The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services 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 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 Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SAP AG.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 45 66 26
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -40
Permanent jobs citing SAP 374 264 460
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 5.205% 3.719% 6.699%
As % of the Vendors category 11.32% 7.998% 13.31%
Number of salaries quoted 309 199 356
Average salary £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,300 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-8.18% +4.76%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3304 3301 3456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.98% 46.51% 50.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2739 2834 3022
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
England

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West SAP Jobs Demand Trend

SAP
Salary Trend

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

North West SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

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

North West SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP 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 +12 199 £46,000 -8.00%
Cheshire +21 39 £40,000 -
Merseyside +22 16 £42,500 -5.55%
Lancashire -11 7 £42,500 -
Cumbria +2 3 £34,500 +25.45%
SAP
England

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 174 (22.66%) Manufacturing
2 165 (21.48%) ABAP
3 133 (17.32%) ERP
4 130 (16.93%) Finance
5 115 (14.97%) Microsoft
6 114 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
7 112 (14.58%) Project Management
8 111 (14.45%) SAP PP
9 106 (13.80%) SQL
10 102 (13.28%) Oracle
11 100 (13.02%) Migration
12 85 (11.07%) SQL Server
13 84 (10.94%) Logistics
14 76 (9.896%) LSMW
15 75 (9.766%) Business Objects
15 75 (9.766%) BusinessObjects
16 70 (9.115%) Data Migration
17 68 (8.854%) SAP APO
18 65 (8.464%) MS Excel
19 64 (8.333%) BAPI
20 63 (8.203%) SAP Implementation
21 62 (8.073%) SAP MM
22 61 (7.943%) SAP SD
23 60 (7.813%) Degree
24 59 (7.682%) .NET
25 57 (7.422%) Pharmaceutical
25 57 (7.422%) Stakeholder Management
26 56 (7.292%) ETL
26 56 (7.292%) SAP Data Services
27 54 (7.031%) CRM

