ABAP Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

SAP ABAP
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Sussex requiring ABAP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 21 29
Rank change year-on-year -10 +8 -11
Contract jobs citing ABAP 7 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 2.61% 4.83% 4.69%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.14% 13.46% 13.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 5 8
10th Percentile £476 £520 £408
25th Percentile £546 £610 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £614 £623 £412
Median % change year-on-year -1.37% +51.09% -38.96%
75th Percentile £627 £630 £414
90th Percentile £629 £632 £414
South East median daily rate £623 £623 £414
% change year-on-year +0.08% +50.36% -38.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.18
25th Percentile - - £23.81
Median hourly rate - - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £27.81
90th Percentile - - £28.53
South East median hourly rate - - £54.00

All Programming Languages
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 86 52 92
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 32.09% 35.86% 35.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 33 68
10th Percentile £276 £332 £300
25th Percentile £295 £361 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +11.76% -22.30%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £491
90th Percentile £670 £608 £588
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £50.25 - £23.18
25th Percentile £50.63 £61.25 £23.81
Median hourly rate £52.50 £62.50 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +142.72% +16.20%
75th Percentile £55.63 £63.75 £27.81
90th Percentile £56.75 - £28.53
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in West Sussex

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing ABAP

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in West Sussex over the 6 months to 15 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in West Sussex

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing ABAP

ABAP
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 15 April 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
Worthing -8 7 £614 -1.37% 1
ABAP
South East

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 5 (71.43%) NetWeaver
1 5 (71.43%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SAP CRM
2 2 (28.57%) SAP HR
2 2 (28.57%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 5 (71.43%) SuccessFactors
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Architect
1 5 (71.43%) SAP Architect
1 5 (71.43%) SAP Technical Architect
1 5 (71.43%) Technical Architect
2 2 (28.57%) ABAP Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 7 (100.00%) SAPUI5
2 5 (71.43%) SAP PI
3 2 (28.57%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) CRM
2 5 (71.43%) Enterprise Architecture
2 5 (71.43%) Strategic Thinking
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Architecture
3 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (57.14%) ERP
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Revenue Management
4 2 (28.57%) Workflow
5 1 (14.29%) Architectural Design
5 1 (14.29%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (71.43%) Ariba
3 2 (28.57%) Adobe