ABAP Contracts with Work from Home Options

SAP ABAP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ABAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ABAP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 253 276 491
Rank change year-on-year +23 +215 -90
Contract jobs citing ABAP 84 199 134
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.55% 0.78% 0.30%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.65% 2.08% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 93 68
10th Percentile £410 £414 £442
25th Percentile £412 £495 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £588 £538
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +9.30% +9.47%
75th Percentile £600 £678 £675
90th Percentile £625 £703 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £588 £525
% change year-on-year -12.77% +11.90% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £93.25 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £94.38 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £97.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.90% - -
75th Percentile £24.25 £99.38 -
90th Percentile - £99.75 -
UK median hourly rate £70.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -28.21% +102.25% -35.72%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

ABAP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,078 9,546 16,961
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 33.52% 37.33% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,680 6,981 12,592
10th Percentile £350 £388 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £656 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 207 190
10th Percentile £26.50 £33.30 £20.70
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £49.63
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.94% +10.28%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £88.38 £77.60 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £61.60 £60.55 £50.00
% change year-on-year +1.73% +21.10% +14.29%

ABAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ABAP trend for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP.

ABAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ABAP over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

ABAP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP.

ABAP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.57%) Confluence
2 2 (2.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 28 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (10.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 9 (10.71%) SAP FI-AP
2 9 (10.71%) SAP SD
3 7 (8.33%) SAP MDG
4 5 (5.95%) SAP EWM
5 4 (4.76%) SAP ERP
6 3 (3.57%) SAP FI
7 2 (2.38%) SAP CO
7 2 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (2.38%) SAP PP
7 2 (2.38%) SAP SCM
8 1 (1.19%) Endur
8 1 (1.19%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.19%) SAP FI-CA
8 1 (1.19%) SAP FI-GL
8 1 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (1.19%) SAP PP-PI
8 1 (1.19%) SAP Retail
8 1 (1.19%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.38%) SaaS
1 2 (2.38%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (1.19%) AWS
2 1 (1.19%) Azure
2 1 (1.19%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.19%) Miro
2 1 (1.19%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.19%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.90%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.95%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) JIRA
2 3 (3.57%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.38%) LSMW
4 1 (1.19%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.19%) eCATT
4 1 (1.19%) Git
4 1 (1.19%) Selenium
General
1 21 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 11 (13.10%) Manufacturing
4 8 (9.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 7 (8.33%) Finance
6 6 (7.14%) Retail
7 3 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.19%) Automotive
8 1 (1.19%) Billing
8 1 (1.19%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.19%) German Language
8 1 (1.19%) Law
8 1 (1.19%) Legal
8 1 (1.19%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 41 (48.81%) Developer
2 32 (38.10%) Consultant
2 32 (38.10%) SAP Consultant
3 29 (34.52%) SAP Developer
4 23 (27.38%) ABAP Developer
5 9 (10.71%) SAP Technical Consultant
5 9 (10.71%) Technical Consultant
6 7 (8.33%) SAP MDG Consultant
7 6 (7.14%) Architect
8 5 (5.95%) ABAP Consultant
8 5 (5.95%) Data Consultant
8 5 (5.95%) Functional Consultant
8 5 (5.95%) SAP Data Consultant
8 5 (5.95%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 4 (4.76%) Data Governance Consultant
9 4 (4.76%) Governance Consultant
9 4 (4.76%) SAP BW Developer
9 4 (4.76%) SAP Master Data Consultant
9 4 (4.76%) SAP SD Consultant
9 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (21.43%) IDoc
2 11 (13.10%) EDI
3 8 (9.52%) SAP Business Workflow
3 8 (9.52%) Web Dynpro
4 7 (8.33%) BAPI
4 7 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (7.14%) REST
5 6 (7.14%) SAP ALE
6 5 (5.95%) SAPUI5
6 5 (5.95%) Web Services
7 4 (4.76%) XML
8 3 (3.57%) HTML
9 2 (2.38%) CSS
9 2 (2.38%) HTML5
9 2 (2.38%) Middleware
9 2 (2.38%) Node.js
9 2 (2.38%) React
9 2 (2.38%) SAP Smart Forms
9 2 (2.38%) SAP XI
10 1 (1.19%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.57%) Data Structures
1 3 (3.57%) Replication
2 2 (2.38%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.38%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.19%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (17.86%) Workflow
2 13 (15.48%) Analytics
2 13 (15.48%) Migration
3 11 (13.10%) Agile
3 11 (13.10%) Data Modelling
4 10 (11.90%) Accounts Payable
4 10 (11.90%) Data Migration
4 10 (11.90%) OO
4 10 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (9.52%) Invoice Processing
5 8 (9.52%) OCR
5 8 (9.52%) Root Cause Analysis
6 7 (8.33%) ERP
7 5 (5.95%) Process Improvement
7 5 (5.95%) Test Strategy
8 4 (4.76%) Data Governance
8 4 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.57%) Change Management
9 3 (3.57%) EAM
9 3 (3.57%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.38%) Java
1 2 (2.38%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.38%) TypeScript
2 1 (1.19%) C
2 1 (1.19%) C#
2 1 (1.19%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (15.48%) SC Cleared
1 13 (15.48%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.57%) SAP Certification
3 2 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.38%) Degree
4 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.38%) QA
2 1 (1.19%) GAAP
Vendors
1 79 (94.05%) SAP
2 12 (14.29%) Adobe
3 9 (10.71%) OpenText
4 6 (7.14%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.14%) Oracle
5 3 (3.57%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.57%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.38%) Ariba
6 2 (2.38%) Concur
6 2 (2.38%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.38%) Talend
7 1 (1.19%) Apple
7 1 (1.19%) IBM
7 1 (1.19%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.19%) OpenLink
7 1 (1.19%) Triple Point
7 1 (1.19%) webMethods