BAPI Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 February 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 333 409 469
Rank change year-on-year +76 +60 +33
Contract jobs citing BAPI 12 5 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.090% 0.024% 0.034%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.48% 0.15% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £459 £603 £524
25th Percentile - £608 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £623 £540
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +15.28% -4.00%
75th Percentile - £637 -
90th Percentile £505 £642 £573
UK median daily rate £500 £623 £540
% change year-on-year -19.68% +15.28% +8.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 2,500 3,438 5,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.65% 16.51% 18.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,598 2,270 3,689
10th Percentile £350 £325 £357
25th Percentile £402 £412 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £522
Median % change year-on-year - -4.21% +5.45%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £700
UK median daily rate £528 £534 £575
% change year-on-year -1.22% -7.13% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 161 122
10th Percentile £26.25 £21.25 £22.75
25th Percentile £60.81 £45.00 £50.35
Median hourly rate £65.00 £54.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.27% -16.15% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.82 £77.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £54.56 £65.00
% change year-on-year +14.55% -16.06% +32.65%

BAPI
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing BAPI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for BAPI in the UK excluding London

BAPI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BAPI in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for BAPI in the UK excluding London

BAPI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BAPI in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for BAPI in the UK excluding London

BAPI
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BAPI within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 February 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 +37 9 £500 -19.68% 1
North West +15 9 £500 -19.68%
Midlands +13 3 £500 -16.67% 2
West Midlands +10 2 £500 -16.67% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
BAPI
UK

BAPI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (16.67%) SAP ERP
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (75.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Postman
General
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) ABAP Developer
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
1 11 (91.67%) SAP Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (8.33%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (91.67%) Web Services
2 2 (16.67%) IDoc
2 2 (16.67%) REST
2 2 (16.67%) RESTful
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (16.67%) SOAP
3 1 (8.33%) SAP ALE
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (91.67%) OO
2 9 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 2 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Implementation
4 1 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) ABAP
2 2 (16.67%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe