ABAP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

SAP ABAP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 117 138
Rank change year-on-year -8 +21 +48
Contract jobs citing ABAP 4 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.44% 0.078%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.66% 1.23% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
10th Percentile - £470 -
25th Percentile - £482 £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £528 £900
Median % change year-on-year - -41.39% +69.81%
75th Percentile - £587 £950
90th Percentile - £607 -
Central London median daily rate - £528 £900
% change year-on-year - -41.39% +69.81%

All Programming Languages
City of London

ABAP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 605 730 856
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 33.28% 35.42% 33.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 453 463 617
10th Percentile £357 £406 £400
25th Percentile £436 £482 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £585 £595
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -1.68% -0.83%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £713
90th Percentile £775 £788 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £580 £600
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £26.00 £51.80 -
25th Percentile £26.31 £74.38 £46.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £112.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -72.32% +135.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £44.50 - £48.75
90th Percentile £55.63 - -
Central London median hourly rate £31.00 £41.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -25.30% -12.63% -17.39%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ABAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

ABAP job vacancy trend in the City of London

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ABAP

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ABAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ABAP

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (50.00%) SAP MDG
2 1 (25.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP PLM
2 1 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (25.00%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Developer
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PLM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) IDoc
1 1 (25.00%) SAP ALE
1 1 (25.00%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (25.00%) SAP PI
1 1 (25.00%) Web Dynpro
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (25.00%) PLM
2 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (25.00%) SOA
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) System Integration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) SAP