South East SAP FI Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for SAP Financial Accounting (FI) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP FI over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

SAP Financial Accounting (FI)
Location Aberdeen Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Doncaster East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Gloucester Gloucestershire Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Lancashire Leamington Spa Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey Swansea Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwick Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wigan Wiltshire Windsor Woking Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	213	194
Rank change on same period last year	-19
Matching permanent IT job ads	267	404
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.156 %	0.178 %
As % of the category below	12.03 %	13.09 %
Salaries quoted	184	353
Average minimum salary	£44,914	£52,862
Average salary	£50,898	£58,994
% change on same period last year	-13.72 %
Average maximum salary	£56,882	£65,127
UK excluding London average salary	£57,135	£56,371
% change on same period last year	+1.35 %
Business Applications South East
Matching permanent IT job ads	2219	3086
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.297 %	1.356 %
Salaries quoted	1719	2413
Average minimum salary	£44,253	£46,366
Average salary	£48,917	£51,450
% change on same period last year	-4.92 %
Average maximum salary	£53,581	£56,533
UK excluding London average salary	£50,533	£49,920
% change on same period last year	+1.22 %
SAP FI England

SAP FI
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAP FI across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP FI
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAP FI across the South East region.

SAP FI
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP FI across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

SAP FI
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP FI within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Berkshire	+37	111	£45,258	-33.73 %
Hampshire	-27	33	£54,900	+8.25 %
Surrey	+18	25	£59,028	-4.01 %
Thames Valley	+14	14	£42,500	-31.72 %
West Sussex	+32	12	£48,611	+10.06 %
Buckinghamshire	+2	8	£43,083	+1.97 %
Middlesex	+29	7	£44,000	+2.59 %
Home Counties	-	3	£53,333	-
East Sussex	-4	1	£44,000	-16.19 %

SAP FI England

SAP FI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing SAP FI 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 FI.

1 522 (100.00 %) SAP 2 511 (97.89 %) SAP CO 3 510 (97.70 %) SAP FI/CO 4 152 (29.12 %) Finance 5 89 (17.05 %) FMCG 6 75 (14.37 %) Pharmaceutical 7 60 (11.49 %) SAP Implementation 8 51 (9.770 %) SAP BW 9 50 (9.579 %) Manufacturing 10 41 (7.854 %) Project Management 11 32 (6.130 %) SAP SD 11 32 (6.130 %) Citrix Certification 12 31 (5.939 %) CRM 13 28 (5.364 %) Italian Language 14 27 (5.172 %) German Language

14 27 (5.172 %) ABAP 15 25 (4.789 %) Business Analysis 16 24 (4.598 %) Business Intelligence 17 23 (4.406 %) French Language 18 17 (3.257 %) SAP R/3 19 16 (3.065 %) SAP MM 20 15 (2.874 %) Systems Analysis 21 14 (2.682 %) Degree 22 12 (2.299 %) Logistics 22 12 (2.299 %) CA 23 11 (2.107 %) SAP BI 23 11 (2.107 %) Billing 23 11 (2.107 %) Retail 23 11 (2.107 %) CIMA 23 11 (2.107 %) SAP FI-AP

