SAP ABAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 655 858 771
Rank change year-on-year +203 -87 +351
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 56 46 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.042% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.13% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30 18 76
10th Percentile - £54,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,375 £78,125 £77,804
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £59,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.17% -8.85% +23.81%

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,663 34,656 38,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.77% 31.54% 42.12%
Number of salaries quoted 10,576 25,663 26,205
10th Percentile £37,402 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,250 £98,474 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% +4.76%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ABAP.

Salary trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 6 months to 13 June 2025. 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
England +179 48 £55,000 -8.33% 49
UK excluding London +202 45 £55,000 -7.17% 34
Work from Home +159 23 £55,000 -9.78% 51
Midlands +92 22 £55,000 -3.08% 9
West Midlands +77 19 £55,000 -15.38% 4
North of England +82 17 £80,000 +45.45% 6
North West +38 16 - - 6
South East +87 4 £53,750 -10.42% 10
London +104 3 £68,750 -1.79% 17
Scotland - 2 £109,539 -
Yorkshire +62 1 £80,000 +45.45%
East Midlands +45 1 - - 5

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (3.57%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 39 (69.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (32.14%) SAP ERP
3 17 (30.36%) SAP HCM
4 15 (26.79%) SAP HR
4 15 (26.79%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (3.57%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.79%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.79%) SAP EWM
6 1 (1.79%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.79%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (1.79%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 16 (28.57%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.43%) SAP HANA
2 4 (7.14%) DB2
2 4 (7.14%) MaxDB
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.79%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) LSMW
General
1 19 (33.93%) Finance
2 18 (32.14%) Manufacturing
3 5 (8.93%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (3.57%) Banking
4 2 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (3.57%) Italian Language
5 1 (1.79%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.79%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.79%) German Language
5 1 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 17 (30.36%) SAP Support
2 16 (28.57%) SAP Manager
3 14 (25.00%) Analyst
3 14 (25.00%) SAP Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) SAP Support Analyst
4 13 (23.21%) Support Analyst
5 11 (19.64%) Consultant
5 11 (19.64%) SAP Consultant
6 9 (16.07%) Developer
7 8 (14.29%) SAP Developer
8 6 (10.71%) ABAP Developer
8 6 (10.71%) Senior
9 4 (7.14%) Architect
9 4 (7.14%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 4 (7.14%) SAP Basis Support
9 4 (7.14%) SAP Support Consultant
9 4 (7.14%) Support Consultant
10 3 (5.36%) Senior Consultant
10 3 (5.36%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 3 (5.36%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (67.86%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (12.50%) BAPI
3 5 (8.93%) SAPUI5
4 4 (7.14%) SAP Basis
5 3 (5.36%) SAP ALE
6 2 (3.57%) Spring
6 2 (3.57%) Spring Boot
7 1 (1.79%) EJB
7 1 (1.79%) IDoc
7 1 (1.79%) JDBC
7 1 (1.79%) Node.js
7 1 (1.79%) SAP PI
7 1 (1.79%) SAP Smart Forms
7 1 (1.79%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (1.79%) Web Services
7 1 (1.79%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (1.79%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.79%) FMCG
2 1 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.14%) AIX
1 4 (7.14%) Unix
1 4 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (44.64%) ERP
2 19 (33.93%) Change Management
3 18 (32.14%) ITIL
3 18 (32.14%) Logistics
4 16 (28.57%) EAM
4 16 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 16 (28.57%) Release Management
5 15 (26.79%) Time Management
6 13 (23.21%) Data Security
7 7 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 7 (12.50%) Project Management
8 6 (10.71%) Data Privacy
9 5 (8.93%) Analytics
10 4 (7.14%) Business Analytics
10 4 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (7.14%) Data Modelling
10 4 (7.14%) Process Improvement
10 4 (7.14%) SAP Security
10 4 (7.14%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.50%) Java
2 5 (8.93%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (30.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.57%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) CCA
4 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.79%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (23.21%) GDPR
2 2 (3.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) Adobe
4 1 (1.79%) IFS