SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring BAPI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited BAPI over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 902 949
Rank change year-on-year +208 +47 +282
Permanent jobs citing BAPI 15 10 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.010% 0.013%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.047% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 12 10 3
10th Percentile £63,875 - £38,150
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £41,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% +44.58% -45.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £52,875
90th Percentile - £69,000 £58,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £73,750 £60,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year +22.92% +51.90% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 9,499 21,396 29,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.14% 20.72% 29.95%
Number of salaries quoted 5,834 15,919 18,040
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £40,810
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,206 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -11.11% +3.85%
75th Percentile £86,250 £78,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

BAPI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing BAPI over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +161 13 £72,500 +20.83% 96
UK excluding London +196 11 £73,750 +22.92% 95
Midlands - 11 £73,750 - 21
Work from Home +120 10 £75,000 +25.00% 12
West Midlands - 9 £75,000 - 11
London +114 1 £67,500 -32.50% 14

BAPI
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:

Business Applications
1 12 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (13.33%) SAP HCM
2 2 (13.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) LSMW
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (86.67%) Developer
2 11 (73.33%) SAP Developer
3 7 (46.67%) Integration Developer
4 6 (40.00%) ABAP Developer
4 6 (40.00%) Integration Specialist
5 2 (13.33%) Senior
6 1 (6.67%) Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Integration Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) SAP Integration Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) SAP PI Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) SAPUI5 Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior ABAP Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 1 (6.67%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 1 (6.67%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) IBM Integration Bus
1 8 (53.33%) REST
1 8 (53.33%) SOAP
2 7 (46.67%) JMS
2 7 (46.67%) Middleware
2 7 (46.67%) OAuth
2 7 (46.67%) SAML
3 5 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
3 5 (33.33%) SAPUI5
4 3 (20.00%) SAP ALE
5 1 (6.67%) EJB
5 1 (6.67%) IDoc
5 1 (6.67%) JDBC
5 1 (6.67%) Node.js
5 1 (6.67%) SAP PI
5 1 (6.67%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (6.67%) Web Services
5 1 (6.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 8 (53.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (6.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) API Management
1 7 (46.67%) Event-Driven
1 7 (46.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
1 7 (46.67%) High Availability
1 7 (46.67%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (13.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.67%) Agile
4 1 (6.67%) Batch Management
4 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (6.67%) Customer Requirements
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (6.67%) Logistics
4 1 (6.67%) OOP
4 1 (6.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (6.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (6.67%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) ABAP
2 1 (6.67%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
1 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (53.33%) IBM
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe