The first table below looks at the demand for ABAP skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ABAP over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 3 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.042% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.083% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £45,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Programming Languages
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
144 231 262
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 50.00% 64.71% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 118 149 192
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £61,500 £50,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
Hertfordshire

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ABAP across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Watford ABAP Jobs Demand Trend

ABAP
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ABAP across the Watford region.

Watford ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing ABAP 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 ABAP.

1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 12 (92.31%) CRM
3 11 (84.62%) SOA
3 11 (84.62%) UNIX
4 9 (69.23%) Middleware
4 9 (69.23%) Web Services
4 9 (69.23%) Games
4 9 (69.23%) SAP BSP
5 8 (61.54%) Retail
5 8 (61.54%) Finance
5 8 (61.54%) Shell Script
6 7 (53.85%) Oracle
6 7 (53.85%) DB2
6 7 (53.85%) RDBMS
6 7 (53.85%) SAP BW
6 7 (53.85%) SAP BPC
7 6 (46.15%) NetWeaver
7 6 (46.15%) OO
7 6 (46.15%) Advertising
8 5 (38.46%) CMS
8 5 (38.46%) Web Dynpro
8 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
8 5 (38.46%) Information Management
8 5 (38.46%) ESB
8 5 (38.46%) SAP ESA
8 5 (38.46%) XML
8 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (38.46%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (38.46%) FMCG
8 5 (38.46%) SAP Security

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing ABAP 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 ABAP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (69.23%) Web Services
1 9 (69.23%) Middleware
1 9 (69.23%) SAP BSP
2 5 (38.46%) Web Dynpro
2 5 (38.46%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) NetWeaver
2 5 (38.46%) CMS
2 5 (38.46%) ESB
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (53.85%) SAP BPC
2 1 (7.692%) SAP FS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (53.85%) DB2
1 7 (53.85%) RDBMS
1 7 (53.85%) SAP BW
General
1 9 (69.23%) Games
2 8 (61.54%) Retail
2 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 6 (46.15%) Advertising
4 1 (7.692%) Marketing
4 1 (7.692%) German Language
Job Titles
1 9 (69.23%) Developer
1 9 (69.23%) SAP Developer
2 5 (38.46%) ABAP Developer
3 4 (30.77%) Middleware Developer
4 3 (23.08%) Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Senior SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Management Information System
1 5 (38.46%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 11 (84.62%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) CRM
2 11 (84.62%) SOA
3 6 (46.15%) OO
4 5 (38.46%) Information Management
4 5 (38.46%) SAP ESA
4 5 (38.46%) SAP Security
4 5 (38.46%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (38.46%) Root Cause Analysis
5 4 (30.77%) Web Application Development
6 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (61.54%) Shell Script
2 3 (23.08%) Java
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (53.85%) Oracle