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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 868 849 1092
Rank change year-on-year -19 +243 -284
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 39 146 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.14% 0.091%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% 0.33% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 16 70 86
10th Percentile £55,000 £50,875 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,330 £52,500 £50,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £67,985 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,108 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +22.64% -3.64%

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 33,037 43,949 85,007
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 33.55% 43.27% 54.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24,871 28,012 43,733
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 £106,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year -1.82% +3.14% +6.65%

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 7 May 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 7 May 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 -5 35 £60,000 -7.69% 23
UK excluding London -58 27 £60,000 -7.69% 18
Work from Home +29 15 £60,960 -12.91% 14
North of England +45 10 £55,000 - 6
North West +14 8 - - 6
East of England +13 6 £55,000 -
South East +4 6 £60,000 -14.29% 3
London +96 5 £70,000 +5.66% 4
Midlands -16 4 £61,750 +2.92% 7
East Midlands -20 3 £58,500 +11.43% 6
Yorkshire +82 2 £55,000 -
Northern Ireland +29 1 - -
West Midlands +4 1 £65,000 +8.33% 1

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 5 (12.82%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.56%) Confluence
2 1 (2.56%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 13 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (20.51%) SAP ERP
3 4 (10.26%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (5.13%) SAP CO
4 2 (5.13%) SAP FI
4 2 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (5.13%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.56%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.56%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.56%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.56%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.56%) SAP MDG
5 1 (2.56%) SAP PA-EC
5 1 (2.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (5.13%) SaaS
3 1 (2.56%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (23.08%) SAP HANA
2 6 (15.38%) SAP BW
3 5 (12.82%) MaxDB
4 4 (10.26%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (7.69%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.56%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (2.56%) DB2
6 1 (2.56%) Lumira
6 1 (2.56%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (2.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.56%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 9 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.26%) Billing
2 4 (10.26%) Finance
3 3 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.13%) Retail
5 1 (2.56%) Banking
5 1 (2.56%) Games
5 1 (2.56%) German Language
5 1 (2.56%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (23.08%) Developer
2 7 (17.95%) Architect
2 7 (17.95%) SAP Architect
2 7 (17.95%) SAP Developer
3 5 (12.82%) Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) Integration Developer
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Basis Specialist
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Technical Architect
3 5 (12.82%) Senior
3 5 (12.82%) Technical Architect
4 4 (10.26%) SAP PI Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior Integration Developer
4 4 (10.26%) Senior SAP Developer
5 3 (7.69%) ABAP Developer
6 2 (5.13%) SAP FI Consultant
6 2 (5.13%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (28.21%) SAP PI
2 10 (25.64%) SAP Fiori
3 7 (17.95%) SAP Basis
4 5 (12.82%) BREW
4 5 (12.82%) IDoc
4 5 (12.82%) Middleware
5 4 (10.26%) JSON
5 4 (10.26%) XML
5 4 (10.26%) XSLT
6 3 (7.69%) EDI
7 2 (5.13%) SAPUI5
7 2 (5.13%) SOAP
8 1 (2.56%) J2EE
8 1 (2.56%) JDBC
8 1 (2.56%) React
8 1 (2.56%) REST
8 1 (2.56%) SAP ALE
8 1 (2.56%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (2.56%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (2.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (5.13%) FMCG
3 1 (2.56%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.56%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (15.38%) Linux
1 6 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (20.51%) ERP
4 7 (17.95%) Performance Tuning
4 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
4 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (15.38%) Capacity Management
5 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (12.82%) Change Control
6 5 (12.82%) High Availability
6 5 (12.82%) Tech Ops
6 5 (12.82%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (10.26%) Analytics
7 4 (10.26%) Change Management
7 4 (10.26%) Coaching
7 4 (10.26%) Customer Service
7 4 (10.26%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (10.26%) ITSM
7 4 (10.26%) Migration
7 4 (10.26%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) Java
2 10 (25.64%) SQL
3 4 (10.26%) C++
3 4 (10.26%) Groovy
3 4 (10.26%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.26%) PowerShell
3 4 (10.26%) VB
3 4 (10.26%) XQuery
4 1 (2.56%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (10.26%) SAP Certification
2 2 (5.13%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) CCA
3 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (12.82%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 37 (94.87%) SAP
2 5 (12.82%) Sybase
3 4 (10.26%) Computacenter
4 3 (7.69%) CA
4 3 (7.69%) Oracle
5 2 (5.13%) Ariba
5 2 (5.13%) Workday
6 1 (2.56%) Adobe
6 1 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.56%) webMethods