ABAP Job Trends in Birmingham

SAP ABAP
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 118 -
Rank change year-on-year +26 - -
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 14 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.81% 0.26% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.89% 0.87% -
Number of salaries quoted 14 1 0
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £55,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £57,500 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year -17.86% - -

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

ABAP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 360 578 406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 20.93% 30.53% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 308 262 376
10th Percentile £28,775 £34,750 £37,200
25th Percentile £42,000 £41,250 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,375 £77,450 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £54,344 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.21% +3.51% -4.55%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ABAP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

ABAP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

ABAP
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ABAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ABAP

ABAP
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Salary histogram for ABAP in Birmingham

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 13 (92.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (57.14%) SAP HCM
2 8 (57.14%) SAP HR
2 8 (57.14%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (7.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) SAP Support
2 5 (35.71%) ABAP Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Developer
2 5 (35.71%) SAP Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) SAP Support Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Support Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) SAP PP Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (35.71%) BAPI
2 5 (35.71%) IBM Integration Bus
2 5 (35.71%) JMS
2 5 (35.71%) Middleware
2 5 (35.71%) OAuth
2 5 (35.71%) REST
2 5 (35.71%) SAML
2 5 (35.71%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Data Security
1 8 (57.14%) Time Management
2 5 (35.71%) API Management
2 5 (35.71%) Event-Driven
2 5 (35.71%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 5 (35.71%) High Availability
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
3 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (7.14%) Logistics
3 1 (7.14%) Production Planning
3 1 (7.14%) Quality Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) GDPR
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) IBM