ABAP Contracts in the South East

SAP ABAP
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ABAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ABAP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 165 234
Rank change year-on-year -13 +69 -45
Contract jobs citing ABAP 22 61 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.40% 1.05% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.84% 3.78% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 45 21
10th Percentile - £414 £405
25th Percentile £412 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £678 £465
Median % change year-on-year -38.94% +45.81% +3.33%
75th Percentile £498 £680 £538
90th Percentile £583 £685 £560
England median daily rate £550 £594 £520
% change year-on-year -7.37% +14.18% +15.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £24.03 - £41.69
25th Percentile £25.94 - £43.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £48.21
75th Percentile £80.00 - £53.16
90th Percentile - - £54.56
England median hourly rate £70.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -28.21% +102.25% -

All Programming Languages
South East

ABAP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,196 1,615 2,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 21.65% 27.71% 27.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 825 1,151 1,367
10th Percentile £325 £333 £339
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £588
90th Percentile £684 £700 £650
England median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 90 87
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £32.30 £20.75
Median hourly rate £60.07 £55.00 £43.64
Median % change year-on-year +9.22% +26.03% +5.79%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £55.00
90th Percentile £74.88 £75.00 £65.52
England median hourly rate £62.50 £61.84 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.07% +23.68% +14.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Sussex -12 12 £412 -36.12%
Hampshire +6 8 £583 - 1
East Sussex +7 1 - -
Thames Valley -15 1 - - 2
Berkshire -26 1 - - 2
ABAP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.55%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (9.09%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Lumira
1 2 (9.09%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Finance
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) German Language
4 2 (9.09%) Polish Language
5 1 (4.55%) Automotive
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Developer
1 15 (68.18%) SAP Developer
2 13 (59.09%) ABAP Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (22.73%) SAP Financial Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Coordinator
4 2 (9.09%) SAP BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (54.55%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (9.09%) BAPI
2 2 (9.09%) Kafka
2 2 (9.09%) REST
2 2 (9.09%) SAP ALE
3 1 (4.55%) IDoc
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Smart Forms
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
1 13 (59.09%) Migration
2 12 (54.55%) Data Migration
3 10 (45.45%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (45.45%) Process Improvement
3 10 (45.45%) Test Strategy
4 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (9.09%) ITIL
4 2 (9.09%) OO
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (4.55%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (4.55%) Waterfall
5 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (13.64%) SC Cleared
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (59.09%) Adobe
3 4 (18.18%) Concur
4 2 (9.09%) IBM