ABAP Contract Job Trends in England

SAP ABAP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 479 360 412
Rank change year-on-year -119 +52 +104
Contract jobs citing ABAP 97 123 148
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.28% 0.47% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.93% 1.42% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 73 73
10th Percentile £477 £434 £412
25th Percentile £545 £495 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £533 £563
Median % change year-on-year +15.02% -5.33% -4.01%
75th Percentile £708 £638 £650
90th Percentile £719 £761 £706
UK median daily rate £613 £535 £550
% change year-on-year +14.49% -2.73% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile £80.15 £71.60 -
25th Percentile £83.75 £77.00 -
Median hourly rate £86.00 £86.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year - +7.50% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £92.75 - -
UK median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £80.00
% change year-on-year -4.07% +7.50% -

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 10,395 8,648 11,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 29.84% 33.33% 29.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,913 5,614 7,938
10th Percentile £351 £356 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £657
90th Percentile £725 £775 £763
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 438 202 471
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.26 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £42.63 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £60.14
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +4.76% -7.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in England

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ABAP

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in England over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in England

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ABAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ABAP

ABAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP in England over the 6 months to 20 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram 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 20 February 2026. 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 -48 34 £613 +4.08% 9
North of England -72 23 £695 +38.90% 15
North West -38 17 £705 +41.00% 7
East of England -13 15 £595 -8.46% 6
South East -43 15 £626 +5.70% 11
Yorkshire - 5 £435 - 7
Midlands -75 4 £538 -0.46% 11
East Midlands -27 2 - - 7
West Midlands -68 2 £538 -0.46% 4
South West -16 1 - - 7
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 11 (11.34%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.06%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.03%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 34 (35.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (19.59%) SAP HCM
3 12 (12.37%) SAP Payroll
4 9 (9.28%) SAP FI
5 8 (8.25%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 7 (7.22%) SAP MM
7 5 (5.15%) SAP EWM
7 5 (5.15%) SAP MDG
8 4 (4.12%) SAP HR
8 4 (4.12%) SAP SD
9 3 (3.09%) SAP MDG-F
9 3 (3.09%) SAP MDG-M
9 3 (3.09%) SAP MDG-S
9 3 (3.09%) SAP PSCD
10 2 (2.06%) SAP CO
10 2 (2.06%) SAP CRM
10 2 (2.06%) SAP FI/CO
11 1 (1.03%) SAP FI-CA
11 1 (1.03%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.34%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.03%) AWS
2 1 (1.03%) Boomi
2 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.03%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.03%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (30.93%) SAP HANA
2 6 (6.19%) Metadata
3 3 (3.09%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (2.06%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.03%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.03%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.12%) LSMW
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) Hudson
2 1 (1.03%) JIRA
General
1 30 (30.93%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.37%) Finance
4 8 (8.25%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.06%) Law
5 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.03%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.03%) Billing
Job Titles
1 56 (57.73%) Consultant
2 55 (56.70%) SAP Consultant
3 25 (25.77%) Developer
4 17 (17.53%) SAP Developer
5 16 (16.49%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 15 (15.46%) ABAP Developer
7 12 (12.37%) ABAP Consultant
8 10 (10.31%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 9 (9.28%) Functional Consultant
10 7 (7.22%) Development Consultant
10 7 (7.22%) SAPUI5 Developer
11 6 (6.19%) Lead
11 6 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 6 (6.19%) SAP Technical Consultant
11 6 (6.19%) Technical Consultant
12 5 (5.15%) Payroll Consultant
12 5 (5.15%) SAP EWM Consultant
12 5 (5.15%) SAP Payroll Consultant
13 4 (4.12%) Integration Specialist
13 4 (4.12%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (44.33%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (31.96%) Web Services
3 22 (22.68%) BAPI
4 21 (21.65%) SAPUI5
5 13 (13.40%) SOAP
6 12 (12.37%) SAP PI
7 10 (10.31%) IDoc
8 9 (9.28%) CSS
8 9 (9.28%) HTML
9 7 (7.22%) XML
10 6 (6.19%) SAP ALE
10 6 (6.19%) SAP Basis
10 6 (6.19%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (5.15%) SAP Smart Forms
12 4 (4.12%) EDI
12 4 (4.12%) Web Dynpro
13 3 (3.09%) REST
14 1 (1.03%) JDBC
14 1 (1.03%) Middleware
14 1 (1.03%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Replication
2 2 (2.06%) Client/Server
2 2 (2.06%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.03%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.03%) Life Science
3 1 (1.03%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.03%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.03%) SCADA
3 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.62%) Performance Tuning
1 20 (20.62%) Time Management
2 18 (18.56%) Process Improvement
3 16 (16.49%) Requirements Gathering
4 15 (15.46%) Data Modelling
4 15 (15.46%) Knowledge Transfer
4 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (14.43%) Workflow
6 12 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (11.34%) OO
8 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (9.28%) Analytics
9 9 (9.28%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (8.25%) Validation
11 7 (7.22%) Business Continuity
11 7 (7.22%) ITSM
11 7 (7.22%) Performance Improvement
11 7 (7.22%) Root Cause Analysis
11 7 (7.22%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.49%) JavaScript
2 8 (8.25%) Groovy
3 5 (5.15%) SQL
4 4 (4.12%) Java
5 1 (1.03%) ActionScript
5 1 (1.03%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 31 (31.96%) Security Cleared
2 25 (25.77%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.15%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.06%) Degree
5 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.03%) CAPM
6 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.03%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 96 (98.97%) SAP
2 17 (17.53%) Adobe
3 8 (8.25%) ServiceNow
4 7 (7.22%) OpenText
5 5 (5.15%) Ariba
5 5 (5.15%) Computacenter
6 1 (1.03%) Dell
6 1 (1.03%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.03%) SEEBURGER
6 1 (1.03%) Workday