ABAP Consultant Contract Job Trends in Cheshire

SAP ABAP Consultant
North West > Cheshire

The median SAP ABAP Consultant daily rate in Cheshire is £705, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 10 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £674 - -
25th Percentile £692 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £705 - -
75th Percentile £716 - -
90th Percentile £717 - -
North West median daily rate £705 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £95.75 - -
Median hourly rate £96.50 - -
75th Percentile £97.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £96.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 600 486 329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.23% 93.10% 86.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 286 202
10th Percentile £271 £310 £225
25th Percentile £358 £382 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £463 £492
Median % change year-on-year -3.68% -6.00% +9.33%
75th Percentile £537 £575 £586
90th Percentile £688 £639 £614
North West median daily rate £450 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -8.16% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 22 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.49 £14.60
25th Percentile £15.50 £15.36 £21.04
Median hourly rate £29.75 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +6.06% +42.83%
75th Percentile £36.86 £43.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £47.13 £44.00
North West median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% +5.71% +50.21%

ABAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for ABAP Consultant in Cheshire

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ABAP Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ABAP Consultant job vacancies in Cheshire

ABAP Consultant
Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

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 Cheshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
Chester - 1 £684 - 3
Crewe - 1 - - 1
ABAP Consultant
North West

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 across the Cheshire region featuring ABAP Consultant in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) ABAP
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (90.00%) Web Services
2 9 (90.00%) Adobe
2 9 (90.00%) Process Improvement
2 9 (90.00%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (90.00%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (90.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (90.00%) BAPI
3 8 (80.00%) SAP HANA
3 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
5 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (90.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (90.00%) BAPI
1 9 (90.00%) SAP Fiori
1 9 (90.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Performance Tuning
1 9 (90.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (10.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (90.00%) Adobe