Senior ABAP Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Senior SAP ABAP Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior SAP ABAP Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 412 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior ABAP Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.005% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
UK median daily rate £575 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,480 12,309 19,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.21% 92.42% 93.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,078 7,518 12,188
10th Percentile £230 £210 £213
25th Percentile £381 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £580 £588 £595
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,981 638 1,942
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.35 £12.86
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £35.80
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -9.22% -0.98%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £60.75
90th Percentile £73.46 £75.00 £72.29
UK median hourly rate £31.76 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.27% - -12.01%

Senior ABAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior ABAP Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Senior ABAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Senior ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior ABAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior ABAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Senior ABAP Consultant
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 Senior ABAP Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 February 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
Midlands - 1 £575 -
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
Senior ABAP Consultant
UK

Senior ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 23 February 2026, Senior ABAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Senior ABAP Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SEEBURGER
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP

Senior ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) NetWeaver
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HANA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) IDoc
1 1 (100.00%) JDBC
1 1 (100.00%) JMS
1 1 (100.00%) SAP XI
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) BPMN
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) ABAP
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (100.00%) ActionScript 2.0
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Dell
1 1 (100.00%) SAP
1 1 (100.00%) SEEBURGER