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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 429 395 407
Rank change year-on-year -34 +12 +222
Contract jobs citing ABAP 80 131 186
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.40% 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.90% 1.24% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 66 96
10th Percentile £451 £436 £413
25th Percentile £463 £500 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £527
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.21% -12.25%
75th Percentile £620 £600 £638
90th Percentile £675 £700 £678
UK median daily rate £525 £545 £532
% change year-on-year -3.67% +2.44% -11.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 0
Median hourly rate - £43.70 -
UK median hourly rate - £59.40 -

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 8,934 10,568 13,878
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.65% 32.42% 32.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,049 7,284 10,037
10th Percentile £345 £355 £374
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £789
UK median daily rate £501 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 305 423
10th Percentile £31.25 £30.80 £32.30
25th Percentile £42.25 £51.00 £48.16
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +1.56% +12.28%
75th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £71.70
90th Percentile £79.00 £79.67 £84.09
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +11.61%

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
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 15 September 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 15 September 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 +9 37 £559 -2.87% 3
South East +9 17 £525 -9.79% 14
Midlands -36 14 £597 +19.40% 18
West Midlands -19 8 £515 -4.63% 9
North of England -11 7 £510 +22.89% 25
East Midlands -18 6 £700 +40.00% 8
North West -8 5 £470 -6.00% 18
South West +21 2 £450 -34.78% 8
Yorkshire - 2 £650 - 7
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 9 (11.25%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.50%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.25%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 30 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (18.75%) SAP HCM
3 7 (8.75%) SAP HR
4 5 (6.25%) SAP CRM
4 5 (6.25%) SAP SD
5 3 (3.75%) SAP ERP
5 3 (3.75%) SAP MDG
5 3 (3.75%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (2.50%) SAP EWM
6 2 (2.50%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (2.50%) SAP PLM
6 2 (2.50%) SAP PM
6 2 (2.50%) SAP VC
7 1 (1.25%) SAP FI-CA
7 1 (1.25%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.25%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.25%) SAP MRS
7 1 (1.25%) SAP PP
7 1 (1.25%) SAP Retail
7 1 (1.25%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (3.75%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.25%) Azure
4 1 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.25%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.25%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.25%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.75%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (17.50%) SAP HANA
2 9 (11.25%) SAP BW
3 3 (3.75%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.75%) Power BI
4 2 (2.50%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (1.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (1.25%) Data Hub
5 1 (1.25%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (7.50%) LSMW
2 1 (1.25%) JIRA
2 1 (1.25%) Postman
2 1 (1.25%) SoapUI
General
1 41 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.00%) Finance
3 7 (8.75%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.50%) Aerospace
4 6 (7.50%) Public Sector
5 4 (5.00%) General Ledger
6 3 (3.75%) Banking
6 3 (3.75%) Retail
6 3 (3.75%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.50%) Billing
7 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.50%) Legal
7 2 (2.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.25%) Aviation
8 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.25%) Law
8 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (46.25%) Consultant
1 37 (46.25%) SAP Consultant
2 23 (28.75%) Developer
3 18 (22.50%) SAP Developer
4 16 (20.00%) ABAP Developer
5 11 (13.75%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 6 (7.50%) Architect
6 6 (7.50%) SAP Architect
6 6 (7.50%) Senior
7 5 (6.25%) Integration Developer
7 5 (6.25%) SAP Engineer
7 5 (6.25%) SAP SD Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Integration Architect
8 4 (5.00%) Principal Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Principal SAP Consultant
8 4 (5.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
8 4 (5.00%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.75%) SAP BW Consultant
9 3 (3.75%) SAP HR Consultant
9 3 (3.75%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (30.00%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (17.50%) IDoc
2 14 (17.50%) SAPUI5
3 13 (16.25%) BAPI
4 11 (13.75%) SAP PI
5 9 (11.25%) EDI
5 9 (11.25%) Web Services
6 8 (10.00%) REST
7 7 (8.75%) SOAP
8 6 (7.50%) XML
9 5 (6.25%) SAP ALE
10 4 (5.00%) Middleware
10 4 (5.00%) Node.js
10 4 (5.00%) Web Dynpro
11 3 (3.75%) JSON
11 3 (3.75%) XSLT
12 2 (2.50%) EDIFACT
12 2 (2.50%) JDBC
12 2 (2.50%) JMS
12 2 (2.50%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (11.25%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (5.00%) Replication
3 3 (3.75%) SCADA
4 2 (2.50%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.50%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.50%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.25%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.50%) Workflow
2 19 (23.75%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (23.75%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (21.25%) Migration
4 13 (16.25%) Data Migration
5 12 (15.00%) Analytics
5 12 (15.00%) CRM
6 11 (13.75%) Performance Tuning
6 11 (13.75%) Time Management
7 10 (12.50%) OO
8 9 (11.25%) Agile
8 9 (11.25%) Data Modelling
8 9 (11.25%) Workshop Facilitation
9 8 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
9 8 (10.00%) Validation
10 7 (8.75%) Data Transformation
10 7 (8.75%) ERP
10 7 (8.75%) ETL
10 7 (8.75%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (7.50%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.25%) Java
1 9 (11.25%) SQL
2 7 (8.75%) Python
3 5 (6.25%) Groovy
3 5 (6.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 21 (26.25%) SC Cleared
1 21 (26.25%) Security Cleared
2 12 (15.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (6.25%) Degree
4 3 (3.75%) CCA
5 2 (2.50%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.25%) CAPM
6 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.25%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.25%) PMP
6 1 (1.25%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.25%) SLA
2 2 (2.50%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.50%) GDPR
2 2 (2.50%) IFRS
2 2 (2.50%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.25%) GRC
3 1 (1.25%) QA
Vendors
1 79 (98.75%) SAP
2 8 (10.00%) Adobe
3 5 (6.25%) Ariba
4 1 (1.25%) Microsoft