ABAP Contracts in England

SAP ABAP
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ABAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ABAP over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 434 654
Rank change year-on-year +16 +220 -79
Contract jobs citing ABAP 126 222 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.46% 0.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.14% 1.34% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 117 58
10th Percentile £426 £414 £419
25th Percentile £500 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £520
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% +8.65% +5.91%
75th Percentile £625 £678 £575
90th Percentile £650 £763 £680
UK median daily rate £550 £551 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% +5.00% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £24.88 £93.25 £41.69
25th Percentile £27.00 £94.38 £43.16
Median hourly rate £49.00 £97.50 £48.21
Median % change year-on-year -49.74% +102.25% -
75th Percentile £77.50 £99.38 £53.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £99.75 £54.56
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -49.74% +102.25% -35.72%

All Programming Languages
England

ABAP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,020 16,604 25,886
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.09% 34.60% 36.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,012 12,137 19,179
10th Percentile £350 £381 £381
25th Percentile £425 £463 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.75% +2.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £800 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 454 402 438
10th Percentile £37.51 £26.25 £20.18
25th Percentile £49.28 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £51.75
Median % change year-on-year - +20.77% +20.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.19 £62.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £79.19 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.85
% change year-on-year - +22.91% +16.90%

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 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in England

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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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP in England over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in England

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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 27 May 2024. 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 +82 63 £600 -0.66% 8
North of England +35 17 £501 -9.00% 5
Midlands +2 15 £588 +8.80% 6
South East -28 13 £580 +10.58% 12
East Midlands +6 9 £575 +6.48% 4
North West +29 8 £513 -6.82% 1
East of England +19 7 £495 - 1
Yorkshire +17 6 £501 - 2
West Midlands +7 4 £650 +7.30% 2
South West - 4 £730 - 4
North East - 3 £306 - 2
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 2 (1.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.79%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 48 (38.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (12.70%) SAP MDG
3 14 (11.11%) SAP EWM
4 7 (5.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 7 (5.56%) SAP FI
4 7 (5.56%) SAP FI-AP
5 6 (4.76%) SAP CO
5 6 (4.76%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (4.76%) Teamcenter
6 5 (3.97%) Endur
6 5 (3.97%) OpenLink RightAngle
6 5 (3.97%) SAP ERP
6 5 (3.97%) SAP SD
7 4 (3.17%) SAP MM
7 4 (3.17%) SAP R/3
8 3 (2.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (2.38%) SAP HR
8 3 (2.38%) SAP MRS
8 3 (2.38%) SAP PS
9 2 (1.59%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.76%) Azure
2 5 (3.97%) AWS
2 5 (3.97%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (2.38%) Snowflake
4 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
4 1 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (0.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) HTTP
2 1 (0.79%) SSH
2 1 (0.79%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (15.08%) SAP HANA
2 6 (4.76%) SAP BW
3 4 (3.17%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.59%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (1.59%) Lumira
5 1 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.35%) JIRA
2 3 (2.38%) LSMW
3 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.79%) Git
General
1 23 (18.25%) Social Skills
2 19 (15.08%) Finance
3 11 (8.73%) Public Sector
4 8 (6.35%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (5.56%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.56%) Retail
6 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.38%) German Language
7 3 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.59%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.79%) Automotive
9 1 (0.79%) Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Law
9 1 (0.79%) Legal
Job Titles
1 65 (51.59%) Consultant
2 59 (46.83%) SAP Consultant
3 36 (28.57%) Developer
4 32 (25.40%) SAP Developer
5 17 (13.49%) Functional Consultant
6 16 (12.70%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 15 (11.90%) ABAP Developer
7 15 (11.90%) SAP MDG Consultant
8 13 (10.32%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 13 (10.32%) Technical Consultant
9 12 (9.52%) SAP EWM Consultant
10 10 (7.94%) Analyst
11 8 (6.35%) Architect
12 7 (5.56%) ABAP Consultant
13 6 (4.76%) SAP Analyst
13 6 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
14 5 (3.97%) Risk Analyst
14 5 (3.97%) SAP Financial Consultant
14 5 (3.97%) SAP Functional Analyst
15 4 (3.17%) SAP BW Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (18.25%) IDoc
2 13 (10.32%) SAP Fiori
3 12 (9.52%) BAPI
3 12 (9.52%) EDI
4 11 (8.73%) SAP ALE
4 11 (8.73%) XML
5 10 (7.94%) Web Services
6 6 (4.76%) SAP Business Workflow
6 6 (4.76%) Web Dynpro
7 5 (3.97%) HTML
7 5 (3.97%) Middleware
7 5 (3.97%) REST
8 4 (3.17%) SAP PI
8 4 (3.17%) SAP Smart Forms
8 4 (3.17%) SAP XI
8 4 (3.17%) SAPUI5
9 3 (2.38%) Kafka
10 2 (1.59%) SAML
11 1 (0.79%) LDAP
11 1 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.17%) Data Structures
2 3 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.38%) Replication
3 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (13.49%) Migration
2 15 (11.90%) Analytics
3 14 (11.11%) ERP
4 13 (10.32%) Workflow
5 11 (8.73%) Data Migration
5 11 (8.73%) Data Modelling
5 11 (8.73%) OO
6 10 (7.94%) Agile
6 10 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (7.94%) SDLC
7 9 (7.14%) Change Management
8 8 (6.35%) Logistics
9 7 (5.56%) Accounts Payable
9 7 (5.56%) PLM
9 7 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
10 6 (4.76%) Invoice Processing
10 6 (4.76%) OCR
10 6 (4.76%) Order to Cash
10 6 (4.76%) PDM
10 6 (4.76%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.97%) C
1 5 (3.97%) C#
1 5 (3.97%) Java
1 5 (3.97%) SQL
2 2 (1.59%) Groovy
2 2 (1.59%) SAPscript
3 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (13.49%) Security Cleared
2 11 (8.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.97%) Degree
3 5 (3.97%) SAP Certification
4 4 (3.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.79%) CISM
6 1 (0.79%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.38%) GAAP
2 1 (0.79%) GDPR
2 1 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 123 (97.62%) SAP
2 14 (11.11%) Adobe
3 10 (7.94%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.56%) OpenText
5 6 (4.76%) Oracle
5 6 (4.76%) Siemens
6 5 (3.97%) Concur
6 5 (3.97%) OpenLink
6 5 (3.97%) Triple Point
7 3 (2.38%) Apple
7 3 (2.38%) Ariba
7 3 (2.38%) IBM
7 3 (2.38%) MuleSoft
7 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.38%) webMethods
8 2 (1.59%) Talend
9 1 (0.79%) BeyondTrust
9 1 (0.79%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.79%) Thycotic