ABAP Contract Job Trends

SAP ABAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 370 425
Rank change year-on-year -189 +55 -32
Contract jobs citing ABAP 82 148 169
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.51% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.62% 1.48% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 73 84
10th Percentile £481 £444 £409
25th Percentile £519 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £538 £555
Median % change year-on-year +11.52% -3.06% +0.91%
75th Percentile £629 £627 £625
90th Percentile £677 £794 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £596 £515 £531
% change year-on-year +15.63% -3.06% +0.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile £58.85 - £25.30
25th Percentile £71.00 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £82.50 - £28.00
75th Percentile £85.44 - £75.00
90th Percentile £85.78 - £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.50 - £28.00
% change year-on-year - - -71.28%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 13,289 9,978 13,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.84% 34.14% 30.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,684 6,755 9,244
10th Percentile £358 £356 £350
25th Percentile £415 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £760 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.68% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 564 232 526
10th Percentile £36.25 £27.00 £31.75
25th Percentile £54.55 £34.34 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £56.75 £62.25
Median % change year-on-year +14.54% -8.84% -0.40%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £78.93 £85.00 £76.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ABAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ABAP job vacancy trend in the UK

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP

ABAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 7 June 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
England -165 57 £602 +12.08% 34
Work from Home -80 34 £625 +23.15% 26
UK excluding London -131 30 £596 +15.63% 21
London -91 24 £600 -1.64% 8
South East -69 12 £620 +10.22% 6
North of England -88 7 £550 +10.00% 6
Midlands -59 6 £575 +15.00% 7
Yorkshire - 6 £550 - 4
South West - 4 £825 - 1
West Midlands -69 3 £601 +20.10% 5
East Midlands -25 2 - - 2
East of England -22 1 - -
North West -62 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 -

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 10 (12.20%) NetWeaver
2 5 (6.10%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.22%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 36 (43.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (12.20%) SAP EWM
3 9 (10.98%) SAP HCM
4 7 (8.54%) SAP CRM
4 7 (8.54%) SAP FI
4 7 (8.54%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (6.10%) SAP CO
5 5 (6.10%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (2.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 2 (2.44%) SAP HR
6 2 (2.44%) SAP MRS
6 2 (2.44%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (2.44%) SAP SD
7 1 (1.22%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (1.22%) SAP CX
7 1 (1.22%) SAP EM
7 1 (1.22%) SAP FS
7 1 (1.22%) SAP GRC
7 1 (1.22%) SAP GTS
7 1 (1.22%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (3.66%) AWS
2 3 (3.66%) Azure
3 2 (2.44%) Boomi
3 2 (2.44%) GCP
3 2 (2.44%) GitHub
3 2 (2.44%) SaaS
4 1 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.22%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.22%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (24.39%) SAP HANA
2 2 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.44%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.22%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.66%) JIRA
2 1 (1.22%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.22%) Git
2 1 (1.22%) GitLab
2 1 (1.22%) Hudson
2 1 (1.22%) LSMW
2 1 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 27 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 14 (17.07%) Finance
3 7 (8.54%) Legal
3 7 (8.54%) Public Sector
4 6 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.32%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.66%) Local Government
6 3 (3.66%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.44%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.44%) Banking
7 2 (2.44%) Billing
7 2 (2.44%) Retail
8 1 (1.22%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.22%) German Language
8 1 (1.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.22%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.22%) Law
8 1 (1.22%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.22%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (37.80%) Consultant
2 26 (31.71%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (24.39%) Developer
4 17 (20.73%) ABAP Developer
4 17 (20.73%) SAP Developer
5 10 (12.20%) SAP Manager
6 8 (9.76%) Lead
7 7 (8.54%) Architect
7 7 (8.54%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 7 (8.54%) Technical Consultant
8 6 (7.32%) SAP Architect
8 6 (7.32%) SAP HCM Consultant
9 5 (6.10%) Project Manager
9 5 (6.10%) SAP Project Manager
9 5 (6.10%) SAP Technical Architect
9 5 (6.10%) Senior
9 5 (6.10%) Technical Architect
9 5 (6.10%) Technical Leader
10 4 (4.88%) Payroll Consultant
10 4 (4.88%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (32.93%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (17.07%) SAPUI5
3 9 (10.98%) IDoc
3 9 (10.98%) SAP PI
4 8 (9.76%) Web Services
5 4 (4.88%) SAP Basis
6 3 (3.66%) BAPI
6 3 (3.66%) RESTful
6 3 (3.66%) SAP Core Interface
6 3 (3.66%) XML
7 2 (2.44%) EDI
7 2 (2.44%) Middleware
7 2 (2.44%) SAP ALE
7 2 (2.44%) SAP Business Workflow
7 2 (2.44%) SAP XI
7 2 (2.44%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (1.22%) JMS
8 1 (1.22%) OAuth
8 1 (1.22%) SAP TM
8 1 (1.22%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.88%) Product Ownership
1 4 (4.88%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.44%) Life Science
3 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.22%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.22%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.22%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.22%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.44%) AIX
1 2 (2.44%) Linux
1 2 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (19.51%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (15.85%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (15.85%) Workflow
3 11 (13.41%) Agile
3 11 (13.41%) ERP
3 11 (13.41%) User Acceptance Testing
4 10 (12.20%) Migration
4 10 (12.20%) OO
5 9 (10.98%) CRM
5 9 (10.98%) Time Management
6 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (7.32%) Change Management
7 6 (7.32%) Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (7.32%) Project Management
7 6 (7.32%) Release Management
8 5 (6.10%) Enterprise Architecture
8 5 (6.10%) Project Delivery
8 5 (6.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.10%) Strategic Thinking
8 5 (6.10%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.10%) Java
2 3 (3.66%) Groovy
3 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.44%) SQL
4 1 (1.22%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.22%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) SC Cleared
1 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.10%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (4.88%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.88%) PMP
4 3 (3.66%) SAP Certification
5 2 (2.44%) Degree
6 1 (1.22%) CISM
6 1 (1.22%) CISSP
6 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.22%) GDPR
1 1 (1.22%) GRC
1 1 (1.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 82 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (19.51%) Ariba
3 10 (12.20%) Adobe
4 5 (6.10%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.44%) Dell
5 2 (2.44%) JD Edwards
5 2 (2.44%) Oracle
5 2 (2.44%) Planview
5 2 (2.44%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.22%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.22%) SEEBURGER