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 246 SAP Developer job postings in North Carolina in the past year and 4889 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 2015:
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 $114,302.
State
The average estimated salary in North Carolina for this career, based on job postings in the past year, is $114,748.
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 $101,769.
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 | 41.11% |
| Master's Degree | 8.37% |
| Doctoral Degree | 0.7% |
| Other | 4.36% |
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 | 6.86% |
| 3 to 5 years | 39.8% |
| 6 to 8 years | 28.71% |
| 9+ years | 24.62% |
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 (34.28%)
- Troubleshooting (Problem Solving) (23.13%)
- Management (23.07%)
- Problem Solving (19.19%)
- Information Technology (15.59%)
- Operations (13.66%)
- Leadership (12.15%)
- Planning (11.64%)
- Analytical Skills (9.82%)
- Detail Oriented (7.61%)
Defining Skills
A core skill for this occupation, it occurs frequently in job postings.
- Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) (27.54%)
- Computer Science (30.35%)
- SAP Applications (77.35%)
- Open Data Protocol (OData) (11.6%)
- SAP Fiori (9.59%)
Necessary Skills
A skill that is requested frequently in this occupation but isn’t specific to it.
- Workflow Management (14.36%)
- Application Programming Interface (API) (11.5%)
- Agile Methodology (16.11%)
- JavaScript (Programming Language) (10.09%)
- Git (Version Control System) (3.66%)
- Technical Support (3.85%)
- JIRA (3.73%)
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) (4.87%)
- Continuous Improvement Process (8.9%)
- Debugging (14.67%)
- Information Systems (9.54%)
- Scalability (6.47%)
- Automation (9.12%)
- Amazon Web Services (4.11%)
- Business Requirements (20.83%)
- Data Modeling (12.71%)
- Accounting (8.53%)
- Software Development (5.93%)
- SAP Business Suite (5.76%)
- Systems Development Life Cycle (4.65%)
- SAP HANA (16.06%)
- Code Review (4.2%)
- Unit Testing (7.65%)
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) (5.81%)
- Business Process (19.84%)
- RESTful API (6.42%)
- Programming Tools (3.59%)
- Finance (17.05%)
- Python (Programming Language) (4.25%)
- Project Management (14.48%)
- SAP ERP (18.75%)
- Scrum (Software Development) (5.08%)
- SAP FI/CO (7.16%)
- SAP Functional (8.81%)
- SQL (Programming Language) (20.57%)
- SAP S/4HANA (12.16%)
Distinguishing Skills
A skill that may distinguish a subset of the occupation.
- BRFplus (3.31%)
- Legacy System Migration Workbench (2.1%)
- Web Dynpro (3.42%)
- SAP NetWeaver (5.69%)
- SAP Solution Manager (1.79%)
- SAP Process Integration (5.95%)
- Sapui5 (5.15%)
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.
- BRFplus (8.49%)
- Computer Science (77.93%)
- SAP Process Integration (15.28%)
- SAP Solution Manager (4.61%)
- Sapui5 (13.22%)
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 Functional Lead
- SAP ABAP Developer
- SAP PI/PO Developer
- SAP Test Lead
- SAP FICO Lead
- SAP Lead
- Developer
- SAP Basis Lead
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 (183)
- Concentrix (94)
- Randstad (77)
- Diverse Lynx (68)
- CHS (42)
- Tek Inspirations (42)
- Insight Global (40)
- Cognizant Technology Solutions (35)
- SAP (32)
- Accenture (31)
North Carolina
- Deloitte (18)
- Hitachi (6)
- Motion Recruitment (6)
- Diverse Lynx (6)
- INSPYR Solutions (6)
- Intone Networks (5)
- Altezzasys (4)
- Connexions Data (4)
- Focused Hr Solutions (4)
- Primus Global Services (4)
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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