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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 847 841 1074
Rank change year-on-year -6 +233 -292
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 42 137 141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.043% 0.13% 0.092%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.13% 0.30% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 17 65 85
10th Percentile - £51,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -2.26% +6.40%
75th Percentile £66,480 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,750 £78,108 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £54,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% +19.82% -1.36%

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 33,108 46,004 82,589
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.88% 43.52% 53.65%
Number of salaries quoted 25,049 29,252 44,335
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £49,500 £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 £105,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,635 £55,000 £53,850
% change year-on-year -2.48% +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 23 April 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 23 April 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 +29 37 £60,000 -5.88% 23
UK excluding London -43 26 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Work from Home +37 18 £60,000 -14.29% 14
North of England +41 10 £55,000 - 3
London +110 8 £60,960 -6.22% 9
North West +4 8 - - 3
East of England +31 6 £55,000 -
South East -2 5 £60,000 -14.29% 4
Midlands +6 4 £61,750 +2.92% 5
East Midlands -15 3 £58,500 +11.43% 3
Yorkshire +87 2 £55,000 -
Northern Ireland +21 1 - - 1
West Midlands +20 1 £65,000 +4.00% 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 6 (14.29%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.38%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 15 (35.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (19.05%) SAP ERP
3 3 (7.14%) SAP IS-U
3 3 (7.14%) SAP SD
4 2 (4.76%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.76%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.76%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.76%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.38%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.38%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.38%) SAP PA-EC
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.76%) SaaS
3 1 (2.38%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.38%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.05%) SAP HANA
2 7 (16.67%) SAP BW
3 6 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (11.90%) MaxDB
5 4 (9.52%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (2.38%) Lumira
6 1 (2.38%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.38%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.38%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 10 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.90%) Finance
4 3 (7.14%) Billing
4 3 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (7.14%) Retail
5 2 (4.76%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.38%) Banking
6 1 (2.38%) Games
6 1 (2.38%) German Language
6 1 (2.38%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (23.81%) Developer
2 8 (19.05%) Architect
2 8 (19.05%) SAP Architect
2 8 (19.05%) SAP Developer
3 6 (14.29%) SAP Technical Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 5 (11.90%) Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Integration Developer
4 5 (11.90%) SAP Analyst
4 5 (11.90%) SAP Basis Specialist
4 5 (11.90%) SAP Consultant
4 5 (11.90%) Senior
5 4 (9.52%) ABAP Developer
5 4 (9.52%) SAP PI Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Senior Integration Developer
5 4 (9.52%) Senior SAP Developer
6 2 (4.76%) SAP FI Consultant
6 2 (4.76%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (33.33%) SAP PI
2 11 (26.19%) SAP Fiori
3 8 (19.05%) SAP Basis
4 6 (14.29%) IDoc
5 5 (11.90%) BREW
5 5 (11.90%) Middleware
6 4 (9.52%) JSON
6 4 (9.52%) XML
6 4 (9.52%) XSLT
7 3 (7.14%) EDI
7 3 (7.14%) SAPUI5
8 2 (4.76%) BAPI
8 2 (4.76%) SAP Smart Forms
8 2 (4.76%) SOAP
9 1 (2.38%) J2EE
9 1 (2.38%) JDBC
9 1 (2.38%) SAP ALE
9 1 (2.38%) SAP XI
9 1 (2.38%) Web Dynpro
9 1 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.76%) FMCG
3 1 (2.38%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.90%) Linux
1 5 (11.90%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (19.05%) Capacity Management
2 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
2 8 (19.05%) ERP
2 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 7 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (14.29%) Migration
4 6 (14.29%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (11.90%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.90%) Change Control
5 5 (11.90%) High Availability
5 5 (11.90%) Tech Ops
5 5 (11.90%) Technical Architecture
6 4 (9.52%) Agile
6 4 (9.52%) B2B
6 4 (9.52%) Change Management
6 4 (9.52%) CRM
6 4 (9.52%) OO
6 4 (9.52%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 17 (40.48%) Java
2 8 (19.05%) SQL
3 4 (9.52%) C++
3 4 (9.52%) Groovy
3 4 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.52%) VB
3 4 (9.52%) XQuery
4 2 (4.76%) SAPscript
5 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) SAP Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
3 1 (2.38%) CCA
3 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (11.90%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 40 (95.24%) SAP
2 5 (11.90%) Sybase
3 4 (9.52%) Computacenter
4 3 (7.14%) CA
4 3 (7.14%) Oracle
5 2 (4.76%) Ariba
5 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.76%) Workday
6 1 (2.38%) Adobe
6 1 (2.38%) Microsoft
6 1 (2.38%) webMethods