The first table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP Consultant
Rank 829 853 818
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -35
Permanent jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 33 45 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.031% 0.037% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.039% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 31 40 34
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,500 £45,000 £42,650
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £65,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year
-13.63% -8.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

ABAP Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

ABAP Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK.

ABAP Consultant Salary Trend

ABAP Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

ABAP Consultant Salary Histogram

ABAP Consultant
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK 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
England +18 29 £47,500 -13.63%
West Midlands -17 10 £50,000 +11.11%
Birmingham 0 9 £50,000 +8.10%
East of England +15 7 £40,000 -30.43%
Bedfordshire -6 7 £40,000 -30.43%
London +39 4 £50,000 -9.09%
Surrey +19 4 £35,500 -
South East -9 4 £35,500 -35.45%
North West -15 3 £50,000 -
Manchester -15 3 £50,000 -
Bedford - 3 £35,000 -
Coventry -14 1 £47,000 -10.47%
City of London - 1 - -
Weybridge - 1 £42,500 -

ABAP Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title.

1 88 (100.00%) ABAP
2 87 (98.86%) SAP
3 39 (44.32%) OO
4 30 (34.09%) BAPI
5 25 (28.41%) SAP ALE
6 23 (26.14%) Manufacturing
7 22 (25.00%) Workflow
7 22 (25.00%) SAPscript
8 19 (21.59%) CRM
9 18 (20.45%) SAP SD
10 17 (19.32%) SAP Smart Forms
10 17 (19.32%) Logistics
11 16 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
11 16 (18.18%) Adobe
12 13 (14.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
13 12 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (13.64%) Web Services
14 10 (11.36%) ERP
14 10 (11.36%) SAP FI
14 10 (11.36%) SAP MM
14 10 (11.36%) SAP FI/CO
14 10 (11.36%) SAP CO
14 10 (11.36%) SAP QM
15 9 (10.23%) Migration
15 9 (10.23%) EDI
15 9 (10.23%) Data Migration
16 8 (9.091%) Security Cleared
17 7 (7.955%) NetWeaver
17 7 (7.955%) Middleware
17 7 (7.955%) OOP

ABAP Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Consultant in their job title 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 with ABAP Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (34.09%) BAPI
2 25 (28.41%) SAP ALE
3 17 (19.32%) SAP Smart Forms
4 16 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
5 12 (13.64%) Web Services
6 9 (10.23%) EDI
7 7 (7.955%) Middleware
8 5 (5.682%) SAP PI
9 4 (4.545%) SAP Business Workflow
10 3 (3.409%) SAP XI
11 2 (2.273%) HTML
11 2 (2.273%) XML
12 1 (1.136%) .NET
12 1 (1.136%) JMS
12 1 (1.136%) SAP BSP
Application Platforms
1 7 (7.955%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 18 (20.45%) SAP SD
2 13 (14.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 10 (11.36%) SAP FI
3 10 (11.36%) SAP MM
3 10 (11.36%) SAP FI/CO
3 10 (11.36%) SAP CO
3 10 (11.36%) SAP QM
4 4 (4.545%) SAP CRM
5 2 (2.273%) SAP ERP
6 1 (1.136%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.136%) SAP R/3
6 1 (1.136%) SAP PM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.136%) VPN
1 1 (1.136%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.682%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (4.545%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.273%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.409%) LSMW
General
1 23 (26.14%) Manufacturing
2 5 (5.682%) Law
3 4 (4.545%) Marketing
4 1 (1.136%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.136%) Electronics
4 1 (1.136%) Korean Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.136%) FMCG
1 1 (1.136%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.136%) Windows
1 1 (1.136%) Linux
1 1 (1.136%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.32%) OO
2 22 (25.00%) Workflow
3 19 (21.59%) CRM
4 17 (19.32%) Logistics
5 12 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (11.36%) ERP
7 9 (10.23%) Migration
7 9 (10.23%) Data Migration
8 7 (7.955%) OOP
9 2 (2.273%) Stress Testing
9 2 (2.273%) Test Scripting
9 2 (2.273%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.136%) ETL
10 1 (1.136%) Project Management
10 1 (1.136%) Asset Management
10 1 (1.136%) GAP Analysis
10 1 (1.136%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 88 (100.00%) ABAP
2 22 (25.00%) SAPscript
3 7 (7.955%) Java
4 1 (1.136%) C#
4 1 (1.136%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.273%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.136%) QA
Vendors
1 87 (98.86%) SAP
2 16 (18.18%) Adobe
3 5 (5.682%) Business Objects
4 1 (1.136%) Sybase
4 1 (1.136%) Syclo