 (1.515%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 7 (10.61%) Manufacturing
2 4 (6.061%) Finance
2 4 (6.061%) Retail
3 3 (4.545%) Publishing
4 1 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 29 (43.94%) Consultant
1 29 (43.94%) SAP Consultant
2 20 (30.30%) Developer
3 17 (25.76%) SAP Developer
4 15 (22.73%) SAP WM Consultant
5 10 (15.15%) ABAP Developer
5 10 (15.15%) SAP MM Consultant
6 7 (10.61%) SAP BW Developer
7 4 (6.061%) SAP BW Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) ABAP Consultant
7 4 (6.061%) SAP Team Leader
7 4 (6.061%) Team Leader
8 3 (4.545%) SAP ABAP Team Leader
8 3 (4.545%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) SAP SD Consultant
8 3 (4.545%) Functional Consultant
9 2 (3.030%) Migration Consultant
9 2 (3.030%) Junior
9 2 (3.030%) .NET Developer
9 2 (3.030%) SAP HR Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.030%) iPad
2 1 (1.515%) Data Conversion
2 1 (1.515%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (1.515%) Windows
1 1 (1.515%) AIX
1 1 (1.515%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) Business Intelligence
2 15 (22.73%) Workflow
3 12 (18.18%) Data Modelling
3 12 (18.18%) ETL
3 12 (18.18%) OO
4 10 (15.15%) CRM
5 8 (12.12%) ERP
5 8 (12.12%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (6.061%) Project Management
7 3 (4.545%) Business Analysis
7 3 (4.545%) Data Migration
7 3 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (4.545%) Migration
7 3 (4.545%) E-Commerce
7 3 (4.545%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.515%) Web Development
8 1 (1.515%) Logistics
8 1 (1.515%) SAP Implementation
8 1 (1.515%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 10 (15.15%) SAPscript
2 5 (7.576%) SQL
3 3 (4.545%) C#
3 3 (4.545%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.030%) Java
5 1 (1.515%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) SAP Certification
2 2 (3.030%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.515%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.545%) SLA
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (19.70%) Business Objects
3 4 (6.061%) Adobe
4 1 (1.515%) Oracle