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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP Certification in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Certification 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

LinkSAP Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank601589818
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+229
Matching permanent IT job ads7581146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.087 %0.096 %0.072 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.421 %0.407 %0.334 %
Salaries quoted5562115
Average salary£65,000£50,000£65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.00 %-23.07 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,800£42,500£42,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£102,000£100,000£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£57,500£50,000£65,000
% change year-on-year
+15.00 %-23.07 %
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
178321988343743
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.75 %23.44 %21.43 %
Salaries quoted148911663436465
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-

SAP Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SAP Certification within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

SAP Certification Demand Trend

SAP Certification
Salary Trend

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

SAP Certification Salary Trend

SAP Certification
Salary Histogram

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

SAP Certification Salary Histogram

SAP Certification
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Certification 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
EnglandDown-1861£65,000+30.00 %
LondonDown-3431£82,500+26.92 %
East of EnglandNew entry-13£55,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-8£38,000-
North WestUp+156£50,000+8.10 %
WalesNew entry-6£40,000-
City of LondonDown-555£65,000+18.18 %
HertfordshireNew entry-5£80,000-
West MidlandsUp+254£52,500+20.00 %
UxbridgeNew entry-4£140,000-
ManchesterNew entry-4£51,250-
South EastDown-172£70,000+40.00 %
ScotlandUp+141£45,000-14.28 %
MiddlesexUp+91--
East MidlandsUp+31£53,500+7.00 %
South WalesNew entry-1£40,000-
SurreyNew entry-1£70,000-
NewportNew entry-1£40,000-
AberdeenNew entry-1£45,000-

SAP Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP Certification 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 Certification.

1120 (100.00 %)SAP
232 (26.67 %)SAP CO
232 (26.67 %)SAP FI/CO
232 (26.67 %)SAP FI
330 (25.00 %)Finance
428 (23.33 %)ABAP
523 (19.17 %)Degree
618 (15.00 %)SAP BW
618 (15.00 %)SAP XI
717 (14.17 %)Java
816 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
915 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
915 (12.50 %)SAP Basis
1014 (11.67 %)Workflow
1113 (10.83 %)Project Management
1113 (10.83 %)ITIL
1113 (10.83 %)Oracle
1212 (10.00 %)Education
1311 (9.167 %)UNIX
1311 (9.167 %)CRM
1410 (8.333 %)SAP BI
1410 (8.333 %)SAP Implementation
159 (7.500 %)NetWeaver
159 (7.500 %)SLA
159 (7.500 %)C
168 (6.667 %)SAP SD
168 (6.667 %)SAP Payroll
168 (6.667 %)Web Dynpro
168 (6.667 %)SAP Portal
177 (5.833 %)Logistics

