The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 371 451 434
Rank change year-on-year
+80 -17
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 677 547 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.630% 0.453% 0.445%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.184% 0.844% 0.848%
Number of salaries quoted 486 421 415
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £87,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
57161 64813 66145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 53.15% 53.69% 52.48%
Number of salaries quoted 49151 57089 57424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Salary Trend

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

ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

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

ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Top 30 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 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 +61 593 £50,000 -4.76%
South East +19 178 £45,000 -10.00%
London +25 135 £57,500 -6.12%
Surrey +51 97 £35,500 -24.46%
Egham +9 92 - -
West Midlands -5 87 £50,000 +5.26%
North West +11 70 £47,500 +11.76%
Birmingham +19 58 £52,500 +16.66%
East of England +34 52 £42,500 -22.72%
Manchester +4 41 £47,500 +8.57%
Scotland +26 36 £57,500 +35.29%
West Sussex - 33 £45,000 -
City of London +23 26 £55,000 +15.78%
Bedfordshire +9 22 £45,000 -21.73%
Hampshire +3 18 £45,000 -10.00%
Yorkshire +9 17 £55,000 -21.42%
West Yorkshire +8 16 £55,000 -21.42%
Bedford - 14 £45,000 -
Norfolk - 14 £27,000 -
South Coast - 14 £50,000 -
Berkshire +12 13 £45,000 -14.28%
Worthing - 13 £53,750 -
Brighton - 12 £37,500 -
East Sussex - 12 £37,500 -
Hertfordshire -4 10 £45,000 -18.18%
Leeds - 10 £55,000 -
Warwickshire +12 9 £40,000 +8.10%
Wales +3 9 £52,000 +15.55%
South Wales +2 9 £52,000 +15.55%
East Midlands -8 9 £50,000 +13.20%

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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 1277 (98.84%) SAP
2 307 (23.76%) Finance
3 267 (20.67%) Business Intelligence
4 266 (20.59%) SAP BW
5 226 (17.49%) Java
6 210 (16.25%) CRM
7 207 (16.02%) Manufacturing
8 199 (15.40%) SAP Implementation
9 181 (14.01%) SAP SD
10 175 (13.54%) SAP MM
11 172 (13.31%) Logistics
12 168 (13.00%) Business Development
12 168 (13.00%) BusinessObjects
12 168 (13.00%) Business Objects
13 166 (12.85%) NetWeaver
14 139 (10.76%) SAP BI
15 130 (10.06%) Workflow
16 126 (9.752%) OO
16 126 (9.752%) SAP CO
17 122 (9.443%) SAP FI
18 120 (9.288%) ERP
18 120 (9.288%) LSMW
19 118 (9.133%) BAPI
20 117 (9.056%) SQL
21 114 (8.824%) Oracle
22 113 (8.746%) SAP R/3
23 112 (8.669%) Retail
24 109 (8.437%) Web Dynpro
24 109 (8.437%) Migration
25 108 (8.359%) SAP FI/CO

