Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 15 November 2018

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 15 November 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within SAP SE.

SAP
England > West Midlands
6 months to
15 Nov 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 65 40 51
Rank change year-on-year -25 +11 -11
Permanent jobs citing SAP 346 557 575
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 4.07% 5.45% 4.94%
As % of the Vendors category 9.07% 11.89% 10.72%
Number of salaries quoted 176 315 369
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median salary % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% +6.06%
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,000 £36,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £88,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the West Midlands.

All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 3,813 4,685 5,362
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 44.89% 45.88% 46.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,790 3,638 3,953
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +6.25% - -
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,500 £22,750
90th Percentile £66,250 £62,500 £61,250
England median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SAP as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SAP in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing SAP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 15 November 2018.

Salary histogram for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 November 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -19 132 £47,500 -20.83% 35
Coventry -18 34 £67,500 +17.39% 5
Warwickshire +34 30 £47,500 +5.56% 4
Solihull -18 22 £50,000 -33.33% 2
Staffordshire -39 18 £50,000 -23.08% 1
Wolverhampton -3 12 £47,500 +82.69%
Dudley -16 7 £34,000 +30.77%
Worcestershire +9 6 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Shropshire +7 6 £36,250 -14.71% 5
Herefordshire +1 4 £35,000 -18.60% 1
SAP
England

For the 6 months to 15 November 2018, IT jobs citing SAP also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West Midlands region with a requirement for SAP.

1 123 (35.55%) Finance
1 123 (35.55%) Manufacturing
2 78 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (21.10%) Retail
4 63 (18.21%) ERP
5 62 (17.92%) SAP S/4HANA
6 48 (13.87%) SAP HANA
7 45 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
8 44 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
8 44 (12.72%) Degree
8 44 (12.72%) Logistics
9 43 (12.43%) SQL
10 39 (11.27%) Project Management
11 36 (10.40%) CRM
12 35 (10.12%) ABAP
13 33 (9.54%) SAP APO
13 33 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
14 32 (9.25%) SAP SCM
14 32 (9.25%) SuccessFactors
15 31 (8.96%) SAP FI
16 30 (8.67%) Agile Software Development
17 29 (8.38%) Publishing
17 29 (8.38%) Migration
17 29 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
18 28 (8.09%) SAP FI/CO
18 28 (8.09%) SAP CO
19 26 (7.51%) Microsoft
20 25 (7.23%) SAP PP
20 25 (7.23%) Analytics
21 24 (6.94%) Microsoft Office

