The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.448% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.738% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £42,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Programming Languages
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
271 418 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 60.76% 62.02% 53.86%
Number of salaries quoted 233 373 202
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £50,000
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 Merseyside region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) EDI
1 2 (100.00%) SAP SD
1 2 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 2 (100.00%) EDI
Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP SD
1 2 (100.00%) SAP FI
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Hudson
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) SAP SD Analyst
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP