ABAP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SAP ABAP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 233 257 283
Rank change year-on-year +24 +26 +207
Contract jobs citing ABAP 68 87 197
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.69% 0.57% 0.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.82% 1.70% 2.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 40 92
10th Percentile £453 £410 £414
25th Percentile £474 £412 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -14.89% +9.30%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £678
90th Percentile £649 £625 £705
UK median daily rate £539 £513 £590
% change year-on-year +5.17% -13.14% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £93.25
25th Percentile - £22.75 £94.38
Median hourly rate £86.00 £23.50 £97.50
Median % change year-on-year +265.96% -75.90% -
75th Percentile - £24.25 £99.38
90th Percentile - - £99.75
UK median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £97.50
% change year-on-year +22.86% -28.21% +102.25%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

ABAP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,731 5,111 9,594
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 37.69% 33.50% 37.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,656 3,695 7,011
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £420 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £656
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 144 211
10th Percentile £24.60 £27.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £57.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -8.00% +26.26%
75th Percentile £68.25 £72.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £90.50 £87.63 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year +1.46% +2.67% +20.00%

ABAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ABAP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ABAP
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.

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 remote working options citing ABAP over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

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 remote working options 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 8 (11.76%) NetWeaver
2 2 (2.94%) SAP EP
3 1 (1.47%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (1.47%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 24 (35.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (5.88%) SAP HR
2 4 (5.88%) SAP Payroll
3 3 (4.41%) SAP HCM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.94%) SAP CRM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP FI
4 2 (2.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.94%) SAP GTS
4 2 (2.94%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.94%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.47%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.47%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.47%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.47%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.47%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (2.94%) AWS
2 2 (2.94%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.47%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.35%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (29.41%) SAP HANA
2 4 (5.88%) SAP BW
3 2 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.94%) IDMS
3 2 (2.94%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.47%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (1.47%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
1 1 (1.47%) LSMW
1 1 (1.47%) Postman
General
1 18 (26.47%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.35%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.41%) Billing
3 3 (4.41%) Law
4 2 (2.94%) Aerospace
4 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Finance
4 2 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (2.94%) Legal
4 2 (2.94%) Retail
5 1 (1.47%) Automotive
5 1 (1.47%) Aviation
5 1 (1.47%) Danish Language
5 1 (1.47%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.47%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 41 (60.29%) Developer
2 33 (48.53%) SAP Developer
3 32 (47.06%) ABAP Developer
4 13 (19.12%) Consultant
4 13 (19.12%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (7.35%) Integration Developer
5 5 (7.35%) Lead
6 4 (5.88%) Architect
6 4 (5.88%) SAP Architect
7 3 (4.41%) SAP Engineer
7 3 (4.41%) SAP HR Developer
8 2 (2.94%) HR Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Payroll Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) SAP HCM Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 2 (2.94%) Senior
8 2 (2.94%) Technical Architect
8 2 (2.94%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (23.53%) BAPI
1 16 (23.53%) SAP Fiori
2 14 (20.59%) SAPUI5
3 11 (16.18%) Web Services
4 7 (10.29%) REST
4 7 (10.29%) SAP PI
5 6 (8.82%) SOAP
6 5 (7.35%) EDI
6 5 (7.35%) IDoc
6 5 (7.35%) JDBC
6 5 (7.35%) JMS
6 5 (7.35%) Middleware
6 5 (7.35%) XML
6 5 (7.35%) XSLT
7 3 (4.41%) SAP Basis
8 2 (2.94%) Node.js
9 1 (1.47%) HTML5
9 1 (1.47%) jQuery
9 1 (1.47%) RESTful
9 1 (1.47%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.82%) Virtual Team
2 5 (7.35%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (4.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.94%) Life Science
4 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.47%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.47%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) OO
2 13 (19.12%) Agile
3 11 (16.18%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (14.71%) Performance Tuning
4 10 (14.71%) Process Improvement
5 9 (13.24%) User Acceptance Testing
6 8 (11.76%) Time Management
7 7 (10.29%) Workflow
8 6 (8.82%) Scrum
8 6 (8.82%) SDLC
9 5 (7.35%) CRM
9 5 (7.35%) Data Modelling
9 5 (7.35%) Performance Testing
9 5 (7.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (7.35%) System Integration Testing
10 4 (5.88%) ERP
10 4 (5.88%) ETL
10 4 (5.88%) Logistics
10 4 (5.88%) Migration
10 4 (5.88%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.24%) Java
2 4 (5.88%) SQL
3 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.47%) COBOL
4 1 (1.47%) Perl
4 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 28 (41.18%) Security Cleared
2 25 (36.76%) SC Cleared
3 19 (27.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.41%) SAP Certification
5 2 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.94%) Degree
6 1 (1.47%) CAPM
6 1 (1.47%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.47%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.47%) GxP
1 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.47%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.47%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 67 (98.53%) SAP
2 9 (13.24%) Ariba
3 2 (2.94%) Google
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
3 2 (2.94%) Workday
4 1 (1.47%) Adobe
4 1 (1.47%) HP