The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP over the 3 months to 22 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 Reading region.

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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP
Rank 87 67 25
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -42
Permanent jobs citing SAP 48 70 140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.220% 3.012% 7.483%
As % of the Vendors category 3.852% 5.882% 14.39%
Number of salaries quoted 41 55 108
Average salary £57,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.52% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £30,000 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £95,000 £73,800 £75,750
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
All Vendors
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
1246 1190 973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 57.63% 51.20% 52.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1008 1042 783
Average salary £43,851 £44,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.33% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
SAP
Berkshire

SAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP across the Reading region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Reading SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 25 (32.05%) Manufacturing
2 21 (26.92%) Business Objects
2 21 (26.92%) BusinessObjects
3 20 (25.64%) User Acceptance Testing
3 20 (25.64%) Integration Testing
4 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (21.79%) Finance
5 17 (21.79%) SAP PM
5 17 (21.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 16 (20.51%) SAP HANA
7 14 (17.95%) SAP CS
8 13 (16.67%) SAP BW
9 11 (14.10%) SAP Basis
9 11 (14.10%) SAP BI
9 11 (14.10%) Retail
9 11 (14.10%) Xcelsius
10 10 (12.82%) SAP BPC
10 10 (12.82%) SQL
11 9 (11.54%) Publishing
11 9 (11.54%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12 8 (10.26%) CRM
12 8 (10.26%) NetWeaver
13 7 (8.974%) Project Management
13 7 (8.974%) Technical Architecture
14 6 (7.692%) Migration
14 6 (7.692%) Microsoft
14 6 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (7.692%) Oracle
15 5 (6.410%) ABAP
15 5 (6.410%) ERP

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 11 (14.10%) SAP Basis
2 5 (6.410%) SAP PI
3 3 (3.846%) Web Services
3 3 (3.846%) BAPI
4 2 (2.564%) SAP XI
4 2 (2.564%) XSLT
4 2 (2.564%) JDBC
4 2 (2.564%) Middleware
5 1 (1.282%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.282%) .NET
5 1 (1.282%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.282%) MDX
5 1 (1.282%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.26%) NetWeaver
2 3 (3.846%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.282%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (6.410%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.846%) MS Office
3 2 (2.564%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.564%) MS Project
4 1 (1.282%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.282%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 17 (21.79%) SAP PM
1 17 (21.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 14 (17.95%) SAP CS
3 10 (12.82%) SAP BPC
4 4 (5.128%) SAP MM
5 3 (3.846%) SAP CRM
6 2 (2.564%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (2.564%) SAP CO
6 2 (2.564%) SAP SD
6 2 (2.564%) SAP FI
7 1 (1.282%) SAP SM
7 1 (1.282%) SAP PP
7 1 (1.282%) Agresso
7 1 (1.282%) Lawson
7 1 (1.282%) SalesLogix
7 1 (1.282%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (1.282%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.846%) LAN
1 3 (3.846%) WAN
2 2 (2.564%) Internet
3 1 (1.282%) Intranet
3 1 (1.282%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (26.92%) BusinessObjects
2 16 (20.51%) SAP HANA
3 13 (16.67%) SAP BW
4 11 (14.10%) SAP BI
4 11 (14.10%) Xcelsius
5 9 (11.54%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 6 (7.692%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (6.410%) SAP Data Services
8 4 (5.128%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (3.846%) DB2
9 3 (3.846%) GIS
10 1 (1.282%) SQL Server 2000
10 1 (1.282%) OLAP
10 1 (1.282%) SQL Server
10 1 (1.282%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (1.282%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 1 (1.282%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (1.282%) IBM InfoSphere
10 1 (1.282%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 1 (1.282%) BODI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.564%) NWDS
General
1 25 (32.05%) Manufacturing
2 17 (21.79%) Finance
3 11 (14.10%) Retail
4 9 (11.54%) Publishing
5 2 (2.564%) Billing
5 2 (2.564%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.564%) Advertising
6 1 (1.282%) Legal
6 1 (1.282%) Back Office
6 1 (1.282%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (52.56%) Consultant
2 36 (46.15%) SAP Consultant
3 15 (19.23%) Architect
4 12 (15.38%) SAP PM Consultant
5 7 (8.974%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (7.692%) SAP Architect
6 6 (7.692%) Analyst
7 5 (6.410%) Technical Consultant
7 5 (6.410%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.410%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.410%) SAP Technical Architect
7 5 (6.410%) Principal Architect
8 4 (5.128%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 3 (3.846%) Junior
9 3 (3.846%) SAP CS Consultant
9 3 (3.846%) Procurement Analyst
9 3 (3.846%) Junior Analyst
10 2 (2.564%) Business Intelligence Manager
10 2 (2.564%) SAP Technical Consultant
10 2 (2.564%) Senior SAP MM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.564%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.282%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.282%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.282%) SaaS
2 1 (1.282%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.564%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) User Acceptance Testing
1 20 (25.64%) Integration Testing
2 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (10.26%) CRM
4 7 (8.974%) Project Management
4 7 (8.974%) Technical Architecture
5 6 (7.692%) Migration
6 5 (6.410%) ERP
6 5 (6.410%) Data Migration
7 4 (5.128%) TOGAF
7 4 (5.128%) PRINCE2
8 3 (3.846%) Data Modelling
8 3 (3.846%) ITIL
8 3 (3.846%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (3.846%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (3.846%) System Testing
8 3 (3.846%) Business Analysis
9 2 (2.564%) Performance Management
9 2 (2.564%) Asset Management
9 2 (2.564%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.82%) SQL
2 5 (6.410%) ABAP
3 4 (5.128%) Java
4 3 (3.846%) C
5 1 (1.282%) C#
5 1 (1.282%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.282%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.282%) VB
5 1 (1.282%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (6.410%) Degree
2 2 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (1.282%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.282%) MBA
3 1 (1.282%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.846%) QA
2 1 (1.282%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.282%) GAAP
Vendors
1 21 (26.92%) Business Objects
2 6 (7.692%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.692%) Oracle
3 4 (5.128%) Cognos
4 3 (3.846%) IBM
5 2 (2.564%) Siebel
5 2 (2.564%) Sage
6 1 (1.282%) Salesforce.com
6 1 (1.282%) Unisys
6 1 (1.282%) Avaya
6 1 (1.282%) Genesys
6 1 (1.282%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.282%) Epicor
6 1 (1.282%) Baan
6 1 (1.282%) OutlookSoft
6 1 (1.282%) Teradata
6 1 (1.282%) ESRI
6 1 (1.282%) Omniture
6 1 (1.282%) Cordys
6 1 (1.282%) Infor
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