ABAP Contracts in the North of England

SAP ABAP
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 132 168 203
Rank change year-on-year +36 +35 +29
Contract jobs citing ABAP 34 17 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.03% 0.36% 0.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.65% 1.40% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 10 2
10th Percentile £384 £310 £537
25th Percentile £458 £500 £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £595
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -15.88% +28.65%
75th Percentile £513 £519 £624
90th Percentile £540 £546 £634
England median daily rate £540 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
England median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%

All Programming Languages
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 931 1,213 1,692
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 28.25% 25.44% 29.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 681 869 1,256
10th Percentile £356 £319 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -8.65% +4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £600
90th Percentile £638 £625 £680
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 47 27
10th Percentile £34.68 £38.08 £27.71
25th Percentile £55.31 £45.88 £38.15
Median hourly rate £76.25 £47.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.53% - +19.56%
75th Percentile £94.67 £66.25 £63.75
90th Percentile £100.97 £72.50 £70.00
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 the North of England

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the North of England

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the North of England

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
North West +42 32 £500 -2.44% 1
North East -1 2 £335 +9.39%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 5 (14.71%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 11 (32.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (17.65%) SAP CO
2 6 (17.65%) SAP FI
2 6 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (17.65%) SAP HR
2 6 (17.65%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.94%) SAP Data Services
General
1 8 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (2.94%) Law
2 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 33 (97.06%) Developer
2 27 (79.41%) SAP Developer
3 24 (70.59%) ABAP Developer
4 7 (20.59%) SAP HR Developer
5 5 (14.71%) Integration Developer
6 1 (2.94%) Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) Data Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Consultant
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) BAPI
1 10 (29.41%) SAP Fiori
1 10 (29.41%) Web Services
2 9 (26.47%) SAPUI5
3 5 (14.71%) IDoc
3 5 (14.71%) Middleware
3 5 (14.71%) REST
3 5 (14.71%) SAP PI
3 5 (14.71%) SOAP
4 4 (11.76%) EDI
4 4 (11.76%) JDBC
4 4 (11.76%) JMS
4 4 (11.76%) XML
4 4 (11.76%) XSLT
5 1 (2.94%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (2.94%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.76%) Legacy Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Virtual Team
2 3 (8.82%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) OO
2 9 (26.47%) Performance Tuning
2 9 (26.47%) Process Improvement
2 9 (26.47%) Time Management
3 7 (20.59%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (20.59%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (17.65%) Test Scripting
5 5 (14.71%) Agile
5 5 (14.71%) Scrum
6 4 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (11.76%) Performance Testing
6 4 (11.76%) SDLC
6 4 (11.76%) System Integration Testing
7 3 (8.82%) Unit Testing
8 2 (5.88%) Business Transformation
8 2 (5.88%) Data Modelling
8 2 (5.88%) ETL
9 1 (2.94%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (2.94%) Data Migration
9 1 (2.94%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (14.71%) Java
Qualifications
1 25 (73.53%) Security Cleared
2 23 (67.65%) SC Cleared
3 14 (41.18%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (17.65%) Google
2 6 (17.65%) Workday
3 1 (2.94%) Ariba