BAPI Contracts in England

SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring BAPI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited BAPI over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 465 526 634
Rank change year-on-year +61 +108 +126
Contract jobs citing BAPI 20 16 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.082% 0.043% 0.038%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.37% 0.21% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 8 12
10th Percentile £452 £408 £504
25th Percentile £463 £436 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £540
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -12.04% -
75th Percentile - £634 £710
90th Percentile £540 £637 £948
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £625
% change year-on-year +5.26% -24.00% +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.75 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

BAPI falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

BAPI
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BAPI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BAPI in England

BAPI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BAPI in England.

Daily rate trend for BAPI in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BAPI in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for BAPI in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BAPI in England.

Hourly rate trend for BAPI in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +26 10 £500 -19.68% 1
North West +24 10 £500 -19.68% 1
London +37 7 £388 -11.43% 2
Midlands +24 3 £500 +5.26% 1
West Midlands +15 2 £500 +5.26% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
BAPI
UK

BAPI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
3 1 (5.00%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.00%) SAP MDG
3 1 (5.00%) SAP MM
3 1 (5.00%) SAP PM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (65.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (5.00%) Data Hub
2 1 (5.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (5.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Postman
2 1 (5.00%) LSMW
General
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.00%) Aviation
2 1 (5.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.00%) Law
2 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) ABAP Developer
1 16 (80.00%) Developer
1 16 (80.00%) SAP Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (5.00%) Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) P2P Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP CO Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP FI/CO Business Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP HR Developer
3 1 (5.00%) SAP MM Consultant
3 1 (5.00%) SAP P2P Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (65.00%) Web Services
2 3 (15.00%) REST
2 3 (15.00%) SAP Smart Forms
2 3 (15.00%) SOAP
3 2 (10.00%) IDoc
3 2 (10.00%) RESTful
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (5.00%) SAP ALE
4 1 (5.00%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) OO
2 9 (45.00%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (45.00%) Process Improvement
3 4 (20.00%) ERP
4 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 2 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
5 2 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Validation
6 1 (5.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.00%) Data Cleansing
6 1 (5.00%) Data Conversion
6 1 (5.00%) Data Extraction
6 1 (5.00%) Data Management
6 1 (5.00%) Data Mapping
6 1 (5.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.00%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.00%) OOP
6 1 (5.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 17 (85.00%) ABAP
2 2 (10.00%) COBOL
3 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (15.00%) SAP Certification
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Adobe
2 2 (10.00%) Ariba
3 1 (5.00%) MuleSoft