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 23 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 410 435
Rank change year-on-year +48 +25 +222
Contract jobs citing ABAP 118 128 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.49% 0.35% 0.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.46% 1.17% 1.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 76 119
10th Percentile £418 £426 £414
25th Percentile £479 £500 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £539 £575 £553
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +4.07% +7.28%
75th Percentile £637 £625 £678
90th Percentile £800 £650 £763
UK median daily rate £545 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -0.91% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £24.88 £93.25
25th Percentile - £27.00 £94.38
Median hourly rate £86.00 £49.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.51% -49.74% +102.25%
75th Percentile - £77.50 £99.38
90th Percentile - £80.00 £99.75
UK median hourly rate £86.00 £49.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +75.51% -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 8,067 10,937 16,686
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.84% 30.10% 34.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,615 7,954 12,194
10th Percentile £360 £350 £382
25th Percentile £415 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £518 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -2.23% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 189 449 406
10th Percentile £28.14 £37.54 £26.10
25th Percentile £36.25 £49.38 £50.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +23.10%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £79.34 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -8.00% - +24.13%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 +31 39 £610 +1.67% 18
South East +65 27 £593 +2.16% 33
North of England +25 27 £500 -0.10% 17
North West +25 25 £500 -2.44% 8
Midlands +17 15 £520 -9.57% 26
West Midlands +22 14 £520 -20.00% 18
East of England +26 3 £650 +31.31% 14
North East -1 2 £335 +9.39% 2
East Midlands +2 1 - - 7
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 16 (13.56%) NetWeaver
2 7 (5.93%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 43 (36.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (9.32%) SAP CRM
3 9 (7.63%) SAP GTS
3 9 (7.63%) SAP HCM
3 9 (7.63%) SAP HR
4 7 (5.93%) SAP Payroll
5 6 (5.08%) SAP CO
5 6 (5.08%) SAP ERP
5 6 (5.08%) SAP FI
5 6 (5.08%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (4.24%) SAP EWM
6 5 (4.24%) SAP SD
7 2 (1.69%) SAP Convergent Charging
7 2 (1.69%) SAP ECC
7 2 (1.69%) SAP MDG
7 2 (1.69%) SAP PSCD
8 1 (0.85%) SAP BRIM
8 1 (0.85%) SAP PLM
8 1 (0.85%) SAP Travel Management
8 1 (0.85%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.78%) SuccessFactors
2 5 (4.24%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (0.85%) Azure
3 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (0.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.78%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.10%) SAP HANA
2 5 (4.24%) SAP BW
3 4 (3.39%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (3.39%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.85%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.78%) Postman
2 4 (3.39%) LSMW
3 1 (0.85%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.85%) Git
3 1 (0.85%) GitLab
3 1 (0.85%) SoapUI
General
1 41 (34.75%) Social Skills
2 8 (6.78%) Finance
3 7 (5.93%) Aerospace
3 7 (5.93%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (5.93%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.39%) Law
6 3 (2.54%) Automotive
6 3 (2.54%) Billing
6 3 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.69%) Banking
7 2 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.85%) Aviation
8 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.85%) Legal
8 1 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.85%) Retail
8 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 56 (47.46%) Developer
2 48 (40.68%) SAP Developer
3 39 (33.05%) ABAP Developer
4 33 (27.97%) Consultant
5 30 (25.42%) SAP Consultant
6 14 (11.86%) Architect
6 14 (11.86%) SAP Architect
7 9 (7.63%) Integration Developer
8 7 (5.93%) SAP HCM Consultant
8 7 (5.93%) SAP HR Developer
8 7 (5.93%) SAP Technical Architect
8 7 (5.93%) Technical Architect
9 5 (4.24%) Lead
10 4 (3.39%) SAP Engineer
10 4 (3.39%) Senior
10 4 (3.39%) Senior ABAP Developer
10 4 (3.39%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.54%) Data Consultant
11 3 (2.54%) SAP Data Consultant
11 3 (2.54%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (27.12%) SAP Fiori
2 26 (22.03%) SAPUI5
3 20 (16.95%) BAPI
4 18 (15.25%) SOAP
5 16 (13.56%) IDoc
5 16 (13.56%) Web Services
6 15 (12.71%) REST
7 14 (11.86%) SAP PI
8 13 (11.02%) EDI
9 8 (6.78%) JDBC
9 8 (6.78%) XSLT
10 7 (5.93%) Middleware
10 7 (5.93%) XML
11 5 (4.24%) CSS
11 5 (4.24%) CSS3
11 5 (4.24%) HTML
11 5 (4.24%) HTML5
11 5 (4.24%) JMS
11 5 (4.24%) jQuery
12 4 (3.39%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (5.08%) Data Structures
3 5 (4.24%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (4.24%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.54%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.69%) Replication
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) FMCG
6 1 (0.85%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (20.34%) Workflow
3 19 (16.10%) OO
4 16 (13.56%) ERP
5 14 (11.86%) CRM
5 14 (11.86%) Performance Tuning
6 13 (11.02%) Time Management
7 12 (10.17%) Agile
8 11 (9.32%) Data Modelling
8 11 (9.32%) Process Improvement
8 11 (9.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (8.47%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (8.47%) Validation
10 9 (7.63%) Migration
10 9 (7.63%) Scrum
10 9 (7.63%) Technical Architecture
11 8 (6.78%) Data Migration
11 8 (6.78%) ETL
11 8 (6.78%) Project Management
11 8 (6.78%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 22 (18.64%) Java
2 13 (11.02%) JavaScript
3 11 (9.32%) SQL
4 8 (6.78%) COBOL
5 6 (5.08%) Groovy
6 5 (4.24%) Python
7 4 (3.39%) Perl
Qualifications
1 42 (35.59%) Security Cleared
2 35 (29.66%) SC Cleared
3 24 (20.34%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.08%) DV Cleared
4 6 (5.08%) SAP Certification
5 4 (3.39%) Degree
6 3 (2.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.69%) CAPM
7 2 (1.69%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
1 3 (2.54%) SLA
2 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.69%) IFRS
2 2 (1.69%) IFRS 9
3 1 (0.85%) QA
Vendors
1 117 (99.15%) SAP
2 12 (10.17%) Ariba
3 9 (7.63%) Adobe
4 5 (4.24%) Google
4 5 (4.24%) Workday
5 2 (1.69%) Databricks
5 2 (1.69%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.85%) ServiceNow