The first table below looks at the demand for SAP Retail skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP Retail over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Business Applications category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP for Retail (IS-Retail)
Rank 759 798 742
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -56
Permanent jobs citing SAP Retail 103 101 139
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.095% 0.084% 0.112%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.256% 1.077% 1.363%
Number of salaries quoted 64 87 91
Average salary £50,000 £65,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £55,000
10% offered a salary of more than £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +4.34%
All Business Applications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
8200 9376 10199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 7.587% 7.769% 8.197%
Number of salaries quoted 6382 7789 8357
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -

SAP Retail
Jobs Demand Trend

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

SAP Retail Jobs Demand Trend

SAP Retail
Salary Trend

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

SAP Retail Salary Trend

SAP Retail
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SAP Retail over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

SAP Retail Salary Histogram

SAP Retail
Top 23 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Retail within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +34 102 £50,000 -28.57%
London +49 38 £60,000 -20.00%
West Midlands -2 21 £50,000 -28.57%
Birmingham - 21 £50,000 -
South Coast - 13 £32,500 -
South East 0 12 £95,000 +171.42%
Hertfordshire +11 6 £61,250 -
East of England +4 6 £61,250 -
Hampshire 0 6 £95,000 -
East Midlands -5 6 £40,000 -27.27%
Southampton +5 4 £95,000 -
Milton Keynes - 4 £42,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 4 £42,000 -
Yorkshire +1 2 £45,000 -21.73%
City of London -5 2 £62,500 -26.47%
Leicestershire -6 2 £40,000 +50.94%
Nottingham -8 2 £55,000 -
Nottinghamshire -9 2 £55,000 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £45,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £117,500 -
Wallington - 2 - -
Leicester - 2 £40,000 -
Bradford - 2 £45,000 -

SAP Retail
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP Retail 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 Retail.

1 201 (100.00%) SAP
1 201 (100.00%) Retail
2 95 (47.26%) SAP MM
3 89 (44.28%) SAP SD
4 55 (27.36%) Business Development
5 34 (16.92%) SAP BW
6 33 (16.42%) ABAP
7 29 (14.43%) Logistics
8 27 (13.43%) Finance
9 26 (12.94%) CRM
10 24 (11.94%) SAP CRM
10 24 (11.94%) SAP Implementation
11 21 (10.45%) SAP Basis
12 20 (9.950%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (9.453%) SAP WM
13 19 (9.453%) SAP FI
13 19 (9.453%) SAP LE
14 17 (8.458%) SAP FI/CO
14 17 (8.458%) SAP CO
15 14 (6.965%) EDI
15 14 (6.965%) Billing
15 14 (6.965%) Manufacturing
16 13 (6.468%) ERP
17 12 (5.970%) SAP Certification
17 12 (5.970%) ITIL
18 11 (5.473%) SAP BI
19 10 (4.975%) SAP SRM
19 10 (4.975%) Publishing
19 10 (4.975%) SAP HR
20 8 (3.980%) Windows

SAP Retail
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing SAP Retail 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 Retail. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 21 (10.45%) SAP Basis
2 14 (6.965%) EDI
3 5 (2.488%) SAP ALE
4 3 (1.493%) WebSphere
4 3 (1.493%) HTML
5 2 (0.995%) Middleware
5 2 (0.995%) XML
5 2 (0.995%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.498%) jQuery
6 1 (0.498%) XHTML
6 1 (0.498%) CSS
6 1 (0.498%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 8 (3.980%) SAP Portal
2 7 (3.483%) NetWeaver
3 6 (2.985%) CMS
4 2 (0.995%) MS Exchange
4 2 (0.995%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.995%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
4 2 (0.995%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (1.493%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.995%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.995%) MS Office
2 2 (0.995%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 95 (47.26%) SAP MM
2 89 (44.28%) SAP SD
3 24 (11.94%) SAP CRM
4 19 (9.453%) SAP WM
4 19 (9.453%) SAP FI
4 19 (9.453%) SAP LE
5 17 (8.458%) SAP FI/CO
5 17 (8.458%) SAP CO
6 10 (4.975%) SAP SRM
6 10 (4.975%) SAP HR
7 6 (2.985%) SAP R/3
7 6 (2.985%) SAP BPC
8 5 (2.488%) SAP FI-CA
8 5 (2.488%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 4 (1.990%) Oracle Retail
9 4 (1.990%) SAP SCM
9 4 (1.990%) SAP ERP
10 2 (0.995%) SAP AFS
10 2 (0.995%) Retail-J
11 1 (0.498%) SAP ECC
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.985%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.995%) Wireless
2 2 (0.995%) Internet
2 2 (0.995%) LAN
2 2 (0.995%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (16.92%) SAP BW
2 11 (5.473%) SAP BI
3 7 (3.483%) SQL Server
4 6 (2.985%) BusinessObjects
4 6 (2.985%) SQL Server 2005
4 6 (2.985%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (0.498%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (0.995%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.498%) LSMW
General
1 201 (100.00%) Retail
2 27 (13.43%) Finance
3 14 (6.965%) Billing
3 14 (6.965%) Manufacturing
4 10 (4.975%) Publishing
5 3 (1.493%) Marketing
6 2 (0.995%) Legal
6 2 (0.995%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 126 (62.69%) Consultant
2 125 (62.19%) SAP Consultant
3 75 (37.31%) SAP Retail Consultant
4 73 (36.32%) SAP IS-Retail Consultant
5 54 (26.87%) Managing Consultant
6 20 (9.950%) SAP Basis Consultant
7 18 (8.955%) SAP SD Consultant
7 18 (8.955%) Analyst
8 15 (7.463%) Architect
9 13 (6.468%) SAP Architect
10 11 (5.473%) Solutions Architect
10 11 (5.473%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 11 (5.473%) SAP Analyst
11 10 (4.975%) Developer
11 10 (4.975%) SAP Developer
11 10 (4.975%) ABAP Developer
11 10 (4.975%) SAP MM Consultant
12 9 (4.478%) Principal Consultant
13 7 (3.483%) SAP Manager
13 7 (3.483%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.985%) PMI
1 6 (2.985%) FMCG
2 5 (2.488%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (2.488%) AS400
3 2 (0.995%) EPoS
3 2 (0.995%) Statistics
4 1 (0.498%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.498%) Clustering
4 1 (0.498%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.980%) Windows
2 6 (2.985%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (2.985%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (27.36%) Business Development
2 29 (14.43%) Logistics
3 26 (12.94%) CRM
4 24 (11.94%) SAP Implementation
5 20 (9.950%) Business Intelligence
6 13 (6.468%) ERP
7 12 (5.970%) ITIL
8 6 (2.985%) Service Delivery
8 6 (2.985%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (2.985%) Project Management
9 5 (2.488%) Demand Management
9 5 (2.488%) Change Management
9 5 (2.488%) Data Management
9 5 (2.488%) TOGAF
10 4 (1.990%) ITIL V3
11 3 (1.493%) Problem Management
11 3 (1.493%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (1.493%) Migration
12 2 (0.995%) GAP Analysis
12 2 (0.995%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (16.42%) ABAP
2 8 (3.980%) Java
3 4 (1.990%) SQL
4 2 (0.995%) VBScript
4 2 (0.995%) VB
5 1 (0.498%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (5.970%) SAP Certification
2 7 (3.483%) PMI Certification
3 6 (2.985%) Degree
4 5 (2.488%) ACCA
4 5 (2.488%) CIMA
5 1 (0.498%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.498%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.498%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.985%) QA
2 2 (0.995%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (3.483%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.995%) SCCM
Vendors
1 201 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (3.980%) IBM
2 8 (3.980%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.483%) HP
4 6 (2.985%) JDA
4 6 (2.985%) Business Objects
4 6 (2.985%) Oracle
5 5 (2.488%) Venda
5 5 (2.488%) CA
6 2 (0.995%) ATG
6 2 (0.995%) Symantec
6 2 (0.995%) Remedy
6 2 (0.995%) Sophos
6 2 (0.995%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.498%) Omniture
7 1 (0.498%) Adobe
7 1 (0.498%) Informatica
Southampton, Hampshire
Leading corporate based nr Southampton Hampshire - commutable from Winchester / Portsmouth / Basingstoke / Reading / Bournemouth / Salisbury / Chichester are seeking candidates with in-depth SAP Architecture / Design experience. A high calibre...
Connectus
Salary: £90000 - £100000 per annum + extensive benefits pkge
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Minimum of 5 years business experience in core functional areas/modules of SAP Retail, SAP Finance and SAP Logistics. In-depth understanding of SAP architecture and relevant integration...
Lawrence Harvey Enterprise
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013