SAP Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
118 (15.00 %)SAP XI
215 (12.50 %)SAP Basis
38 (6.667 %)Web Dynpro
47 (5.833 %)EDI
47 (5.833 %)Middleware
55 (4.167 %)SAP PI
64 (3.333 %)SAP Smart Forms
64 (3.333 %)SAP BSP
73 (2.500 %)J2EE
82 (1.667 %)HTML
91 (0.833 %)Web Services
91 (0.833 %)XML
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
19 (7.500 %)NetWeaver
28 (6.667 %)SAP Portal
31 (0.833 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (4.167 %)MS Project
23 (2.500 %)MS Visio
31 (0.833 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
132 (26.67 %)SAP FI
132 (26.67 %)SAP FI/CO
132 (26.67 %)SAP CO
28 (6.667 %)SAP Payroll
28 (6.667 %)SAP SD
37 (5.833 %)SAP R/3
37 (5.833 %)SAP PS
46 (5.000 %)SAP HR
46 (5.000 %)SAP CRM
54 (3.333 %)SAP APO
54 (3.333 %)SAP SCM
63 (2.500 %)SAP BPC
63 (2.500 %)SAP Oil and Gas
72 (1.667 %)SAP PP
72 (1.667 %)SAP WM
72 (1.667 %)SAP SEM
72 (1.667 %)SAP IS-U
72 (1.667 %)SAP Travel Management
72 (1.667 %)SAP SRM
81 (0.833 %)SAP LE
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (3.333 %)Internet
22 (1.667 %)RFID
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (15.00 %)SAP BW
210 (8.333 %)SAP BI
33 (2.500 %)ETL
33 (2.500 %)BusinessObjects
42 (1.667 %)Datawarehouse
51 (0.833 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.833 %)GIS
51 (0.833 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (0.833 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (25.00 %)Finance
212 (10.00 %)Education
35 (4.167 %)Government
35 (4.167 %)General Ledger
44 (3.333 %)Local Government
44 (3.333 %)Pensions
44 (3.333 %)Marketing
53 (2.500 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.667 %)Construction
62 (1.667 %)Banking
71 (0.833 %)Billing
71 (0.833 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (0.833 %)Back Office
71 (0.833 %)Electronics
71 (0.833 %)Games
71 (0.833 %)Electric
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
153 (44.17 %)Consultant
252 (43.33 %)SAP Consultant
318 (15.00 %)SAP Manager
417 (14.17 %)Architect
516 (13.33 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
516 (13.33 %)SAP FI Consultant
516 (13.33 %)SAP CO Consultant
615 (12.50 %)Senior SAP Consultant
615 (12.50 %)SAP Architect
615 (12.50 %)Senior Consultant
714 (11.67 %)Analyst
714 (11.67 %)SAP Analyst
812 (10.00 %)Senior Analyst
98 (6.667 %)SAP Support
107 (5.833 %)Applications Support
116 (5.000 %)Functional Consultant
116 (5.000 %)SAP Basis Manager
116 (5.000 %)Infrastructure Manager
116 (5.000 %)SAP Functional Consultant
125 (4.167 %)Functional Architect
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (2.500 %)Life Science
22 (1.667 %)Management Information System
31 (0.833 %)FMCG
31 (0.833 %)Smart Meter
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (9.167 %)UNIX
27 (5.833 %)Linux
31 (0.833 %)AIX
31 (0.833 %)HPUX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (13.33 %)PRINCE2
215 (12.50 %)Business Intelligence
314 (11.67 %)Workflow
413 (10.83 %)Project Management
413 (10.83 %)ITIL
511 (9.167 %)CRM
610 (8.333 %)SAP Implementation
77 (5.833 %)Logistics
85 (4.167 %)TOGAF
94 (3.333 %)OO
94 (3.333 %)SOA
103 (2.500 %)ERP
103 (2.500 %)Service Delivery
103 (2.500 %)Data Security
103 (2.500 %)Supply Chain Management
103 (2.500 %)Technical Architecture
103 (2.500 %)Test Automation
112 (1.667 %)Release Management
112 (1.667 %)Investment Management
112 (1.667 %)Data Migration
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
128 (23.33 %)ABAP
217 (14.17 %)Java
39 (7.500 %)C
44 (3.333 %)SAPscript
52 (1.667 %)SQL
52 (1.667 %)VBA
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (19.17 %)Degree
26 (5.000 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (1.667 %)ACCA
32 (1.667 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
32 (1.667 %)CIMA
41 (0.833 %)ISEB
41 (0.833 %)SC Cleared
41 (0.833 %)Security Cleared
41 (0.833 %)CIPFA
41 (0.833 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (7.500 %)SLA
23 (2.500 %)QA
31 (0.833 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (2.500 %)Tivoli
21 (0.833 %)Legato
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1120 (100.00 %)SAP
213 (10.83 %)Oracle
37 (5.833 %)Microsoft
44 (3.333 %)Adobe
44 (3.333 %)HP
53 (2.500 %)Informatica
53 (2.500 %)Business Objects
61 (0.833 %)Cognos