The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 23 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 271 290 237
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -53
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 178 151 213
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.809% 0.636% 0.916%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.631% 1.246% 1.790%
Number of salaries quoted 71 122 175
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,250 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
10911 12119 11900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 49.58% 51.08% 51.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9602 10804 10640
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East ABAP Salary Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Surrey +51 97 £35,500 -24.46%
West Sussex - 33 £45,000 -
Hampshire +3 18 £45,000 -10.00%
Berkshire +12 13 £45,000 -14.28%
East Sussex - 12 £37,500 -
Buckinghamshire -15 2 £27,500 -45.00%
M4 Corridor +2 1 £67,500 +28.57%
Oxfordshire -49 1 £55,000 -
Sussex - 1 £57,500 -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 324 (100.00%) SAP
2 109 (33.64%) SAP Implementation
3 107 (33.02%) Business Development
4 77 (23.77%) SAP MM
5 63 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
6 61 (18.83%) CRM
7 54 (16.67%) Finance
8 51 (15.74%) Java
9 50 (15.43%) SAP BW
10 43 (13.27%) SAP R/3
11 41 (12.65%) SAP PI
11 41 (12.65%) SAP BI
12 39 (12.04%) Manufacturing
13 38 (11.73%) Security Cleared
14 36 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
14 36 (11.11%) Business Objects
15 35 (10.80%) C
16 34 (10.49%) SAP SD
16 34 (10.49%) SAP APO
16 34 (10.49%) SAP SCM
17 30 (9.259%) German Language
17 30 (9.259%) Data Modelling
18 29 (8.951%) ETL
18 29 (8.951%) Oracle
19 27 (8.333%) UNIX
19 27 (8.333%) Retail
19 27 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
20 25 (7.716%) SAP CRM
21 24 (7.407%) Microsoft
22 22 (6.790%) SAP WM

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 41 (12.65%) SAP PI
2 21 (6.481%) SAP Basis
3 18 (5.556%) SAP XI
4 10 (3.086%) Web Dynpro
5 9 (2.778%) Middleware
5 9 (2.778%) Web Services
5 9 (2.778%) SAP TM
6 7 (2.160%) BAPI
6 7 (2.160%) XML
7 6 (1.852%) SAP Business Workflow
8 5 (1.543%) JDBC
9 3 (0.926%) J2EE
9 3 (0.926%) ODBC
9 3 (0.926%) Advantage:Gen
9 3 (0.926%) MDX
10 2 (0.617%) SAP ALE
10 2 (0.617%) XSLT
10 2 (0.617%) .NET
11 1 (0.309%) SAP Smart Forms
11 1 (0.309%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 15 (4.630%) NetWeaver
2 11 (3.395%) SAP Portal
3 10 (3.086%) SAP EP
4 2 (0.617%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.309%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (5.556%) MS Office
2 14 (4.321%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 77 (23.77%) SAP MM
2 43 (13.27%) SAP R/3
3 34 (10.49%) SAP SD
3 34 (10.49%) SAP APO
3 34 (10.49%) SAP SCM
4 25 (7.716%) SAP CRM
5 22 (6.790%) SAP WM
6 18 (5.556%) SAP PSCD
7 14 (4.321%) SAP SRM
8 11 (3.395%) SAP BPC
8 11 (3.395%) SAP IS-U
9 9 (2.778%) SAP FI
10 6 (1.852%) SAP CO
10 6 (1.852%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (1.235%) SAP ERP
11 4 (1.235%) SAP HR
11 4 (1.235%) SAP PP
12 3 (0.926%) SAP GRC
13 1 (0.309%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 1 (0.309%) SAP LE
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.086%) HTTPS
2 7 (2.160%) SSL
3 3 (0.926%) LDAP
4 1 (0.309%) RTP
4 1 (0.309%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (15.43%) SAP BW
2 41 (12.65%) SAP BI
3 36 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
4 13 (4.012%) SAP HANA
5 12 (3.704%) SQL Server
6 9 (2.778%) SAP Data Services
7 7 (2.160%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 7 (2.160%) Xcelsius
