ABAP Contracts in England

SAP ABAP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 368 412 446
Rank change year-on-year +44 +34 +211
Contract jobs citing ABAP 117 130 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.48% 0.35% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.42% 1.19% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 77 108
10th Percentile £418 £412 £416
25th Percentile £481 £463 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £637 £625 £680
90th Percentile £800 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £540 £513 £590
% change year-on-year +5.37% -13.14% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - £24.45 £93.25
25th Percentile - £27.00 £94.38
Median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £99.38
90th Percentile - - £99.75
UK median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%

All Programming Languages
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 8,221 10,920 17,806
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.76% 29.36% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,687 7,931 13,003
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
75th Percentile £650 £652 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 441 430
10th Percentile £25.25 £35.52 £26.24
25th Percentile £37.65 £48.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
Median % change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in England

ABAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ABAP in England

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in England

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in England

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +11 37 £594 -0.96% 15
North of England +36 34 £500 -0.10% 1
North West +42 32 £500 -2.44% 1
South East +47 23 £624 +50.66% 13
Midlands +25 13 £540 -10.00% 7
West Midlands +22 13 £540 -16.92% 7
East of England +26 3 £650 +31.31%
North East -1 2 £335 +9.39%
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 16 (13.68%) NetWeaver
2 7 (5.98%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 48 (41.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (7.69%) SAP CRM
2 9 (7.69%) SAP GTS
2 9 (7.69%) SAP HR
3 8 (6.84%) SAP Payroll
4 7 (5.98%) SAP CO
4 7 (5.98%) SAP FI
4 7 (5.98%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (5.13%) SAP ERP
6 5 (4.27%) SAP EWM
7 4 (3.42%) SAP HCM
8 3 (2.56%) SAP MDG
9 2 (1.71%) SAP ECC
9 2 (1.71%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.85%) SAP Convergent Charging
10 1 (0.85%) SAP PM
10 1 (0.85%) SAP PSCD
10 1 (0.85%) SAP Retail
10 1 (0.85%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.84%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (4.27%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.85%) Azure
3 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.84%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (13.68%) SAP HANA
2 5 (4.27%) SAP BW
3 4 (3.42%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (2.56%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.85%) Power BI
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (6.84%) Postman
2 1 (0.85%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) GitLab
2 1 (0.85%) LSMW
2 1 (0.85%) SoapUI
General
1 35 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.84%) Finance
3 7 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (5.98%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.13%) Aerospace
5 5 (4.27%) Billing
6 4 (3.42%) Law
7 3 (2.56%) Automotive
7 3 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (2.56%) Retail
8 2 (1.71%) Banking
8 2 (1.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.85%) Aviation
9 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.85%) Legal
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 60 (51.28%) Developer
2 49 (41.88%) SAP Developer
3 43 (36.75%) ABAP Developer
4 26 (22.22%) Consultant
5 23 (19.66%) SAP Consultant
6 14 (11.97%) Architect
6 14 (11.97%) SAP Architect
7 9 (7.69%) Integration Developer
8 8 (6.84%) SAP HR Developer
9 7 (5.98%) SAP Technical Architect
9 7 (5.98%) Technical Architect
10 6 (5.13%) Lead
11 4 (3.42%) SAP Engineer
12 3 (2.56%) Analyst
12 3 (2.56%) Data Consultant
12 3 (2.56%) SAP Analyst
12 3 (2.56%) SAP HCM Consultant
12 3 (2.56%) Senior ABAP Developer
12 3 (2.56%) Senior Developer
12 3 (2.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (29.06%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (26.50%) SAPUI5
3 17 (14.53%) BAPI
3 17 (14.53%) SOAP
4 15 (12.82%) REST
4 15 (12.82%) Web Services
5 14 (11.97%) SAP PI
6 13 (11.11%) IDoc
7 10 (8.55%) EDI
8 8 (6.84%) JDBC
8 8 (6.84%) XSLT
9 7 (5.98%) XML
10 6 (5.13%) Middleware
11 5 (4.27%) CSS
11 5 (4.27%) CSS3
11 5 (4.27%) HTML
11 5 (4.27%) HTML5
11 5 (4.27%) JMS
11 5 (4.27%) jQuery
12 3 (2.56%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.98%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.13%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.27%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.56%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) FMCG
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
6 1 (0.85%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.79%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (17.09%) OO
3 18 (15.38%) Workflow
4 16 (13.68%) ERP
5 14 (11.97%) Time Management
6 12 (10.26%) Data Modelling
6 12 (10.26%) Process Improvement
7 11 (9.40%) CRM
8 10 (8.55%) Agile
8 10 (8.55%) Performance Tuning
8 10 (8.55%) Validation
9 9 (7.69%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (6.84%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (6.84%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (6.84%) ETL
10 8 (6.84%) Scrum
10 8 (6.84%) Test Scripting
11 7 (5.98%) Strategic Thinking
11 7 (5.98%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 21 (17.95%) Java
2 12 (10.26%) JavaScript
3 11 (9.40%) SQL
4 8 (6.84%) COBOL
5 6 (5.13%) Groovy
6 5 (4.27%) Python
7 3 (2.56%) Perl
8 1 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 44 (37.61%) Security Cleared
2 36 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 19 (16.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.13%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.13%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.56%) Degree
6 2 (1.71%) CAPM
6 2 (1.71%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.42%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.71%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.71%) IFRS
2 2 (1.71%) IFRS 9
2 2 (1.71%) QA
Vendors
1 116 (99.15%) SAP
2 14 (11.97%) Ariba
3 7 (5.98%) Adobe
4 6 (5.13%) Google
4 6 (5.13%) Workday
5 3 (2.56%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.71%) Databricks
7 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow