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 15 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 163 161
Rank change year-on-year +18 -2 +89
Contract jobs citing ABAP 20 28 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.56% 0.57% 0.93%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.21% 2.30% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 14 39
10th Percentile £481 £570 £411
25th Percentile £513 £580 £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £582 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% +29.39% -12.20%
75th Percentile £548 £598 £518
90th Percentile £576 £599 £638
England median daily rate £525 £579 £532
% change year-on-year -9.33% +8.83% -9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £28.00 -
England median hourly rate - £28.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -71.28% +83.96%

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 904 1,215 1,361
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 25.49% 24.77% 24.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 628 829 941
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +2.19%
75th Percentile £588 £608 £601
90th Percentile £638 £660 £688
England median daily rate £515 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.36% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 65 68
10th Percentile £41.66 £27.00 £24.93
25th Percentile £48.99 £54.00 £45.62
Median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% +3.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £74.87 £63.94
90th Percentile £63.90 £76.50 £74.13
England median hourly rate £57.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +13.64%

ABAP
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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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

ABAP
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 15 August 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
Surrey - 13 £525 -
West Sussex +4 4 £515 -
Berkshire -8 3 - -
Thames Valley -9 3 - -
ABAP
England

ABAP
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 2 (10.00%) NetWeaver
1 2 (10.00%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 8 (40.00%) SAP HCM
2 3 (15.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (10.00%) SAP CRM
3 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (5.00%) SAP EWM
4 1 (5.00%) SAP GRC
4 1 (5.00%) SAP GTS
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.00%) iPaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) SAP BW
General
1 13 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Aerospace
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) General Ledger
3 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Consultant
2 11 (55.00%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (40.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 5 (25.00%) ABAP Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Developer
4 5 (25.00%) Senior
5 4 (20.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
5 4 (20.00%) Senior Developer
6 2 (10.00%) Architect
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
6 2 (10.00%) SAP BW Consultant
6 2 (10.00%) SAP Technical Architect
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Architect
7 1 (5.00%) Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Integration Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Developer
7 1 (5.00%) SAP EWM Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) SAP Integration Consultant
7 1 (5.00%) SAP MDM Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Node.js
2 2 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (10.00%) SAP PI
2 2 (10.00%) SAPUI5
3 1 (5.00%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Workflow
2 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (35.00%) Time Management
4 4 (20.00%) CRM
4 4 (20.00%) ERP
5 3 (15.00%) Analytics
6 2 (10.00%) Accounts Payable
6 2 (10.00%) Accounts Receivable
6 2 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (10.00%) Cost Centre Accounting
6 2 (10.00%) Data Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Migration
6 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (10.00%) Revenue Management
6 2 (10.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (5.00%) OO
7 1 (5.00%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) Java
2 4 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (20.00%) Perl
2 4 (20.00%) Python
2 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (85.00%) SC Cleared
1 17 (85.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (55.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (10.00%) CCA
4 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Adobe
3 2 (10.00%) Ariba