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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
1 118 (9.133%) BAPI
2 109 (8.437%) Web Dynpro
3 103 (7.972%) SAP XI
4 99 (7.663%) SAP PI
5 98 (7.585%) SAP Basis
6 94 (7.276%) SAP ALE
7 74 (5.728%) Web Services
8 63 (4.876%) EDI
9 57 (4.412%) XML
10 52 (4.025%) Middleware
11 50 (3.870%) SAP Smart Forms
12 44 (3.406%) .NET
13 40 (3.096%) SAP BSP
14 36 (2.786%) HTML
15 29 (2.245%) SAP TM
16 28 (2.167%) CSS
17 23 (1.780%) ASP.NET
18 17 (1.316%) SAP Business Workflow
19 12 (0.929%) MDX
19 12 (0.929%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 166 (12.85%) NetWeaver
2 53 (4.102%) SAP Portal
3 25 (1.935%) SAP EP
4 17 (1.316%) CMS
5 16 (1.238%) SharePoint
6 6 (0.464%) ESB
7 3 (0.232%) Sitecore CMS
7 3 (0.232%) ColdFusion
8 2 (0.155%) LiveLink
9 1 (0.077%) Force.com
9 1 (0.077%) SAS
Applications
1 47 (3.638%) MS Excel
2 32 (2.477%) MS Office
3 5 (0.387%) MS Project
4 4 (0.310%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.155%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 181 (14.01%) SAP SD
2 175 (13.54%) SAP MM
3 126 (9.752%) SAP CO
4 122 (9.443%) SAP FI
5 113 (8.746%) SAP R/3
6 108 (8.359%) SAP FI/CO
7 102 (7.895%) SAP BPC
8 98 (7.585%) SAP CRM
9 96 (7.430%) SAP PP
10 84 (6.502%) SAP WM
11 52 (4.025%) SAP APO
12 51 (3.947%) SAP HR
13 46 (3.560%) SAP Oil and Gas
14 40 (3.096%) SAP SRM
15 38 (2.941%) SAP SCM
16 36 (2.786%) SAP ERP
17 34 (2.632%) SAP LE
18 31 (2.399%) SAP Retail
19 26 (2.012%) SAP HCM
20 24 (1.858%) SAP QM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.851%) HTTPS
1 11 (0.851%) TCP/IP
2 7 (0.542%) SSL
3 5 (0.387%) Internet
4 4 (0.310%) LAN
4 4 (0.310%) WAN
4 4 (0.310%) LDAP
5 3 (0.232%) HTTP
6 2 (0.155%) Extranet
6 2 (0.155%) Intranet
6 2 (0.155%) VPN
7 1 (0.077%) SMS
7 1 (0.077%) CTI
7 1 (0.077%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 266 (20.59%) SAP BW
2 168 (13.00%) BusinessObjects
3 139 (10.76%) SAP BI
4 81 (6.269%) SQL Server
5 61 (4.721%) SAP Data Services
6 42 (3.251%) DB2
7 39 (3.019%) SAP HANA
8 31 (2.399%) SQL Server 2008
9 28 (2.167%) SQL Server 2005
10 21 (1.625%) Data Warehouse
11 20 (1.548%) RDBMS
12 18 (1.393%) Oracle 11g
13 17 (1.316%) Oracle 10g
14 12 (0.929%) MS Access
15 10 (0.774%) Xcelsius
16 8 (0.619%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 8 (0.619%) OLAP
17 7 (0.542%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
18 6 (0.464%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 6 (0.464%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 120 (9.288%) LSMW
2 15 (1.161%) Visual Studio
3 14 (1.084%) NWDI
4 10 (0.774%) StarTeam
5 7 (0.542%) LoadRunner
6 4 (0.310%) Xcode
6 4 (0.310%) NWDS
6 4 (0.310%) Hudson
7 3 (0.232%) TestDirector
8 2 (0.155%) Subversion
9 1 (0.077%) VisualSVN
9 1 (0.077%) TortoiseSVN
9 1 (0.077%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.077%) ClearQuest
General
1 307 (23.76%) Finance
2 207 (16.02%) Manufacturing
3 112 (8.669%) Retail
4 60 (4.644%) Publishing
5 48 (3.715%) German Language
6 42 (3.251%) Billing
7 29 (2.245%) Legal
8 26 (2.012%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (1.393%) Marketing
10 14 (1.084%) Back Office
11 13 (1.006%) Advertising
12 12 (0.929%) Banking
12 12 (0.929%) Games
13 10 (0.774%) Automotive
14 9 (0.697%) French Language
15 8 (0.619%) Law
16 5 (0.387%) Aerospace
17 4 (0.310%) General Ledger
17 4 (0.310%) Italian Language
17 4 (0.310%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 778 (60.22%) Consultant
2 734 (56.81%) SAP Consultant
3 220 (17.03%) Developer
4 185 (14.32%) SAP Developer
5 141 (10.91%) Managing Consultant
6 129 (9.985%) Analyst
7 119 (9.211%) ABAP Developer
8 111 (8.591%) SAP MM Consultant
9 92 (7.121%) SAP Analyst
10 88 (6.811%) ABAP Consultant
11 75 (5.805%) SAP SD Consultant
11 75 (5.805%) SAP PP Consultant
12 72 (5.573%) SAP WM Consultant
13 62 (4.799%) Technical Consultant
