SAP Developer
What Does a Professional in this Career Do?
An SAP Developer designs, programs, documents and tests SAP applications that support business intelligence for a company using a SAP developed programming language. May work within financial software installations, customer management solutions or general business applications.
Job Outlook
There were 128 SAP Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 2677 in the United States.
In combination with other careers in the Business Intelligence Architect / Developer industry, which includes the SAP Developer career, the following graph shows the number of people employed for each year since 2016:
Salary
Many new SAP Developer jobs have salaries estimated to be in the following ranges, based on the requirements and responsibilities listed in job postings from the past year.
National
The average estimated salary in the United States for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $124,238.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $117,079.
Percentiles represent the percentage that is lower than the value. For example, 25% of estimated salaries for SAP Developer postings in the United States in the past year were lower than $111,436.
Education and Experience
Posted SAP Developer jobs typically require the following level of education. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list education requirements.
| Education Level | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Associate's Degree | 0% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 39.82% |
| Master's Degree | 9.53% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.64% |
| Other | 3.4% |
Posted SAP Developer jobs typically require the following number of years of experience. The numbers below are based on job postings in the United States from the past year. Not all job postings list experience requirements.
| Years of Experience | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 0 to 2 years | 3.88% |
| 3 to 5 years | 47.97% |
| 6 to 8 years | 28.47% |
| 9+ years | 19.68% |
Skills
Below are listings of the most common general and specialized skills SAP Developer positions expect applicants to have as well as the most common skills that distinguish individuals from their peers. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is also listed.
Baseline Skills
A skill that is required across a broad range of occupations, including this one.
- Communication (35.79%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (27.42%)
- Problem Solving (23.65%)
- Management (18.42%)
- Operations (14.57%)
- Information Technology (14.46%)
- Planning (9.97%)
- Detail Oriented (9.26%)
- Sales (7.55%)
- Leadership (7.28%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) (42.33%)
- Business Requirements (19.79%)
- Computer Science (28.53%)
- Open Data Protocol (OData) (17.64%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (27.4%)
- SAP Applications (88.13%)
- SAP Process Integration (11.61%)
- SAP Fiori (11.95%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Workflow Management (16.62%)
- Git (Version Control System) (5.01%)
- HyperText Markup Language (HTML) (5.58%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (7.8%)
- Agile Methodology (15.19%)
- Data Analysis (8.78%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (18.24%)
- Java (Programming Language) (12.14%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (17.98%)
- Software Development (10.03%)
- Business Intelligence (5.88%)
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (6.56%)
- Cloud Development (2.04%)
- HTML5 (4.9%)
- Automation (8.78%)
- Customer Relationship Management (7.24%)
- Business Process (18.47%)
- SAP Business Suite (13.12%)
- Unit Testing (6.48%)
- Programming Tools (4.45%)
- Data Warehousing (7.39%)
- Data Modeling (15.98%)
- Enterprise Resource Planning (8.82%)
- Finance (13.72%)
- Code Review (6.6%)
- Extract Transform Load (ETL) (10.1%)
- Information Systems (7.39%)
- Debugging (20.92%)
- PL/SQL (5.65%)
- Functional Requirement (3.88%)
- SAP ERP (18.39%)
- Python (Programming Language) (5.28%)
- Performance Tuning (7.12%)
- Scalability (9.46%)
- IDoc (Intermediate Document) (15%)
- SAP HANA (17.98%)
- SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse (6.6%)
- RESTful API (10.48%)
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) (4.71%)
- Technical Documentation (6.33%)
- Project Management (7.31%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (5.2%)
- Node.js (Javascript Library) (3.84%)
- Power BI (2.56%)
- Web Services (8.25%)
- SAP S/4HANA (14.74%)
- User Experience (UX) (3.17%)
- Extensible Markup Language (XML) (8.41%)
- Technical Design (7.88%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- BRFplus (6.63%)
- Web Dynpro (2.49%)
- SAP NetWeaver (7.39%)
- SAP NetWeaver Application Servers (2.49%)
- Sapui5 (6.71%)
Salary Boosting Skills
A professional who wishes to excel in this career path may consider developing the following highly valued skills. The percentage of job postings that specifically mention each skill is listed.
- Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) (84.06%)
- BRFplus (13.17%)
- Web Dynpro (4.94%)
- SAP NetWeaver (14.67%)
- SAP Fiori (23.73%)
- Sapui5 (13.32%)
Alternative Job Titles
Sometimes employers post jobs with SAP Developer skills but a different job title. Some common alternative job titles include:
- SAP HANA Developer
- SAP PI/PO Developer
- SAP ABAP Developer
- SAP MII Consultant
- SAP PI Developer
- Integration Developer
- Business Objects Developer
- SAP BODS Developer
- SAP FICO Manager
Similar Occupations
If you are interested in exploring occupations with similar skills, you may want to research the following job titles. Note that we only list occupations that have at least one corresponding NC State Online and Distance Education program.
Common Employers
Here are the employers that have posted the most SAP Developer jobs in the past year along with how many they have posted.
United States
- Deloitte (166)
- CHS (94)
- Accenture (90)
- SAP (53)
- Cardinal Health (41)
- Tek Inspirations (38)
- Concentrix (35)
- Diverse Lynx (35)
- Insight Global (34)
- Randstad (34)
North Carolina
- Deloitte (10)
- Apple (7)
- Intone Networks (4)
- Randstad (4)
- Ipeople Infosystems (3)
- Larsen & Toubro (3)
- Cloudious (3)
- Accenture (3)
- Altezzasys (2)
- CHS (2)
NC State Programs Relevant to this Career
If you are interested in preparing for a career in this field, the following NC State Online and Distance Education programs offer a great place to start!
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