ABAP Contracts

SAP ABAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 399 394
Rank change year-on-year -26 -5 +232
Contract jobs citing ABAP 125 179 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.41% 0.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.17% 1.35% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 94 142
10th Percentile £420 £409 £414
25th Percentile £456 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £577 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.93% +4.91% +1.85%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £675
90th Percentile £675 £650 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £515 £580 £525
% change year-on-year -11.29% +10.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £25.73 £93.25
25th Percentile - £27.00 £94.38
Median hourly rate - £49.00 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year - -49.74% +102.25%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £99.38
90th Percentile - £82.25 £99.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £28.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year - -71.28% +102.25%

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 10,680 13,287 18,999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.58% 30.65% 33.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,203 9,330 13,600
10th Percentile £350 £350 £375
25th Percentile £413 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £790
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -2.96% -2.10% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 540 454
10th Percentile £27.00 £31.25 £30.23
25th Percentile £34.94 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - +19.05%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £78.58 £75.00 £79.41
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.25 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -4.23% +4.00% +17.92%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 13 Contract 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 5 July 2025. 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 -2 89 £537 -7.41% 93
Work from Home +10 51 £526 +5.09% 47
London +19 43 £605 +0.83% 51
UK excluding London +15 43 £515 -11.29% 37
South East +32 21 £537 -7.73% 15
North of England +8 14 £466 -6.85% 3
North West +12 11 £483 -4.59% 3
Midlands -13 6 £463 -19.57% 13
West Midlands +1 4 £463 -28.85% 11
North East -2 2 £335 +9.39%
East Midlands -10 2 £580 +4.50% 2
Wales - 2 £460 -
Yorkshire 0 1 £650 +29.87%

ABAP
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 17 (13.60%) NetWeaver
2 7 (5.60%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.80%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.80%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 48 (38.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (9.60%) SAP HCM
3 11 (8.80%) SAP CRM
3 11 (8.80%) SAP HR
4 9 (7.20%) SAP PP
4 9 (7.20%) SAP R/3
5 8 (6.40%) SAP SD
6 6 (4.80%) SAP Payroll
6 6 (4.80%) SAP PLM
7 5 (4.00%) SAP GTS
8 4 (3.20%) SAP MDG
9 3 (2.40%) SAP PSCD
9 3 (2.40%) SAP VC
10 2 (1.60%) SAP CO
10 2 (1.60%) SAP Convergent Charging
10 2 (1.60%) SAP ECC
10 2 (1.60%) SAP EWM
10 2 (1.60%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (1.60%) SAP PM
10 2 (1.60%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.80%) SuccessFactors
2 6 (4.80%) Cloud Computing
3 4 (3.20%) Azure
4 2 (1.60%) Boomi
5 1 (0.80%) AWS
5 1 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.80%) GitHub
5 1 (0.80%) iPaaS
5 1 (0.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.80%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (18.40%) SAP HANA
2 4 (3.20%) SAP BW
3 1 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.80%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.80%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.80%) IDMS
3 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.80%) LSMW
2 2 (1.60%) JIRA
3 1 (0.80%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.80%) Git
3 1 (0.80%) GitLab
3 1 (0.80%) Postman
3 1 (0.80%) SoapUI
General
1 58 (46.40%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (12.00%) Aerospace
4 12 (9.60%) Manufacturing
5 10 (8.00%) Finance
6 7 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.20%) Billing
8 4 (3.20%) Legal
8 4 (3.20%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (2.40%) Banking
9 3 (2.40%) Law
9 3 (2.40%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.80%) Aviation
11 1 (0.80%) Danish Language
11 1 (0.80%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.80%) German Language
11 1 (0.80%) Retail
11 1 (0.80%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (38.40%) Consultant
2 46 (36.80%) SAP Consultant
3 45 (36.00%) Developer
4 38 (30.40%) SAP Developer
5 33 (26.40%) ABAP Developer
6 10 (8.00%) Functional Consultant
6 10 (8.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 9 (7.20%) Architect
7 9 (7.20%) SAP Architect
7 9 (7.20%) SAP PP Consultant
7 9 (7.20%) SAP PP Functional Consultant
8 8 (6.40%) Integration Developer
9 7 (5.60%) SAP HCM Consultant
9 7 (5.60%) SAP Technical Architect
9 7 (5.60%) Senior
9 7 (5.60%) Technical Architect
10 6 (4.80%) SAP MM Consultant
10 6 (4.80%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
10 6 (4.80%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 6 (4.80%) SAP SD Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (24.00%) SAP Fiori
2 17 (13.60%) BAPI
2 17 (13.60%) REST
2 17 (13.60%) SAPUI5
3 16 (12.80%) IDoc
3 16 (12.80%) SAP PI
3 16 (12.80%) SOAP
4 13 (10.40%) EDI
4 13 (10.40%) Web Services
5 12 (9.60%) XML
6 10 (8.00%) Middleware
7 6 (4.80%) JDBC
7 6 (4.80%) JMS
7 6 (4.80%) XSLT
8 5 (4.00%) JSON
8 5 (4.00%) Node.js
8 5 (4.00%) SAP ALE
9 4 (3.20%) Web Dynpro
10 3 (2.40%) RESTful
11 2 (1.60%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.60%) Self-Motivation
1 7 (5.60%) Virtual Team
2 6 (4.80%) Data Structures
2 6 (4.80%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 5 (4.00%) Replication
3 5 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 3 (2.40%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.80%) FMCG
6 1 (0.80%) Life Science
6 1 (0.80%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.80%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (30.40%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (18.40%) Workflow
3 17 (13.60%) Agile
4 16 (12.80%) OO
4 16 (12.80%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (12.80%) User Acceptance Testing
5 14 (11.20%) CRM
5 14 (11.20%) Integration Testing
5 14 (11.20%) Performance Tuning
6 13 (10.40%) Document Management
7 12 (9.60%) Migration
7 12 (9.60%) Scrum
7 12 (9.60%) Time Management
8 11 (8.80%) System Integration Testing
9 10 (8.00%) ERP
10 9 (7.20%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (7.20%) Data Modelling
10 9 (7.20%) Inventory Management
10 9 (7.20%) Performance Testing
10 9 (7.20%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 21 (16.80%) Java
2 9 (7.20%) SQL
3 6 (4.80%) JavaScript
4 5 (4.00%) Groovy
4 5 (4.00%) Python
5 4 (3.20%) Perl
Qualifications
1 27 (21.60%) SC Cleared
1 27 (21.60%) Security Cleared
2 21 (16.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (4.80%) Degree
4 4 (3.20%) SAP Certification
5 3 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.60%) CAPM
6 2 (1.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.00%) SLA
2 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.60%) GDPR
3 2 (1.60%) IFRS
3 2 (1.60%) IFRS 9
3 2 (1.60%) QA
4 1 (0.80%) GRC
4 1 (0.80%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (0.80%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.80%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.80%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 123 (98.40%) SAP
2 14 (11.20%) Ariba
3 8 (6.40%) Adobe
4 4 (3.20%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.60%) Databricks
6 2 (1.60%) Dell
6 2 (1.60%) Google
6 2 (1.60%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.60%) Oracle
6 2 (1.60%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.60%) TIBCO
6 2 (1.60%) Workday
7 1 (0.80%) HP