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

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 866 796 1122
Rank change year-on-year -70 +326 -307
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 41 152 139
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.16% 0.082%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.12% 0.38% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 18 74 88
10th Percentile £54,250 £47,500 £45,875
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £64,250 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -6.61% +0.78% +8.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,125 £77,926 £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 33,900 40,052 91,692
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.30% 42.32% 54.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,257 26,577 43,330
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 £85,000 £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 1 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 1 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 -64 37 £60,000 -4.00% 26
UK excluding London -80 33 £59,250 -8.85% 17
North of England +33 11 £55,000 +39.24% 3
Work from Home -10 11 £60,960 -12.91% 12
Midlands -29 8 £56,750 -5.42% 2
North West -3 7 - - 1
East Midlands -21 7 £55,000 +4.76%
South East -23 7 £60,000 -14.29% 8
East of England -6 6 £55,000 - 2
London +81 3 £70,000 +10.24% 6
Yorkshire +61 3 £55,000 +39.24% 2
Northern Ireland +20 1 - -
West Midlands -27 1 £65,000 +8.33% 2
North East - 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 2 (4.88%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
2 1 (2.44%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 14 (34.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (17.07%) SAP ERP
3 4 (9.76%) SAP IS-U
4 2 (4.88%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.88%) SAP MDG
4 2 (4.88%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.44%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.44%) SAP HR
5 1 (2.44%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (2.44%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (2.44%) SAP PA-EC
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.20%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.44%) Boomi
2 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
2 1 (2.44%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) FTP
1 1 (2.44%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (19.51%) SAP HANA
2 7 (17.07%) SAP BW
3 5 (12.20%) MaxDB
4 4 (9.76%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (7.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 2 (4.88%) Lumira
7 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (2.44%) DB2
7 1 (2.44%) Power BI
7 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
7 1 (2.44%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
1 1 (2.44%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 9 (21.95%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (19.51%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.20%) Finance
4 4 (9.76%) Billing
5 3 (7.32%) Manufacturing
6 2 (4.88%) Games
6 2 (4.88%) Legal
6 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Retail
7 1 (2.44%) Banking
7 1 (2.44%) German Language
7 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (19.51%) Consultant
1 8 (19.51%) Developer
1 8 (19.51%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (14.63%) Architect
2 6 (14.63%) SAP Architect
2 6 (14.63%) SAP Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) Integration Developer
3 5 (12.20%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (12.20%) SAP Basis Specialist
3 5 (12.20%) Senior
4 4 (9.76%) SAP PI Developer
4 4 (9.76%) SAP Technical Architect
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Developer
4 4 (9.76%) Senior Integration Developer
4 4 (9.76%) Senior SAP Developer
4 4 (9.76%) Technical Architect
5 3 (7.32%) SAP BW Analyst
6 2 (4.88%) SAP CO Consultant
6 2 (4.88%) SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (26.83%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (19.51%) SAP PI
3 6 (14.63%) SAP Basis
4 5 (12.20%) BREW
4 5 (12.20%) Middleware
4 5 (12.20%) XML
5 4 (9.76%) JSON
5 4 (9.76%) XSLT
6 3 (7.32%) EDI
6 3 (7.32%) IDoc
6 3 (7.32%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (4.88%) SAP ALE
7 2 (4.88%) SAPUI5
7 2 (4.88%) SOAP
8 1 (2.44%) BAPI
8 1 (2.44%) J2EE
8 1 (2.44%) JDBC
8 1 (2.44%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (2.44%) SAP XI
8 1 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.07%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (4.88%) FMCG
2 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (4.88%) Replication
3 1 (2.44%) Digital Wallet
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (14.63%) Linux
1 6 (14.63%) Windows
2 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (19.51%) ERP
4 6 (14.63%) Performance Tuning
4 6 (14.63%) Roadmaps
4 6 (14.63%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (12.20%) Capacity Management
5 5 (12.20%) Change Control
5 5 (12.20%) Coaching
5 5 (12.20%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (12.20%) High Availability
5 5 (12.20%) Tech Ops
6 4 (9.76%) B2B
6 4 (9.76%) Configuration Management
6 4 (9.76%) CRM
6 4 (9.76%) ITSM
6 4 (9.76%) OO
6 4 (9.76%) Service Management
6 4 (9.76%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (26.83%) Java
1 11 (26.83%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) C++
2 4 (9.76%) Groovy
2 4 (9.76%) JavaScript
2 4 (9.76%) PowerShell
2 4 (9.76%) VB
2 4 (9.76%) XQuery
3 1 (2.44%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) SAP Certification
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) CCA
4 1 (2.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (2.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 39 (95.12%) SAP
2 5 (12.20%) Sybase
3 4 (9.76%) Computacenter
4 3 (7.32%) CA
5 2 (4.88%) Ariba
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle
6 1 (2.44%) Adobe
6 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.44%) webMethods
6 1 (2.44%) Workday