Senior abap developer vs mainframe developer

The differences between senior abap developers and mainframe developers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 6-8 years to become both a senior abap developer and a mainframe developer. Additionally, a senior abap developer has an average salary of $105,873, which is higher than the $90,902 average annual salary of a mainframe developer.

The top three skills for a senior abap developer include odata, SRM and PI. The most important skills for a mainframe developer are DB2, JCL, and CICS.

Senior abap developer vs mainframe developer overview

	Senior Abap Developer	Mainframe Developer
Yearly salary	$105,873	$90,902
Hourly rate	$50.90	$43.70
Growth rate	-7%	-7%
Number of jobs	70,091	255,034
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	47	47
Years of experience	8	8

Senior abap developer vs mainframe developer salary

Senior abap developers and mainframe developers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Abap Developer	Mainframe Developer
Average salary	$105,873	$90,902
Salary range	Between $80,000 And $139,000	Between $70,000 And $117,000
Highest paying City	Foster City, CA	Sacramento, CA
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	Apple	Meta
Best paying industry	Hospitality	Insurance

Differences between senior abap developer and mainframe developer education

There are a few differences between a senior abap developer and a mainframe developer in terms of educational background:

	Senior Abap Developer	Mainframe Developer
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 70%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Computer Science	Computer Science
Most common college	-	Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Senior abap developer vs mainframe developer demographics

Here are the differences between senior abap developers' and mainframe developers' demographics:

	Senior Abap Developer	Mainframe Developer
Average age	47	47
Gender ratio	Male, 84.0% Female, 16.0%	Male, 73.6% Female, 26.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% Asian, 25.8% White, 58.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 4.1% Unknown, 4.4% Hispanic or Latino, 7.3% Asian, 26.0% White, 58.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	11%	11%

Differences between senior abap developer and mainframe developer duties and responsibilities

Senior abap developer example responsibilities.

Analyze and manage the project throughout SDLC, written/review specification documents.
Used XML and SPROXY).
Access control for RFC callbacks, trust relationships.
Design a vendor master interface between SRM and ECC systems.
Create a custom screen using roadmap UI element in Webdynpro.
Help the junior team for their issues and in debugging.

Mainframe developer example responsibilities.

Used ChangeMan to manage change control for source code and JCL migrations/promotions.
Design and develop SQL SSIS packages to manage the flow and synchronization of data across multiple systems.
Utilize significant experience working with end users, managing off-shore resources and interfacing with diverse QA groups across the firm.
Create a completely automate and fully manage desktop management solution.
Perform debugging modify on-line programs using GUI/XI debugging tolls for XML and Xpediter.
Created/Change various data files/tables such as VSAM, PDS, GDG and DB2 tables.

Senior abap developer vs mainframe developer skills

Common senior abap developer skills

OData, 11%
SRM, 7%
PI, 6%
MM, 4%
BDC, 4%
IDOC, 4%

Common mainframe developer skills

DB2, 11%
JCL, 10%
CICS, 8%
SQL, 6%
VSAM, 4%
Java, 4%

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