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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 862 792 1124
Rank change year-on-year -70 +332 -290
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 43 154 140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.041% 0.16% 0.083%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.13% 0.38% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 75 89
10th Percentile £54,250 £47,500 £46,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +5.93%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,125 £77,865 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £59,250 £65,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.85% +23.81% -4.55%

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 33,947 40,085 91,945
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.25% 42.29% 54.38%
Number of salaries quoted 25,291 26,714 43,327
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
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% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 -34 39 £60,000 -4.76% 27
UK excluding London -84 35 £59,250 -8.85% 18
North of England +34 12 £55,000 +39.24% 3
Work from Home -7 11 £60,960 -12.91% 14
South East -27 8 £60,000 -14.29% 9
Midlands -28 8 £56,750 -5.42% 2
North West -11 7 - - 1
East Midlands -18 7 £55,000 +4.76%
East of England -10 6 £55,000 - 2
London +74 3 £70,000 +10.24% 6
Yorkshire +59 3 £55,000 +39.24% 2
North East - 2 - -
Northern Ireland +19 1 - -
West Midlands -24 1 £65,000 +6.12% 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 2 (4.65%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 15 (34.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (16.28%) SAP ERP
3 4 (9.30%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (4.65%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.65%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.65%) SAP MDG
4 2 (4.65%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.33%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.33%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.33%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.33%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.33%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (2.33%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (2.33%) SAP PA-EC
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.33%) Boomi
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.65%) SAN
2 1 (2.33%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SAP HANA
2 7 (16.28%) SAP BW
3 5 (11.63%) MaxDB
4 4 (9.30%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (6.98%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.65%) Lumira
6 2 (4.65%) Power BI
6 2 (4.65%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (2.33%) DB2
7 1 (2.33%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (2.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.33%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
1 9 (20.93%) Social Skills
2 6 (13.95%) Finance
3 4 (9.30%) Billing
3 4 (9.30%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.98%) Games
5 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Retail
6 1 (2.33%) Banking
6 1 (2.33%) German Language
6 1 (2.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (18.60%) Consultant
1 8 (18.60%) Developer
1 8 (18.60%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (13.95%) Architect
2 6 (13.95%) SAP Architect
2 6 (13.95%) SAP Developer
3 5 (11.63%) Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) Integration Developer
3 5 (11.63%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) SAP Basis Specialist
3 5 (11.63%) Senior
4 4 (9.30%) SAP PI Developer
4 4 (9.30%) SAP Technical Architect
4 4 (9.30%) Senior Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Senior Integration Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Senior SAP Developer
4 4 (9.30%) Technical Architect
5 3 (6.98%) Lead
5 3 (6.98%) SAP BW Analyst
6 2 (4.65%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (27.91%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (18.60%) SAP PI
3 6 (13.95%) SAP Basis
4 5 (11.63%) BREW
4 5 (11.63%) Middleware
4 5 (11.63%) XML
5 4 (9.30%) JSON
5 4 (9.30%) XSLT
6 3 (6.98%) EDI
6 3 (6.98%) IDoc
6 3 (6.98%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (4.65%) SAP ALE
7 2 (4.65%) SAPUI5
7 2 (4.65%) SOAP
8 1 (2.33%) BAPI
8 1 (2.33%) J2EE
8 1 (2.33%) JDBC
8 1 (2.33%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (2.33%) SAP XI
8 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.28%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.65%) FMCG
2 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.65%) Replication
3 1 (2.33%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
2 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (20.93%) ERP
2 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (13.95%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (13.95%) Coaching
3 6 (13.95%) Performance Tuning
3 6 (13.95%) Roadmaps
3 6 (13.95%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (11.63%) Capacity Management
4 5 (11.63%) Change Control
4 5 (11.63%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (11.63%) High Availability
4 5 (11.63%) Tech Ops
5 4 (9.30%) Analytics
5 4 (9.30%) B2B
5 4 (9.30%) Configuration Management
5 4 (9.30%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (9.30%) ITSM
5 4 (9.30%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (9.30%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 12 (27.91%) SQL
2 11 (25.58%) Java
3 4 (9.30%) C++
3 4 (9.30%) Groovy
3 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.30%) PowerShell
3 4 (9.30%) VB
3 4 (9.30%) XQuery
4 1 (2.33%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Degree
1 4 (9.30%) SAP Certification
2 3 (6.98%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.33%) CCA
3 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 41 (95.35%) SAP
2 5 (11.63%) Sybase
3 4 (9.30%) Computacenter
4 3 (6.98%) CA
5 2 (4.65%) Ariba
5 2 (4.65%) Oracle
6 1 (2.33%) Adobe
6 1 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.33%) webMethods
6 1 (2.33%) Workday