The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SAP 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within SAP AG.

SAP
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank533938
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads552060914506
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.578 %4.968 %4.719 %
As % of the Vendors category9.607 %10.59 %10.63 %
Number of salaries quoted436745483076
Average salary£60,000£55,000£57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09 %-4.34 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£36,000£36,800£37,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£82,500£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£52,500£55,000
% change year-on-year
+4.76 %-4.54 %
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
574595751742374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK47.65 %46.91 %44.38 %
Number of salaries quoted484194776133886
Average salary£45,000£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,500£27,500£26,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

SAP
Demand Trend

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

SAP Demand Trend

SAP
Salary Trend

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

SAP Salary Trend

SAP
Salary Histogram

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

SAP Salary Histogram

SAP
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 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-134688£57,500+4.54 %
LondonDown-52126£65,000+8.33 %
South EastDown-22968£53,500+1.90 %
West MidlandsUp+5400£50,000-4.76 %
City of LondonDown-26352£62,500+13.63 %
East of EnglandUp+39264£47,500+18.75 %
North WestDown-42263£50,000-
SurreyUp+4244£48,000+1.05 %
BerkshireDown-42186£50,000-13.04 %
ScotlandUp+18164£56,250+29.31 %
HampshireDown-25161£55,000+15.78 %
BirminghamUp+11148£56,250+2.27 %
East MidlandsDown-3146£45,000-18.18 %
ManchesterDown-40144£50,000-
South WestDown-21141£37,500-11.76 %
HertfordshireUp+39108£50,000+25.00 %
OxfordshireUp+43107£55,000+37.50 %
MidlandsNo change098£50,000-9.09 %
YorkshireDown-2591£52,500+16.66 %
EghamUp+1172£36,000+20.00 %
ReadingDown-3870£52,500-4.54 %
BrentfordUp+1467£75,000+44.23 %
West SussexUp+2466£50,000+11.11 %
BristolUp+363£26,000-30.20 %
AberdeenUp+362£65,000+23.80 %
EdinburghUp+5061£55,000-15.38 %
EssexUp+661£40,000-11.11 %
CambridgeshireUp+3257£47,500+58.33 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1745£47,500-26.92 %
West YorkshireDown-2344£43,250-8.94 %

SAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13019 (28.27 %)Finance
22064 (19.32 %)ERP
31993 (18.66 %)Business Intelligence
41991 (18.64 %)Oracle
51508 (14.12 %)CRM
61320 (12.36 %)Business Objects
61320 (12.36 %)BusinessObjects
71300 (12.17 %)Project Management
81231 (11.53 %)SAP FI
91170 (10.95 %)SAP CO
101155 (10.81 %)SAP FI/CO
111106 (10.35 %)ABAP
121096 (10.26 %)SAP BW
131086 (10.17 %)Manufacturing
141070 (10.02 %)Degree
151050 (9.831 %)Microsoft
161023 (9.578 %)Retail
17940 (8.801 %)Java
18920 (8.613 %)SQL
19895 (8.379 %)SQL Server
20830 (7.771 %)Data Warehouse
21769 (7.200 %)MS Excel
22701 (6.563 %)SAP Implementation
23681 (6.376 %)NetWeaver
24663 (6.207 %)Banking
25617 (5.777 %)Business Development
26587 (5.496 %)Logistics
27571 (5.346 %)SAP BI
28544 (5.093 %)SAP SD
29541 (5.065 %)Windows

SAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1486 (4.550 %).NET
2408 (3.820 %)SAP Basis
3295 (2.762 %)XML
4283 (2.650 %)J2EE
5282 (2.640 %)SAP XI
6218 (2.041 %)HTML
7176 (1.648 %)Web Services
8170 (1.592 %)SAP PI
9169 (1.582 %)Web Dynpro
10141 (1.320 %)WebSphere
11137 (1.283 %)BAPI
12136 (1.273 %)Middleware
13130 (1.217 %)EDI
14122 (1.142 %)Data Analytics Architect
15119 (1.114 %)CSS
16117 (1.095 %)ASP.NET
17113 (1.058 %)SAP ALE
18106 (0.992 %)SAP Smart Forms
1986 (0.805 %)SOAP
2078 (0.730 %)MDX
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1681 (6.376 %)NetWeaver
2370 (3.464 %)SharePoint
3302 (2.827 %)SAS
4111 (1.039 %)SAP Portal
580 (0.749 %)Apache
674 (0.693 %)BizTalk Server
771 (0.665 %)IIS
862 (0.580 %)Tomcat
957 (0.534 %)Lotus Notes
1054 (0.506 %)WebSphere MQ
1153 (0.496 %)Documentum
1252 (0.487 %)SAP EP
1342 (0.393 %)WebLogic
1435 (0.328 %)LiveLink
1534 (0.318 %)ESB
1633 (0.309 %)MS Exchange
1725 (0.234 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1823 (0.215 %)Force.com
1920 (0.187 %)SharePoint Server
2018 (0.169 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1769 (7.200 %)MS Excel
2424 (3.970 %)MS Visio
3277 (2.593 %)MS Office
4111 (1.039 %)MS PowerPoint
594 (0.880 %)MS Project
626 (0.243 %)Spreadsheet
711 (0.103 %)SPSS
88 (0.075 %)Photoshop
97 (0.066 %)S-PLUS
104 (0.037 %)AutoCAD
104 (0.037 %)MATLAB
104 (0.037 %)Office 365
113 (0.028 %)ProjectWise
113 (0.028 %)Acrobat
113 (0.028 %)Pro/ENGINEER
121 (0.009 %)Revit
121 (0.009 %)CATIA
121 (0.009 %)Adobe Illustrator
121 (0.009 %)InDesign
121 (0.009 %)Windchill
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11231 (11.53 %)SAP FI
21170 (10.95 %)SAP CO
31155 (10.81 %)SAP FI/CO
4544 (5.093 %)SAP SD
5473 (4.428 %)SAP CRM
6433 (4.054 %)SAP MM
7395 (3.698 %)SAP BPC
8373 (3.492 %)SAP ERP
9372 (3.483 %)SAP HR
10368 (3.445 %)SAP Oil and Gas
11325 (3.043 %)SAP R/3
12218 (2.041 %)SAP APO
13214 (2.004 %)SAP PM
14206 (1.929 %)SAP PP
15201 (1.882 %)SAP SCM
16197 (1.844 %)SAP Retail
17188 (1.760 %)SAP GRC
18184 (1.723 %)SAP FSCM
19170 (1.592 %)Dynamics AX
20159 (1.489 %)SAP HCM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1184 (1.723 %)Internet
257 (0.534 %)HTTP
356 (0.524 %)SAN
447 (0.440 %)LAN
545 (0.421 %)WAN
636 (0.337 %)TCP/IP
733 (0.309 %)DNS
733 (0.309 %)Firewall
828 (0.262 %)LDAP
927 (0.253 %)VPN
1024 (0.225 %)Intranet
1024 (0.225 %)NAS
1123 (0.215 %)CTI
1214 (0.131 %)Wireless
1313 (0.122 %)Fibre Channel
1313 (0.122 %)VoIP
1412 (0.112 %)FTP
1412 (0.112 %)SSL
1412 (0.112 %)Wi-Fi
158 (0.075 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11320 (12.36 %)BusinessObjects
21096 (10.26 %)SAP BW
3895 (8.379 %)SQL Server
4830 (7.771 %)Data Warehouse
5571 (5.346 %)SAP BI
6483 (4.522 %)ETL
7367 (3.436 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8337 (3.155 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
9327 (3.062 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10298 (2.790 %)DB2
11277 (2.593 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
12272 (2.547 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
13267 (2.500 %)Crystal Reports
14252 (2.359 %)BODI
15238 (2.228 %)OLAP
15238 (2.228 %)DataStage
16191 (1.788 %)SQL Server 2008
17168 (1.573 %)Xcelsius
18149 (1.395 %)SQL Server 2005
19143 (1.339 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1112 (1.049 %)LSMW
268 (0.637 %)Subversion
365 (0.609 %)NWDI
458 (0.543 %)Visual Studio
557 (0.534 %)QuickTest Pro
