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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 426 410
Rank change year-on-year -119 -16 -12
Contract jobs citing ABAP 116 119 173
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.37% 0.41%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.82% 1.10% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 59 87
10th Percentile £451 £416 £414
25th Percentile £490 £456 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £537 £579
Median % change year-on-year +2.42% -7.25% +7.62%
75th Percentile £638 £621 £609
90th Percentile £716 £675 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £580
% change year-on-year +4.76% -9.48% +12.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 7
10th Percentile £66.95 - £25.30
25th Percentile £77.75 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £84.50 - £28.00
75th Percentile £86.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile - - £77.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.25 - £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 14,143 10,777 12,962
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 26.86% 33.13% 30.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,198 7,257 9,168
10th Percentile £360 £350 £350
25th Percentile £421 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.49% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +3.16% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 525 259 495
10th Percentile £34.01 £28.14 £30.88
25th Percentile £52.00 £36.37 £46.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £80.59 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £64.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +1.56% -1.54% +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 July 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 July 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 July 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 -118 85 £550 +4.76% 36
Work from Home -47 54 £581 +8.19% 30
UK excluding London -82 54 £550 +4.76% 34
London -98 23 £600 +3.27% 7
South East -65 19 £581 +9.42% 6
Midlands -46 18 £490 -6.00% 5
North of England -68 16 £550 +20.88% 6
West Midlands -50 14 £486 +5.00% 3
Yorkshire -35 9 £550 -15.38% 3
North West -48 7 £690 +49.84% 3
South West - 4 £825 - 2
East Midlands -13 3 - - 2
East of England - 1 - - 9
Northern Ireland - 1 £450 - 1

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 (7.76%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.31%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.86%) Confluence
3 1 (0.86%) LiveCycle
Applications
1 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 58 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (16.38%) SAP Payroll
3 11 (9.48%) SAP HCM
3 11 (9.48%) SAP PSCD
4 9 (7.76%) SAP FI
5 7 (6.03%) SAP CRM
6 6 (5.17%) SAP CO
6 6 (5.17%) SAP EWM
6 6 (5.17%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (5.17%) SAP HR
7 4 (3.45%) SAP ERP
7 4 (3.45%) SAP Travel Management
8 3 (2.59%) SAP SD
9 2 (1.72%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 2 (1.72%) SAP MM
9 2 (1.72%) SAP MRS
9 2 (1.72%) SAP PS
10 1 (0.86%) SAP CX
10 1 (0.86%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 1 (0.86%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 9 (7.76%) Azure
1 9 (7.76%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (6.90%) AWS
3 6 (5.17%) GCP
4 4 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (3.45%) GitHub
5 2 (1.72%) Boomi
5 2 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (1.72%) SaaS
6 1 (0.86%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.86%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (24.14%) SAP HANA
2 7 (6.03%) SAP BW
3 6 (5.17%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (3.45%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.45%) JIRA
2 3 (2.59%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.86%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.86%) Git
3 1 (0.86%) GitLab
3 1 (0.86%) Hudson
General
1 41 (35.34%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.83%) Finance
3 16 (13.79%) Public Sector
4 14 (12.07%) Legal
5 11 (9.48%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (7.76%) Manufacturing
7 8 (6.90%) Retail
8 6 (5.17%) Pharmaceutical
9 5 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.45%) General Ledger
10 4 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (3.45%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.59%) Aerospace
11 3 (2.59%) Local Government
12 2 (1.72%) Billing
12 2 (1.72%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.86%) Aviation
13 1 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 56 (48.28%) Consultant
2 47 (40.52%) SAP Consultant
3 24 (20.69%) Developer
4 22 (18.97%) SAP Developer
5 19 (16.38%) ABAP Developer
6 11 (9.48%) Architect
7 10 (8.62%) Functional Consultant
7 10 (8.62%) SAP Architect
7 10 (8.62%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 9 (7.76%) SAP Manager
8 9 (7.76%) SAP Technical Architect
8 9 (7.76%) Technical Architect
9 8 (6.90%) ABAP Consultant
9 8 (6.90%) HR Consultant
9 8 (6.90%) Lead
10 7 (6.03%) Senior
11 6 (5.17%) SAP PI Consultant
11 6 (5.17%) SAP Technical Consultant
11 6 (5.17%) Support Consultant
11 6 (5.17%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (36.21%) SAP Fiori
2 21 (18.10%) SAPUI5
3 17 (14.66%) IDoc
4 16 (13.79%) SAP PI
5 12 (10.34%) SOAP
6 11 (9.48%) BAPI
6 11 (9.48%) REST
7 10 (8.62%) Web Services
8 7 (6.03%) JDBC
8 7 (6.03%) Middleware
8 7 (6.03%) SAP Basis
9 4 (3.45%) RESTful
9 4 (3.45%) XML
10 3 (2.59%) EDI
10 3 (2.59%) SAP Core Interface
10 3 (2.59%) SAP TM
10 3 (2.59%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (1.72%) SAP ALE
11 2 (1.72%) SAP Business Workflow
11 2 (1.72%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.59%) FMCG
2 3 (2.59%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (2.59%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.72%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.86%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.86%) Life Science
4 1 (0.86%) Management Information System
4 1 (0.86%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.86%) Private Cloud
4 1 (0.86%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.17%) Unix
2 2 (1.72%) AIX
2 2 (1.72%) Linux
2 2 (1.72%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.45%) User Acceptance Testing
2 30 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (19.83%) CRM
3 23 (19.83%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.79%) ERP
4 16 (13.79%) Performance Tuning
5 15 (12.93%) Agile
6 14 (12.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.07%) Process Improvement
7 13 (11.21%) OO
8 11 (9.48%) Integration Patterns
8 11 (9.48%) Unit Testing
8 11 (9.48%) Workflow
9 9 (7.76%) Integration Testing
9 9 (7.76%) Migration
9 9 (7.76%) Technical Architecture
9 9 (7.76%) Test Scripting
9 9 (7.76%) Time Management
10 8 (6.90%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (6.90%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) Java
2 2 (1.72%) SQL
3 1 (0.86%) ActionScript
3 1 (0.86%) ActionScript 2.0
3 1 (0.86%) Groovy
3 1 (0.86%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 22 (18.97%) Security Cleared
2 21 (18.10%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.59%) CCA
4 3 (2.59%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.59%) PMP
4 3 (2.59%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.86%) CISM
5 1 (0.86%) CISSP
5 1 (0.86%) Degree
5 1 (0.86%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.86%) GDPR
1 1 (0.86%) GRC
Vendors
1 116 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (14.66%) Ariba
3 16 (13.79%) Adobe
4 10 (8.62%) Microsoft
5 6 (5.17%) webMethods
6 2 (1.72%) Dell
6 2 (1.72%) JD Edwards
6 2 (1.72%) Oracle
6 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.86%) Concur
7 1 (0.86%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.86%) Planview
7 1 (0.86%) SEEBURGER