Abap-developer vs program developer

The differences between abap-developers and program developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both an abap-developer and a program developer. Additionally, an abap-developer has an average salary of $106,187, which is higher than the $74,749 average annual salary of a program developer.

The top three skills for an abap-developer include BDC, MM and ALV. The most important skills for a program developer are development programs, community outreach, and project management.

Abap-developer vs program developer overview

	Abap-Developer	Program Developer
Yearly salary	$106,187	$74,749
Hourly rate	$51.05	$35.94
Growth rate	-7%	-7%
Number of jobs	69,666	128,488
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	8	8

Abap-developer vs program developer salary

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

	Abap-Developer	Program Developer
Average salary	$106,187	$74,749
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $140,000	Between $47,000 And $118,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Nevada	Oregon
Best paying company	Bloomberg	Western Digital
Best paying industry	Hospitality	-

Differences between abap-developer and program developer education

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

	Abap-Developer	Program Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 65%
Most common major	Computer Science	Business
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Abap-developer vs program developer demographics

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

	Abap-Developer	Program Developer
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 70.0% Female, 30.0%	Male, 42.6% Female, 57.4%
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, 5.0% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 15.0% White, 66.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between abap-developer and program 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.

Program developer example responsibilities.

Develop windows forms programs to automate manual in-house processes integrate with third party applications using Microsoft VB.Net.
Convert PSD mockups into pure hand-written HTML, HTML5 and CSS, CSS3 pages.
Train community members and health care professionals in first-aid and CPR.
Create, design, and code the HTML coding for the user interface.
Provide individual and group tutoring in areas including but not limit to; reading, writing, mathematics and study skills.
Deploy a distribute Jenkins environment for continuous integration/builds.

Abap-developer vs program developer skills

Common abap-developer skills

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

Common program developer skills

Development Programs, 18%
Community Outreach, 9%
Project Management, 7%
Professional Development, 5%
C++, 4%
Conflict Resolution, 4%