ABAP Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

SAP ABAP
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ABAP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.48% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.69% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £604 £534 £525
% change year-on-year +13.11% +1.67% -11.02%

All Programming Languages
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 59 53 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 28.10% 38.41% 22.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 17
10th Percentile £369 £264 £288
25th Percentile £400 £325 £318
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year - -12.82% -0.51%
75th Percentile £616 £506 £500
90th Percentile £693 £585 £519
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £29.48 £19.02
25th Percentile - £39.99 £23.37
Median hourly rate - £60.00 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year - +92.00% +131.48%
75th Percentile - £70.48 £31.88
90th Percentile - £75.27 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -4.00%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ABAP

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
County Antrim - 1 £450 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP