ABAP Contract Job Trends in Wales

SAP ABAP
UK > Wales

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing ABAP 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.84% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.49% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £440 - -
25th Percentile £479 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £613 £540 £563
% change year-on-year +13.43% -4.00% -4.01%

All Programming Languages
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 89 111 114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 18.66% 29.52% 26.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 72 89
10th Percentile £306 £197 £206
25th Percentile £400 £370 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £449 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.30% +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £538
90th Percentile £642 £588 £599
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -4.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 6
10th Percentile £30.00 £15.69 £36.43
25th Percentile £30.25 £20.12 £48.44
Median hourly rate £50.00 £22.25 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +124.72% -58.02% +171.93%
75th Percentile - £31.13 £55.25
90th Percentile £85.50 £45.00 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% +4.17% -7.69%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in Wales

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ABAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing ABAP

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the Wales region over the 6 months to 6 February 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
South Wales - 4 £508 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (100.00%) SAP PM
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) ABAP Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) SAP Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 4 (100.00%) SAP Implementation
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe
1 4 (100.00%) SAP