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 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 557 399 426
Rank change year-on-year -158 +27 -25
Contract jobs citing ABAP 87 134 170
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.45% 0.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.64% 1.33% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 63 86
10th Percentile £483 £425 £410
25th Percentile £531 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £602 £525 £568
Median % change year-on-year +14.64% -7.49% +5.09%
75th Percentile £670 £621 £625
90th Percentile £737 £750 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £581 £507 £531
% change year-on-year +14.60% -4.56% +1.19%
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 13,503 10,066 13,166
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.83% 33.91% 30.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,798 6,822 9,246
10th Percentile £358 £350 £350
25th Percentile £417 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £650
90th Percentile £715 £756 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +2.91% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 554 235 542
10th Percentile £35.25 £25.98 £31.35
25th Percentile £53.53 £33.91 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £55.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -12.00% +2.97%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.63 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.85 £84.80 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £62.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.84% -4.62% +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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -157 60 £602 +14.64% 39
Work from Home -66 37 £630 +26.00% 38
UK excluding London -121 32 £581 +14.60% 37
London -80 23 £602 -0.52% 5
South East -64 13 £620 +15.46% 8
North of England -76 8 £550 +13.87% 8
Midlands -66 6 £575 +19.48% 9
Yorkshire - 6 £550 - 4
South West - 4 £825 - 1
West Midlands -65 3 £601 +24.78% 7
East Midlands -19 2 - - 2
North West -51 2 £690 +38.00% 3
East of England - 1 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 3

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 9 (10.34%) NetWeaver
2 5 (5.75%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.15%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 44 (50.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (13.79%) SAP Payroll
3 9 (10.34%) SAP EWM
4 7 (8.05%) SAP CRM
4 7 (8.05%) SAP FI
5 6 (6.90%) SAP HCM
6 5 (5.75%) SAP CO
6 5 (5.75%) SAP FI/CO
6 5 (5.75%) SAP HR
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Travel Management
8 2 (2.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 2 (2.30%) SAP MRS
8 2 (2.30%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (2.30%) SAP SD
9 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (1.15%) SAP BRIM
9 1 (1.15%) SAP MDG
9 1 (1.15%) SAP MM
9 1 (1.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 1 (1.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 8 (9.20%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (3.45%) AWS
2 3 (3.45%) Azure
3 2 (2.30%) Boomi
3 2 (2.30%) GCP
3 2 (2.30%) GitHub
3 2 (2.30%) SaaS
4 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.15%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (27.59%) SAP HANA
2 2 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.30%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
2 1 (1.15%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.15%) Git
2 1 (1.15%) GitLab
2 1 (1.15%) Hudson
2 1 (1.15%) LSMW
2 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 30 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.09%) Finance
3 12 (13.79%) Legal
4 11 (12.64%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.90%) Manufacturing
6 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (3.45%) Local Government
7 3 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.30%) Aerospace
8 2 (2.30%) Billing
8 2 (2.30%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.30%) Retail
8 2 (2.30%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.15%) General Ledger
9 1 (1.15%) German Language
9 1 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.15%) Italian Language
9 1 (1.15%) Law
9 1 (1.15%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 37 (42.53%) Consultant
2 30 (34.48%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (22.99%) Developer
4 18 (20.69%) SAP Developer
5 17 (19.54%) ABAP Developer
6 9 (10.34%) SAP Manager
7 8 (9.20%) Lead
7 8 (9.20%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 8 (9.20%) Technical Consultant
8 7 (8.05%) Architect
8 7 (8.05%) Senior
9 6 (6.90%) SAP Architect
10 5 (5.75%) ABAP Consultant
10 5 (5.75%) Functional Consultant
10 5 (5.75%) HR Consultant
10 5 (5.75%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 5 (5.75%) SAP Technical Architect
10 5 (5.75%) Technical Architect
10 5 (5.75%) Technical Leader
11 4 (4.60%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (16.09%) SAPUI5
3 12 (13.79%) Web Services
4 10 (11.49%) IDoc
5 7 (8.05%) BAPI
5 7 (8.05%) SAP PI
6 4 (4.60%) SAP Basis
7 3 (3.45%) EDI
7 3 (3.45%) RESTful
7 3 (3.45%) SAP Core Interface
7 3 (3.45%) XML
8 2 (2.30%) Middleware
8 2 (2.30%) SAP ALE
8 2 (2.30%) SAP Business Workflow
8 2 (2.30%) SAP TM
8 2 (2.30%) SAP XI
8 2 (2.30%) Web Dynpro
9 1 (1.15%) JMS
9 1 (1.15%) OAuth
9 1 (1.15%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
1 4 (4.60%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.30%) Life Science
3 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.15%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.15%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.15%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.30%) AIX
1 2 (2.30%) Linux
1 2 (2.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (19.54%) User Acceptance Testing
3 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (13.79%) Agile
4 12 (13.79%) ERP
5 10 (11.49%) Migration
5 10 (11.49%) Workflow
6 9 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (10.34%) CRM
6 9 (10.34%) OO
7 7 (8.05%) Performance Tuning
7 7 (8.05%) Process Improvement
7 7 (8.05%) Test Scripting
8 6 (6.90%) Change Management
8 6 (6.90%) Knowledge Transfer
8 6 (6.90%) Procure-to-Pay
8 6 (6.90%) Release Management
8 6 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (5.75%) Logistics
9 5 (5.75%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.75%) Java
2 2 (2.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.15%) ActionScript
3 1 (1.15%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (1.15%) Groovy
3 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.45%) PMI Certification
4 3 (3.45%) PMP
4 3 (3.45%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.15%) CISM
5 1 (1.15%) CISSP
5 1 (1.15%) Degree
5 1 (1.15%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.15%) GDPR
1 1 (1.15%) GRC
Vendors
1 87 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (17.24%) Ariba
3 14 (16.09%) Adobe
4 5 (5.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.45%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.30%) Dell
6 2 (2.30%) JD Edwards
6 2 (2.30%) Oracle
7 1 (1.15%) Concur
7 1 (1.15%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.15%) Planview
7 1 (1.15%) SEEBURGER