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This section looks at the demand for SAP ABAP skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the last 3 months to 13 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to 13 May 2008Same period last year
Rank317298
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads11561346
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.566 %0.578 %
As % of the category below1.236 %1.236 %
Salaries quoted9591003
Average minimum salary£47,921£44,179
Average salary£52,173£48,950
% change on same period last year+6.58 %
Average maximum salary£56,424£53,721
UK excluding London average salary£50,502£48,671
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93495108871
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.74 %46.75 %
Salaries quoted7845287169
Average minimum salary£37,729£38,879
Average salary£41,436£42,690
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£45,143£46,501
UK excluding London average salary£35,410£35,464
% change on same period last year-0.15 %

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing ABAP across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

ABAP Demand Trend

ABAP
Salary Trend

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

ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the UK over the past 3 months.

ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-131015£50,958+5.14 %
2LondonDown-7350£55,814+12.78 %
3South EastDown-72231£50,781+2.03 %
4West MidlandsUp+69167£49,157+11.98 %
5BirminghamUp+78114£50,369+23.85 %
6North WestUp+36112£44,551+3.55 %
7SurreyUp+5062£54,038+22.21 %
8BerkshireDown-6652£47,063-11.16 %
9MidlandsUp+1350£50,380-20.03 %
10MerseysideUp+3242£46,250-17.16 %
11City of LondonDown-3135£49,297-7.25 %
12StaffordshireUp+2732£48,304+7.34 %
13MiddlesexUp+3430£57,095+33.71 %
13LiverpoolUp+2830£46,786-16.20 %
14HampshireDown-7027£47,187-0.02 %
15CheshireUp+926£40,687+2.29 %
16ManchesterDown-425£45,435-0.30 %
17East of EnglandDown-5524£48,674+2.37 %
18YorkshireDown-2722£36,882-13.46 %
19South WestDown-6420£46,825+10.46 %
20HertfordshireDown-1718£47,029-2.60 %
20SloughDown-1018£46,917-14.69 %
21WiltshireDown-1017£45,088+4.92 %
22East MidlandsDown-1216£44,821+2.36 %
23ScotlandUp+4614£46,227+32.07 %
24North EastUp+2111£35,727-15.43 %
24SwindonDown-1911£43,773+0.82 %
25WindsorUp+910£45,050-8.98 %
26BrentfordNew entry-7£50,000-
26CheadleNew entry-7£45,714-

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ABAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ABAP.

12414 (99.51 %)SAP
2446 (18.38 %)SAP XI
3444 (18.30 %)Workflow
4443 (18.26 %)NetWeaver
5424 (17.48 %)Business Intelligence
6418 (17.23 %)CRM
7399 (16.45 %)Java
8326 (13.44 %)SAP BW
9304 (12.53 %)SAPscript
10279 (11.50 %)SAP Smart Forms
11236 (9.728 %)SAP HR
11236 (9.728 %)SAP FI
12234 (9.646 %)Finance
13214 (8.821 %)Web Dynpro
13214 (8.821 %)SAP SD
14210 (8.656 %)SAP ALE
15201 (8.285 %)SAP CO
15201 (8.285 %)SAP FI/CO
16196 (8.079 %)BAPI
17194 (7.997 %)OO
18180 (7.420 %)SAP BI
19150 (6.183 %)Manufacturing
20147 (6.059 %)SAP R/3
21143 (5.894 %)SAP Business Workflow
22129 (5.317 %)Retail
23127 (5.235 %)Project Management
24125 (5.153 %)ERP
24125 (5.153 %)SAP Basis
25116 (4.782 %)SAP Implementation
26115 (4.740 %)SAP CRM

