ABAP Developer Contracts

SAP ABAP Developer
UK

The median SAP ABAP Developer daily rate in the UK is £414 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 645 823
Rank change year-on-year +91 +178 -152
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Developer 37 73 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.086% 0.12% 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.13% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 9
10th Percentile £315 £413 £387
25th Percentile £412 £414 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £414 £431 £465
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% -7.42% +3.33%
75th Percentile £472 £555 £496
90th Percentile £519 £668 £508
UK excluding London median daily rate £412 £414 £405
% change year-on-year -0.48% +2.22% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,021 55,966 84,699
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,056 39,104 59,482
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,666 1,571 2,084
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%
75th Percentile £61.29 £65.75 £49.19
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.71
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.26 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.35% +116.50% +2.74%

ABAP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured ABAP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP Developer in the UK

ABAP Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP Developer.

Daily rate trend for ABAP Developer in the UK

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP Developer over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP Developer in the UK

ABAP Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP Developer.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP Developer in the UK

ABAP Developer
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
England +85 25 £414 -3.83%
Work from Home +97 23 £412 -3.06% 2
UK excluding London +52 19 £412 -0.48%
South East +19 12 £412 -0.48%
North of England +24 7 £513 -6.82%
London +92 4 £450 -14.29%
North West +14 4 £513 -6.82%
North East - 3 £306 -

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, ABAP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring ABAP Developer in the job title.

1 37 (100.00%) ABAP
2 31 (83.78%) SAP
3 13 (35.14%) Adobe
4 12 (32.43%) Migration
4 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
5 11 (29.73%) Data Migration
5 11 (29.73%) Web Dynpro
5 11 (29.73%) Agile
6 10 (27.03%) Process Improvement
6 10 (27.03%) Test Strategy
7 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
9 7 (18.92%) OO
10 6 (16.22%) SAP S/4HANA
11 5 (13.51%) Siemens
11 5 (13.51%) PLM
11 5 (13.51%) Teamcenter
12 4 (10.81%) PDM
12 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
12 4 (10.81%) REST
12 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
12 4 (10.81%) SAP Fiori
12 4 (10.81%) Data Management
13 3 (8.11%) Data Extraction
13 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
13 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
13 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
14 2 (5.41%) ETL
14 2 (5.41%) Ariba
14 2 (5.41%) SAP Smart Forms

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (2.70%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 6 (16.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (13.51%) Teamcenter
3 1 (2.70%) SAP CAR
3 1 (2.70%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.70%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.70%) JIRA
General
1 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.41%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.70%) Finance
4 1 (2.70%) Law
4 1 (2.70%) Retail
4 1 (2.70%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (29.73%) Web Dynpro
2 4 (10.81%) REST
2 4 (10.81%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 2 (5.41%) SAP Smart Forms
4 1 (2.70%) BAPI
4 1 (2.70%) IDoc
4 1 (2.70%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (32.43%) Migration
2 11 (29.73%) Agile
2 11 (29.73%) Data Migration
3 10 (27.03%) Process Improvement
3 10 (27.03%) Test Strategy
4 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (18.92%) OO
6 5 (13.51%) PLM
7 4 (10.81%) Data Management
7 4 (10.81%) PDM
8 3 (8.11%) Data Extraction
8 3 (8.11%) Data Modelling
9 2 (5.41%) ETL
9 2 (5.41%) User Acceptance Testing
10 1 (2.70%) Cloud Security
10 1 (2.70%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.70%) E-Commerce
10 1 (2.70%) SAP Security
10 1 (2.70%) Translating Business Requirements
10 1 (2.70%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 37 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 31 (83.78%) SAP
2 13 (35.14%) Adobe
3 5 (13.51%) Siemens
4 2 (5.41%) Ariba
4 2 (5.41%) Talend
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow