Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the ABAP Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 SAP ABAP Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank636653792
Rank change year-on-year
Up+17Up+139
Matching permanent IT job ads4017173
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.047 %0.020 %0.085 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.050 %0.021 %0.090 %
Salaries quoted1915150
Average salary£45,000£41,750£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.780 %-7.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,300£32,500£36,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,400£51,250£56,700
UK excluding London average salary£45,000£42,500£42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.880 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

ABAP Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

ABAP Developer Demand Trend

ABAP Developer
Salary Trend

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

ABAP Developer Salary Trend

ABAP Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP Developer over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

ABAP Developer Salary Histogram

ABAP Developer
Top 21 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+531£45,000+7.78 %
LondonDown-3813£46,250+42.30 %
South EastUp+710£43,250+6.79 %
South WestNew entry-4£45,000-
BuckinghamshireDown-33£36,000-50.34 %
SwindonNew entry-3£45,000-
WiltshireNew entry-3£45,000-
West SussexNew entry-3£41,500-
West MidlandsUp+302£42,000-1.17 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-2£38,750-
CrawleyNew entry-2£41,500-
BirminghamUp+181£38,500-9.41 %
North WestUp+121--
SurreyUp+111£45,000+13.92 %
MiddlesexUp+101£45,000+2.27 %
City of LondonDown-601£47,500-5.00 %
ScotlandNew entry-1£40,000-
HampshireNew entry-1£45,000-
StainesNew entry-1£45,000-
SouthamptonNew entry-1£45,000-
EdinburghNew entry-1£40,000-

ABAP Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

185 (100.00 %)ABAP
284 (98.82 %)SAP
342 (49.41 %)Workflow
427 (31.76 %)BAPI
526 (30.59 %)SAPscript
622 (25.88 %)OO
717 (20.00 %)SAP BW
717 (20.00 %)Web Dynpro
816 (18.82 %)NetWeaver
915 (17.65 %)EDI
915 (17.65 %)SAP Smart Forms
915 (17.65 %)SAP IS-U
1012 (14.12 %)SAP Business Workflow
1111 (12.94 %)SAP XI
1111 (12.94 %)CRM
129 (10.59 %)OOP
129 (10.59 %)Billing
129 (10.59 %)SAP ALE
137 (8.235 %)Smart Meter
137 (8.235 %)CA
137 (8.235 %)Adobe
137 (8.235 %)Service Delivery
146 (7.059 %)Finance
146 (7.059 %)LSMW
155 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
155 (5.882 %)Java
164 (4.706 %)SOAP
164 (4.706 %)XML
164 (4.706 %)SLA
164 (4.706 %)SAP Certification

ABAP Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited ABAP Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
127 (31.76 %)BAPI
217 (20.00 %)Web Dynpro
315 (17.65 %)SAP Smart Forms
315 (17.65 %)EDI
412 (14.12 %)SAP Business Workflow
511 (12.94 %)SAP XI
69 (10.59 %)SAP ALE
74 (4.706 %)SAP BSP
74 (4.706 %)XML
74 (4.706 %)SOAP
83 (3.529 %)Web Services
92 (2.353 %)SAP Basis
92 (2.353 %)SAP PI
101 (1.176 %)SAP MI
101 (1.176 %)HTML
101 (1.176 %).NET
101 (1.176 %)J2EE
101 (1.176 %)OLE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
116 (18.82 %)NetWeaver
21 (1.176 %)SAP Portal
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (17.65 %)SAP IS-U
24 (4.706 %)SAP FI
24 (4.706 %)SAP CRM
24 (4.706 %)SAP FI/CO
24 (4.706 %)SAP CO
33 (3.529 %)SAP PM
33 (3.529 %)SAP R/3
42 (2.353 %)SAP HR
51 (1.176 %)SAP SD
51 (1.176 %)SAP ECC
51 (1.176 %)SAP BPC
51 (1.176 %)SAP Retail
51 (1.176 %)SAP Oil and Gas
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (20.00 %)SAP BW
21 (1.176 %)GIS
21 (1.176 %)SQL Server
21 (1.176 %)Datawarehouse
21 (1.176 %)BusinessObjects
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (7.059 %)LSMW
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
19 (10.59 %)Billing
26 (7.059 %)Finance
34 (4.706 %)Retail
42 (2.353 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.176 %)Back Office
51 (1.176 %)Electric
51 (1.176 %)Banking
51 (1.176 %)Investment Banking
51 (1.176 %)Pensions
51 (1.176 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (8.235 %)Smart Meter
23 (3.529 %)FMCG
32 (2.353 %)German Language
41 (1.176 %)EPoS
41 (1.176 %)French Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.176 %)Windows
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
142 (49.41 %)Workflow
222 (25.88 %)OO
311 (12.94 %)CRM
49 (10.59 %)OOP
57 (8.235 %)Service Delivery
65 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
74 (4.706 %)Problem Management
83 (3.529 %)SAP Implementation
92 (2.353 %)Migration
92 (2.353 %)Systems Analysis
92 (2.353 %)Business Analysis
92 (2.353 %)Regression Testing
92 (2.353 %)Data Migration
101 (1.176 %)Product Management
101 (1.176 %)Project Management
101 (1.176 %)ERP
101 (1.176 %)Data Modelling
101 (1.176 %)Document Management
101 (1.176 %)Unit Testing
101 (1.176 %)System Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
185 (100.00 %)ABAP
226 (30.59 %)SAPscript
35 (5.882 %)Java
43 (3.529 %)C
51 (1.176 %)C++
51 (1.176 %)JavaScript
51 (1.176 %)SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (4.706 %)SAP Certification
22 (2.353 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (4.706 %)SLA
21 (1.176 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
184 (98.82 %)SAP
27 (8.235 %)Adobe
27 (8.235 %)CA
31 (1.176 %)Business Objects