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

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 442 402 429
Rank change year-on-year -40 +27 +164
Contract jobs citing ABAP 102 120 154
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.38% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.05% 1.18% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 65 70
10th Percentile £459 £436 £374
25th Percentile £503 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £533 £536
Median % change year-on-year +12.21% -0.61% -10.71%
75th Percentile £708 £590 £650
90th Percentile £721 £700 £681
UK median daily rate £595 £529 £555
% change year-on-year +12.53% -4.73% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £86.98 £40.85 -
25th Percentile £88.44 £58.03 -
Median hourly rate £91.25 £70.62 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.21% - -
75th Percentile £94.44 £83.22 -
90th Percentile £96.13 £86.75 -
UK median hourly rate £80.50 £70.00 -
% change year-on-year +15.00% - -

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 9,750 10,148 12,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.07% 32.29% 31.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,484 6,575 8,898
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.67% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 306 269 415
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.25 £32.32
25th Percentile £50.00 £45.00 £47.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £60.50
Median % change year-on-year - +7.44% -3.20%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.00 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £63.50 £63.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year +0.79% +5.00% -0.41%

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 23 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 23 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 +6 31 £595 +19.00% 5
North of England -19 23 £684 +27.79% 2
North West -12 16 £705 +31.71% 2
East of England -1 15 £595 - 5
South East -21 14 £591 +1.90% 7
Midlands -54 11 £597 +19.40% 3
West Midlands -32 6 £515 -4.63% 3
Yorkshire - 6 £543 -
East Midlands -21 5 £700 +40.00%
South West -4 3 £450 -30.77% 1
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 (7.84%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.98%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.98%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 35 (34.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (17.65%) SAP HCM
3 10 (9.80%) SAP Payroll
4 7 (6.86%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 7 (6.86%) SAP FI
4 7 (6.86%) SAP HR
4 7 (6.86%) SAP MM
5 5 (4.90%) SAP SD
6 4 (3.92%) SAP MDG
7 3 (2.94%) SAP ERP
7 3 (2.94%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (1.96%) SAP MDG-F
8 2 (1.96%) SAP MDG-M
8 2 (1.96%) SAP MDG-S
9 1 (0.98%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.98%) SAP FI-CA
9 1 (0.98%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.98%) SAP MRS
9 1 (0.98%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.98%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.75%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.98%) Azure
3 1 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.98%) iPaaS
3 1 (0.98%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.98%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (25.49%) SAP HANA
2 9 (8.82%) SAP BW
3 6 (5.88%) Metadata
4 3 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.94%) Power BI
5 2 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 5 (4.90%) LSMW
2 1 (0.98%) Git
2 1 (0.98%) JIRA
General
1 37 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (13.73%) Finance
4 11 (10.78%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.94%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.94%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.96%) Retail
7 1 (0.98%) Banking
7 1 (0.98%) Billing
7 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Law
7 1 (0.98%) Legal
7 1 (0.98%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.98%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 54 (52.94%) Consultant
2 53 (51.96%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (27.45%) Developer
4 20 (19.61%) SAP Developer
5 16 (15.69%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 15 (14.71%) ABAP Developer
7 12 (11.76%) ABAP Consultant
8 8 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 7 (6.86%) Development Consultant
9 7 (6.86%) SAPUI5 Developer
10 6 (5.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 5 (4.90%) Architect
11 5 (4.90%) Functional Consultant
11 5 (4.90%) Integration Specialist
11 5 (4.90%) SAP Architect
12 4 (3.92%) Integration Architect
12 4 (3.92%) Lead
12 4 (3.92%) SAP Engineer
12 4 (3.92%) Senior
13 3 (2.94%) HR Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (42.16%) SAP Fiori
2 32 (31.37%) Web Services
3 27 (26.47%) BAPI
4 19 (18.63%) SAPUI5
5 13 (12.75%) SOAP
6 12 (11.76%) IDoc
7 11 (10.78%) SAP PI
8 10 (9.80%) CSS
8 10 (9.80%) HTML
9 9 (8.82%) XML
10 7 (6.86%) SAP ALE
10 7 (6.86%) SAP Business Workflow
11 6 (5.88%) SAP Basis
12 5 (4.90%) EDI
12 5 (4.90%) SAP Smart Forms
13 4 (3.92%) REST
13 4 (3.92%) Web Dynpro
14 2 (1.96%) RESTful
14 2 (1.96%) SAP XI
15 1 (0.98%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (10.78%) Replication
2 7 (6.86%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.94%) SCADA
4 2 (1.96%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.98%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.98%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (24.51%) Performance Tuning
2 18 (17.65%) Data Modelling
2 18 (17.65%) Process Improvement
3 17 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 16 (15.69%) Analytics
5 15 (14.71%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (14.71%) Time Management
5 15 (14.71%) Workflow
5 15 (14.71%) Workshop Facilitation
6 14 (13.73%) Knowledge Transfer
7 12 (11.76%) OO
7 12 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (10.78%) Migration
8 11 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 10 (9.80%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (9.80%) Validation
10 8 (7.84%) CRM
10 8 (7.84%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (6.86%) Business Continuity
11 7 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 13 (12.75%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.86%) Groovy
3 5 (4.90%) SQL
4 3 (2.94%) Java
4 3 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 30 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 9 (8.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.90%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.92%) Degree
6 3 (2.94%) CCA
7 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.98%) CAPM
8 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.98%) PMP
8 1 (0.98%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.96%) Data Quality
1 2 (1.96%) GDPR
1 2 (1.96%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) GRC
Vendors
1 101 (99.02%) SAP
2 13 (12.75%) Adobe
3 7 (6.86%) OpenText
3 7 (6.86%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.90%) Ariba
4 5 (4.90%) Computacenter
5 1 (0.98%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.98%) Workday