The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SAP ERP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP ERP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 Business Applications category.

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank671664620
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Down-44
Matching permanent IT job ads206202132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.171 %0.165 %0.138 %
As % of the Business Applications category2.169 %2.011 %1.855 %
Number of salaries quoted127130111
Average salary£60,000£60,000£57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.34 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,500£28,200£33,197
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£92,500£81,500£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£52,500£58,500£57,500
% change year-on-year
-10.25 %+1.73 %
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryAll Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
9499100457117
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK7.877 %8.192 %7.454 %
Number of salaries quoted788782385438
Average salary£55,000£52,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76 %+5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£32,500£31,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£75,000£77,500
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.26 %

SAP ERP
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

SAP ERP Demand Trend

SAP ERP
Salary Trend

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

SAP ERP Salary Trend

SAP ERP
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP ERP over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

SAP ERP Salary Histogram

SAP ERP
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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-7170£65,000+8.33 %
LondonUp+61119£70,000+7.69 %
South EastDown-4227£47,500-26.92 %
City of LondonUp+2221£60,000+84.61 %
HammersmithNew entry-17£72,500-
SurreyNew entry-11£58,750-
ScotlandUp+1410£52,500-
North WestDown-119£44,250+42.74 %
HampshireNew entry-9£42,250-
East of EnglandUp+58£55,000+131.57 %
West SussexUp+86£51,250-
HertfordshireUp+205£55,000-21.42 %
WorthingUp+45£47,500-
AberdeenDown-65£40,000-
Canary WharfNew entry-5£92,500-
AndoverNew entry-4£42,500-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£45,000-
BasingstokeNew entry-3£42,000-
EghamNew entry-3--
MerseysideNew entry-3£45,000-
CambridgeUp+22£57,500+155.55 %
CambridgeshireDown-72£57,500+130.00 %
East MidlandsDown-92£56,250+35.88 %
ManchesterDown-102£26,500-14.51 %
LancashireDown-112£46,250-
BerkshireDown-412£60,000-11.11 %
WokingNew entry-2--
WeybridgeNew entry-2£105,000-
WatfordNew entry-2£55,750-
StainesNew entry-2£50,000-

SAP ERP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP ERP 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 ERP.

1373 (100.00 %)SAP
1373 (100.00 %)ERP
2176 (47.18 %)Finance
375 (20.11 %)Project Management
474 (19.84 %)Oracle
573 (19.57 %)Business Intelligence
665 (17.43 %)Business Development
665 (17.43 %)Performance Management
764 (17.16 %)SharePoint
862 (16.62 %)Banking
957 (15.28 %)Java
1056 (15.01 %)SAP BW
1153 (14.21 %)CRM
1247 (12.60 %)Data Warehouse
1247 (12.60 %).NET
1345 (12.06 %)Business Objects
1345 (12.06 %)C#
1345 (12.06 %)BusinessObjects
1443 (11.53 %)NetWeaver
1542 (11.26 %)Pharmaceutical
1641 (10.99 %)Change Management
1641 (10.99 %)Telecoms
1641 (10.99 %)Stakeholder Management
1740 (10.72 %)Cisco
1740 (10.72 %)E-Commerce
1838 (10.19 %)SAS
1838 (10.19 %)Retail
1937 (9.920 %)SAP BI
2036 (9.651 %)Games
2036 (9.651 %)Digital Media