14 54 (4.180%) SAP QM Consultant
15 53 (4.102%) SAP SRM Consultant
16 47 (3.638%) SAP BW Consultant
17 46 (3.560%) SAP Technical Consultant
18 44 (3.406%) Data Consultant
19 42 (3.251%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 38 (2.941%) Data Conversion
2 36 (2.786%) Computer Science
3 32 (2.477%) FMCG
4 19 (1.471%) Management Information System
5 15 (1.161%) Data Extraction
6 11 (0.851%) Replication
7 8 (0.619%) Mobile App
8 6 (0.464%) Life Science
8 6 (0.464%) Mathematics
8 6 (0.464%) AS400
9 5 (0.387%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (0.310%) Blackberry
10 4 (0.310%) PMI
11 3 (0.232%) SaaS
11 3 (0.232%) Mainframe
11 3 (0.232%) Data Integration
11 3 (0.232%) Physics
12 2 (0.155%) Derivative
12 2 (0.155%) iPad
12 2 (0.155%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 83 (6.424%) UNIX
2 82 (6.347%) Windows
3 22 (1.703%) AIX
4 19 (1.471%) Linux
5 18 (1.393%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (0.851%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (0.464%) Android
7 6 (0.464%) Solaris
8 4 (0.310%) Windows Phone 7
8 4 (0.310%) Windows Phone
9 3 (0.232%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.232%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.232%) VMS
10 1 (0.077%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (20.67%) Business Intelligence
2 210 (16.25%) CRM
3 199 (15.40%) SAP Implementation
4 172 (13.31%) Logistics
5 168 (13.00%) Business Development
6 130 (10.06%) Workflow
7 126 (9.752%) OO
8 120 (9.288%) ERP
9 109 (8.437%) Migration
10 99 (7.663%) Data Modelling
11 94 (7.276%) Project Management
12 85 (6.579%) Data Migration
13 80 (6.192%) ETL
14 62 (4.799%) ITIL
15 57 (4.412%) Stakeholder Management
16 44 (3.406%) User Acceptance Testing
17 42 (3.251%) Business Analysis
18 39 (3.019%) Root Cause Analysis
19 35 (2.709%) SOA
20 28 (2.167%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 226 (17.49%) Java
2 117 (9.056%) SQL
3 72 (5.573%) SAPscript
4 41 (3.173%) C
5 31 (2.399%) JavaScript
6 21 (1.625%) C#
7 14 (1.084%) VB.NET
8 12 (0.929%) Shell Script
9 10 (0.774%) C++
10 6 (0.464%) VB
11 5 (0.387%) COBOL
11 5 (0.387%) PHP
12 4 (0.310%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.232%) Delphi
13 3 (0.232%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.232%) VBA
13 3 (0.232%) Ada
13 3 (0.232%) Fortran
13 3 (0.232%) Tcl
13 3 (0.232%) Lisp
Qualifications
1 89 (6.889%) Degree
2 84 (6.502%) SAP Certification
3 60 (4.644%) Security Cleared
4 20 (1.548%) SC Cleared
5 9 (0.697%) CCA
6 7 (0.542%) HND
7 4 (0.310%) CITP
7 4 (0.310%) PMP
7 4 (0.310%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.232%) HNC
8 3 (0.232%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.077%) ACCA
9 1 (0.077%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.406%) QA
2 13 (1.006%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 10 (0.774%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.232%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.077%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 30 (2.322%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.077%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1277 (98.84%) SAP
2 168 (13.00%) Business Objects
3 114 (8.824%) Oracle
4 60 (4.644%) Microsoft
5 32 (2.477%) Adobe
6 29 (2.245%) HP
7 19 (1.471%) webMethods
8 15 (1.161%) Sybase
9 12 (0.929%) OutlookSoft
10 7 (0.542%) Sun
11 6 (0.464%) Venda
11 6 (0.464%) Syclo
12 5 (0.387%) JDA
13 4 (0.310%) Sencha
14 3 (0.232%) Sitecore
14 3 (0.232%) Siebel
14 3 (0.232%) SunGard
14 3 (0.232%) Chordiant
14 3 (0.232%) Sage
15 2 (0.155%) Open Text
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Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
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Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + bens
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