ABAP Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP ABAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 545 525
Rank change year-on-year +68 -20 +215
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 25 22 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.060% 0.060% 0.094%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.38% 0.19% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 22 15 15
10th Percentile £55,000 - £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £48,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £55,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -7.56% -4.80%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £73,125
90th Percentile £81,125 £85,000 £86,161
UK median annual salary £72,500 £65,250 £63,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.57% +2.86%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6,573 11,301 11,812
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.72% 30.79% 36.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4,935 6,128 9,172
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,646 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £62,219 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.28% +4.00% -3.85%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ABAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ABAP

ABAP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Midlands +25 14 £66,250 +1.92% 3
West Midlands +37 12 £62,500 -10.71% 2
North of England +24 6 £80,000 +14.29%
South East +22 4 £75,000 +42.86% 5
Yorkshire - 3 £77,500 -
North West +27 2 £80,000 +14.29%
East of England +22 1 £55,000 - 3
East Midlands -3 1 £70,000 +16.67% 1
ABAP
UK

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (80.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (24.00%) SAP HCM
2 6 (24.00%) SAP HR
2 6 (24.00%) SAP Payroll
3 2 (8.00%) SAP PP
4 1 (4.00%) SAP CO
4 1 (4.00%) SAP FI
4 1 (4.00%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (12.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (4.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (4.00%) SAP BW
General
1 8 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (8.00%) Finance
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
5 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (28.00%) ABAP Developer
1 7 (28.00%) Developer
1 7 (28.00%) SAP Developer
2 6 (24.00%) SAP Support
3 5 (20.00%) Consultant
3 5 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (16.00%) Analyst
4 4 (16.00%) SAP Analyst
5 3 (12.00%) Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Development Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Principal Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Principal SAP Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Integration Architect
6 2 (8.00%) SAP Architect
6 2 (8.00%) SAP BI Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) SAP Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Support Analyst
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (36.00%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (20.00%) BAPI
2 5 (20.00%) IBM Integration Bus
2 5 (20.00%) JMS
2 5 (20.00%) Middleware
2 5 (20.00%) OAuth
2 5 (20.00%) REST
2 5 (20.00%) SAML
2 5 (20.00%) SAPUI5
2 5 (20.00%) SOAP
3 2 (8.00%) EDI
3 2 (8.00%) Node.js
3 2 (8.00%) SAP Basis
4 1 (4.00%) HTML
4 1 (4.00%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (12.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) SUSE
1 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) API Management
1 7 (28.00%) Migration
2 6 (24.00%) Data Security
2 6 (24.00%) High Availability
2 6 (24.00%) Time Management
3 5 (20.00%) Event-Driven
3 5 (20.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
4 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (16.00%) Mobile Development
4 4 (16.00%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (12.00%) Agile
5 3 (12.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (12.00%) User Experience
6 2 (8.00%) Business Continuity
6 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (8.00%) Data Analysis
6 2 (8.00%) Data Integration
6 2 (8.00%) Data Migration
6 2 (8.00%) ERP
6 2 (8.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Java
2 2 (8.00%) SQL
3 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (24.00%) GDPR
2 1 (4.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (20.00%) IBM
3 2 (8.00%) Workday