ABAP Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

SAP ABAP
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 92 113
Rank change year-on-year -38 +21 +58
Contract jobs citing ABAP 6 19 4
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.30% 1.01% 0.21%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.15% 4.43% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 2
10th Percentile £456 £435 -
25th Percentile £471 £454 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -10.00% +4.35%
75th Percentile £595 £731 -
90th Percentile £673 - -
England median daily rate £559 £540 £534
% change year-on-year +3.43% +1.12% -11.00%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 523 429 439
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.99% 22.72% 22.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 255 313
10th Percentile £358 £335 £292
25th Percentile £449 £403 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +8.89% -12.62%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £600
90th Percentile £627 £659 £700
England median daily rate £513 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -5.09% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 9
10th Percentile £33.91 £34.25 £17.43
25th Percentile - £34.73 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £47.50 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +156.76% -58.89%
75th Percentile - £63.75 £19.25
90th Percentile - £70.50 £25.80
England median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -0.79%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ABAP

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the West Midlands

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ABAP

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 November 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
Shropshire -38 5 £515 +9.57% 1
Warwickshire - 1 £700 -
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (16.67%) NetWeaver
1 1 (16.67%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP ERP
1 2 (33.33%) SAP HR
1 2 (33.33%) SAP PSCD
2 1 (16.67%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
5 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) ABAP Developer
2 2 (33.33%) Developer
2 2 (33.33%) SAP BW Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Architect
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Technical Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) SAP Fiori
1 4 (66.67%) SAPUI5
2 2 (33.33%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) HTML5
3 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) CRM
2 4 (66.67%) Revenue Management
3 3 (50.00%) ERP
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
4 2 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Cost Centre Accounting
4 2 (33.33%) Workflow
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) AI
5 1 (16.67%) AIOps
5 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (16.67%) Impact Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 1 (16.67%) Migration
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CCA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (16.67%) Ariba