ABAP Contracts in London

SAP ABAP
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 316 327 422
Rank change year-on-year +11 +95 +122
Contract jobs citing ABAP 37 64 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.36% 0.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.75% 1.00% 0.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 40 41
10th Percentile £402 £431 £450
25th Percentile £474 £548 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £600 £604
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.66% +11.34%
75th Percentile £745 £650 £763
90th Percentile £800 - £926
England median daily rate £540 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +15.38%

All Programming Languages
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,959 6,430 11,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 39.52% 36.06% 40.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,479 4,906 8,206
10th Percentile £380 £380 £413
25th Percentile £449 £463 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £712 £700 £738
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 57 85
10th Percentile £29.07 £23.80 £34.55
25th Percentile £35.00 £36.25 £49.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 £50.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.88% -12.17% +15.00%
75th Percentile £60.81 £61.75 £75.00
90th Percentile £69.38 £70.75 £83.45
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in London

ABAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for ABAP in London

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in London

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in London

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the London region over the 6 months to 1 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
Central London -2 2 - - 2
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (10.81%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 22 (59.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.11%) SAP GTS
2 3 (8.11%) SAP MDG
3 2 (5.41%) SAP CRM
3 2 (5.41%) SAP HCM
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Convergent Charging
4 1 (2.70%) SAP PM
4 1 (2.70%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.70%) Azure
1 1 (2.70%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (2.70%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 1 (2.70%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.70%) Data Hub
2 1 (2.70%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.70%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.70%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) GitLab
1 1 (2.70%) LSMW
1 1 (2.70%) Postman
1 1 (2.70%) SoapUI
General
1 10 (27.03%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Finance
3 3 (8.11%) Billing
3 3 (8.11%) Law
3 3 (8.11%) Manufacturing
3 3 (8.11%) Retail
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
4 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Aviation
5 1 (2.70%) General Ledger
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (51.35%) Consultant
2 17 (45.95%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (29.73%) Developer
3 11 (29.73%) SAP Developer
4 9 (24.32%) ABAP Developer
5 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 2 (5.41%) ABAP Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Data Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Data Migration Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Integration Developer
6 2 (5.41%) Migration Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Data Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP MDG Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Migration Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) SAP Technical Consultant
6 2 (5.41%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.70%) Applications Engineer
7 1 (2.70%) Integration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (18.92%) SAP Fiori
1 7 (18.92%) SOAP
2 6 (16.22%) SAPUI5
3 5 (13.51%) BAPI
4 4 (10.81%) REST
5 3 (8.11%) EDI
5 3 (8.11%) IDoc
5 3 (8.11%) Web Services
5 3 (8.11%) XML
6 2 (5.41%) EDIFACT
6 2 (5.41%) JSON
6 2 (5.41%) SAP PI
7 1 (2.70%) .NET
7 1 (2.70%) JDBC
7 1 (2.70%) JMS
7 1 (2.70%) Middleware
7 1 (2.70%) SAP BSP
7 1 (2.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
1 3 (8.11%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.70%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.70%) Replication
2 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (18.92%) OO
3 6 (16.22%) ETL
3 6 (16.22%) Workflow
4 5 (13.51%) Data Transformation
4 5 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (10.81%) Agile
5 4 (10.81%) Data Modelling
5 4 (10.81%) OOP
5 4 (10.81%) Validation
6 3 (8.11%) Data Governance
6 3 (8.11%) Data Integration
6 3 (8.11%) Data Migration
6 3 (8.11%) Indirect Procurement
6 3 (8.11%) Migration
6 3 (8.11%) Performance Analysis
6 3 (8.11%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (8.11%) Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (5.41%) SDLC
7 2 (5.41%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) Groovy
3 2 (5.41%) Java
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) SAP Certification
2 2 (5.41%) CAPM
2 2 (5.41%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.41%) IFRS
2 2 (5.41%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.70%) QA
Vendors
1 37 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (16.22%) Ariba
3 2 (5.41%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow