The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP 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 of the Programming Languages category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 172 201 198
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -3
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 72 46 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.002% 0.648% 0.524%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.669% 1.060% 1.014%
Number of salaries quoted 63 28 31
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £36,750 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4315 4340 3552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 60.06% 61.14% 51.73%
Number of salaries quoted 3788 3911 3227
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Manchester -1 41 £47,500 +8.57%
Cheshire +6 3 £57,500 +64.28%
Merseyside - 2 £42,500 -
Lancashire 0 1 £42,500 +13.33%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 165 (100.00%) SAP
2 65 (39.39%) LSMW
3 56 (33.94%) Manufacturing
4 53 (32.12%) BAPI
5 46 (27.88%) Migration
6 45 (27.27%) Data Migration
7 39 (23.64%) SAP SD
7 39 (23.64%) SAP WM
8 38 (23.03%) SQL
9 36 (21.82%) SAP Data Services
10 31 (18.79%) SAP BW
11 30 (18.18%) Data Conversion
12 26 (15.76%) SAP BI
12 26 (15.76%) Project Management
12 26 (15.76%) Business Objects
12 26 (15.76%) Business Intelligence
12 26 (15.76%) BusinessObjects
13 23 (13.94%) Data Modelling
14 21 (12.73%) EDI
15 20 (12.12%) CRM
15 20 (12.12%) Pharmaceutical
16 19 (11.52%) SAP MM
17 18 (10.91%) SAP PP
17 18 (10.91%) Finance
18 17 (10.30%) OO
19 16 (9.697%) SAP Smart Forms
20 15 (9.091%) Workflow
20 15 (9.091%) SAPscript
20 15 (9.091%) SAP Certification
20 15 (9.091%) SQL Server

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 53 (32.12%) BAPI
2 21 (12.73%) EDI
3 16 (9.697%) SAP Smart Forms
4 14 (8.485%) Web Services
5 12 (7.273%) SAP TM
6 11 (6.667%) XML
7 10 (6.061%) Web Dynpro
8 9 (5.455%) SAP XI
9 8 (4.848%) SAP ALE
10 4 (2.424%) SAP Basis
11 3 (1.818%) XSLT
11 3 (1.818%) CSS
11 3 (1.818%) SAP PI
12 2 (1.212%) HTML5
12 2 (1.212%) ASP.NET
12 2 (1.212%) .NET
12 2 (1.212%) WCF
12 2 (1.212%) .NET Framework
13 1 (0.606%) LINQ
13 1 (0.606%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.030%) SAP Portal
1 5 (3.030%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 13 (7.879%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 39 (23.64%) SAP SD
1 39 (23.64%) SAP WM
2 19 (11.52%) SAP MM
3 18 (10.91%) SAP PP
4 14 (8.485%) SAP CRM
5 12 (7.273%) SAP LE
6 11 (6.667%) SAP BPC
7 4 (2.424%) SAP FI
8 3 (1.818%) SAP HR
9 2 (1.212%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (1.212%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.606%) SAP PM
10 1 (0.606%) Dynamics CRM
10 1 (0.606%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.606%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.606%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (21.82%) SAP Data Services
2 31 (18.79%) SAP BW
3 26 (15.76%) SAP BI
3 26 (15.76%) BusinessObjects
4 15 (9.091%) SQL Server
5 12 (7.273%) MS Access
6 3 (1.818%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.606%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 65 (39.39%) LSMW
2 2 (1.212%) Hudson
3 1 (0.606%) Subversion
3 1 (0.606%) VisualSVN
3 1 (0.606%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 56 (33.94%) Manufacturing
2 20 (12.12%) Pharmaceutical
3 18 (10.91%) Finance
4 4 (2.424%) Retail
5 3 (1.818%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 104 (63.03%) Consultant
2 95 (57.58%) SAP Consultant
3 39 (23.64%) Data Consultant
3 39 (23.64%) Migration Consultant
3 39 (23.64%) Data Migration Consultant
4 30 (18.18%) Developer
4 30 (18.18%) SAP Data Consultant
4 30 (18.18%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 28 (16.97%) SAP Developer
6 27 (16.36%) SAP WM Consultant
7 21 (12.73%) ABAP Developer
8 19 (11.52%) SAP SD Consultant
9 10 (6.061%) Analyst
9 10 (6.061%) SAP MM Consultant
9 10 (6.061%) SAP Analyst
10 9 (5.455%) Business Consultant
10 9 (5.455%) Business Objects Consultant
10 9 (5.455%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 9 (5.455%) Functional Consultant
11 7 (4.242%) SAP BW Developer
Miscellaneous
1 30 (18.18%) Data Conversion
2 2 (1.212%) iPad
2 2 (1.212%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.212%) Windows
2 1 (0.606%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (0.606%) AIX
2 1 (0.606%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (27.88%) Migration
2 45 (27.27%) Data Migration
3 26 (15.76%) Project Management
3 26 (15.76%) Business Intelligence
4 23 (13.94%) Data Modelling
5 20 (12.12%) CRM
6 17 (10.30%) OO
7 15 (9.091%) Workflow
7 15 (9.091%) SAP Implementation
8 14 (8.485%) ETL
9 13 (7.879%) Logistics
10 11 (6.667%) ERP
10 11 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
11 8 (4.848%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (4.242%) Business Analysis
13 4 (2.424%) Lean Manufacturing
13 4 (2.424%) Project Planning
14 3 (1.818%) PRINCE2
14 3 (1.818%) Continuous Improvement
15 2 (1.212%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (23.03%) SQL
2 15 (9.091%) SAPscript
3 5 (3.030%) Java
4 2 (1.212%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.212%) C#
5 1 (0.606%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (9.091%) SAP Certification
2 5 (3.030%) Security Cleared
3 3 (1.818%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.606%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.818%) SLA
Vendors
1 165 (100.00%) SAP
2 26 (15.76%) Business Objects
3 4 (2.424%) Adobe
4 2 (1.212%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.212%) JD Edwards
5 1 (0.606%) Oracle
5 1 (0.606%) Sybase
5 1 (0.606%) Informatica
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