The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ALE 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 SAP ALE 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 Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Rank 244 - 236
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SAP ALE 4 0 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.056% - 0.073%
As % of the Application Development category 0.114% - 0.162%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
Average salary £45,500 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
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%
SAP ALE
England

SAP ALE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP ALE Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ALE
Salary Trend

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

North West SAP ALE Salary Trend

SAP ALE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE 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 - 2 £50,000 -
SAP ALE
England

SAP ALE
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (100.00%) ABAP
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
1 8 (100.00%) BAPI
2 7 (87.50%) OO
3 6 (75.00%) SAPscript
3 6 (75.00%) SAP Smart Forms
4 4 (50.00%) SAP BI
4 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (50.00%) SAP BW
5 3 (37.50%) Adobe
5 3 (37.50%) CRM
5 3 (37.50%) Web Services
5 3 (37.50%) Workflow
6 2 (25.00%) EDI
6 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (12.50%) Java
7 1 (12.50%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (12.50%) SAP HR

SAP ALE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (100.00%) BAPI
2 6 (75.00%) SAP Smart Forms
3 3 (37.50%) Web Services
4 2 (25.00%) EDI
5 1 (12.50%) Web Dynpro
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) SAP BW
1 4 (50.00%) SAP BI
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) ABAP Consultant
1 4 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 4 (50.00%) SAP Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 1 (12.50%) SAP HR Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) OO
2 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Workflow
3 3 (37.50%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) ABAP
2 6 (75.00%) SAPscript
3 1 (12.50%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) Adobe