ABAP Developer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SAP ABAP Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median SAP ABAP Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
1 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 272 316 423
Rank change year-on-year +44 +107 +188
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Developer 32 29 54
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.32% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 11 23
10th Percentile £340 £315 -
25th Percentile £487 - £414
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £412 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.36% -3.06% -13.71%
75th Percentile £540 £456 £555
90th Percentile £572 £475 £723
UK median daily rate £500 £414 £431
% change year-on-year +20.77% -3.83% -7.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £86.00 - -

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 WFH or hybrid 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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

ABAP Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured ABAP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ABAP Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ABAP Developer.

ABAP Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ABAP Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

ABAP Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, ABAP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with a WFH option featuring ABAP Developer in the job title.

1 32 (100.00%) ABAP
2 31 (96.88%) SAP
3 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
4 18 (56.25%) SC Cleared
5 17 (53.13%) OO
6 15 (46.88%) BAPI
7 14 (43.75%) SAP HANA
8 13 (40.63%) BPSS Clearance
9 11 (34.38%) Web Services
10 10 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
10 10 (31.25%) Process Improvement
10 10 (31.25%) Performance Tuning
11 9 (28.13%) SAP Fiori
12 7 (21.88%) SAPUI5
13 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
13 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
14 5 (15.63%) Time Management
15 4 (12.50%) Ariba
16 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
16 3 (9.38%) ETL
16 3 (9.38%) SAP Certification
16 3 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
16 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
17 2 (6.25%) Workday
17 2 (6.25%) REST
17 2 (6.25%) Business Transformation
17 2 (6.25%) Unit Testing
17 2 (6.25%) Test Scripting
17 2 (6.25%) Google
17 2 (6.25%) OOP

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.25%) SAP CO
2 2 (6.25%) SAP FI
2 2 (6.25%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (6.25%) SAP HR
2 2 (6.25%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (43.75%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.25%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.13%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (46.88%) BAPI
2 11 (34.38%) Web Services
3 9 (28.13%) SAP Fiori
4 7 (21.88%) SAPUI5
5 2 (6.25%) REST
6 1 (3.13%) Node.js
6 1 (3.13%) RESTful
6 1 (3.13%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (3.13%) SOAP
6 1 (3.13%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) OO
2 10 (31.25%) Performance Tuning
2 10 (31.25%) Process Improvement
3 6 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) Time Management
5 3 (9.38%) Data Modelling
5 3 (9.38%) ETL
5 3 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (6.25%) Agile
6 2 (6.25%) Business Transformation
6 2 (6.25%) OOP
6 2 (6.25%) Test Scripting
6 2 (6.25%) Unit Testing
6 2 (6.25%) Workflow
7 1 (3.13%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (3.13%) Data Management
7 1 (3.13%) Design Patterns
7 1 (3.13%) Logistics
7 1 (3.13%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 1 (3.13%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) ABAP
2 1 (3.13%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) Perl
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 18 (56.25%) SC Cleared
3 13 (40.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.38%) SAP Certification
5 1 (3.13%) CAPM
5 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 31 (96.88%) SAP
2 4 (12.50%) Ariba
3 2 (6.25%) Google
3 2 (6.25%) Workday
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe
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