The first table below looks at the demand for BAPI 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 BAPI 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 Application Development category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
Rank 222 - 234
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing BAPI 26 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.365% - 0.102%
As % of the Application Development category 0.739% - 0.226%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 7
Average salary £42,500 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3519 3468 3094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.35% 49.18% 45.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3130 3136 2840
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
BAPI
England

BAPI
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing BAPI across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West BAPI Jobs Demand Trend

BAPI
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing BAPI across the North West region.

North West BAPI Salary Trend

BAPI
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the North West 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
Manchester - 16 £42,500 -
BAPI
England

BAPI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing BAPI 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 BAPI.

1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 55 (82.09%) ABAP
2 55 (82.09%) LSMW
3 46 (68.66%) Data Migration
3 46 (68.66%) Migration
4 42 (62.69%) SQL
4 42 (62.69%) SAP Data Services
5 30 (44.78%) Pharmaceutical
6 25 (37.31%) Manufacturing
7 22 (32.84%) Data Conversion
8 20 (29.85%) SQL Server
9 19 (28.36%) MS Excel
10 16 (23.88%) OO
11 15 (22.39%) ERP
11 15 (22.39%) Business Objects
11 15 (22.39%) BusinessObjects
11 15 (22.39%) SAPscript
11 15 (22.39%) SAP Smart Forms
12 13 (19.40%) MS Access
13 12 (17.91%) Web Services
13 12 (17.91%) Data Modelling
13 12 (17.91%) EDI
13 12 (17.91%) Workflow
13 12 (17.91%) SAP BI
13 12 (17.91%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (14.93%) Project Management
14 10 (14.93%) Web Dynpro
15 9 (13.43%) SAP XI
15 9 (13.43%) XML
16 8 (11.94%) ETL

BAPI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing BAPI 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 BAPI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (22.39%) SAP Smart Forms
2 12 (17.91%) EDI
2 12 (17.91%) Web Services
3 10 (14.93%) Web Dynpro
4 9 (13.43%) SAP XI
4 9 (13.43%) XML
5 8 (11.94%) SAP ALE
6 1 (1.493%) XSLT
6 1 (1.493%) HTML
6 1 (1.493%) CSS
Applications
1 19 (28.36%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (4.478%) SAP GRC
2 1 (1.493%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (62.69%) SAP Data Services
2 20 (29.85%) SQL Server
3 15 (22.39%) BusinessObjects
4 13 (19.40%) MS Access
5 12 (17.91%) SAP BI
6 5 (7.463%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 55 (82.09%) LSMW
General
1 30 (44.78%) Pharmaceutical
2 25 (37.31%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (67.16%) Consultant
2 36 (53.73%) Migration Consultant
2 36 (53.73%) Data Consultant
2 36 (53.73%) Data Migration Consultant
3 35 (52.24%) SAP Consultant
4 26 (38.81%) SAP Data Consultant
4 26 (38.81%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 13 (19.40%) Developer
5 13 (19.40%) SAP Developer
5 13 (19.40%) ABAP Developer
6 10 (14.93%) Business Consultant
6 10 (14.93%) Business Objects Consultant
7 8 (11.94%) Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) Data Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) Data Migration Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) SAP Data Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (11.94%) SAP Data Migration Analyst
8 5 (7.463%) ABAP Consultant
9 2 (2.985%) Security Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 22 (32.84%) Data Conversion
2 1 (1.493%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (68.66%) Migration
1 46 (68.66%) Data Migration
2 16 (23.88%) OO
3 15 (22.39%) ERP
4 12 (17.91%) Data Modelling
4 12 (17.91%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (17.91%) Workflow
5 10 (14.93%) Project Management
6 8 (11.94%) ETL
6 8 (11.94%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (10.45%) Data Analysis
8 3 (4.478%) SAP Security
8 3 (4.478%) CRM
9 2 (2.985%) Data Management
9 2 (2.985%) Network Planning
9 2 (2.985%) Project Governance
9 2 (2.985%) Master Data Management
10 1 (1.493%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 55 (82.09%) ABAP
2 42 (62.69%) SQL
3 15 (22.39%) SAPscript
4 1 (1.493%) VB
4 1 (1.493%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (8.955%) SAP Certification
2 2 (2.985%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (22.39%) Business Objects
3 7 (10.45%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.970%) Adobe
5 2 (2.985%) JD Edwards