SAP
Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.02%) NetWeaver
2 3 (0.87%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (0.87%) Confluence
2 3 (0.87%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.29%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.29%) OpenEdge
4 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 62 (17.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (9.54%) SAP APO
3 32 (9.25%) SAP SCM
4 31 (8.96%) SAP FI
5 28 (8.09%) SAP CO
5 28 (8.09%) SAP FI/CO
6 25 (7.23%) SAP PP
7 23 (6.65%) SAP ERP
8 22 (6.36%) SAP SD
9 20 (5.78%) SAP EWM
10 18 (5.20%) SAP Business One
11 17 (4.91%) SAP HCM
12 15 (4.34%) SAP QM
12 15 (4.34%) SAP WM
13 13 (3.76%) SAP HR
13 13 (3.76%) SAP MM
14 7 (2.02%) Dynamics AX
14 7 (2.02%) NetSuite
14 7 (2.02%) SAP PM
15 6 (1.73%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 32 (9.25%) SuccessFactors
2 9 (2.60%) SaaS
3 8 (2.31%) Microsoft Azure
4 5 (1.45%) Office 365
5 4 (1.16%) PaaS
6 3 (0.87%) Amazon AWS
7 2 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.58%) IaaS
7 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.29%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.45%) LAN
1 5 (1.45%) WAN
2 3 (0.87%) Internet
3 1 (0.29%) Firewall
3 1 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.29%) VoIP
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (13.87%) SAP HANA
2 22 (6.36%) SQL Server
3 18 (5.20%) BusinessObjects
4 14 (4.05%) Crystal Reports
5 10 (2.89%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 7 (2.02%) QlikView
6 7 (2.02%) SAP BW
7 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.16%) Data Mining
8 4 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.16%) MySQL
8 4 (1.16%) Spotfire
9 3 (0.87%) DB2
9 3 (0.87%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.58%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.58%) OLTP
10 2 (0.58%) Power BI
10 2 (0.58%) SQL Server 2008
11 1 (0.29%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 13 (3.76%) LSMW
2 9 (2.60%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (2.60%) Visual Studio
3 4 (1.16%) eCATT
3 4 (1.16%) Git (software)
3 4 (1.16%) JIRA
4 3 (0.87%) Cucumber
4 3 (0.87%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.87%) Selenium
4 3 (0.87%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 123 (35.55%) Finance
1 123 (35.55%) Manufacturing
2 73 (21.10%) Retail
3 29 (8.38%) Publishing
4 24 (6.94%) Automotive
5 12 (3.47%) Marketing
6 10 (2.89%) Telecoms
7 9 (2.60%) Advertising
8 5 (1.45%) Billing
9 4 (1.16%) Games
9 4 (1.16%) General Ledger
9 4 (1.16%) Local Government
10 3 (0.87%) Legal
11 2 (0.58%) Electronics
11 2 (0.58%) Law
12 1 (0.29%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 122 (35.26%) Consultant
2 105 (30.35%) SAP Consultant
3 63 (18.21%) Analyst
4 34 (9.83%) SAP Analyst
5 32 (9.25%) Architect
6 30 (8.67%) Business Analyst
7 29 (8.38%) Project Manager
8 25 (7.23%) Developer
9 23 (6.65%) SAP Architect
9 23 (6.65%) Senior Consultant
9 23 (6.65%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 21 (6.07%) SAP Business Analyst
11 19 (5.49%) SAP Manager
12 16 (4.62%) SAP Project Manager
13 15 (4.34%) SAP CO Consultant
13 15 (4.34%) SAP FI Consultant
13 15 (4.34%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
13 15 (4.34%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.05%) IT Manager
14 14 (4.05%) SAP Business Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (3.76%) IDoc
2 12 (3.47%) XML
3 11 (3.18%) EDI
4 8 (2.31%) SOAP
4 8 (2.31%) Web Services
5 7 (2.02%) SAP Fiori
5 7 (2.02%) WinForms
6 5 (1.45%) HTML
7 4 (1.16%) SAP Core Interface
7 4 (1.16%) XSLT
8 3 (0.87%) JSON
8 3 (0.87%) RabbitMQ
8 3 (0.87%) REST
8 3 (0.87%) SAP Basis
8 3 (0.87%) SAPUI5
9 2 (0.58%) SAP ALE
9 2 (0.58%) Velocity
9 2 (0.58%) Visualforce
9 2 (0.58%) WCF
9 2 (0.58%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 44 (12.72%) Analytical Skills
2 33 (9.54%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.62%) FMCG
4 15 (4.34%) Computer Science
5 11 (3.18%) User Experience
6 9 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 6 (1.73%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.16%) LIMS
9 2 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.58%) PMI
9 2 (0.58%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.58%) Social Media
10 1 (0.29%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.29%) Clustering
10 1 (0.29%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.29%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 23 (6.65%) Windows
2 7 (2.02%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.45%) Unix
4 1 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (0.29%) Linux
4 1 (0.29%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 63 (18.21%) ERP
3 45 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (12.72%) Logistics
5 39 (11.27%) Project Management
6 36 (10.40%) CRM
7 30 (8.67%) Agile Software Development
8 29 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (8.38%) Migration
9 25 (7.23%) Analytics
10 24 (6.94%) ITIL
11 21 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
12 19 (5.49%) Mentoring
13 18 (5.20%) Change Management
13 18 (5.20%) Integration Testing
13 18 (5.20%) PRINCE2
13 18 (5.20%) Workflow
14 17 (4.91%) Coaching
15 16 (4.62%) Business Analysis
15 16 (4.62%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 43 (12.43%) SQL
2 35 (10.12%) ABAP
3 10 (2.89%) C#
4 9 (2.60%) Java
5 8 (2.31%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.16%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.58%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.58%) PHP
7 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.58%) XPath
8 1 (0.29%) C++
8 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 44 (12.72%) Degree
2 13 (3.76%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (1.73%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.16%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 4 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 4 (1.16%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.87%) BC Cleared
5 3 (0.87%) CPIM
5 3 (0.87%) ISEB
6 2 (0.58%) ACCA
6 2 (0.58%) APMP
6 2 (0.58%) CIMA
6 2 (0.58%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.58%) PMP
7 1 (0.29%) AAT
7 1 (0.29%) CCA
7 1 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.62%) QA
2 11 (3.18%) SLA
3 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.58%) PMO
4 1 (0.29%) COSHH
4 1 (0.29%) HAZOP
4 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.31%) Active Directory
1 8 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (1.16%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 26 (7.51%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.07%) Oracle
3 16 (4.62%) Sage
4 12 (3.47%) VMware
5 11 (3.18%) Infor
6 7 (2.02%) Epicor
7 5 (1.45%) Citrix
7 5 (1.45%) Cognos
7 5 (1.45%) JD Edwards
7 5 (1.45%) MicroStrategy
7 5 (1.45%) Salesforce.com
7 5 (1.45%) Tableau
8 4 (1.16%) Cisco
8 4 (1.16%) EMC
8 4 (1.16%) IFS
8 4 (1.16%) Northgate
9 3 (0.87%) hybris
9 3 (0.87%) Workday
10 2 (0.58%) NGA Human Resources
10 2 (0.58%) Wonderware