SAP FI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing SAP FI 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 FI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (0.766 %) BAPI 1 4 (0.766 %) SAP CO-PA 2 3 (0.575 %) SAP XI 3 2 (0.383 %) .NET 3 2 (0.383 %) J2EE 3 2 (0.383 %) EDI 3 2 (0.383 %) SAP Business Workflow 4 1 (0.192 %) SAP PI 4 1 (0.192 %) SAP ALE	Applications 1 3 (0.575 %) Spreadsheet
Business Applications 1 511 (97.89 %) SAP CO 2 510 (97.70 %) SAP FI/CO 3 32 (6.130 %) SAP SD 4 17 (3.257 %) SAP R/3 5 16 (3.065 %) SAP MM 6 11 (2.107 %) SAP FI-AP 7 7 (1.341 %) SAP CRM 8 5 (0.958 %) SAP HR 9 4 (0.766 %) SAP PP 9 4 (0.766 %) SAP WM 9 4 (0.766 %) SAP QM 10 3 (0.575 %) SAP PS 10 3 (0.575 %) SAP APO 11 2 (0.383 %) SAP Oil and Gas 12 1 (0.192 %) SAP CCM 12 1 (0.192 %) SAP Business One 12 1 (0.192 %) SAP ERP 12 1 (0.192 %) SAP ECC 12 1 (0.192 %) Oracle Financials	Database & Business Intelligence 1 51 (9.770 %) SAP BW 2 11 (2.107 %) SAP BI 3 8 (1.533 %) Datawarehouse 4 2 (0.383 %) ETL 4 2 (0.383 %) SQL Server 4 2 (0.383 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 2 (0.383 %) Oracle OWB 4 2 (0.383 %) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications 1 2 (0.383 %) LSMW 2 1 (0.192 %) TestDirector	General 1 152 (29.12 %) Finance 2 89 (17.05 %) FMCG 3 75 (14.37 %) Pharmaceutical 4 50 (9.579 %) Manufacturing 5 11 (2.107 %) Retail 5 11 (2.107 %) Billing 6 7 (1.341 %) Banking 7 6 (1.149 %) Pensions 8 5 (0.958 %) Health 8 5 (0.958 %) Automotive 9 4 (0.766 %) Chemicals 10 3 (0.575 %) General Ledger 10 3 (0.575 %) Insurance 11 2 (0.383 %) Government 11 2 (0.383 %) Electronics 12 1 (0.192 %) Telecoms 12 1 (0.192 %) Marketing
Job Titles 1 325 (62.26 %) Consultant 2 308 (59.00 %) SAP Consultant 3 295 (56.51 %) SAP FI/CO Consultant 4 197 (37.74 %) SAP FI Consultant 5 195 (37.36 %) SAP CO Consultant 6 115 (22.03 %) Analyst 7 109 (20.88 %) SAP Analyst 8 56 (10.73 %) Configuration Analyst 9 26 (4.981 %) Senior Consultant 10 24 (4.598 %) SAP Support 11 22 (4.215 %) SAP Business Analyst 11 22 (4.215 %) Business Analyst 12 17 (3.257 %) Functional Consultant 12 17 (3.257 %) SAP Functional Consultant 13 14 (2.682 %) Senior SAP Consultant 14 13 (2.490 %) Team Leader 15 12 (2.299 %) SAP Team Leader 16 11 (2.107 %) SAP SD Consultant 17 10 (1.916 %) SAP MM Consultant 18 9 (1.724 %) Support Consultant	Miscellaneous 1 28 (5.364 %) Italian Language 2 27 (5.172 %) German Language 3 23 (4.406 %) French Language 4 8 (1.533 %) Spanish Language 5 1 (0.192 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 1 (0.192 %) Windows	Processes & Methodologies 1 60 (11.49 %) SAP Implementation 2 41 (7.854 %) Project Management 3 31 (5.939 %) CRM 4 25 (4.789 %) Business Analysis 5 24 (4.598 %) Business Intelligence 6 15 (2.874 %) Systems Analysis 7 12 (2.299 %) Logistics 8 10 (1.916 %) Migration 9 9 (1.724 %) ERP 9 9 (1.724 %) Data Migration 10 7 (1.341 %) Workflow 11 6 (1.149 %) Incident Management 11 6 (1.149 %) Change Management 12 5 (0.958 %) Business Development 13 3 (0.575 %) GAP Analysis 13 3 (0.575 %) Programme Management 14 2 (0.383 %) BPEL 14 2 (0.383 %) UML 14 2 (0.383 %) Data Modelling 14 2 (0.383 %) SOA
Programming Languages 1 27 (5.172 %) ABAP 2 9 (1.724 %) SAPscript 3 7 (1.341 %) Java 4 6 (1.149 %) C 5 2 (0.383 %) C#	Qualifications 1 32 (6.130 %) Citrix Certification 2 14 (2.682 %) Degree 3 11 (2.107 %) CIMA 4 7 (1.341 %) SAP Certification 5 5 (0.958 %) ACCA 6 2 (0.383 %) ISEB 7 1 (0.192 %) MCT 7 1 (0.192 %) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.575 %) SLA 2 1 (0.192 %) QA	Vendors 1 522 (100.00 %) SAP 2 12 (2.299 %) CA 3 3 (0.575 %) Oracle 4 2 (0.383 %) Accenture 4 2 (0.383 %) Agresso 5 1 (0.192 %) Sage 5 1 (0.192 %) Remedy 5 1 (0.192 %) IBM