ABAP Contracts in England

SAP ABAP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 409 414 433
Rank change year-on-year +5 +19 +205
Contract jobs citing ABAP 89 142 212
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.38% 0.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.01% 1.24% 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 83 107
10th Percentile £400 £432 £414
25th Percentile £457 £500 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £580 £563
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +3.11% +4.17%
75th Percentile £624 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £537 £579 £550
% change year-on-year -7.25% +5.27% +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 7 2
10th Percentile - £25.30 £93.25
25th Percentile - £27.00 £94.38
Median hourly rate - £28.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year - -71.28% +102.25%
75th Percentile - £75.00 £99.38
90th Percentile - £83.00 £99.75
UK median hourly rate - £49.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -49.74% +102.25%

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 8,788 11,494 16,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.66% 30.75% 34.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,065 8,224 11,759
10th Percentile £352 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £540 £555
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% -2.70% +0.18%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £511 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.60% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 481 407
10th Percentile £28.18 £35.52 £28.84
25th Percentile £36.19 £50.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £56.38 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.27% +4.00% +18.99%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £81.48 £77.50 £80.55
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in England.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in England

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in England over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in England

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in England.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in England

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 3 July 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 +23 43 £605 +0.83% 16
South East +38 21 £537 -7.73% 5
North of England +10 14 £466 -6.85% 3
North West +15 11 £483 -4.59% 3
Midlands -5 6 £463 -22.92% 8
West Midlands +2 4 £463 -28.85% 7
North East 0 2 £335 +9.39%
East Midlands -8 2 £580 +0.87% 1
Yorkshire +1 1 £650 +29.87%
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 15 (16.85%) NetWeaver
2 7 (7.87%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 35 (39.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (12.36%) SAP CRM
3 10 (11.24%) SAP HCM
4 9 (10.11%) SAP HR
5 7 (7.87%) SAP SD
6 5 (5.62%) SAP GTS
7 4 (4.49%) SAP Payroll
8 3 (3.37%) SAP MDG
8 3 (3.37%) SAP PSCD
9 2 (2.25%) SAP CO
9 2 (2.25%) SAP Convergent Charging
9 2 (2.25%) SAP ECC
9 2 (2.25%) SAP FI
9 2 (2.25%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (2.25%) SAP PLM
9 2 (2.25%) SAP PM
9 2 (2.25%) SAP VC
10 1 (1.12%) SAP GRC
10 1 (1.12%) SAP Retail
10 1 (1.12%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.36%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (4.49%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (2.25%) Azure
4 1 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.12%) iPaaS
4 1 (1.12%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (16.85%) SAP HANA
2 2 (2.25%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.12%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (1.12%) Data Hub
3 1 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.12%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) LSMW
2 1 (1.12%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.12%) Git
2 1 (1.12%) GitLab
2 1 (1.12%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Postman
2 1 (1.12%) SoapUI
General
1 42 (47.19%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.99%) Finance
3 7 (7.87%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (6.74%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.37%) Banking
5 3 (3.37%) Billing
5 3 (3.37%) Law
5 3 (3.37%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.25%) Legal
6 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.25%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.12%) Aviation
7 1 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.12%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.12%) Retail
7 1 (1.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 33 (37.08%) Consultant
1 33 (37.08%) Developer
2 31 (34.83%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (32.58%) SAP Developer
4 24 (26.97%) ABAP Developer
5 7 (7.87%) Architect
5 7 (7.87%) SAP Architect
5 7 (7.87%) SAP Technical Architect
5 7 (7.87%) Technical Architect
6 6 (6.74%) Integration Developer
6 6 (6.74%) SAP HCM Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) SAP SD Consultant
7 5 (5.62%) Senior
8 4 (4.49%) Lead
8 4 (4.49%) Principal Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Principal SAP Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 4 (4.49%) Senior ABAP Developer
8 4 (4.49%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.37%) SAP HR Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (26.97%) SAP Fiori
2 15 (16.85%) BAPI
2 15 (16.85%) SAPUI5
3 14 (15.73%) SAP PI
4 12 (13.48%) IDoc
5 11 (12.36%) EDI
5 11 (12.36%) SOAP
6 10 (11.24%) Web Services
7 9 (10.11%) REST
8 7 (7.87%) XML
9 6 (6.74%) Middleware
10 5 (5.62%) SAP ALE
11 4 (4.49%) JDBC
11 4 (4.49%) JMS
11 4 (4.49%) Node.js
11 4 (4.49%) Web Dynpro
11 4 (4.49%) XSLT
12 3 (3.37%) JSON
13 2 (2.25%) EDIFACT
13 2 (2.25%) SAP BSP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.87%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (6.74%) Data Structures
3 5 (5.62%) Replication
4 4 (4.49%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (4.49%) Virtual Team
5 3 (3.37%) Public Cloud
6 2 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.12%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (31.46%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (22.47%) Workflow
3 14 (15.73%) CRM
4 13 (14.61%) OO
4 13 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (13.48%) Agile
5 12 (13.48%) User Acceptance Testing
6 11 (12.36%) Performance Tuning
7 10 (11.24%) ERP
7 10 (11.24%) Migration
7 10 (11.24%) Time Management
8 9 (10.11%) Data Migration
8 9 (10.11%) Data Modelling
8 9 (10.11%) Scrum
8 9 (10.11%) Technical Architecture
9 8 (8.99%) ETL
9 8 (8.99%) System Integration Testing
10 7 (7.87%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (7.87%) Order to Cash
10 7 (7.87%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.22%) Java
2 8 (8.99%) SQL
3 5 (5.62%) Groovy
3 5 (5.62%) JavaScript
3 5 (5.62%) Python
4 4 (4.49%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (25.84%) SC Cleared
1 23 (25.84%) Security Cleared
2 17 (19.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (4.49%) SAP Certification
4 3 (3.37%) Degree
5 1 (1.12%) CAPM
5 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.12%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.62%) SLA
2 3 (3.37%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.25%) GDPR
3 2 (2.25%) IFRS
3 2 (2.25%) IFRS 9
4 1 (1.12%) GRC
4 1 (1.12%) QA
Vendors
1 88 (98.88%) SAP
2 11 (12.36%) Ariba
3 8 (8.99%) Adobe
4 2 (2.25%) Databricks
4 2 (2.25%) Google
4 2 (2.25%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.25%) Workday
5 1 (1.12%) ServiceNow