SAP CERTIFICATION
SAP is one of the leading companies offering industry standards for ERP software to manage logistics, financials, production, inventory and more. It is no surprise that organisations would seek out candidates with SAP knowledge and experience to streamline business and improve efficiencies.
As a candidate one of the best ways to demonstrate SAP skills and knowledge in addition to work experience is through SAP ERP Certification. While having certification in any industry enhances ones candidate profile, the deliberation often comes into play with the selection of which certification to get. The table below by Lars Satow highlights key skillsets that are in high demand with regards to SAP. This is taken from the European SAP market perspective but is equally applicable from the South African perspective.
he list below defines a few SAP certifications as of December 2023 to meet the skills demand. For more information visit SAP Training website: https://training.sap.com/certification/validity
LIST OF SAP CERTIFICATIONS
The below list details a few SAP certification within the respective SAP Areas.
SAP Programming Skills
E_HANAAW_18 - SAP Certified Development Specialist - ABAP for SAP HANA 2.0
C_FIOAD_2021 - SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP Fiori System Administration
C_FIORDEV_22 - SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP Fiori Application Developer
SAP Platform & Technology Skills
C_CPE_14 - SAP Certified Development Associate – SAP BTP Extensions with SAP Cloud Application Programming Model
C_CPI_15 - SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP Integration Suite
C_DS_42 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Data Integration with SAP Data Services 4.2
C_KYMD_01 - SAP Certified Development Associate - Side-by-Side Extensibility based on SAP BTP, Kyma runtime
SAP Business Application Skills
C_ARCON_2308 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Ariba Contracts
C_ARP2P_2308 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Ariba Procurement
C_ARSOR_2308 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Ariba Sourcing
C_ARSUM_2308 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Ariba Supplier Management
C_HRHFC_2305 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP SuccessFactors Cloud/Core Hybrid 1H/2023
C_HRHPC_2305 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP SuccessFactors for Employee Central Payroll 1H/2023
C_S4EWM_2020 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Extended Warehouse Management with SAP S/4HANA
C_S4FCF_2021 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Central Finance in SAP S/4HANA (SAP S/4HANA 2021)
C_S4FTR_2021 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Treasury with SAP S/4HANA (SAP S/4HANA 2021)
Big Data & Analytics Skills
C_MDG_1909 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Master Data Governance
C_HANADEV_18 - SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS06
C_HANAIMP_18 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS06
C_HANATEC_18 - SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA 2.0 SPS06
C_HCADM_05 - SAP Certified Technology Associate - SAP HANA Cloud Provisioning and Administration
C_HCDEV_05 - SAP Certified Development Associate - SAP HANA Cloud 1.0
C_HCMOD_05 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP HANA Cloud Modeling
C_TBW50H_75 - SAP Certified Application Associate - Modeling and Data Acquisition with SAP BW 7.5 powered by SAP HANA
C_SACP_2316 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Analytics Cloud: Planning
C_SACS_2316 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP Analytics Cloud Story Design
SAP Methodology Skills
C_ACTIVATE22 - SAP Certified Associate - SAP Activate Project Manager
E_ACTCLD_23 - SAP Certified Specialist - SAP Activate for Cloud Solutions Project Manager
C_S4PPM_2021 - SAP Certified Application Associate - SAP S/4HANA Portfolio and Project Management
C_C4HCX_24 - SAP Certified Application Associate – Solution Architect for Customer Experience
P_SAPEA_2023 - SAP Certified Professional - SAP Enterprise Architect
Sources:
- Lars Satow. 2023. The most important SAP skills for 2023 – and how to gain them Available: https://blogs.sap.com/2023/02/03/the-most-important-sap-skills-for-2023-and-how-to-gain-them/
- SAP Training. 2023. Certification Validities. Available: https://training.sap.com/certification/validity