Hybrid/Remote ABAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP ABAP Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median SAP ABAP Consultant daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £716, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 324 368
Rank change year-on-year +19 +44 +188
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Consultant 3 1 5
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.030% 0.008% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.009% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £708 - -
25th Percentile £711 £313 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £716 £325 £513
Median % change year-on-year +120.31% -36.65% +14.00%
75th Percentile £717 £338 £565
90th Percentile £718 - £568
UK median daily rate £705 £580 £500
% change year-on-year +21.55% +16.00% +5.71%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

ABAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ABAP Consultant' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

ABAP Consultant job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

ABAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid ABAP Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid ABAP Consultant job vacancies

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, ABAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring ABAP Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
1 3 (100.00%) BAPI
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) SAP
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (100.00%) SAP HANA
1 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance

ABAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 3 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) BAPI
1 3 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
1 3 (100.00%) SAP