SAP ABAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 798 760 1148
Rank change year-on-year -38 +388 -272
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 44 127 127
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.16% 0.072%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.16% 0.39% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 18 61 87
10th Percentile £52,500 £43,414 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,110 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,125 £78,108 £82,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -

All Programming Languages
UK

ABAP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 27,596 32,430 91,738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.53% 40.19% 52.34%
Number of salaries quoted 19,728 24,108 43,810
10th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £37,171
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year - +2.14% +7.70%

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 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 14 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 26 July 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 -36 40 £60,000 - 6
UK excluding London -67 34 £60,000 - 3
North of England +8 12 £55,000 +39.24% 1
South East +5 11 £60,000 - 1
Midlands -38 9 £55,000 -12.00% 1
Work from Home +1 8 £65,000 -7.14% 5
East Midlands -30 8 £55,000 -12.00% 1
London +53 5 £70,000 +16.67% 3
North West -9 5 - -
North East - 4 - -
Yorkshire +54 3 £55,000 +39.24% 1
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
East of England -12 1 - -
West Midlands -18 1 £65,000 +4.00%

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 1 (2.27%) Confluence
1 1 (2.27%) NetWeaver
1 1 (2.27%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 19 (43.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (15.91%) SAP ERP
3 4 (9.09%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (4.55%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.55%) SAP CRM
4 2 (4.55%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.55%) SAP MDG
4 2 (4.55%) SAP MM
4 2 (4.55%) SAP SM
5 1 (2.27%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.27%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.27%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.27%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (2.27%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (2.27%) SAP PA-EC
5 1 (2.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.36%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.27%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.09%) SAN
2 1 (2.27%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (20.45%) SAP HANA
2 6 (13.64%) SAP BW
3 5 (11.36%) MaxDB
4 4 (9.09%) Power BI
4 4 (9.09%) Relational Database
5 3 (6.82%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (4.55%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.55%) SQL Server
7 1 (2.27%) DB2
7 1 (2.27%) Lumira
7 1 (2.27%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.27%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 14 (31.82%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Finance
4 7 (15.91%) Manufacturing
5 5 (11.36%) Games
6 4 (9.09%) Billing
7 2 (4.55%) Legal
8 1 (2.27%) Banking
8 1 (2.27%) German Language
8 1 (2.27%) Korean Language
8 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.27%) Retail
8 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (20.45%) Consultant
1 9 (20.45%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (18.18%) Lead
3 6 (13.64%) Architect
3 6 (13.64%) SAP Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Development Team Leader
4 5 (11.36%) SAP ABAP Team Leader
4 5 (11.36%) SAP Basis Specialist
4 5 (11.36%) SAP Team Leader
4 5 (11.36%) Team Leader
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) SAP Engineer
5 4 (9.09%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.82%) ABAP Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) SAP Technical Architect
6 3 (6.82%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.55%) SAP FI Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 2 (4.55%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (36.36%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (11.36%) BREW
2 5 (11.36%) SAP Basis
3 4 (9.09%) SAP PI
3 4 (9.09%) Web Dynpro
4 3 (6.82%) EDI
4 3 (6.82%) IDoc
4 3 (6.82%) SAPUI5
5 2 (4.55%) BAPI
5 2 (4.55%) SAP ALE
5 2 (4.55%) SOAP
5 2 (4.55%) Web Services
5 2 (4.55%) XML
6 1 (2.27%) J2EE
6 1 (2.27%) JDBC
6 1 (2.27%) Middleware
6 1 (2.27%) REST
6 1 (2.27%) RESTful
6 1 (2.27%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (2.27%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) FMCG
3 2 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.55%) Replication
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Wallet
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.64%) Linux
1 6 (13.64%) Windows
2 1 (2.27%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) ERP
2 10 (22.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.91%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (13.64%) Computer Science
5 6 (13.64%) Roadmaps
5 6 (13.64%) Service Management
5 6 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.36%) Capacity Management
6 5 (11.36%) Change Control
6 5 (11.36%) CRM
6 5 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (11.36%) High Availability
6 5 (11.36%) Tech Ops
7 4 (9.09%) Coaching
7 4 (9.09%) Mentoring
7 4 (9.09%) Software Engineering
7 4 (9.09%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (9.09%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.27%) SQL
2 11 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (2.27%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 7 (15.91%) Degree
2 5 (11.36%) Master's Degree
3 4 (9.09%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.27%) CCA
4 1 (2.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.27%) GDPR
1 1 (2.27%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.36%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (11.36%) Sybase
3 3 (6.82%) CA
4 2 (4.55%) Adobe
4 2 (4.55%) Ariba
4 2 (4.55%) Oracle
5 1 (2.27%) Medallia
5 1 (2.27%) Qualtrics
5 1 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.27%) webMethods