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 16 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 428 403 425
Rank change year-on-year -25 +22 +145
Contract jobs citing ABAP 107 114 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.36% 0.37% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.10% 1.13% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 61 72
10th Percentile £460 £435 £375
25th Percentile £500 £500 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +10.65% +0.42% -10.38%
75th Percentile £708 £598 £638
90th Percentile £719 £730 £678
UK median daily rate £595 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +13.33% -2.42% -10.33%
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 £80.50 £68.00 -
% change year-on-year +18.38% - -

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 9,712 10,063 12,574
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.32% 32.33% 31.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,471 6,557 9,144
10th Percentile £350 £355 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.65% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 303 250 421
10th Percentile £31.25 £27.00 £32.00
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.18 £47.50
Median hourly rate £63.14 £65.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.87% +7.44% -3.20%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year - +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 16 November 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 16 November 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 -5 36 £595 +19.00% 21
North of England - 23 £684 - 3
North West - 16 £705 - 3
East of England -2 15 £595 - 9
South East -18 15 £558 -3.79% 12
Midlands -57 11 £597 +19.40% 7
West Midlands -36 6 £515 -4.63% 7
Yorkshire - 6 £543 -
East Midlands -20 5 £700 +40.00%
South West +4 3 £450 -34.78% 2
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 8 (7.48%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.93%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.93%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 39 (36.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (17.76%) SAP HCM
3 10 (9.35%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (7.48%) SAP SD
5 7 (6.54%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 7 (6.54%) SAP FI
5 7 (6.54%) SAP HR
5 7 (6.54%) SAP MM
6 5 (4.67%) SAP MDG
7 3 (2.80%) SAP ERP
7 3 (2.80%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (1.87%) SAP MDG-F
8 2 (1.87%) SAP MDG-M
8 2 (1.87%) SAP MDG-S
8 2 (1.87%) SAP PLM
8 2 (1.87%) SAP VC
9 1 (0.93%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.93%) SAP FI-CA
9 1 (0.93%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.93%) SAP MRS
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.15%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (2.80%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.93%) Azure
3 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.93%) iPaaS
3 1 (0.93%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.93%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (26.17%) SAP HANA
2 9 (8.41%) SAP BW
3 6 (5.61%) Metadata
4 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.80%) Power BI
5 2 (1.87%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 8 (7.48%) LSMW
2 1 (0.93%) JIRA
General
1 41 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.08%) Finance
4 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.80%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.80%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.87%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.87%) Retail
7 1 (0.93%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.93%) Banking
7 1 (0.93%) Billing
7 1 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Law
7 1 (0.93%) Legal
7 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 57 (53.27%) Consultant
2 56 (52.34%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (27.10%) Developer
4 20 (18.69%) SAP Developer
5 16 (14.95%) ABAP Developer
5 16 (14.95%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 12 (11.21%) ABAP Consultant
7 9 (8.41%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 7 (6.54%) Development Consultant
8 7 (6.54%) SAPUI5 Developer
9 6 (5.61%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.67%) Architect
10 5 (4.67%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.67%) Integration Specialist
10 5 (4.67%) SAP Architect
10 5 (4.67%) SAP SD Consultant
10 5 (4.67%) Senior
11 4 (3.74%) Lead
11 4 (3.74%) Principal SAP Consultant
11 4 (3.74%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (42.06%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (29.91%) Web Services
3 29 (27.10%) BAPI
4 18 (16.82%) SAPUI5
5 14 (13.08%) IDoc
6 13 (12.15%) SOAP
7 11 (10.28%) SAP PI
8 10 (9.35%) CSS
8 10 (9.35%) HTML
9 9 (8.41%) SAP ALE
9 9 (8.41%) XML
10 8 (7.48%) EDI
11 7 (6.54%) SAP Business Workflow
12 6 (5.61%) SAP Basis
13 5 (4.67%) SAP Smart Forms
14 4 (3.74%) Web Dynpro
15 3 (2.80%) REST
16 2 (1.87%) RESTful
16 2 (1.87%) SAP XI
17 1 (0.93%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.28%) Replication
2 7 (6.54%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.80%) SCADA
4 2 (1.87%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.93%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.10%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (19.63%) Requirements Gathering
3 19 (17.76%) Analytics
4 18 (16.82%) Data Modelling
4 18 (16.82%) Process Improvement
5 16 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (14.95%) Time Management
5 16 (14.95%) Workflow
5 16 (14.95%) Workshop Facilitation
6 14 (13.08%) Knowledge Transfer
6 14 (13.08%) Migration
7 12 (11.21%) OO
7 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (10.28%) Validation
9 10 (9.35%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (9.35%) Data Migration
10 9 (8.41%) User Acceptance Testing
11 8 (7.48%) CRM
12 7 (6.54%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 14 (13.08%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.54%) Groovy
3 6 (5.61%) SQL
4 4 (3.74%) Java
4 4 (3.74%) Python
5 1 (0.93%) Perl
Qualifications
1 37 (34.58%) Security Cleared
2 31 (28.97%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.67%) Degree
4 5 (4.67%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.80%) CCA
6 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.93%) CAPM
7 1 (0.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.93%) PMP
7 1 (0.93%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.67%) SLA
2 2 (1.87%) Data Quality
2 2 (1.87%) GDPR
3 1 (0.93%) GRC
Vendors
1 106 (99.07%) SAP
2 14 (13.08%) Adobe
3 7 (6.54%) OpenText
3 7 (6.54%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.67%) Ariba
4 5 (4.67%) Computacenter
5 1 (0.93%) Workday