ABAP Consultant Contracts

SAP ABAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP ABAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 571 694 836
Rank change year-on-year +123 +142 -143
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 12 11 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.019% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.020% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 0
10th Percentile £392 £443 -
25th Percentile £439 £496 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £604 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.36% - -
75th Percentile £516 - -
90th Percentile £548 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - £450 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 40,269 56,187 84,691
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,215 39,262 59,481
10th Percentile £276 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,567 2,094
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.38 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

ABAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured ABAP Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP Consultant in the UK

ABAP Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP Consultant.

Daily rate trend for ABAP Consultant in the UK

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP Consultant over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP Consultant in the UK

ABAP Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP Consultant in the UK

ABAP Consultant
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 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
England +120 10 £475 -21.36% 1
London +108 6 £469 -22.39%
Work from Home +123 5 £500 -17.22%
UK excluding London +55 1 - -
Midlands +26 1 - -
West Midlands +19 1 - -

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, ABAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring ABAP Consultant in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) SAP
1 12 (100.00%) ABAP
2 8 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (50.00%) BAPI
4 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
4 5 (41.67%) Degree
5 4 (33.33%) Defect Management
5 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
5 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
5 4 (33.33%) Code Quality
6 2 (16.67%) Business Process Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
6 2 (16.67%) SDLC
6 2 (16.67%) JIRA
6 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
6 2 (16.67%) Confluence
6 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
6 2 (16.67%) SAP HANA
6 2 (16.67%) SAP EWM
6 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
6 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
6 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
6 2 (16.67%) LSMW
6 2 (16.67%) Logistics
6 2 (16.67%) SAP ALE
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) SAPscript
6 2 (16.67%) SAP R/3
6 2 (16.67%) Adobe
6 2 (16.67%) OOP

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (16.67%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 8 (66.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (16.67%) SAP EWM
2 2 (16.67%) SAP R/3
3 1 (8.33%) SAP HR
3 1 (8.33%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) JIRA
1 2 (16.67%) LSMW
General
1 1 (8.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) BAPI
2 2 (16.67%) SAP ALE
2 2 (16.67%) SAP Smart Forms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 4 (33.33%) Defect Management
2 4 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) Business Process Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) ERP
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Logistics
3 2 (16.67%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) OOP
3 2 (16.67%) SDLC
3 2 (16.67%) Unit Testing
3 2 (16.67%) Waterfall
4 1 (8.33%) Data Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Migration
4 1 (8.33%) Migration
4 1 (8.33%) PDM
4 1 (8.33%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) ABAP
2 2 (16.67%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) Degree
2 4 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Certification
4 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Oracle