SAP Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for BAPI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited BAPI over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 656 841
Rank change year-on-year +107 +185 -145
Contract jobs citing BAPI 21 34 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.049% 0.060% 0.025%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.24% 0.26% 0.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 18 12
10th Percentile £416 £455 £446
25th Percentile £438 £540 £482
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £583 £520
Median % change year-on-year -18.49% +12.07% +4.00%
75th Percentile £634 £636 £540
90th Percentile £645 £950 £626
UK excluding London median daily rate £623 £540 £500
% change year-on-year +15.28% +8.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £23.60 - -
25th Percentile £24.88 - -
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
75th Percentile £29.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

BAPI is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,927 13,057 23,612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.99% 23.09% 26.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,211 9,517 17,333
10th Percentile £344 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £663
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +12.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 145 235
10th Percentile £21.25 £25.75 £22.50
25th Percentile £43.00 £50.05 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £65.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +30.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £65.02 £75.00 £67.18
90th Percentile £74.45 £81.00 £76.86
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.97 £65.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -26.21% +23.81% +16.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing BAPI.

Daily rate trend for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing BAPI over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing BAPI.

Hourly rate trend for BAPI in the UK

BAPI
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 23 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +91 17 £475 -12.04% 4
Work from Home +104 9 £463 -14.43% 6
London +93 8 £438 -52.32%
UK excluding London +56 8 £623 +15.28% 4
South East +17 3 - - 4
North of England - 3 £623 -
North West - 3 £623 -
Midlands +29 1 £475 -12.04%
West Midlands - 1 £475 -
East of England - 1 £645 -

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 13 (61.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (14.29%) SAP EWM
3 2 (9.52%) SAP MDG
3 2 (9.52%) SAP R/3
4 1 (4.76%) SAP PM
4 1 (4.76%) SAP SD
4 1 (4.76%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) SAP Data Services
1 5 (23.81%) SAP HANA
2 4 (19.05%) SAP BW
3 1 (4.76%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 8 (38.10%) LSMW
2 2 (9.52%) Eclipse
3 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) German Language
3 2 (9.52%) Retail
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Automotive
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Consultant
1 9 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (23.81%) ABAP Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Developer
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
4 3 (14.29%) Coordinator
4 3 (14.29%) SAP Developer
5 2 (9.52%) SAP EWM Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) SAP MDG Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Architect
6 1 (4.76%) Data Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Data Governance Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Data Migration Lead
6 1 (4.76%) Master Data Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Data Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Data Migration Lead
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Master Data Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Technical Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (42.86%) SAP ALE
2 4 (19.05%) REST
3 3 (14.29%) IDoc
3 3 (14.29%) Kafka
3 3 (14.29%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (4.76%) EDI
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (4.76%) SAPUI5
4 1 (4.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (9.52%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Migration
2 8 (38.10%) Data Migration
3 5 (23.81%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (19.05%) Agile
4 4 (19.05%) Cutover Planning
4 4 (19.05%) Data Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 3 (14.29%) Defect Management
5 3 (14.29%) Defect Tracking
5 3 (14.29%) ERP
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
5 3 (14.29%) Logistics
5 3 (14.29%) OO
5 3 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
6 2 (9.52%) OOP
6 2 (9.52%) SOA
6 2 (9.52%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (71.43%) ABAP
2 2 (9.52%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) Degree
1 3 (14.29%) Master's Degree
1 3 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 3 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (14.29%) Adobe
2 3 (14.29%) IBM
3 2 (9.52%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce