The first table below looks at the demand for SAP ALE skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP ALE over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
Rank 828 825 806
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -19
Permanent jobs citing SAP ALE 40 60 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.037% 0.050% 0.059%
As % of the Application Development category 0.091% 0.119% 0.147%
Number of salaries quoted 40 59 67
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £40,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £61,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
43829 50279 51552
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.24% 41.72% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 38095 44608 45685
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%

SAP ALE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

SAP ALE Jobs Demand Trend

SAP ALE
Salary Trend

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

SAP ALE Salary Trend

SAP ALE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP ALE over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

SAP ALE Salary Histogram

SAP ALE
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +8 38 £50,000 +12.35% 4
West Midlands +11 21 £50,000 +21.21% 1
London - 13 £75,000 - 3
Birmingham -1 12 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Warwickshire +10 7 £40,000 +14.28%
City of London - 4 £71,250 -
Rugby - 4 £40,000 -
Warwick - 2 £52,500 -
Manchester - 2 £50,000 -
North West - 2 £50,000 -
Midlands +15 1 £50,000 +5.26%
Coventry - 1 £47,000 -
Wales - 1 £32,500 -
Mid Wales - 1 £32,500 -

SAP ALE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP ALE 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 SAP ALE.

1 115 (100.00%) SAP
2 86 (74.78%) ABAP
3 50 (43.48%) BAPI
4 37 (32.17%) Workflow
5 33 (28.70%) SAPscript
6 30 (26.09%) OO
7 28 (24.35%) SAP BW
7 28 (24.35%) SAP Smart Forms
8 26 (22.61%) SAP CO
8 26 (22.61%) SAP FI/CO
8 26 (22.61%) SAP FI
9 25 (21.74%) Finance
10 23 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
10 23 (20.00%) CRM
10 23 (20.00%) Java
11 22 (19.13%) EDI
12 20 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (15.65%) SAP XI
14 17 (14.78%) Migration
14 17 (14.78%) CCA
14 17 (14.78%) Adobe
15 16 (13.91%) SAP SD
15 16 (13.91%) Data Migration
16 15 (13.04%) BusinessObjects
16 15 (13.04%) ERP
16 15 (13.04%) Business Objects
16 15 (13.04%) Web Services
16 15 (13.04%) Change Management
16 15 (13.04%) Retail
17 14 (12.17%) SAP CRM

SAP ALE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP ALE 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 SAP ALE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 50 (43.48%) BAPI
2 28 (24.35%) SAP Smart Forms
3 23 (20.00%) Web Dynpro
4 22 (19.13%) EDI
5 18 (15.65%) SAP XI
6 15 (13.04%) Web Services
7 8 (6.957%) SAP PI
7 8 (6.957%) XML
7 8 (6.957%) HTML
8 5 (4.348%) SAP Basis
9 4 (3.478%) SAP Business Workflow
9 4 (3.478%) SAP BSP
10 2 (1.739%) HTML5
10 2 (1.739%) XSLT
10 2 (1.739%) CSS
10 2 (1.739%) JDBC
10 2 (1.739%) J2EE
10 2 (1.739%) DHTML
11 1 (0.870%) SOAP
11 1 (0.870%) REST
Application Platforms
1 14 (12.17%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.609%) CMS
2 3 (2.609%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (2.609%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.870%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.870%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.870%) MS Exchange
3 1 (0.870%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (2.609%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.870%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 26 (22.61%) SAP CO
1 26 (22.61%) SAP FI/CO
1 26 (22.61%) SAP FI
2 16 (13.91%) SAP SD
3 14 (12.17%) SAP CRM
4 11 (9.565%) SAP MM
4 11 (9.565%) SAP ERP
5 10 (8.696%) SAP R/3
6 8 (6.957%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 8 (6.957%) SAP HR
7 6 (5.217%) SAP SRM
7 6 (5.217%) SAP Retail
8 4 (3.478%) SAP ECC
9 3 (2.609%) SAP GTS
10 2 (1.739%) SAP PS
10 2 (1.739%) SAP PM
11 1 (0.870%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.739%) Intranet
1 2 (1.739%) Extranet
2 1 (0.870%) IP Telephony
2 1 (0.870%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (24.35%) SAP BW
2 15 (13.04%) BusinessObjects
3 11 (9.565%) SAP BI
4 3 (2.609%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (10.43%) LSMW
2 3 (2.609%) StarTeam
General
1 25 (21.74%) Finance
2 15 (13.04%) Retail
3 12 (10.43%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.087%) Marketing
5 6 (5.217%) Publishing
5 6 (5.217%) Billing
6 2 (1.739%) German Language
6 2 (1.739%) Advertising
6 2 (1.739%) Banking
7 1 (0.870%) Investment Banking
7 1 (0.870%) Law
7 1 (0.870%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.870%) Korean Language
7 1 (0.870%) French Language
Job Titles
1 49 (42.61%) Consultant
2 48 (41.74%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (22.61%) ABAP Consultant
4 25 (21.74%) Developer
5 23 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
5 23 (20.00%) SAP Developer
6 18 (15.65%) Analyst
7 16 (13.91%) SAP Analyst
8 9 (7.826%) Architect
9 6 (5.217%) SAP Architect
9 6 (5.217%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
10 5 (4.348%) Technical Analyst
10 5 (4.348%) SAP MM Consultant
10 5 (4.348%) SAP Business Analyst
10 5 (4.348%) Functional Analyst
10 5 (4.348%) SAP Support
10 5 (4.348%) Business Analyst
10 5 (4.348%) SAP IS-Retail Consultant
10 5 (4.348%) SAP Retail Consultant
10 5 (4.348%) SAP Functional Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.217%) Replication
2 5 (4.348%) Computer Science
3 3 (2.609%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.739%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.870%) Chip and PIN
5 1 (0.870%) Life Science
5 1 (0.870%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.609%) Windows
2 1 (0.870%) Windows XP
2 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (32.17%) Workflow
2 30 (26.09%) OO
3 23 (20.00%) CRM
4 20 (17.39%) Business Intelligence
5 17 (14.78%) Migration
6 16 (13.91%) Data Migration
7 15 (13.04%) ERP
7 15 (13.04%) Change Management
8 11 (9.565%) Project Management
8 11 (9.565%) Cash Management
9 8 (6.957%) Integration Testing
9 8 (6.957%) Logistics
9 8 (6.957%) Validation
10 6 (5.217%) Data Governance
10 6 (5.217%) OOP
10 6 (5.217%) Supply Chain Management
11 5 (4.348%) Quality Management
11 5 (4.348%) Data Modelling
11 5 (4.348%) Release Management
12 4 (3.478%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 86 (74.78%) ABAP
2 33 (28.70%) SAPscript
3 23 (20.00%) Java
4 3 (2.609%) SQL
5 2 (1.739%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.870%) C
Qualifications
1 17 (14.78%) CCA
2 11 (9.565%) Degree
3 9 (7.826%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.609%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.609%) PMP
4 3 (2.609%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.739%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.870%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.870%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (9.565%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 9 (7.826%) QA
3 1 (0.870%) SLA
Systems Management
1 5 (4.348%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 115 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (14.78%) Adobe
3 15 (13.04%) Business Objects
4 7 (6.087%) HP
5 3 (2.609%) Sitecore
6 2 (1.739%) Pegasus
7 1 (0.870%) Microsoft
Scotland
Edward Carter Solutions have an exciting opportunity for a SAP ABAP Consultant. The role will involve helping with an ongoing project and adding additional skills required to help...
Edward Carter Solutions
Salary: £0 - £60,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Essential Skills: •Solid and demonstrable ABAP OO development experience (Strong hands-on experience of Object oriented programming model ). •Proven technical SAP experience in developing complex ABAP, SAPSCRIPT & SMARTFORMS.....
Absoft
Salary: DOE
Posted: 7 June 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
My global consultancy client is looking for an experienced SAP PS FICO to join a newly created team working for a key worldwide client... In this role you...
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Skills & Experience: - Considerable knowledge in either SAP Logistics modules (SD/MM/WM) or (BW/FI) - Knowledge of SAP CRM desirable - Knowledge of ALE, IDOC, and EDI processes. - Understanding...
Real Staffing
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 29 May 2013
London
KEY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Significant knowledge of SAP ECC 6.0 (at least 3 modules mandatory) SD, MM, WM, FI, BW, CRM - (Desirable) Significant knowledge of ALE,...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013