8 5 (1.543%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.235%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.235%) OLTP
9 4 (1.235%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.926%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.926%) OLAP
11 1 (0.309%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 7 (2.160%) NWDI
2 3 (0.926%) TestDirector
2 3 (0.926%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.617%) Hudson
3 2 (0.617%) NWDS
3 2 (0.617%) LSMW
General
1 54 (16.67%) Finance
2 39 (12.04%) Manufacturing
3 30 (9.259%) German Language
4 27 (8.333%) Retail
5 14 (4.321%) Publishing
6 11 (3.395%) Billing
7 7 (2.160%) French Language
8 5 (1.543%) Aerospace
9 4 (1.235%) Italian Language
9 4 (1.235%) Korean Language
9 4 (1.235%) Spanish Language
9 4 (1.235%) Advertising
10 3 (0.926%) Automotive
10 3 (0.926%) Law
10 3 (0.926%) Legal
11 1 (0.309%) Back Office
11 1 (0.309%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 249 (76.85%) Consultant
2 236 (72.84%) SAP Consultant
3 138 (42.59%) Managing Consultant
4 81 (25.00%) SAP MM Consultant
5 52 (16.05%) SAP SRM Consultant
6 42 (12.96%) SAP WM Consultant
7 34 (10.49%) SAP APO Consultant
8 28 (8.642%) SAP SD Consultant
8 28 (8.642%) Developer
9 26 (8.025%) SAP BW Consultant
10 25 (7.716%) SAP Developer
11 21 (6.481%) SAP EWM Consultant
12 20 (6.173%) SAP PI Consultant
13 19 (5.864%) Analyst
14 18 (5.556%) Functional Consultant
15 14 (4.321%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
16 13 (4.012%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 12 (3.704%) ABAP Developer
18 11 (3.395%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 10 (3.086%) SAP BI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 10 (3.086%) Computer Science
2 7 (2.160%) FMCG
3 6 (1.852%) Data Extraction
4 5 (1.543%) Management Information System
4 5 (1.543%) Life Science
5 4 (1.235%) Mobile App
5 4 (1.235%) Replication
6 3 (0.926%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.333%) UNIX
2 17 (5.247%) Windows
3 12 (3.704%) AIX
4 5 (1.543%) Linux
5 3 (0.926%) VMS
5 3 (0.926%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (0.926%) Windows 2000
6 2 (0.617%) Solaris
7 1 (0.309%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 109 (33.64%) SAP Implementation
2 107 (33.02%) Business Development
3 63 (19.44%) Business Intelligence
4 61 (18.83%) CRM
5 30 (9.259%) Data Modelling
6 29 (8.951%) ETL
7 27 (8.333%) Root Cause Analysis
8 21 (6.481%) Test Management
9 17 (5.247%) OO
9 17 (5.247%) ERP
10 14 (4.321%) Change Management
11 11 (3.395%) GAP Analysis
12 10 (3.086%) Technical Architecture
12 10 (3.086%) Workflow
12 10 (3.086%) PLM
12 10 (3.086%) ITIL
13 9 (2.778%) Business Analysis
13 9 (2.778%) Logistics
14 8 (2.469%) Migration
15 7 (2.160%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (15.74%) Java
2 35 (10.80%) C
3 14 (4.321%) SQL
4 3 (0.926%) Shell Script
4 3 (0.926%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.309%) C#
Qualifications
1 38 (11.73%) Security Cleared
2 20 (6.173%) SAP Certification
3 16 (4.938%) Degree
4 13 (4.012%) SC Cleared
5 4 (1.235%) HND
6 1 (0.309%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.852%) QA
2 3 (0.926%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (0.926%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.926%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 324 (100.00%) SAP
2 36 (11.11%) Business Objects
3 29 (8.951%) Oracle
4 24 (7.407%) Microsoft
5 18 (5.556%) webMethods
6 4 (1.235%) Syclo
6 4 (1.235%) Sybase
7 3 (0.926%) Sage
7 3 (0.926%) Chordiant
7 3 (0.926%) HP
7 3 (0.926%) Siebel
8 2 (0.617%) Sun
9 1 (0.309%) IBM
9 1 (0.309%) Red Hat