ABAP Consultant Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

SAP ABAP Consultant
England > Midlands

The median SAP ABAP Consultant daily rate in the Midlands is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.025% - 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
England median daily rate £575 £953 £475
% change year-on-year -39.63% +100.53% -21.36%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,733 1,696 2,507
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 90.16% 91.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,344 1,153 1,695
10th Percentile £290 £200 £206
25th Percentile £400 £355 £336
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £462
Median % change year-on-year - +2.81% -2.74%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £650 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 90 214
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.62 £12.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.00 £14.71
Median hourly rate £25.00 £18.75 £19.59
Median % change year-on-year +33.32% -4.28% +3.11%
75th Percentile £39.06 £27.42 £30.09
90th Percentile £67.84 £33.75 £52.67
England median hourly rate £44.00 £32.50 £34.23
% change year-on-year +35.38% -5.05% -21.54%

ABAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ABAP Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

ABAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ABAP Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ABAP Consultant job vacancies in the Midlands

ABAP Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Consultant within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 April 2026. 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
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
ABAP Consultant
England

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 10 April 2026, ABAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring ABAP Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SEEBURGER
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SEEBURGER