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 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 440 387 421
Rank change year-on-year -53 +34 +119
Contract jobs citing ABAP 104 124 145
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.33% 0.43% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.07% 1.31% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 77 65
10th Percentile £477 £437 £375
25th Percentile £513 £500 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £540 £538
Median % change year-on-year +13.43% +0.47% -10.42%
75th Percentile £708 £608 £662
90th Percentile £719 £713 £699
UK median daily rate £600 £538 £560
% change year-on-year +11.52% -3.93% -5.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 0
10th Percentile £86.98 £61.35 -
25th Percentile £88.44 £68.91 -
Median hourly rate £91.25 £79.12 -
Median % change year-on-year +15.33% - -
75th Percentile £94.44 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £96.13 £86.75 -
UK median hourly rate £80.50 £73.25 -
% change year-on-year +9.91% - -

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 9,730 9,472 11,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.29% 32.57% 30.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,458 6,169 8,406
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £651 £670
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £507 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.43% -4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 341 236 391
10th Percentile £32.50 £26.25 £35.00
25th Percentile £51.00 £44.24 £47.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -0.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £85.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

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 15 December 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 December 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 -30 29 £595 +16.10% 7
North of England -33 23 £684 +36.80% 11
South East -27 19 £606 +4.17% 22
North West -21 16 £705 +41.00% 5
East of England -10 15 £595 -8.46% 13
Midlands -55 10 £614 +22.80% 13
Yorkshire - 6 £543 - 6
East Midlands -24 5 £700 +40.00% 4
West Midlands -39 5 £515 -4.63% 9
South West -6 3 £450 - 9
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 10 (9.62%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.92%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.96%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 35 (33.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (23.08%) SAP HCM
3 10 (9.62%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (7.69%) SAP FI
5 7 (6.73%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 7 (6.73%) SAP MM
6 5 (4.81%) SAP MDG
7 4 (3.85%) SAP HR
8 3 (2.88%) SAP ERP
8 3 (2.88%) SAP MDG-F
8 3 (2.88%) SAP MDG-M
8 3 (2.88%) SAP MDG-S
8 3 (2.88%) SAP SD
9 2 (1.92%) SAP CRM
9 2 (1.92%) SAP PSCD
10 1 (0.96%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.96%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.96%) SAP FI-CA
10 1 (0.96%) SAP PLM
10 1 (0.96%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 12 (11.54%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (2.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.96%) Azure
3 1 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.96%) iPaaS
3 1 (0.96%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.96%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (22.12%) SAP HANA
2 9 (8.65%) SAP BW
3 6 (5.77%) Metadata
4 3 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.88%) Power BI
4 3 (2.88%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.96%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 3 (2.88%) LSMW
2 1 (0.96%) Git
2 1 (0.96%) Hudson
2 1 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 38 (36.54%) Social Skills
2 17 (16.35%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.50%) Finance
4 10 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.88%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.88%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.92%) Retail
7 1 (0.96%) Billing
7 1 (0.96%) Law
7 1 (0.96%) Legal
7 1 (0.96%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (55.77%) Consultant
2 57 (54.81%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (25.00%) Developer
4 22 (21.15%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 18 (17.31%) SAP Developer
6 13 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
7 12 (11.54%) ABAP Consultant
8 7 (6.73%) Development Consultant
8 7 (6.73%) SAPUI5 Developer
9 6 (5.77%) Architect
9 6 (5.77%) SAP Architect
9 6 (5.77%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 6 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) Integration Specialist
10 5 (4.81%) Lead
10 5 (4.81%) Payroll Consultant
10 5 (4.81%) SAP Payroll Consultant
11 4 (3.85%) Integration Architect
11 4 (3.85%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (39.42%) SAP Fiori
2 31 (29.81%) Web Services
3 25 (24.04%) BAPI
4 19 (18.27%) SAPUI5
5 15 (14.42%) SAP PI
6 13 (12.50%) SOAP
7 10 (9.62%) CSS
7 10 (9.62%) HTML
7 10 (9.62%) IDoc
8 9 (8.65%) XML
9 7 (6.73%) SAP Business Workflow
10 6 (5.77%) SAP Basis
11 5 (4.81%) SAP ALE
11 5 (4.81%) SAP Smart Forms
12 4 (3.85%) REST
13 3 (2.88%) EDI
13 3 (2.88%) Web Dynpro
14 2 (1.92%) RESTful
14 2 (1.92%) SAP XI
15 1 (0.96%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.65%) Replication
2 7 (6.73%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.88%) SCADA
4 2 (1.92%) Client/Server
4 2 (1.92%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.96%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.96%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (22.12%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (20.19%) Time Management
3 18 (17.31%) Process Improvement
4 17 (16.35%) Data Modelling
4 17 (16.35%) Requirements Gathering
4 17 (16.35%) Workflow
5 15 (14.42%) Workshop Facilitation
6 14 (13.46%) Analytics
6 14 (13.46%) Knowledge Transfer
7 13 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
8 12 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (10.58%) OO
9 11 (10.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 10 (9.62%) Accounts Payable
10 10 (9.62%) Validation
11 9 (8.65%) Migration
12 8 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (7.69%) CRM
13 7 (6.73%) Performance Improvement
13 7 (6.73%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.38%) JavaScript
2 8 (7.69%) Groovy
3 6 (5.77%) SQL
4 4 (3.85%) Java
5 3 (2.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 33 (31.73%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.81%) DV Cleared
5 4 (3.85%) Degree
6 3 (2.88%) CCA
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.96%) CAPM
8 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.96%) PMP
8 1 (0.96%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.88%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.96%) GRC
Vendors
1 103 (99.04%) SAP
2 12 (11.54%) Adobe
3 7 (6.73%) OpenText
3 7 (6.73%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.81%) Ariba
4 5 (4.81%) Computacenter
5 1 (0.96%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.96%) Workday