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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 118 152 134
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -18
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 36 1 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.128% 0.029% 0.643%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.924% 0.062% 1.381%
Number of salaries quoted 35 1 15
Average salary £57,500 £42,500 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% -1.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £40,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £42,500 £48,400
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1871 1621 1593
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 58.63% 46.31% 46.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1132 1254 1164
Average salary £39,000 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland ABAP Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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
Aberdeen - 7 £60,000 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 34 (50.75%) SAP CO
3 31 (46.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 28 (41.79%) LSMW
4 28 (41.79%) Finance
4 28 (41.79%) Business Intelligence
5 24 (35.82%) Logistics
6 23 (34.33%) SAP ALE
7 19 (28.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 19 (28.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 19 (28.36%) SAP FI
8 17 (25.37%) Java
9 16 (23.88%) Business Objects
9 16 (23.88%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (23.88%) SAP BI
10 15 (22.39%) Change Control
10 15 (22.39%) SAP BW
11 14 (20.90%) NetWeaver
11 14 (20.90%) SAP SD
11 14 (20.90%) SAP XI
12 13 (19.40%) Workflow
12 13 (19.40%) Supply Chain Management
12 13 (19.40%) HP
12 13 (19.40%) Project Management
12 13 (19.40%) Quality Management
12 13 (19.40%) SAPscript
12 13 (19.40%) Release Management
13 12 (17.91%) Degree
13 12 (17.91%) SAP FSCM
13 12 (17.91%) Back Office

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 23 (34.33%) SAP ALE
2 14 (20.90%) SAP XI
3 10 (14.93%) BAPI
3 10 (14.93%) SAP Basis
4 6 (8.955%) EDI
4 6 (8.955%) SAP Smart Forms
4 6 (8.955%) Web Dynpro
4 6 (8.955%) SAP Business Workflow
Application Platforms
1 14 (20.90%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (1.493%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 34 (50.75%) SAP CO
2 19 (28.36%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 19 (28.36%) SAP FI/CO
2 19 (28.36%) SAP FI
3 14 (20.90%) SAP SD
4 12 (17.91%) SAP FSCM
5 11 (16.42%) SAP BPC
6 9 (13.43%) SAP FI-GL
7 7 (10.45%) SAP GTS
8 6 (8.955%) SAP R/3
9 5 (7.463%) SAP PM
10 1 (1.493%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (1.493%) SAP HR
10 1 (1.493%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.493%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.88%) BusinessObjects
1 16 (23.88%) SAP BI
2 15 (22.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 28 (41.79%) LSMW
2 11 (16.42%) StarTeam
General
1 28 (41.79%) Finance
2 12 (17.91%) Back Office
3 7 (10.45%) Billing
4 6 (8.955%) Legal
5 5 (7.463%) German Language
6 1 (1.493%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.493%) Law
Job Titles
1 38 (56.72%) Consultant
1 38 (56.72%) SAP Consultant
2 16 (23.88%) Analyst
2 16 (23.88%) SAP Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) SAP Functional Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) Technical Analyst
3 13 (19.40%) Functional Analyst
4 12 (17.91%) SAP BI Consultant
4 12 (17.91%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 12 (17.91%) Business Objects Consultant
4 12 (17.91%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
5 6 (8.955%) ABAP Consultant
5 6 (8.955%) Financial Analyst
6 4 (5.970%) SAP PM Consultant
6 4 (5.970%) SAP SD Analyst
6 4 (5.970%) Development Consultant
7 3 (4.478%) SAP Basis Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Senior Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.478%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.493%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.478%) UNIX
1 3 (4.478%) Windows
1 3 (4.478%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.27%) User Acceptance Testing
2 28 (41.79%) Business Intelligence
3 24 (35.82%) Logistics
4 15 (22.39%) Change Control
5 13 (19.40%) Workflow
5 13 (19.40%) Supply Chain Management
5 13 (19.40%) Project Management
5 13 (19.40%) Quality Management
5 13 (19.40%) Release Management
6 9 (13.43%) Business Analysis
7 6 (8.955%) OO
7 6 (8.955%) Migration
7 6 (8.955%) Data Migration
8 5 (7.463%) Document Management
8 5 (7.463%) OOP
9 4 (5.970%) Validation
10 3 (4.478%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (4.478%) ERP
11 1 (1.493%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (25.37%) Java
2 13 (19.40%) SAPscript
3 3 (4.478%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (17.91%) Degree
2 1 (1.493%) CIMA
2 1 (1.493%) ACCA
Systems Management
1 11 (16.42%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (23.88%) Business Objects
3 13 (19.40%) HP
4 7 (10.45%) Adobe
5 3 (4.478%) Oracle
6 1 (1.493%) Microsoft