SAP ERP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP ERP 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 ERP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
147 (12.60 %).NET
211 (2.949 %)Web Dynpro
310 (2.681 %)BAPI
310 (2.681 %)ASP
49 (2.413 %)SAP XI
58 (2.145 %)SAP Basis
58 (2.145 %)EDI
67 (1.877 %)HTML
76 (1.609 %)XML
85 (1.340 %)Web Services
94 (1.072 %)JSP
94 (1.072 %)ASP.NET
94 (1.072 %)SAP PI
94 (1.072 %)WebSphere
103 (0.804 %)CSS
112 (0.536 %)J2EE
121 (0.268 %)Java EE
121 (0.268 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
164 (17.16 %)SharePoint
243 (11.53 %)NetWeaver
338 (10.19 %)SAS
411 (2.949 %)IIS
57 (1.877 %)Apache
63 (0.804 %)Tomcat
63 (0.804 %)ColdFusion
63 (0.804 %)MS Exchange
63 (0.804 %)Documentum
63 (0.804 %)Exchange Server 2007
63 (0.804 %)Exchange Server 2010
71 (0.268 %)WebSphere Message Broker
71 (0.268 %)WebSphere MQ
71 (0.268 %)SAP EP
71 (0.268 %)WebSphere Application Server
71 (0.268 %)WebLogic
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (9.115 %)MS Visio
219 (5.094 %)MS Excel
311 (2.949 %)MS Office
43 (0.804 %)ProjectWise
51 (0.268 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
116 (4.290 %)SAP FI
116 (4.290 %)SAP Oil and Gas
215 (4.021 %)SAP BPC
314 (3.753 %)SAP CO
314 (3.753 %)SAP FI/CO
410 (2.681 %)SAP FI-CA
59 (2.413 %)SAP PSCD
59 (2.413 %)SAP APO
66 (1.609 %)SAP Retail
75 (1.340 %)SAP PS
75 (1.340 %)Oracle ERP
84 (1.072 %)MFGPRO
93 (0.804 %)SAP MDM
93 (0.804 %)Maximo
93 (0.804 %)Dynamics GP
102 (0.536 %)SAP SCM
102 (0.536 %)SAP SRM
102 (0.536 %)Dynamics NAV
102 (0.536 %)Solarsoft Tropos
102 (0.536 %)SAP GRC
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
17 (1.877 %)LAN
17 (1.877 %)WAN
24 (1.072 %)DNS
24 (1.072 %)SAN
33 (0.804 %)Firewall
33 (0.804 %)Network Security
33 (0.804 %)HTTPS
41 (0.268 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.268 %)SNA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (15.01 %)SAP BW
247 (12.60 %)Data Warehouse
345 (12.06 %)BusinessObjects
437 (9.920 %)SAP BI
527 (7.239 %)SQL Server
625 (6.702 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
77 (1.877 %)DB2
86 (1.609 %)Crystal Reports
94 (1.072 %)MS Access
103 (0.804 %)SQL Server 2005
103 (0.804 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
103 (0.804 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (0.804 %)Oracle 10g
103 (0.804 %)Oracle 9i
112 (0.536 %)RDBMS
112 (0.536 %)Cognos Powerplay
112 (0.536 %)Cognos Impromptu
121 (0.268 %)Data Mining
121 (0.268 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (1.877 %)QuickTest Pro
25 (1.340 %)LoadRunner
31 (0.268 %)LSMW
31 (0.268 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1176 (47.18 %)Finance
262 (16.62 %)Banking
342 (11.26 %)Pharmaceutical
441 (10.99 %)Telecoms
538 (10.19 %)Retail
636 (9.651 %)Games
732 (8.579 %)Back Office
827 (7.239 %)Legal
827 (7.239 %)Billing
923 (6.166 %)Law
1022 (5.898 %)Manufacturing
1117 (4.558 %)Investment Banking
128 (2.145 %)Marketing
136 (1.609 %)General Ledger
145 (1.340 %)Publishing
153 (0.804 %)German Language
153 (0.804 %)Italian Language
153 (0.804 %)Swedish Language
162 (0.536 %)French Language
162 (0.536 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1158 (42.36 %)Consultant
2105 (28.15 %)SAP Consultant
371 (19.03 %)Analyst
445 (12.06 %)Business Analyst
540 (10.72 %)Business Consultant
638 (10.19 %)Project Manager
734 (9.115 %)Recruitment Consultant
828 (7.507 %)Data Consultant
828 (7.507 %)SAP Data Consultant
926 (6.971 %)Systems Analyst
1025 (6.702 %)Business Objects Consultant
1025 (6.702 %)Managing Consultant
1025 (6.702 %)SAP Business Consultant
1025 (6.702 %)ERP Consultant
1124 (6.434 %)SAP Business Analyst
1223 (6.166 %)Change Consultant
1223 (6.166 %)Business Systems Analyst
1319 (5.094 %)SAP Manager
1418 (4.826 %)SAP Analyst
1517 (4.558 %)Programme Manager
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
136 (9.651 %)Digital Media
210 (2.681 %)FMCG
210 (2.681 %)EPoS
38 (2.145 %)Management Information System
46 (1.609 %)Computer Science
46 (1.609 %)IIBA
55 (1.340 %)Data Conversion
55 (1.340 %)Client/Server
64 (1.072 %)PMI
64 (1.072 %)Mainframe
73 (0.804 %)AS400
73 (0.804 %)iSeries
82 (0.536 %)Data Integration
82 (0.536 %)E-Learning
82 (0.536 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
130 (8.043 %)Windows
210 (2.681 %)Windows 7
37 (1.877 %)Windows XP
37 (1.877 %)Windows Server 2008
46 (1.609 %)UNIX
46 (1.609 %)HPUX
54 (1.072 %)Solaris
54 (1.072 %)AIX
63 (0.804 %)OS/400
63 (0.804 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1373 (100.00 %)ERP
275 (20.11 %)Project Management
373 (19.57 %)Business Intelligence
465 (17.43 %)Business Development
465 (17.43 %)Performance Management
553 (14.21 %)CRM
641 (10.99 %)Change Management
641 (10.99 %)Stakeholder Management
740 (10.72 %)E-Commerce
832 (8.579 %)Technical Architecture
931 (8.311 %)Business Transformation
1028 (7.507 %)Project Planning
1028 (7.507 %)PRINCE
1127 (7.239 %)Logistics
1223 (6.166 %)Use Case
1321 (5.630 %)PRINCE2
1420 (5.362 %)Data Management
1518 (4.826 %)ITIL
1617 (4.558 %)Business Analysis
1715 (4.021 %)Investment Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
157 (15.28 %)Java
245 (12.06 %)C#
332 (8.579 %)ABAP
48 (2.145 %)SQL
48 (2.145 %)SAPscript
48 (2.145 %)C
54 (1.072 %)VB
63 (0.804 %)VBA
63 (0.804 %)RPG/400
63 (0.804 %)RPG IV
63 (0.804 %)RPG
63 (0.804 %)Delphi
63 (0.804 %)JavaScript
72 (0.536 %)Shell Script
81 (0.268 %)Perl
81 (0.268 %)PHP
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
130 (8.043 %)ISEB
221 (5.630 %)CIMA
221 (5.630 %)ACCA
318 (4.826 %)MBA
318 (4.826 %)Degree
410 (2.681 %)SAP Certification
59 (2.413 %)PMP
59 (2.413 %)PMI Certification
68 (2.145 %)Security Cleared
74 (1.072 %)Postgraduate
83 (0.804 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.268 %)CBAP
91 (0.268 %)CISA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.877 %)SLA
24 (1.072 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
24 (1.072 %)Data Quality
33 (0.804 %)ISO/IEC 27001
33 (0.804 %)BS7799
42 (0.536 %)GxP
51 (0.268 %)QA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (1.877 %)Active Directory
24 (1.072 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.536 %)HP Quality Center
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1373 (100.00 %)SAP
274 (19.84 %)Oracle
345 (12.06 %)Business Objects
440 (10.72 %)Cisco
533 (8.847 %)Microsoft
610 (2.681 %)CA
79 (2.413 %)HP
87 (1.877 %)VMware
95 (1.340 %)Citrix
95 (1.340 %)IBM
104 (1.072 %)QAD
104 (1.072 %)SEEBURGER
113 (0.804 %)Fortinet
122 (0.536 %)Siebel
122 (0.536 %)JD Edwards
131 (0.268 %)Salesforce.com
131 (0.268 %)TIBCO
131 (0.268 %)MKS
131 (0.268 %)Kofax
131 (0.268 %)Ariba