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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SAP ABAP
Rank 112 116 135
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +19
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 93 72 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.850% 1.580% 0.983%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.767% 2.928% 2.129%
Number of salaries quoted 86 55 29
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,200 £37,900
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £63,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2469 2459 1926
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.11% 53.95% 46.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2154 2212 1735
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands ABAP Salary Trend

ABAP
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ABAP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands ABAP Salary Histogram

ABAP
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +18 64 £52,500 +16.66%
Warwickshire +10 9 £40,000 +8.10%
Coventry -26 9 £37,500 -21.05%
Worcestershire - 4 £41,791 -
Staffordshire -7 1 - -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 156 (98.73%) SAP
2 63 (39.87%) Finance
3 59 (37.34%) Manufacturing
4 57 (36.08%) SAP BW
5 54 (34.18%) Retail
6 47 (29.75%) CRM
7 42 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
7 42 (26.58%) Publishing
8 39 (24.68%) SAP SD
9 37 (23.42%) SAP BI
10 36 (22.78%) SAP MM
10 36 (22.78%) BusinessObjects
10 36 (22.78%) Business Objects
11 33 (20.89%) SAP FI
12 31 (19.62%) SAP R/3
13 30 (18.99%) SAP CRM
14 29 (18.35%) Workflow
15 27 (17.09%) SAP FI/CO
15 27 (17.09%) SAP CO
15 27 (17.09%) Java
16 25 (15.82%) SAP ALE
17 24 (15.19%) Data Modelling
17 24 (15.19%) SAP HR
17 24 (15.19%) NetWeaver
17 24 (15.19%) ETL
18 23 (14.56%) Logistics
19 21 (13.29%) SAP Retail
20 20 (12.66%) SAP LE
20 20 (12.66%) SAP WM
21 19 (12.03%) BAPI

ABAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 25 (15.82%) SAP ALE
2 19 (12.03%) BAPI
2 19 (12.03%) EDI
3 18 (11.39%) Web Dynpro
4 12 (7.595%) Web Services
4 12 (7.595%) SAP PI
5 10 (6.329%) SAP Smart Forms
6 9 (5.696%) SAP Basis
7 7 (4.430%) J2EE
8 6 (3.797%) SAP XI
9 5 (3.165%) XML
9 5 (3.165%) EJB
9 5 (3.165%) SAP Business Workflow
10 4 (2.532%) Java EE 5
10 4 (2.532%) HTML5
10 4 (2.532%) Silverlight
10 4 (2.532%) jQuery
10 4 (2.532%) HTML
10 4 (2.532%) .NET
10 4 (2.532%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 24 (15.19%) NetWeaver
2 9 (5.696%) SAP Portal
3 4 (2.532%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.633%) SAP EP
Applications
1 5 (3.165%) MS Office
2 4 (2.532%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.633%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (24.68%) SAP SD
2 36 (22.78%) SAP MM
3 33 (20.89%) SAP FI
4 31 (19.62%) SAP R/3
5 30 (18.99%) SAP CRM
6 27 (17.09%) SAP FI/CO
6 27 (17.09%) SAP CO
7 24 (15.19%) SAP HR
8 21 (13.29%) SAP Retail
9 20 (12.66%) SAP LE
9 20 (12.66%) SAP WM
10 18 (11.39%) SAP BPC
11 16 (10.13%) SAP PP
11 16 (10.13%) SAP SRM
12 15 (9.494%) SAP APO
13 10 (6.329%) SAP QM
14 8 (5.063%) SAP PS
15 6 (3.797%) SAP Payroll
16 4 (2.532%) SAP IS-U
17 3 (1.899%) SAP SCM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.532%) LAN
1 4 (2.532%) WAN
2 1 (0.633%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (36.08%) SAP BW
2 37 (23.42%) SAP BI
3 36 (22.78%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (5.696%) SAP HANA
5 4 (2.532%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.532%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (5.696%) LSMW
2 4 (2.532%) Xcode
3 2 (1.266%) NWDS
4 1 (0.633%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.633%) NWDI
General
1 63 (39.87%) Finance
2 59 (37.34%) Manufacturing
3 54 (34.18%) Retail
4 42 (26.58%) Publishing
5 15 (9.494%) Billing
6 7 (4.430%) Automotive
7 5 (3.165%) German Language
7 5 (3.165%) Marketing
8 4 (2.532%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.899%) Legal
10 2 (1.266%) General Ledger
10 2 (1.266%) Banking
Job Titles
1 76 (48.10%) Consultant
2 73 (46.20%) SAP Consultant
3 53 (33.54%) Developer
4 48 (30.38%) SAP Developer
5 26 (16.46%) ABAP Developer
6 20 (12.66%) Analyst
7 18 (11.39%) SAP Analyst
8 12 (7.595%) SAP BW Consultant
8 12 (7.595%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
8 12 (7.595%) ABAP Consultant
9 11 (6.962%) SAP SD Consultant
10 10 (6.329%) SAP PP Consultant
10 10 (6.329%) SAP BW Developer
11 9 (5.696%) SAP Support
12 7 (4.430%) NetWeaver Developer
13 6 (3.797%) Java Developer
14 5 (3.165%) Business Analyst
14 5 (3.165%) SAP CO Consultant
14 5 (3.165%) SAP Business Analyst
14 5 (3.165%) SAP FI Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.165%) Data Extraction
2 4 (2.532%) Blackberry
3 1 (0.633%) Life Science
3 1 (0.633%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.063%) Windows
2 4 (2.532%) Android
2 4 (2.532%) Windows Phone 7
2 4 (2.532%) Windows Phone
3 1 (0.633%) AIX
3 1 (0.633%) Solaris
3 1 (0.633%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (29.75%) CRM
2 42 (26.58%) Business Intelligence
3 29 (18.35%) Workflow
4 24 (15.19%) Data Modelling
4 24 (15.19%) ETL
5 23 (14.56%) Logistics
6 17 (10.76%) OO
7 12 (7.595%) ITIL
8 10 (6.329%) Migration
8 10 (6.329%) Incident Management
9 8 (5.063%) Project Management
9 8 (5.063%) ERP
10 6 (3.797%) Integration Testing
10 6 (3.797%) Data Migration
10 6 (3.797%) OOD
11 5 (3.165%) Validation
11 5 (3.165%) Business Analysis
12 4 (2.532%) Technical Architecture
12 4 (2.532%) Problem Management
12 4 (2.532%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 27 (17.09%) Java
2 14 (8.861%) SAPscript
3 4 (2.532%) C#
3 4 (2.532%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.532%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (6.329%) Security Cleared
2 9 (5.696%) SAP Certification
3 7 (4.430%) CCA
4 5 (3.165%) Degree
5 4 (2.532%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.633%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.797%) QA
2 5 (3.165%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (2.532%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 156 (98.73%) SAP
2 36 (22.78%) Business Objects
3 13 (8.228%) Adobe
4 9 (5.696%) Microsoft
5 7 (4.430%) Sybase
6 5 (3.165%) Oracle
7 4 (2.532%) HP
8 2 (1.266%) Syclo
9 1 (0.633%) Sun