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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 433 394 431
Rank change year-on-year -39 +37 +149
Contract jobs citing ABAP 101 116 158
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.34% 0.38% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.06% 1.16% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 63 73
10th Percentile £458 £436 £367
25th Percentile £496 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £540 £534
Median % change year-on-year +10.19% +1.12% -11.00%
75th Percentile £704 £598 £638
90th Percentile £718 £724 £678
UK median daily rate £540 £525 £538
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.42% -8.81%
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 9,527 9,990 12,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 32.36% 32.39% 31.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,345 6,519 9,152
10th Percentile £346 £354 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.56% -2.27% -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 284 242 421
10th Percentile £31.05 £27.00 £32.30
25th Percentile £45.94 £46.18 £47.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.13 £75.00 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.00 £60.36
% change year-on-year +0.81% +2.73% -0.24%

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 9 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 9 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 +4 35 £595 +19.00% 34
North of England -10 22 £684 +36.80% 3
North West +4 16 £705 +41.00% 3
East of England -3 13 £515 - 17
South East -19 13 £525 -9.48% 36
Midlands -47 11 £597 +19.40% 11
West Midlands -40 6 £515 -4.63% 10
Yorkshire - 6 £543 -
East Midlands -20 5 £700 +40.00%
South West +5 3 £450 -34.78%
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 6 (5.94%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.99%) SAP EP
2 1 (0.99%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 37 (36.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (17.82%) SAP HCM
3 9 (8.91%) SAP Payroll
4 8 (7.92%) SAP SD
5 7 (6.93%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 7 (6.93%) SAP FI
5 7 (6.93%) SAP HR
5 7 (6.93%) SAP MM
6 3 (2.97%) SAP ERP
6 3 (2.97%) SAP MDG
6 3 (2.97%) SAP PSCD
7 2 (1.98%) SAP CRM
7 2 (1.98%) SAP PLM
7 2 (1.98%) SAP VC
8 1 (0.99%) SAP Convergent Charging
8 1 (0.99%) SAP FI-CA
8 1 (0.99%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.99%) SAP MRS
8 1 (0.99%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.99%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 11 (10.89%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (2.97%) Power Platform
3 1 (0.99%) Azure
3 1 (0.99%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (0.99%) iPaaS
3 1 (0.99%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (26.73%) SAP HANA
2 8 (7.92%) SAP BW
3 6 (5.94%) Metadata
4 3 (2.97%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.97%) Power BI
5 2 (1.98%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.99%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
Development Applications
1 8 (7.92%) LSMW
2 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 41 (40.59%) Social Skills
2 16 (15.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (12.87%) Finance
4 10 (9.90%) Public Sector
5 3 (2.97%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.97%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.98%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.98%) Retail
7 1 (0.99%) Aerospace
7 1 (0.99%) Banking
7 1 (0.99%) Billing
7 1 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (0.99%) Law
7 1 (0.99%) Legal
7 1 (0.99%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (55.45%) Consultant
2 55 (54.46%) SAP Consultant
3 26 (25.74%) Developer
4 19 (18.81%) SAP Developer
5 16 (15.84%) ABAP Developer
6 15 (14.85%) SAP HCM Consultant
7 12 (11.88%) ABAP Consultant
8 9 (8.91%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 7 (6.93%) Development Consultant
10 5 (4.95%) Architect
10 5 (4.95%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.95%) Integration Specialist
10 5 (4.95%) SAP Architect
10 5 (4.95%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 5 (4.95%) SAP SD Consultant
10 5 (4.95%) SAPUI5 Developer
10 5 (4.95%) Senior
11 4 (3.96%) Integration Architect
11 4 (3.96%) Principal Consultant
11 4 (3.96%) Principal SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (42.57%) SAP Fiori
2 28 (27.72%) BAPI
2 28 (27.72%) Web Services
3 16 (15.84%) SAPUI5
4 14 (13.86%) IDoc
5 12 (11.88%) SOAP
6 11 (10.89%) SAP PI
7 9 (8.91%) SAP ALE
8 8 (7.92%) CSS
8 8 (7.92%) EDI
8 8 (7.92%) HTML
8 8 (7.92%) XML
9 7 (6.93%) SAP Business Workflow
10 6 (5.94%) SAP Basis
11 4 (3.96%) SAP Smart Forms
11 4 (3.96%) Web Dynpro
12 3 (2.97%) REST
13 2 (1.98%) RESTful
13 2 (1.98%) SAP XI
14 1 (0.99%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.90%) Replication
2 7 (6.93%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.97%) SCADA
4 2 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.99%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.99%) Public Cloud
5 1 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.99%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (27.72%) Performance Tuning
2 19 (18.81%) Analytics
3 18 (17.82%) Requirements Gathering
4 17 (16.83%) Process Improvement
4 17 (16.83%) Workflow
5 16 (15.84%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (15.84%) Time Management
6 15 (14.85%) Workshop Facilitation
7 14 (13.86%) Data Modelling
7 14 (13.86%) Migration
8 13 (12.87%) Knowledge Transfer
8 13 (12.87%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (10.89%) Validation
10 10 (9.90%) Accounts Payable
10 10 (9.90%) Data Migration
10 10 (9.90%) OO
11 9 (8.91%) CRM
11 9 (8.91%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (6.93%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.88%) JavaScript
2 7 (6.93%) Groovy
3 4 (3.96%) Java
3 4 (3.96%) Python
3 4 (3.96%) SQL
4 1 (0.99%) Perl
Qualifications
1 35 (34.65%) Security Cleared
2 30 (29.70%) SC Cleared
3 11 (10.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.95%) Degree
5 4 (3.96%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.97%) CCA
7 2 (1.98%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.99%) CAPM
8 1 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.99%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.99%) PMP
8 1 (0.99%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.95%) SLA
2 2 (1.98%) GDPR
3 1 (0.99%) GRC
Vendors
1 100 (99.01%) SAP
2 14 (13.86%) Adobe
3 7 (6.93%) OpenText
3 7 (6.93%) ServiceNow
4 5 (4.95%) Computacenter
5 4 (3.96%) Ariba