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing ABAP also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing ABAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1446 (18.38 %)SAP XI
2279 (11.50 %)SAP Smart Forms
3214 (8.821 %)Web Dynpro
4210 (8.656 %)SAP ALE
5196 (8.079 %)BAPI
6143 (5.894 %)SAP Business Workflow
7125 (5.153 %)SAP Basis
8111 (4.575 %)XML
991 (3.751 %)SAP BSP
1072 (2.968 %)HTML
1171 (2.927 %)EDI
1263 (2.597 %)Middleware
1352 (2.143 %)J2EE
1443 (1.772 %).NET
1542 (1.731 %)WebServices
1615 (0.618 %)JDBC
1615 (0.618 %)WSDL
1713 (0.536 %)ODBC
189 (0.371 %)JAAS
196 (0.247 %)SAP BC
Application Platforms
1443 (18.26 %)NetWeaver
238 (1.566 %)SAS
331 (1.278 %)SAP Web AS
430 (1.237 %)SAP EP
520 (0.824 %)Oracle Workflow
68 (0.330 %)MS Exchange
76 (0.247 %)LiveLink
82 (0.082 %)ColdFusion
82 (0.082 %)Documentum
82 (0.082 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (0.082 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.041 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
129 (1.195 %)MS Excel
218 (0.742 %)MS Visio
34 (0.165 %)MATLAB
42 (0.082 %)Photoshop
42 (0.082 %)MS Office
51 (0.041 %)MS Project
Business Applications
1236 (9.728 %)SAP HR
1236 (9.728 %)SAP FI
2214 (8.821 %)SAP SD
3201 (8.285 %)SAP FI/CO
3201 (8.285 %)SAP CO
4147 (6.059 %)SAP R/3
5115 (4.740 %)SAP CRM
6114 (4.699 %)SAP MM
780 (3.298 %)SAP Payroll
850 (2.061 %)SAP PP
943 (1.772 %)SAP Retail
1036 (1.484 %)SAP SEM
1134 (1.401 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1232 (1.319 %)SAP MDM
1328 (1.154 %)SAP APO
1427 (1.113 %)SAP SRM
1427 (1.113 %)SAP ERP
1520 (0.824 %)SAP SCM
1617 (0.701 %)SAP WM
1711 (0.453 %)SAP QM
Communications & Networking
136 (1.484 %)Internet
222 (0.907 %)LDAP
312 (0.495 %)HTTPS
49 (0.371 %)Wireless
53 (0.124 %)WINS
61 (0.041 %)GPRS
61 (0.041 %)LAN
61 (0.041 %)TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1326 (13.44 %)SAP BW
2180 (7.420 %)SAP BI
396 (3.957 %)SQL Server
460 (2.473 %)BusinessObjects
557 (2.350 %)Datawarehouse
621 (0.866 %)Star Schema
719 (0.783 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
816 (0.660 %)Data Cleansing
816 (0.660 %)Informix
913 (0.536 %)DB2
913 (0.536 %)SQL Server 2000
1010 (0.412 %)Crystal Reports
119 (0.371 %)MySQL
127 (0.289 %)Oracle 8/8i
127 (0.289 %)MS Access
127 (0.289 %)ETL
127 (0.289 %)RDBMS
135 (0.206 %)Data Mining
135 (0.206 %)BusinessObjects XI
143 (0.124 %)OLAP
Development Applications
192 (3.792 %)LSMW
214 (0.577 %)eCATT
37 (0.289 %)TestDirector
43 (0.124 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (0.124 %)WinRunner
52 (0.082 %)ARTiSAN
61 (0.041 %)Eclipse
General
1234 (9.646 %)Finance
2150 (6.183 %)Manufacturing
3129 (5.317 %)Retail
495 (3.916 %)Pensions
542 (1.731 %)Government
639 (1.608 %)Marketing
730 (1.237 %)Billing
829 (1.195 %)Pharmaceutical
927 (1.113 %)Health
927 (1.113 %)Banking
1022 (0.907 %)Electronics
1120 (0.824 %)Games
1219 (0.783 %)Telecoms
1219 (0.783 %)Financial Institution
1219 (0.783 %)Education
1318 (0.742 %)Law
1417 (0.701 %)Aerospace
1515 (0.618 %)Music
1610 (0.412 %)Home Office
179 (0.371 %)Automotive
Job Titles
11277 (52.64 %)Consultant
21230 (50.70 %)SAP Consultant
3417 (17.19 %)ABAP Consultant
4386 (15.91 %)Analyst
5371 (15.29 %)Developer
6318 (13.11 %)SAP Developer
7294 (12.12 %)ABAP Developer
8217 (8.945 %)SAP Support
9201 (8.285 %)Senior Consultant
10195 (8.038 %)Senior SAP Consultant
11180 (7.420 %)Technical Consultant
12160 (6.595 %)Architect
13152 (6.265 %)SAP BW Consultant
14143 (5.894 %)SAP Architect
15134 (5.523 %)SAP Workflow Consultant
16112 (4.617 %)Support Consultant
17108 (4.452 %)SAP Support Consultant
18100 (4.122 %)CRM Consultant
18100 (4.122 %)SAP CRM Consultant
1999 (4.081 %)Technical Support
Miscellaneous
123 (0.948 %)German Language
219 (0.783 %)N-Tier
317 (0.701 %)Spanish Language
415 (0.618 %)PKI
514 (0.577 %)French Language
613 (0.536 %)Client/Server
613 (0.536 %)Data Conversion
613 (0.536 %)Data Extraction
710 (0.412 %)Italian Language
86 (0.247 %)Management Information System
95 (0.206 %)Economics
104 (0.165 %)Web 2.0
104 (0.165 %)BBC
104 (0.165 %)Blackberry
113 (0.124 %)Computer Science
122 (0.082 %)Portuguese Language
122 (0.082 %)PMI
131 (0.041 %)Smartcard
131 (0.041 %)LIMS
131 (0.041 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
173 (3.009 %)Windows
272 (2.968 %)Unix
328 (1.154 %)Linux
413 (0.536 %)Windows 2000
413 (0.536 %)Windows Server 2003
511 (0.453 %)VMS
64 (0.165 %)Windows Mobile
64 (0.165 %)AIX
73 (0.124 %)Solaris
82 (0.082 %)Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1444 (18.30 %)Workflow
2424 (17.48 %)Business Intelligence
3418 (17.23 %)CRM
4194 (7.997 %)OO
5127 (5.235 %)Project Management
6125 (5.153 %)ERP
7116 (4.782 %)SAP Implementation
8101 (4.163 %)Logistics
997 (3.998 %)Migration
1065 (2.679 %)Data Migration
1148 (1.979 %)Data Management
1148 (1.979 %)Service Delivery
1247 (1.937 %)Business Development
1345 (1.855 %)Business Analysis
1439 (1.608 %)SOA
1537 (1.525 %)Data Modelling
1537 (1.525 %)Knowledge Management
1635 (1.443 %)Unit Testing
1734 (1.401 %)E-Commerce
1831 (1.278 %)Change Management
Programming Languages
1399 (16.45 %)Java
2304 (12.53 %)SAPscript
350 (2.061 %)SQL
439 (1.608 %)JavaScript
524 (0.989 %)C
615 (0.618 %)VB
713 (0.536 %)Perl
713 (0.536 %)C++
85 (0.206 %)C#
94 (0.165 %)VBA
94 (0.165 %)Progress 4GL
102 (0.082 %)VB.NET
111 (0.041 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
156 (2.308 %)SAP Certification
156 (2.308 %)Degree
218 (0.742 %)Citrix Certification
38 (0.330 %)CIMA
47 (0.289 %)PRINCE2 Certification
53 (0.124 %)ACCA
53 (0.124 %)ISEB
53 (0.124 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
61 (0.041 %)MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
117 (0.701 %)SLA
213 (0.536 %)QA
32 (0.082 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.041 %)ISO9001
System Software
122 (0.907 %)Active Directory
21 (0.041 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Vendors
12414 (99.51 %)SAP
2105 (4.328 %)Oracle
360 (2.473 %)Business Objects
437 (1.525 %)Cognos
536 (1.484 %)Microsoft
618 (0.742 %)Siebel
716 (0.660 %)Kronos
813 (0.536 %)Adobe
911 (0.453 %)CA
109 (0.371 %)Hyperion
118 (0.330 %)webMethods
118 (0.330 %)FatWire
118 (0.330 %)Citrix
126 (0.247 %)Capita
134 (0.165 %)Pegasus
134 (0.165 %)Progress
142 (0.082 %)Sybase
142 (0.082 %)Lotus
142 (0.082 %)Red Hat
142 (0.082 %)TIBCO
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