ABAP Contract Job Trends in London

SAP ABAP
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 350 339 372
Rank change year-on-year -11 +33 +137
Contract jobs citing ABAP 30 39 41
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.21% 0.26% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.55% 0.67% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 16
10th Percentile £450 £422 £350
25th Percentile £526 £481 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £513 £560
Median % change year-on-year +16.10% -8.48% +1.82%
75th Percentile £631 £586 £672
90th Percentile - £710 £769
England median daily rate £613 £540 £538
% change year-on-year +13.43% +0.47% -10.42%

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 5,428 5,824 6,834
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 37.80% 38.46% 36.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,648 3,933 5,149
10th Percentile £370 £375 £400
25th Percentile £431 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £671 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £810
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 63 39 67
10th Percentile £25.29 £35.60 £26.25
25th Percentile £33.88 £40.06 £36.56
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £97.50 £72.50
England median hourly rate £65.00 £63.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year +3.17% +0.80% -0.79%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ABAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

ABAP job vacancy trend in London

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ABAP

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in London over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in London

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ABAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ABAP

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 16 December 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 -4 4 - -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 1 (3.33%) NetWeaver
1 1 (3.33%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 7 (23.33%) SAP HCM
2 4 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (10.00%) SAP SD
4 2 (6.67%) SAP MDG
5 1 (3.33%) SAP CO
5 1 (3.33%) SAP EWM
5 1 (3.33%) SAP FI
5 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (3.33%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (3.33%) SAP PLM
5 1 (3.33%) SAP PP
5 1 (3.33%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (3.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (3.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) LSMW
2 1 (3.33%) Hudson
General
1 11 (36.67%) Social Skills
2 4 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.67%) Finance
4 1 (3.33%) Billing
4 1 (3.33%) Law
4 1 (3.33%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (53.33%) Consultant
1 16 (53.33%) SAP Consultant
2 9 (30.00%) Developer
3 8 (26.67%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) SAPUI5 Developer
5 4 (13.33%) Payroll Consultant
5 4 (13.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
6 3 (10.00%) ABAP Developer
6 3 (10.00%) SAP Developer
7 2 (6.67%) Lead
8 1 (3.33%) Applications Developer
8 1 (3.33%) Integration Developer
8 1 (3.33%) Integration Specialist
8 1 (3.33%) Lead Consultant
8 1 (3.33%) SAP CO Specialist
8 1 (3.33%) SAP Engineer
8 1 (3.33%) SAP EWM Consultant
8 1 (3.33%) SAP FI/CO Specialist
8 1 (3.33%) SAP PI Consultant
8 1 (3.33%) SAP PLM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (36.67%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (33.33%) SAP PI
3 7 (23.33%) SAPUI5
4 5 (16.67%) CSS
4 5 (16.67%) HTML
4 5 (16.67%) IDoc
5 4 (13.33%) SAP ALE
6 3 (10.00%) BAPI
6 3 (10.00%) EDI
6 3 (10.00%) REST
7 2 (6.67%) SOAP
8 1 (3.33%) RESTful
8 1 (3.33%) SAP Business Workflow
8 1 (3.33%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (3.33%) Web Services
8 1 (3.33%) XML
8 1 (3.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Public Cloud
1 1 (3.33%) Replication
1 1 (3.33%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (23.33%) Mentoring
1 7 (23.33%) Time Management
2 6 (20.00%) Performance Management
3 5 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
3 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (13.33%) Data Modelling
4 4 (13.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (13.33%) Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Data Migration
5 3 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (6.67%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.67%) Computer Science
6 2 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
6 2 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (6.67%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.67%) Validation
7 1 (3.33%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (30.00%) Groovy
3 2 (6.67%) Java
4 1 (3.33%) Python
4 1 (3.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 29 (96.67%) SAP
2 2 (6.67%) Ariba