ABAP Contract Job Trends in Scotland

SAP ABAP
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ABAP 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.064% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.17% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £595 £533 £555
% change year-on-year +11.74% -4.05% -5.93%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 586 564 707
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 37.30% 32.79% 29.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 334 316 467
10th Percentile £351 £356 £388
25th Percentile £410 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £459 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% -8.20% +5.26%
75th Percentile £555 £538 £599
90th Percentile £625 £638 £700
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 5 10
10th Percentile £52.00 £17.99 £49.13
25th Percentile £53.75 - £54.65
Median hourly rate £61.23 £19.59 £59.52
Median % change year-on-year +212.53% -67.08% +13.99%
75th Percentile £72.50 £48.00 £70.94
90th Percentile £75.00 £64.20 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £64.50 £62.50 £60.50
% change year-on-year +3.20% +3.31% -3.20%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in Scotland

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ABAP

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ABAP

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 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
Edinburgh - 1 £413 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) BAPI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP