Abap-developer vs programmer

The differences between abap-developers and programmers 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 programmer. Additionally, an abap-developer has an average salary of $106,187, which is higher than the $73,007 average annual salary of a programmer.

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

Abap-developer vs programmer overview

	Abap-Developer	Programmer
Yearly salary	$106,187	$73,007
Hourly rate	$51.05	$35.10
Growth rate	-7%	-7%
Number of jobs	69,666	234,565
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	8	8

Abap-developer vs programmer salary

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

	Abap-Developer	Programmer
Average salary	$106,187	$73,007
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $140,000	Between $54,000 And $98,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Bothell, WA
Highest paying state	Nevada	Washington
Best paying company	Bloomberg	Mayo Clinic
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Finance

Differences between abap-developer and programmer education

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

	Abap-Developer	Programmer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 67%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Abap-developer vs programmer demographics

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

	Abap-Developer	Programmer
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 70.0% Female, 30.0%	Male, 74.4% Female, 25.6%
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, 4.8% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 8.5% Asian, 17.8% White, 64.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between abap-developer and programmer 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.

Programmer example responsibilities.

Create windows form application to manage flight and passenger information.
Utilize Jenkins to automate the building and deploying of these software units.
Implement a centralize configuration system for managing application settings, consisting of a desktop application with a WCF backend.
Create and automate ETL package to import monthly utility data from several electric utilities using Perl, PHP, and PL/SQL.
Convert PowerBuilder payroll applications into Java applications emphasizing user interface and customer requirements.
Work directly with the project manager to implement advance HTML and JavaScript solutions design to accurately capture survey data.

Abap-developer vs programmer skills

Common abap-developer skills

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

Common programmer skills

Java, 9%
JavaScript, 8%
CSS, 6%
Object Oriented Programming, 6%
Python, 5%
Data Entry, 5%