Abap-developer vs developer

The differences between abap-developers and developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 6-8 years to become an abap-developer, becoming a developer takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, an abap-developer has an average salary of $106,187, which is higher than the $100,076 average annual salary of a developer.

The top three skills for an abap-developer include BDC, MM and ALV. The most important skills for a developer are javascript, python, and java.

Abap-developer vs developer overview

	Abap-Developer	Developer
Yearly salary	$106,187	$100,076
Hourly rate	$51.05	$48.11
Growth rate	-7%	21%
Number of jobs	69,666	262,570
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Average age	47	39
Years of experience	8	4

Abap-developer vs developer salary

Abap-developers and developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Abap-Developer	Developer
Average salary	$106,187	$100,076
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $140,000	Between $76,000 And $131,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	Nevada	Washington
Best paying company	Bloomberg	-
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Finance

Differences between abap-developer and developer education

There are a few differences between an abap-developer and a developer in terms of educational background:

	Abap-Developer	Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 71%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abap-developer vs developer demographics

Here are the differences between abap-developers' and developers' demographics:

	Abap-Developer	Developer
Average age	47	39
Gender ratio	Male, 70.0% Female, 30.0%	Male, 74.9% Female, 25.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% Asian, 25.6% White, 58.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.6% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% Asian, 29.8% White, 52.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	8%

Differences between abap-developer and developer duties and responsibilities

Abap-developer example responsibilities.

Analyze and manage the project throughout SDLC, written/review specification documents.
Develop RFC enable function module to send material alternative UOM UPC codes information to CRM system.
Develop program to submit a BDC session to create and modify asset master data (transactions AS01/AS02).
Used debugging techniques to solve complex issues.
Perform step wise refinement when debugging programs.
Work on code optimize by using run time analysis and SQL trace.

Developer example responsibilities.

Manage continuous integration, configure the servers using Jenkins.
Analyze and manage the project throughout SDLC, written/review specification documents.
Configure and manage JGroup multicasting communication for apache tomcat web servers.
Upgrade internal loan and prospect tracking system to be more responsive and utilizing the latest in CSS & HTML.
Implement this application, using object-orient Perl to dynamically generate HTML with embed JavaScript, interacting with back-end databases via DBI/DBD.
Integrate content feeds via JSON, XML, and RSS from both internal and external sources into web content management components.

Abap-developer vs developer skills

Common abap-developer skills

BDC, 5%
MM, 4%
ALV, 4%
Function Modules, 3%
OData, 3%
Dialog, 3%

Common developer skills

JavaScript, 7%
Python, 6%
Java, 6%
C++, 5%
API, 4%
CSS, 4%