ABAP Job Trends in the Midlands

SAP ABAP
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 239 217
Rank change year-on-year +32 -22 +115
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 14 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.18% 0.14% 0.073%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.22% 0.52% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 1
10th Percentile £53,250 £54,750 -
25th Percentile £55,313 £58,125 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% -13.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £71,250 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +23.91% -8.00% -

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,145 1,716 1,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.60% 26.73% 32.34%
Number of salaries quoted 936 927 1,567
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £73,300
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ABAP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ABAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ABAP

ABAP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the Midlands

ABAP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +32 12 £62,500 -10.71% 2
East Midlands -8 1 £70,000 +16.67% 1
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (78.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (42.86%) SAP HCM
2 6 (42.86%) SAP HR
2 6 (42.86%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (7.14%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (35.71%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
1 7 (50.00%) SAP Developer
2 6 (42.86%) SAP Support
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) SAP Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) 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
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior ABAP Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) 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
3 1 (7.14%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.14%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Data Security
1 6 (42.86%) 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 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Technical Analysis
4 1 (7.14%) Asset Management
4 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.14%) ERP
4 1 (7.14%) Logistics
4 1 (7.14%) Mobile Development
4 1 (7.14%) Production Planning
4 1 (7.14%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (42.86%) GDPR
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) IBM