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing SAP 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 64 (8.333%) BAPI
2 59 (7.682%) .NET
3 40 (5.208%) XML
4 34 (4.427%) EDI
5 31 (4.036%) Web Services
6 22 (2.865%) SAP XI
6 22 (2.865%) SAP Basis
7 18 (2.344%) SAP Smart Forms
7 18 (2.344%) ASP.NET
8 15 (1.953%) CSS
9 12 (1.563%) SAP TM
10 11 (1.432%) HTML
11 10 (1.302%) XSLT
11 10 (1.302%) Web Dynpro
12 8 (1.042%) CGI
12 8 (1.042%) SAP ALE
13 5 (0.651%) LINQ
14 4 (0.521%) XHTML
14 4 (0.521%) XSL
14 4 (0.521%) COM
Application Platforms
1 28 (3.646%) SharePoint
2 23 (2.995%) SAS
3 11 (1.432%) NetWeaver
4 7 (0.911%) SAP Portal
4 7 (0.911%) BizTalk Server
5 6 (0.781%) SharePoint 2010
6 5 (0.651%) Lotus Domino
7 3 (0.391%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (0.391%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (0.391%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (0.391%) MS Exchange
7 3 (0.391%) IIS
8 2 (0.260%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.130%) Apache
Applications
1 65 (8.464%) MS Excel
2 18 (2.344%) MS Office
3 15 (1.953%) SPSS
4 7 (0.911%) MS Project
5 4 (0.521%) InfoPath
6 2 (0.260%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.260%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 111 (14.45%) SAP PP
2 68 (8.854%) SAP APO
3 62 (8.073%) SAP MM
4 61 (7.943%) SAP SD
5 51 (6.641%) SAP WM
6 50 (6.510%) Dynamics AX
7 48 (6.250%) SAP FI
8 45 (5.859%) SAP FI/CO
8 45 (5.859%) SAP CO
9 40 (5.208%) SAP SCM
10 32 (4.167%) SAP BPC
11 28 (3.646%) SAP LE
12 27 (3.516%) SAP CRM
13 25 (3.255%) SAP PM
14 23 (2.995%) SAP HR
15 22 (2.865%) Dynamics NAV
16 18 (2.344%) SAP Business One
17 17 (2.214%) Dynamics GP
18 15 (1.953%) SAP QM
19 13 (1.693%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.865%) Internet
2 10 (1.302%) HTTP
3 8 (1.042%) LAN
4 4 (0.521%) LDAP
5 3 (0.391%) Intranet
6 2 (0.260%) WAN
7 1 (0.130%) Network Security
7 1 (0.130%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (11.07%) SQL Server
2 75 (9.766%) BusinessObjects
3 56 (7.292%) SAP Data Services
4 51 (6.641%) SAP BW
5 37 (4.818%) DB2
6 32 (4.167%) SAP BI
7 28 (3.646%) MS Access
8 18 (2.344%) Oracle BI EE
9 17 (2.214%) QlikView
9 17 (2.214%) OLAP
10 16 (2.083%) DataStage
10 16 (2.083%) Data Mining
10 16 (2.083%) Oracle OLAP
10 16 (2.083%) IBM InfoSphere
10 16 (2.083%) Big Data
11 15 (1.953%) Hadoop
11 15 (1.953%) Spotfire
11 15 (1.953%) Pentaho
11 15 (1.953%) Data Warehouse
11 15 (1.953%) Informix
Development Applications
1 76 (9.896%) LSMW
2 9 (1.172%) Hudson
3 7 (0.911%) MorphX
4 4 (0.521%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.260%) JUnit
5 2 (0.260%) QuickTest Pro
5 2 (0.260%) LoadRunner
5 2 (0.260%) Subversion
5 2 (0.260%) VisualSVN
5 2 (0.260%) TortoiseSVN
6 1 (0.130%) SAP CE
General
1 174 (22.66%) Manufacturing
2 130 (16.93%) Finance
3 57 (7.422%) Pharmaceutical
4 33 (4.297%) Retail
5 10 (1.302%) Publishing
5 10 (1.302%) Telecoms
6 6 (0.781%) Back Office
7 5 (0.651%) Banking
8 3 (0.391%) Marketing
8 3 (0.391%) Electronics
8 3 (0.391%) Legal
9 2 (0.260%) Advertising
9 2 (0.260%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.260%) Local Government
9 2 (0.260%) Billing
10 1 (0.130%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.130%) German Language
10 1 (0.130%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 355 (46.22%) Consultant
2 292 (38.02%) SAP Consultant
3 111 (14.45%) Analyst
4 54 (7.031%) SAP Analyst
5 52 (6.771%) SAP Manager
6 48 (6.250%) Data Consultant
7 47 (6.120%) Business Analyst
8 46 (5.990%) Migration Consultant
9 45 (5.859%) Developer
9 45 (5.859%) Data Migration Consultant
10 43 (5.599%) SAP PP Consultant
11 39 (5.078%) SAP MM Consultant
12 34 (4.427%) SAP Data Consultant
12 34 (4.427%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
13 32 (4.167%) SAP WM Consultant
13 32 (4.167%) Project Manager
14 29 (3.776%) SAP Support
15 28 (3.646%) SAP Developer
16 27 (3.516%) SAP SD Consultant
16 27 (3.516%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 40 (5.208%) Data Conversion
2 33 (4.297%) FMCG
3 21 (2.734%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.344%) Computer Science
5 7 (0.911%) PMI
6 6 (0.781%) Data Integration
7 5 (0.651%) Mathematics
7 5 (0.651%) Replication
8 3 (0.391%) iPad
8 3 (0.391%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.391%) NHS
9 2 (0.260%) Thin Client
9 2 (0.260%) DTV
9 2 (0.260%) Life Science
9 2 (0.260%) Fat Client
10 1 (0.130%) SaaS
10 1 (0.130%) Economics
10 1 (0.130%) Statistics
10 1 (0.130%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.130%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.557%) AIX
2 30 (3.906%) Windows
3 19 (2.474%) Linux
4 18 (2.344%) Solaris
5 15 (1.953%) HPUX
6 9 (1.172%) UNIX
7 4 (0.521%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.391%) Windows Server 2008
8 3 (0.391%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (0.391%) Windows XP
8 3 (0.391%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.260%) OpenVMS
10 1 (0.130%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.130%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 133 (17.32%) ERP
2 114 (14.84%) Business Intelligence
3 112 (14.58%) Project Management
4 100 (13.02%) Migration
5 84 (10.94%) Logistics
6 70 (9.115%) Data Migration
7 63 (8.203%) SAP Implementation
8 57 (7.422%) Stakeholder Management
9 56 (7.292%) ETL
10 54 (7.031%) CRM
11 44 (5.729%) Business Analysis
12 40 (5.208%) Integration Testing
13 30 (3.906%) PRINCE2
13 30 (3.906%) Data Modelling
13 30 (3.906%) Analytics
14 28 (3.646%) Project Planning
15 26 (3.385%) Workflow
15 26 (3.385%) ITIL
16 25 (3.255%) Risk Management
17 20 (2.604%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 165 (21.48%) ABAP
2 106 (13.80%) SQL
3 34 (4.427%) Java
4 20 (2.604%) C
5 17 (2.214%) JavaScript
6 16 (2.083%) C#
7 15 (1.953%) SAPscript
8 10 (1.302%) VB
9 7 (0.911%) X++
9 7 (0.911%) VB.NET
10 3 (0.391%) VBA
11 2 (0.260%) PHP
11 2 (0.260%) VB6
12 1 (0.130%) PHP5
12 1 (0.130%) PowerHouse
12 1 (0.130%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 60 (7.813%) Degree
2 25 (3.255%) SAP Certification
3 12 (1.563%) Security Cleared
4 9 (1.172%) PMI Certification
5 7 (0.911%) SC Cleared
5 7 (0.911%) CIMA
5 7 (0.911%) ACCA
6 5 (0.651%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.391%) CIPFA
7 3 (0.391%) ISEB
8 2 (0.260%) PMP
9 1 (0.130%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 1 (0.130%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.130%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.130%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (2.083%) SLA
2 11 (1.432%) GAMP
3 5 (0.651%) 21 CFR Part 11
3 5 (0.651%) GxP
4 1 (0.130%) CDISC
4 1 (0.130%) QA
4 1 (0.130%) GAAP
System Software
1 5 (0.651%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.130%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 6 (0.781%) Tivoli
1 6 (0.781%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (0.651%) HP Data Protector
3 2 (0.260%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.130%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 115 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 102 (13.28%) Oracle
3 75 (9.766%) Business Objects
4 43 (5.599%) JD Edwards
5 36 (4.688%) IBM
6 26 (3.385%) Cognos
7 25 (3.255%) Baan
8 24 (3.125%) Sage
9 19 (2.474%) Netezza
10 17 (2.214%) Informatica
10 17 (2.214%) MicroStrategy
11 16 (2.083%) PeopleSoft
11 16 (2.083%) Ab Initio
11 16 (2.083%) Teradata
11 16 (2.083%) DataFlux
12 15 (1.953%) Tableau
12 15 (1.953%) Sun
13 12 (1.563%) Epicor
14 11 (1.432%) Cisco
15 10 (1.302%) HP
North West
My client URGENTLY requires a SAP TPM Lead Consultant with extensive prior CRM experience for a role in the North West of England... The key focus will be...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + bonus, benefits, car allowance
Posted: 22 May 2013
Runcorn, Cheshire
A SAP Technical Support Consultant is required to join one of the UK's market leading IT services companies who have become a household name. The SAP Technical...
Experis IT
Salary: £65000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The role will require you to work on project delivery in SAP FI/CO... Potential candidates will have: - Worked through a SAP FI/CO life cycle project. - Strong...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £64000 per annum + + CORPORATE BENEFITS PACKAGE
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Successful candidates will have expertise in at least one of SAP SD and/or SAP MM along with experience and exposure to the surrounding and related SAP Logistics...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £64000 per annum + + corporate package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Cheshire
They are looking to recruit a SAP savvy Technical Support consultant. The SAP Technical Support role will be based in Runcorn and candidates will be required to travel...
NES Global Talent
Salary: £50000 to £65000 per annum - Car Allowance
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will have excellent communication skills and very strong knowledge of SAP BusinessObjects... Strong knowledge of; DATA SERVICES DATA INTEGRATOR, DATA QUALITY, SQL SERVER ETL, DESIGNER (UNIVERSE DEVELOPMENT),...
Oxbridge Answers
Salary: 60-70,000
Posted: 21 May 2013
North West
Permanent North West England £38,000 - £48,000 + Benefits Senior Associates SAP Division are looking for excellent SAP FICO Analyst with experience of Support, Development and Analysis, to...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Thorough business intelligence & SAP Business Objects, strong knowledge of BI4 - Admin & Security, WebIntelligence, Dashboards, BI Explorer, BI Mobile, Crystal Reports Enterprise & Universe design, strong database knowledge specifically SQL...
NES Global Talent
Salary: Excellent Salary
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Favoured Technical Skills: OLAP and Reporting : SAP BusinessObjects, Cognos, Microstrategy, OBIEE, SAS, Microsoft, Qlikview, Tableau, Spotfire, Pentaho... ETL and Data Cleansing : Informatica, IBM InfoSphere DataStage , AbInitio, Oracle, DataFlux,...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £68,000 per annum with a number of fantastic additiona
Posted: 20 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Project management qualification is a Must Exposure to two or more of: PRINCE2; APM; PMI; CMMI; Agile practises; ITIL. We are looking for applicants with experience of working...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + much more benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A working knowledge of any of the surrounding SAP Logistics modules such as SAP WM, SAP LE, SAP SCM, SAP SRM and/or SAP PP... - Providing expertise on...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £37000 - £45000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 23 May 2013
North West
They require a Consultant for a SAP Trade Promotions Lead (with extensive prior CRM experience) opportunity... They are seeking candidates with or eligible for Security Clearance SC or...
Consulting Point
Salary: £500 - £600 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the following: Object orientated programming Microsoft .Net framework C# or VB.NET SQL Server Visual Studio/Visual SourceSafe/SVN Desirable...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £0 to £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
IT, SAP Business One, Epicor, .Net, develop, consultant, C#, VB.Net, SQL... - Experience developing with client-side languages: Javascript,Ajax, HTML, XML/XSLT... - Possesses a high degree of...
Computer People
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Net (C#), C#.NET Knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT... Key Skills: SQL / MSSQL 2008 R2 / Web Services / Plug-ins / CRM / ASP.Net / C#.Net 4.0 /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
This position is ideal for a recently qualified or finalist ACCA/CIMA/CPFA candidate with extensive experience working within the NHS who is looking to move into the...
Sanderson
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + Car, Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
You will also be responsible for the co-ordination of technical change requests, including Web and EDI and helping to provide some support for these.The knowledge my...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Knowledge of HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, XML, XSLT... Key Skills: CRM / ASP.Net / C#.Net 4.0 / HTML5 / CSS/ JavaScript / XML / XSLT / LinqToSQL / Entity Framework /SQL / MSSQL 2008 R2 /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013