ABAP Contracts in the South East

SAP ABAP
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 136 183 163
Rank change year-on-year +47 -20 +72
Contract jobs citing ABAP 23 22 59
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.76% 0.40% 1.02%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.90% 1.83% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 11 43
10th Percentile £497 - £414
25th Percentile £534 £412 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £624 £414 £678
Median % change year-on-year +50.66% -38.94% +45.81%
75th Percentile £638 £498 £680
90th Percentile £656 £583 £685
England median daily rate £540 £550 £600
% change year-on-year -1.82% -8.33% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £54.00 -
England median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%

All Programming Languages
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 792 1,205 1,596
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 26.31% 21.68% 27.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 529 831 1,136
10th Percentile £353 £325 £328
25th Percentile £450 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £625
90th Percentile £675 £679 £700
England median daily rate £525 £540 £565
% change year-on-year -2.78% -4.42% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 73 91
10th Percentile £40.05 £35.00 £19.00
25th Percentile £48.99 £46.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £56.75 £60.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +9.09% +26.03%
75th Percentile £64.52 £65.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £66.19 £74.75 £75.00
England median hourly rate £62.75 £62.50 £61.84
% change year-on-year +0.40% +1.07% +23.68%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the South East 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
Thames Valley +51 9 £625 - 6
Berkshire +38 8 £631 - 4
West Sussex +6 6 £625 +51.64% 2
Surrey - 6 £515 - 2
Hampshire +20 2 £536 -8.02%
Buckinghamshire - 1 £575 -
ABAP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (26.09%) NetWeaver
1 6 (26.09%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 8 (34.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (26.09%) SAP CRM
3 3 (13.04%) SAP GTS
4 2 (8.70%) SAP ECC
4 2 (8.70%) SAP EWM
4 2 (8.70%) SAP SD
5 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
5 1 (4.35%) SAP HCM
5 1 (4.35%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) SAP BW
2 3 (13.04%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (8.70%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (4.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.35%) Power BI
4 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (21.74%) Aerospace
4 3 (13.04%) Finance
5 2 (8.70%) Billing
5 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (39.13%) Architect
1 9 (39.13%) SAP Architect
2 6 (26.09%) ABAP Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) SAP Technical Architect
2 6 (26.09%) Technical Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Lead
4 3 (13.04%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Senior ABAP Developer
4 3 (13.04%) Senior Developer
5 2 (8.70%) SAP Developer
6 1 (4.35%) Integration Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) SAP BI Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) SAP BW Architect
6 1 (4.35%) SAP Data Analyst
6 1 (4.35%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 1 (4.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (34.78%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (30.43%) SAPUI5
3 6 (26.09%) SAP PI
4 3 (13.04%) Node.js
5 1 (4.35%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (26.09%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) ERP
2 6 (26.09%) Collaborative Working
2 6 (26.09%) CRM
2 6 (26.09%) Strategic Thinking
2 6 (26.09%) Technical Architecture
3 5 (21.74%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (21.74%) Workflow
4 3 (13.04%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.70%) Order to Cash
5 2 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Data Modelling
6 1 (4.35%) Data Security
6 1 (4.35%) Migration
6 1 (4.35%) OO
6 1 (4.35%) Regression Testing
6 1 (4.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.35%) Statistical Analysis
6 1 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) Java
2 4 (17.39%) Python
2 4 (17.39%) SQL
3 3 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 3 (13.04%) Perl
4 1 (4.35%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (65.22%) Security Cleared
2 9 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 6 (26.09%) DV Cleared
4 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (95.65%) SAP
2 6 (26.09%) Ariba
3 4 (17.39%) Adobe
4 2 (8.70%) Microsoft