654 (0.506 %)LoadRunner
742 (0.393 %)ERwin
837 (0.346 %)SAP CE
932 (0.300 %)Team Foundation Server
1030 (0.281 %)NWDS
1030 (0.281 %)RequisitePro
1129 (0.272 %)Dreamweaver
1227 (0.253 %)Eclipse
1227 (0.253 %)Visual Composer
1324 (0.225 %)FrontPage
1423 (0.215 %)eCATT
1423 (0.215 %)CaliberRM
1515 (0.140 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1614 (0.131 %)Xcode
1614 (0.131 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13019 (28.27 %)Finance
21086 (10.17 %)Manufacturing
31023 (9.578 %)Retail
4663 (6.207 %)Banking
5303 (2.837 %)Marketing
6279 (2.612 %)Pharmaceutical
7221 (2.069 %)Telecoms
8208 (1.947 %)General Ledger
9200 (1.872 %)Billing
10188 (1.760 %)Publishing
11185 (1.732 %)Legal
12181 (1.695 %)Back Office
13153 (1.432 %)Aerospace
1498 (0.918 %)Investment Banking
1595 (0.889 %)Automotive
1689 (0.833 %)German Language
1776 (0.712 %)Advertising
1875 (0.702 %)Law
1961 (0.571 %)Retail Banking
2051 (0.477 %)Wholesale Banking
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14353 (40.75 %)Consultant
23538 (33.12 %)SAP Consultant
31321 (12.37 %)Analyst
41300 (12.17 %)Architect
5880 (8.239 %)SAP Manager
6720 (6.741 %)Senior Consultant
7640 (5.992 %)SAP Architect
8599 (5.608 %)Business Analyst
9580 (5.430 %)Senior SAP Consultant
10567 (5.308 %)Developer
11555 (5.196 %)Project Manager
12548 (5.131 %)SAP Analyst
13514 (4.812 %)SAP FI/CO Consultant
14376 (3.520 %)Solutions Architect
15314 (2.940 %)SAP SD Consultant
16305 (2.856 %)Business Consultant
17303 (2.837 %)SAP Project Manager
18284 (2.659 %)SAP Business Analyst
19277 (2.593 %)Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
20271 (2.537 %)SAP MM Consultant
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1255 (2.387 %)Management Information System
2221 (2.069 %)FMCG
3159 (1.489 %)Computer Science
4105 (0.983 %)SaaS
586 (0.805 %)Data Integration
665 (0.609 %)PMI
763 (0.590 %)Visualisation
855 (0.515 %)Mathematics
954 (0.506 %)EPoS
1051 (0.477 %)Data Conversion
1146 (0.431 %)Open Source
1244 (0.412 %)Mainframe
1244 (0.412 %)Web 2.0
1343 (0.403 %)Clustering
1440 (0.374 %)Client/Server
1539 (0.365 %)Data Extraction
1638 (0.356 %)Replication
1737 (0.346 %)Digital Media
1834 (0.318 %)LIMS
1933 (0.309 %)Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1541 (5.065 %)Windows
2365 (3.417 %)UNIX
3198 (1.854 %)Linux
4109 (1.021 %)Solaris
5102 (0.955 %)Windows Server 2008
6101 (0.946 %)Windows Server 2003
782 (0.768 %)AIX
852 (0.487 %)HPUX
949 (0.459 %)Windows 7
1039 (0.365 %)Windows XP
1132 (0.300 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1225 (0.234 %)Windows Vista
1225 (0.234 %)Android
1321 (0.197 %)VMS
1419 (0.178 %)Apple iOS
1515 (0.140 %)Windows 2000
169 (0.084 %)Windows Phone 7
176 (0.056 %)OS/400
184 (0.037 %)SUSE
184 (0.037 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12064 (19.32 %)ERP
21993 (18.66 %)Business Intelligence
31508 (14.12 %)CRM
41300 (12.17 %)Project Management
5701 (6.563 %)SAP Implementation
6617 (5.777 %)Business Development
7587 (5.496 %)Logistics
8496 (4.644 %)Change Management
9482 (4.513 %)Stakeholder Management
10468 (4.382 %)Migration
11451 (4.222 %)Data Management
12401 (3.754 %)PRINCE2
13392 (3.670 %)ITIL
14389 (3.642 %)Business Analysis
15375 (3.511 %)Data Modelling
16321 (3.005 %)Service Delivery
17299 (2.799 %)Technical Architecture
18290 (2.715 %)GAP Analysis
19288 (2.696 %)Performance Management
20277 (2.593 %)Business Transformation
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11106 (10.35 %)ABAP
2940 (8.801 %)Java
3920 (8.613 %)SQL
4242 (2.266 %)C#
5207 (1.938 %)T-SQL
6195 (1.826 %)JavaScript
7118 (1.105 %)C
8114 (1.067 %)PL/SQL
997 (0.908 %)VB
1086 (0.805 %)SAPscript
1180 (0.749 %)PHP
1278 (0.730 %)C++
1367 (0.627 %)VBA
1461 (0.571 %)VB.NET
1557 (0.534 %)Perl
1557 (0.534 %)Shell Script
1646 (0.431 %)Python
1745 (0.421 %)R
1842 (0.393 %)Ruby
1935 (0.328 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11070 (10.02 %)Degree
2363 (3.399 %)SAP Certification
3298 (2.790 %)Security Cleared
4210 (1.966 %)CIMA
5202 (1.891 %)ACCA
6135 (1.264 %)ISEB
7104 (0.974 %)SC Cleared
8103 (0.964 %)MBA
994 (0.880 %)PMI Certification
1073 (0.683 %)Microsoft Certification
1157 (0.534 %)CCA
1255 (0.515 %)ITIL Certification
1347 (0.440 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1446 (0.431 %)PMP
1534 (0.318 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1626 (0.243 %)APMP
1725 (0.234 %)MCTS
1725 (0.234 %)CISA
1820 (0.187 %)CIPFA
1918 (0.169 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1349 (3.267 %)QA
2232 (2.172 %)Data Quality
3207 (1.938 %)SLA
4107 (1.002 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
534 (0.318 %)GxP
630 (0.281 %)ISO/IEC 27001
729 (0.272 %)WAI
819 (0.178 %)GAMP
918 (0.169 %)21 CFR Part 11
1016 (0.150 %)ISO 9001
1112 (0.112 %)GMP
1210 (0.094 %)Basel II
1210 (0.094 %)COSO
138 (0.075 %)ISO 9000
147 (0.066 %)IAS 39
147 (0.066 %)PCI DSS
156 (0.056 %)COBIT
165 (0.047 %)GAAP
174 (0.037 %)MiFID
183 (0.028 %)BS7799
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
194 (0.880 %)Active Directory
270 (0.655 %)VMware Infrastructure
337 (0.346 %)VMware ESX
431 (0.290 %)Hyper-V
521 (0.197 %)vSphere
615 (0.140 %)NDS
714 (0.131 %)NFS
714 (0.131 %)Oracle RMAN
810 (0.094 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
810 (0.094 %)Veritas Cluster Server
96 (0.056 %)Xen
104 (0.037 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
113 (0.028 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
113 (0.028 %)VMware Workstation
122 (0.019 %)Oracle RAC
131 (0.009 %)Citrix Presentation Server
131 (0.009 %)VMware Server
131 (0.009 %)XenApp
131 (0.009 %)Cronacle
131 (0.009 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
180 (0.749 %)HP Quality Center
216 (0.150 %)Legato
313 (0.122 %)NetBackup
313 (0.122 %)Backup Exec
410 (0.094 %)Tivoli
410 (0.094 %)EMC Navisphere
56 (0.056 %)SCOM
56 (0.056 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
56 (0.056 %)ARCserve
65 (0.047 %)EMC NetWorker
74 (0.037 %)Norton AntiVirus
74 (0.037 %)HP Data Protector
74 (0.037 %)CA SiteMinder
74 (0.037 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
74 (0.037 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
83 (0.028 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
83 (0.028 %)Sun Identity Manager
83 (0.028 %)Oracle Identity Manager
92 (0.019 %)SCCM
101 (0.009 %)Oracle Identity Management
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11991 (18.64 %)Oracle
21320 (12.36 %)Business Objects
31050 (9.831 %)Microsoft
4435 (4.073 %)IBM
5350 (3.277 %)Cognos
6279 (2.612 %)JD Edwards
7263 (2.462 %)Hyperion
8218 (2.041 %)Teradata
9211 (1.975 %)Siebel
10195 (1.826 %)Informatica
11189 (1.769 %)HP
12179 (1.676 %)PeopleSoft
13155 (1.451 %)Sage
14118 (1.105 %)VMware
15110 (1.030 %)OutlookSoft
15110 (1.030 %)Cisco
1692 (0.861 %)MicroStrategy
1692 (0.861 %)Salesforce.com
1788 (0.824 %)Baan
1880 (0.749 %)Sybase