Hybrid/Remote BAPI Contract Job Trends

SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring BAPI skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 322 404
Rank change year-on-year +21 +82 +190
Contract jobs citing BAPI 9 9 21
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.071% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.34% 0.28% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 10
10th Percentile £486 £445 £350
25th Percentile £525 £456 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £615 £585 £557
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +5.07% +3.10%
75th Percentile £700 £615 £620
90th Percentile - £630 £631
UK median daily rate £633 £580 £514
% change year-on-year +9.05% +12.95% -4.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £23.50 -
UK median hourly rate - £28.00 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,631 3,268 5,078
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 26.62% 25.78% 24.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,808 2,223 3,777
10th Percentile £350 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -8.95% +2.80% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £650
90th Percentile £800 £850 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 61 56
10th Percentile £31.25 £36.25 £32.88
25th Percentile £41.25 - £52.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £43.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.16% -28.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £62.50 £70.94
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £76.38
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £61.80 £59.52
% change year-on-year -15.05% +3.84% -0.81%

BAPI
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing BAPI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BAPI trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

BAPI
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing BAPI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing BAPI

BAPI
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing BAPI over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

BAPI daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

BAPI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (77.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP MDG
2 1 (11.11%) SAP PM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SAP HANA
2 1 (11.11%) Data Hub
2 1 (11.11%) SAP BW
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) LSMW
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Aerospace
3 1 (11.11%) Aviation
3 1 (11.11%) Law
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) ABAP Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Developer
2 2 (22.22%) Integration Architect
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Architect
2 2 (22.22%) SAP Developer
3 1 (11.11%) Data Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Principal Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) Principal SAP Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP HR Developer
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Migration Consultant
3 1 (11.11%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) IDoc
1 4 (44.44%) SAP PI
2 3 (33.33%) EDI
2 3 (33.33%) SAP ALE
2 3 (33.33%) Web Services
3 2 (22.22%) JSON
3 2 (22.22%) Middleware
3 2 (22.22%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (22.22%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) XML
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (11.11%) SAPUI5
4 1 (11.11%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
1 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Architectural Design
2 2 (22.22%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) EAM
3 1 (11.11%) ERP
3 1 (11.11%) ETL
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) OOP
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) ABAP
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Ariba