ABAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP ABAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 261 343 352
Rank change year-on-year +82 +9 +111
Contract jobs citing ABAP 75 56 111
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.59% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.06% 1.15% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 35 62
10th Percentile £452 £410 £414
25th Percentile £478 £414 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £500 £583
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -14.16% +16.50%
75th Percentile £630 £582 £678
90th Percentile £675 £630 £685
UK median daily rate £540 £513 £590
% change year-on-year +5.37% -13.14% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile - £24.03 £93.25
25th Percentile - £25.94 £94.38
Median hourly rate £86.00 £54.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.26% -44.62% +102.25%
75th Percentile - £80.00 £99.38
90th Percentile - - £99.75
UK median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,641 4,865 6,991
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 28.52% 23.42% 29.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,400 3,277 4,996
10th Percentile £325 £319 £338
25th Percentile £402 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +3.09%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £594
90th Percentile £650 £650 £676
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 397 346
10th Percentile £22.38 £37.58 £23.61
25th Percentile £42.00 £50.75 £50.00
Median hourly rate £64.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.40% - +26.21%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £69.31
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.50 £60.70
% change year-on-year +3.31% -0.33% +21.40%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK excluding London 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 of England +36 34 £500 -0.10% 1
North West +42 32 £500 -2.44% 1
South East +47 23 £624 +50.66% 13
Midlands +25 13 £540 -10.00% 7
West Midlands +22 13 £540 -16.92% 7
East of England +26 3 £650 +31.31%
North East -1 2 £335 +9.39%
Wales - 2 £460 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (18.67%) NetWeaver
2 7 (9.33%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 23 (30.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (9.33%) SAP CRM
2 7 (9.33%) SAP HR
3 6 (8.00%) SAP CO
3 6 (8.00%) SAP ERP
3 6 (8.00%) SAP FI
3 6 (8.00%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (8.00%) SAP GTS
3 6 (8.00%) SAP Payroll
4 5 (6.67%) SAP EWM
5 2 (2.67%) SAP ECC
5 2 (2.67%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.33%) SAP HCM
6 1 (1.33%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (1.33%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) SuccessFactors
2 6 (8.00%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.00%) SAP HANA
2 4 (5.33%) SAP BW
3 3 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (4.00%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.33%) Power BI
4 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Postman
General
1 23 (30.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.33%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (6.67%) Aerospace
3 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (4.00%) Automotive
4 3 (4.00%) Finance
4 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.67%) Billing
6 1 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Law
6 1 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 49 (65.33%) Developer
2 38 (50.67%) SAP Developer
3 34 (45.33%) ABAP Developer
4 14 (18.67%) Architect
4 14 (18.67%) SAP Architect
5 9 (12.00%) Integration Developer
6 7 (9.33%) SAP HR Developer
6 7 (9.33%) SAP Technical Architect
6 7 (9.33%) Technical Architect
7 5 (6.67%) Consultant
8 4 (5.33%) SAP Consultant
9 3 (4.00%) Lead
9 3 (4.00%) SAP Engineer
9 3 (4.00%) Senior
9 3 (4.00%) Senior ABAP Developer
9 3 (4.00%) Senior Developer
9 3 (4.00%) Software Engineer
10 2 (2.67%) Full-Stack Developer
10 2 (2.67%) Integration Architect
11 1 (1.33%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (34.67%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (32.00%) SAPUI5
3 14 (18.67%) SAP PI
4 12 (16.00%) BAPI
4 12 (16.00%) IDoc
4 12 (16.00%) REST
4 12 (16.00%) SOAP
4 12 (16.00%) Web Services
5 9 (12.00%) EDI
5 9 (12.00%) JDBC
5 9 (12.00%) XSLT
6 7 (9.33%) Middleware
7 6 (8.00%) JMS
7 6 (8.00%) XML
8 5 (6.67%) CSS
8 5 (6.67%) CSS3
8 5 (6.67%) HTML
8 5 (6.67%) HTML5
8 5 (6.67%) jQuery
9 3 (4.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.00%) Legacy Applications
2 6 (8.00%) Virtual Team
3 3 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.33%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.00%) ERP
2 13 (17.33%) OO
2 13 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (16.00%) Process Improvement
4 11 (14.67%) Time Management
4 11 (14.67%) Workflow
5 9 (12.00%) Performance Tuning
5 9 (12.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (10.67%) Collaborative Working
6 8 (10.67%) CRM
6 8 (10.67%) Data Modelling
6 8 (10.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 7 (9.33%) Agile
7 7 (9.33%) Scrum
7 7 (9.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 7 (9.33%) Technical Architecture
8 6 (8.00%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (8.00%) Performance Testing
8 6 (8.00%) Test Scripting
8 6 (8.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (26.67%) Java
2 11 (14.67%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.67%) COBOL
4 7 (9.33%) SQL
5 4 (5.33%) Python
6 3 (4.00%) Groovy
6 3 (4.00%) Perl
7 1 (1.33%) R
Qualifications
1 42 (56.00%) Security Cleared
2 34 (45.33%) SC Cleared
3 19 (25.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (8.00%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (4.00%) Degree
5 3 (4.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.33%) QA
Vendors
1 74 (98.67%) SAP
2 8 (10.67%) Ariba
3 7 (9.33%) Adobe
4 6 (8.00%) Google
4 6 (8.00%) Workday
5 2 (2.67%) Microsoft