SAP ABAP
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ABAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited ABAP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 823 1102
Rank change year-on-year -24 +279 -277
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 37 152 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.15% 0.086%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.11% 0.35% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14 73 87
10th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,768 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +12.07%
75th Percentile £66,110 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,625 £77,986 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +22.64% -3.64%

All Programming Languages
UK

ABAP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 33,218 43,078 87,895
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.25% 43.31% 53.99%
Number of salaries quoted 24,863 27,599 43,697
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ABAP.

Salary trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 2024. 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
Jobs
England -18 33 £60,000 -7.69% 36
UK excluding London -56 28 £60,000 -7.69% 24
Work from Home +33 12 £60,960 -15.92% 17
North of England +39 11 £55,000 - 1
North West 0 8 - - 1
East of England +3 6 £55,000 -
South East -6 6 £60,000 -14.29% 11
Midlands -27 4 £61,750 +2.92% 6
Yorkshire +84 3 £55,000 -
London +75 3 £70,000 +7.69% 6
East Midlands -25 3 £58,500 +11.43% 4
Northern Ireland +30 1 - -
West Midlands 0 1 £65,000 +8.33% 2

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.70%) Confluence
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 13 (35.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (21.62%) SAP ERP
3 4 (10.81%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (5.41%) SAP CO
4 2 (5.41%) SAP FI
4 2 (5.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (5.41%) SAP MDG
4 2 (5.41%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.70%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.70%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.70%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.70%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.70%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (2.70%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (2.70%) SAP PA-EC
Cloud Services
1 5 (13.51%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.41%) SaaS
3 1 (2.70%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (21.62%) SAP HANA
2 5 (13.51%) MaxDB
2 5 (13.51%) SAP BW
3 3 (8.11%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (8.11%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.70%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (2.70%) DB2
4 1 (2.70%) Lumira
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 9 (24.32%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.81%) Billing
3 4 (10.81%) Finance
4 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (8.11%) Retail
5 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.70%) Banking
6 1 (2.70%) Games
6 1 (2.70%) German Language
6 1 (2.70%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Developer
2 7 (18.92%) Architect
2 7 (18.92%) SAP Architect
3 6 (16.22%) Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (16.22%) SAP Developer
4 5 (13.51%) Integration Developer
4 5 (13.51%) SAP Basis Specialist
4 5 (13.51%) SAP Technical Architect
4 5 (13.51%) Senior
4 5 (13.51%) Technical Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) SAP PI Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior Integration Developer
5 4 (10.81%) Senior SAP Developer
6 2 (5.41%) ABAP Developer
6 2 (5.41%) SAP CO Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (24.32%) SAP Fiori
1 9 (24.32%) SAP PI
2 7 (18.92%) SAP Basis
3 5 (13.51%) BREW
3 5 (13.51%) Middleware
4 4 (10.81%) IDoc
4 4 (10.81%) JSON
4 4 (10.81%) XML
4 4 (10.81%) XSLT
5 3 (8.11%) EDI
6 2 (5.41%) SAP ALE
6 2 (5.41%) SOAP
6 2 (5.41%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (2.70%) BAPI
7 1 (2.70%) J2EE
7 1 (2.70%) JDBC
7 1 (2.70%) REST
7 1 (2.70%) SAP Smart Forms
7 1 (2.70%) SAP XI
7 1 (2.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.92%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.41%) FMCG
2 2 (5.41%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (5.41%) Replication
3 1 (2.70%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (16.22%) Linux
1 6 (16.22%) Windows
2 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.03%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (21.62%) ERP
4 7 (18.92%) Roadmaps
5 6 (16.22%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.51%) Capacity Management
6 5 (13.51%) Change Control
6 5 (13.51%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (13.51%) High Availability
6 5 (13.51%) Tech Ops
6 5 (13.51%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (10.81%) B2B
7 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (10.81%) Change Management
7 4 (10.81%) Coaching
7 4 (10.81%) Configuration Management
7 4 (10.81%) CRM
7 4 (10.81%) ITSM
7 4 (10.81%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) Java
2 10 (27.03%) SQL
3 4 (10.81%) C++
3 4 (10.81%) Groovy
3 4 (10.81%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.81%) VB
3 4 (10.81%) XQuery
4 1 (2.70%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) SAP Certification
2 2 (5.41%) Degree
3 1 (2.70%) CCA
3 1 (2.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (2.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (94.59%) SAP
2 5 (13.51%) Sybase
3 4 (10.81%) Computacenter
4 3 (8.11%) CA
4 3 (8.11%) Oracle
5 2 (5.41%) Ariba
5 2 (5.41%) Workday
6 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.70%) webMethods