Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 18 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkSAP ABAP
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank319346281
Rank change year-on-year
Up+27Down-65
Matching permanent IT job ads4534031336
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.530 %0.475 %0.655 %
As % of the Programming Languages category1.084 %1.011 %1.435 %
Salaries quoted2733061092
Average salary£50,000£50,000£50,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£37,500£39,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£47,500£50,000£50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.000 %-
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
417733987093123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.83 %46.95 %45.66 %
Salaries quoted358783372677861
Average salary£40,000£36,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.580 %-2.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£60,000£62,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %

ABAP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP within 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 citing ABAP within the UK.

ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 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 18 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+4387£50,000-
LondonUp+18157£60,000+13.20 %
South EastDown-5887£47,500-5.00 %
West MidlandsUp+4339£52,500+10.52 %
South WestUp+4138£42,500-
ScotlandUp+5137£45,000+12.50 %
North WestDown-1634£57,500+27.77 %
SwindonNew entry-34£42,500-
WiltshireNew entry-34£42,500-
EdinburghUp+1932£40,000-
MiddlesexUp+2020£45,000-10.00 %
BirminghamUp+1918£39,050-21.90 %
East MidlandsUp+1418£50,000+11.11 %
SurreyDown-2518£47,500-
StainesNew entry-15£47,500-
ManchesterDown-2414£54,250+35.62 %
BerkshireDown-412£47,750-2.55 %
City of LondonDown-5011£62,500+11.11 %
HampshireUp+2310£52,500+10.52 %
Thames ValleyUp+78--
BuckinghamshireDown-426£46,250-21.94 %
WindsorNew entry-5£48,000-
UxbridgeNew entry-5£140,000-
LeicestershireNew entry-5£50,000-
West SussexUp+94£41,500-6.43 %
Milton KeynesDown-284£46,250-20.94 %
BracknellUp+33£45,000-10.00 %
CheshireDown-33£45,000-
CrawleyNew entry-3£41,500-
BedfordshireUp+102£54,000-1.81 %

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

1749 (99.47 %)SAP
2215 (28.55 %)SAP BW
3175 (23.24 %)BAPI
4174 (23.11 %)SAP XI
5168 (22.31 %)Workflow
6159 (21.12 %)Business Intelligence
7144 (19.12 %)Java
8135 (17.93 %)NetWeaver
9115 (15.27 %)CRM
10112 (14.87 %)SAP ALE
11111 (14.74 %)SAPscript
1294 (12.48 %)SAP Smart Forms
1387 (11.55 %)LSMW
1484 (11.16 %)Finance
1576 (10.09 %)SAP R/3
1675 (9.960 %)OO
1675 (9.960 %)J2EE
1774 (9.827 %)SAP PI
1864 (8.499 %)FMCG
1864 (8.499 %)SAP Business Workflow
1962 (8.234 %)Web Dynpro
2060 (7.968 %)SAP FI/CO
2060 (7.968 %)SAP CO
2060 (7.968 %)SAP FI
2159 (7.835 %)EDI
2258 (7.703 %)Migration
2353 (7.039 %)SAP Implementation
2452 (6.906 %)SAP BI
2549 (6.507 %)SOA
2648 (6.375 %)Project Management

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1175 (23.24 %)BAPI
2174 (23.11 %)SAP XI
3112 (14.87 %)SAP ALE
494 (12.48 %)SAP Smart Forms
575 (9.960 %)J2EE
674 (9.827 %)SAP PI
764 (8.499 %)SAP Business Workflow
862 (8.234 %)Web Dynpro
959 (7.835 %)EDI
1047 (6.242 %)SAP Basis
1134 (4.515 %)Middleware
1228 (3.718 %)SAP BSP
1322 (2.922 %)HTML
1420 (2.656 %)XML
1519 (2.523 %).NET
1614 (1.859 %)SOAP
1614 (1.859 %)Web Services
179 (1.195 %)XSLT
185 (0.664 %)ASP
185 (0.664 %)Adobe Flex
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1135 (17.93 %)NetWeaver
237 (4.914 %)SAP Portal
318 (2.390 %)SAP EP
414 (1.859 %)JCAPS
52 (0.266 %)ColdFusion
61 (0.133 %)Oracle Workflow
61 (0.133 %)LiveCycle
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
126 (3.453 %)MS Visio
221 (2.789 %)MS Excel
318 (2.390 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.398 %)MS Office
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
176 (10.09 %)SAP R/3
260 (7.968 %)SAP FI/CO
260 (7.968 %)SAP CO
260 (7.968 %)SAP FI
339 (5.179 %)SAP IS-U
435 (4.648 %)SAP HR
532 (4.250 %)SAP CRM
631 (4.117 %)SAP SD
721 (2.789 %)SAP BPC
819 (2.523 %)SAP MM
914 (1.859 %)SAP Oil and Gas
914 (1.859 %)SAP ERP
1011 (1.461 %)SAP MRS
119 (1.195 %)SAP Payroll
119 (1.195 %)SAP SEM
119 (1.195 %)SAP PM
119 (1.195 %)SAP HR-PA
127 (0.930 %)SAP PLM
136 (0.797 %)SAP PS
145 (0.664 %)SAP FI-CA
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (0.664 %)HTTP
24 (0.531 %)Internet
31 (0.133 %)CTI
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1215 (28.55 %)SAP BW
252 (6.906 %)SAP BI
338 (5.046 %)BusinessObjects
421 (2.789 %)Datawarehouse
510 (1.328 %)ETL
510 (1.328 %)SQL Server
68 (1.062 %)Data Cleansing
76 (0.797 %)BODI
85 (0.664 %)GIS
94 (0.531 %)BusinessObjects XI
94 (0.531 %)DataStage
103 (0.398 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
103 (0.398 %)Xcelsius
112 (0.266 %)MySQL
112 (0.266 %)RDBMS
121 (0.133 %)MS Access
121 (0.133 %)Oracle Reports
121 (0.133 %)Oracle 9i
121 (0.133 %)Crystal Reports
121 (0.133 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
187 (11.55 %)LSMW
214 (1.859 %)Eclipse
31 (0.133 %)ProC
31 (0.133 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.133 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (0.133 %)eCATT
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
184 (11.16 %)Finance
244 (5.843 %)Government
330 (3.984 %)Billing
422 (2.922 %)Retail
521 (2.789 %)Banking
521 (2.789 %)Pensions
617 (2.258 %)Manufacturing
716 (2.125 %)Legal
814 (1.859 %)Marketing
814 (1.859 %)Back Office
910 (1.328 %)Pharmaceutical
106 (0.797 %)Health
115 (0.664 %)Construction
115 (0.664 %)Investment Banking
124 (0.531 %)Electronics
133 (0.398 %)Automotive
133 (0.398 %)General Ledger
133 (0.398 %)Auditing
142 (0.266 %)Education
151 (0.133 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1295 (39.18 %)Consultant
2272 (36.12 %)SAP Consultant
3142 (18.86 %)Developer
4108 (14.34 %)Analyst
5103 (13.68 %)SAP Developer
685 (11.29 %)ABAP Developer
782 (10.89 %)SAP Analyst
875 (9.960 %)ABAP Consultant
948 (6.375 %)Senior Consultant
1046 (6.109 %)Senior SAP Consultant
1145 (5.976 %)Team Leader
1243 (5.710 %)SAP Manager
1338 (5.046 %)Senior Developer
1433 (4.382 %)SAP Support
1532 (4.250 %)Architect
1630 (3.984 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
1630 (3.984 %)SAP Architect
1726 (3.453 %)SAP BW Consultant
1825 (3.320 %)Senior Analyst
1825 (3.320 %)SAP Team Leader
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
164 (8.499 %)FMCG
212 (1.594 %)Data Integration
311 (1.461 %)Smart Meter
311 (1.461 %)German Language
47 (0.930 %)Management Information System
55 (0.664 %)Data Extraction
64 (0.531 %)French Language
73 (0.398 %)Dutch Language
82 (0.266 %)Computer Science
91 (0.133 %)EPoS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
117 (2.258 %)UNIX
27 (0.930 %)Windows
27 (0.930 %)Linux
34 (0.531 %)VMS
34 (0.531 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1168 (22.31 %)Workflow
2159 (21.12 %)Business Intelligence
3115 (15.27 %)CRM
475 (9.960 %)OO
558 (7.703 %)Migration
653 (7.039 %)SAP Implementation
749 (6.507 %)SOA
848 (6.375 %)Project Management
941 (5.445 %)Scrum
1038 (5.046 %)OOP
1134 (4.515 %)ERP
1134 (4.515 %)Agile Software Development
1223 (3.054 %)Data Migration
1322 (2.922 %)PRINCE2
1420 (2.656 %)Logistics
1519 (2.523 %)Service Delivery
1617 (2.258 %)Data Modelling
1713 (1.726 %)Requirements Analysis
1811 (1.461 %)EAI
1910 (1.328 %)PLM
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1144 (19.12 %)Java
2111 (14.74 %)SAPscript
338 (5.046 %)C
418 (2.390 %)JavaScript
514 (1.859 %)SQL
66 (0.797 %)C++
74 (0.531 %)C#
83 (0.398 %)VBA
92 (0.266 %)VB
92 (0.266 %)Pascal
101 (0.133 %)T-SQL
101 (0.133 %)PL/SQL
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
140 (5.312 %)Degree
227 (3.586 %)SAP Certification
313 (1.726 %)Security Cleared
43 (0.398 %)HND
52 (0.266 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.133 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.195 %)QA
25 (0.664 %)SLA
31 (0.133 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1749 (99.47 %)SAP
238 (5.046 %)Business Objects
331 (4.117 %)Adobe
429 (3.851 %)Microsoft
527 (3.586 %)Oracle
624 (3.187 %)CA
719 (2.523 %)SeeBeyond
810 (1.328 %)SEEBURGER
95 (0.664 %)Cognos
104 (0.531 %)Informatica
113 (0.398 %)OutlookSoft
122 (0.266 %)FatWire
122 (0.266 %)Siebel
122 (0.266 %)Remedy
131 (0.133 %)Salesforce.com
131 (0.133 %)ESRI
131 (0.133 %)HP
131 (0.133 %)Accenture