ABAP Job Trends in Manchester

SAP ABAP
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	199	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing ABAP	7	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester	0.091%	-	-
As % of the Programming Languages category	0.59%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	4	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£58,541	-	-
North West median annual salary	£58,541	£80,000	-
% change year-on-year	-26.82%	-	-

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills	1,191	723	1,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester	15.44%	31.77%	31.37%
Number of salaries quoted	867	455	626
10^th Percentile	£41,250	£32,750	£40,000
25^th Percentile	£50,000	£45,750	£46,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£65,000	£60,000	£57,500
Median % change year-on-year	+8.33%	+4.35%	-4.17%
75^th Percentile	£80,000	£72,500	£69,725
90^th Percentile	£96,250	£86,200	£80,000
North West median annual salary	£62,499	£57,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+8.69%	+4.55%	-

ABAP Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

ABAP Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing ABAP.

ABAP Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 18 October 2026, job vacancies citing ABAP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for ABAP.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	AI	100.0%	7
1	Coaching	100.0%	7
1	Customer Service	100.0%	7
1	Cutover Planning	100.0%	7
1	Integration Testing	100.0%	7
1	IT Strategy	100.0%	7
1	Migration	100.0%	7
1	Proactive Management	100.0%	7
1	Risk Management	100.0%	7
1	Roadmaps	100.0%	7
1	SAP	100.0%	7
1	SAP Fiori	100.0%	7
1	SAP S/4HANA	100.0%	7
1	Strategic Roadmap	100.0%	7
1	System Integration Testing	100.0%	7
1	Technical Architecture	100.0%	7
1	Technology Strategy	100.0%	7
1	User Acceptance Testing	100.0%	7
1	YouTube	100.0%	7
20	Backlog Prioritisation	71.4%	5
20	Continuous Improvement	71.4%	5
20	Cost Optimisation	71.4%	5
20	Product Management	71.4%	5
20	SAP Certification	71.4%	5
20	SAP PSCD	71.4%	5
20	SC Cleared	71.4%	5
20	Security Cleared	71.4%	5
20	Stakeholder Management	71.4%	5
20	Technical Debt	71.4%	5
20	Translating Business Requirements	71.4%	5

ABAP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Business Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SAP S/4HANA	100.0%	7
2	SAP PSCD	71.4%	5