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 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 443 397 415
Rank change year-on-year -46 +18 +179
Contract jobs citing ABAP 85 136 169
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.30% 0.43% 0.42%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.92% 1.32% 1.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 73 81
10th Percentile £456 £436 £375
25th Percentile £513 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £575 £534
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +7.68% -11.00%
75th Percentile £691 £600 £638
90th Percentile £716 £700 £678
UK median daily rate £540 £545 £536
% change year-on-year -0.92% +1.63% -10.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £86.98 £27.00 -
25th Percentile £88.44 £33.93 -
Median hourly rate £91.25 £63.70 -
Median % change year-on-year +43.25% - -
75th Percentile £94.44 £73.15 -
90th Percentile £96.13 £81.18 -
UK median hourly rate £83.25 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year +22.43% - -

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 9,239 10,338 12,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.52% 32.55% 31.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,153 6,826 9,429
10th Percentile £345 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £543 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 270 280 413
10th Percentile £31.22 £29.78 £32.71
25th Percentile £42.81 £46.25 £47.75
Median hourly rate £60.75 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £67.88 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £82.00
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +4.17%

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 22 October 2025.

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
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 22 October 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 0 36 £559 -0.71% 9
North of England -10 20 £705 +41.00% 6
North West +1 14 £705 +41.00% 5
South East -10 14 £525 -9.48% 10
Midlands -57 12 £597 +19.40% 2
East Midlands -29 6 £700 +40.00% 1
West Midlands -34 6 £515 -4.63% 1
Yorkshire - 6 £543 - 1
South West +7 2 £450 -34.78% 5
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 9 (10.59%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.18%) SAP EP
2 1 (1.18%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 32 (37.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (17.65%) SAP HCM
3 8 (9.41%) SAP SD
4 6 (7.06%) SAP HR
5 3 (3.53%) SAP CRM
5 3 (3.53%) SAP ERP
5 3 (3.53%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (2.35%) SAP MDG
6 2 (2.35%) SAP PLM
6 2 (2.35%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (2.35%) SAP VC
7 1 (1.18%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.18%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 1 (1.18%) SAP EWM
7 1 (1.18%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (1.18%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.18%) SAP MRS
7 1 (1.18%) SAP PM
7 1 (1.18%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (3.53%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.18%) Azure
3 1 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.18%) iPaaS
3 1 (1.18%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (27.06%) SAP HANA
2 8 (9.41%) SAP BW
3 3 (3.53%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.53%) Power BI
4 2 (2.35%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) LSMW
2 1 (1.18%) JIRA
General
1 42 (49.41%) Social Skills
2 9 (10.59%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (8.24%) Finance
3 7 (8.24%) Public Sector
4 3 (3.53%) General Ledger
4 3 (3.53%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (2.35%) Retail
6 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.18%) Banking
6 1 (1.18%) Billing
6 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.18%) Legal
Job Titles
1 50 (58.82%) Consultant
1 50 (58.82%) SAP Consultant
2 15 (17.65%) Developer
3 13 (15.29%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 12 (14.12%) ABAP Consultant
4 12 (14.12%) SAP Developer
5 11 (12.94%) ABAP Developer
6 7 (8.24%) Development Consultant
7 6 (7.06%) Integration Specialist
8 5 (5.88%) Architect
8 5 (5.88%) SAP Architect
8 5 (5.88%) SAP SD Consultant
9 4 (4.71%) Integration Architect
9 4 (4.71%) Principal Consultant
9 4 (4.71%) Principal SAP Consultant
9 4 (4.71%) SAP Engineer
10 3 (3.53%) HR Consultant
10 3 (3.53%) Lead
10 3 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 3 (3.53%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (38.82%) SAP Fiori
2 25 (29.41%) BAPI
3 18 (21.18%) Web Services
4 15 (17.65%) IDoc
5 11 (12.94%) SAPUI5
6 10 (11.76%) EDI
6 10 (11.76%) SAP PI
7 8 (9.41%) SAP ALE
7 8 (9.41%) SOAP
8 5 (5.88%) REST
9 4 (4.71%) XML
10 3 (3.53%) JSON
11 2 (2.35%) EDIFACT
11 2 (2.35%) RESTful
11 2 (2.35%) SAP XI
11 2 (2.35%) Web Dynpro
12 1 (1.18%) HTML5
12 1 (1.18%) Node.js
12 1 (1.18%) SAP Business Workflow
12 1 (1.18%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.24%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (4.71%) Replication
3 3 (3.53%) SCADA
4 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (29.41%) Performance Tuning
2 18 (21.18%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 15 (17.65%) Migration
4 15 (17.65%) Workflow
5 13 (15.29%) Time Management
6 12 (14.12%) Analytics
7 11 (12.94%) Data Migration
7 11 (12.94%) Process Improvement
7 11 (12.94%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (10.59%) CRM
8 9 (10.59%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (9.41%) Data Modelling
10 7 (8.24%) OO
11 6 (7.06%) Data Transformation
11 6 (7.06%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (7.06%) Validation
12 5 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
12 5 (5.88%) Revenue Management
12 5 (5.88%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.41%) Groovy
2 5 (5.88%) SQL
3 4 (4.71%) JavaScript
3 4 (4.71%) Python
4 3 (3.53%) Java
5 1 (1.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (31.76%) Security Cleared
2 26 (30.59%) SC Cleared
3 12 (14.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (5.88%) Degree
5 3 (3.53%) CCA
6 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.18%) CAPM
7 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
7 1 (1.18%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.88%) SLA
2 2 (2.35%) GDPR
3 1 (1.18%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.18%) GRC
Vendors
1 84 (98.82%) SAP
2 13 (15.29%) Adobe
3 4 (4.71%) Ariba