SAP ABAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 613 846
Rank change year-on-year -33 +233 -37
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 66 46 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.072% 0.10% 0.037%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.41% 0.33% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 46 39 14
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,250 £55,000
25th Percentile £65,125 - £55,768
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £66,110
90th Percentile £91,250 £85,000 £85,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +54.55% -8.33% -7.69%

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 16,137 13,972 32,446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.60% 31.72% 33.45%
Number of salaries quoted 11,077 9,722 24,888
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -1.82%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in the UK

ABAP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing ABAP

ABAP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 10 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 17 May 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
England -46 54 £85,000 +54.55% 18
UK excluding London -44 42 £85,000 +54.55% 15
North of England -17 28 £85,000 +6.25% 5
Yorkshire -34 16 £85,000 +6.25% 4
Work from Home +15 13 £82,500 +50.00% 251
North West +12 12 - - 1
London -22 12 £80,000 +14.29% 4
South East -17 8 £85,000 +61.90% 2
Midlands -46 6 £61,250 +11.36% 4
West Midlands -43 5 £57,500 +4.55% 2

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.52%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 43 (65.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (24.24%) SAP ERP
3 8 (12.12%) SAP QM
4 6 (9.09%) SAP HCM
4 6 (9.09%) SAP MDG
4 6 (9.09%) SAP Payroll
5 5 (7.58%) SAP HR
5 5 (7.58%) SAP MDG-BP
6 3 (4.55%) SAP EWM
6 3 (4.55%) SAP PM
7 2 (3.03%) SAP CO
7 2 (3.03%) SAP FI
7 2 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (3.03%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (1.52%) SAP EHS
8 1 (1.52%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (1.52%) SAP MDG-F
8 1 (1.52%) SAP PP
8 1 (1.52%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.09%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (4.55%) SAP Fieldglass
3 2 (3.03%) SAP Leonardo
4 1 (1.52%) AWS
4 1 (1.52%) Azure
4 1 (1.52%) GCP
4 1 (1.52%) SaaS
4 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.58%) HTTP
1 5 (7.58%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.73%) SAP BW
2 9 (13.64%) SAP HANA
3 3 (4.55%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.52%) LSMW
General
1 16 (24.24%) Finance
2 15 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 10 (15.15%) Manufacturing
4 9 (13.64%) Legal
5 8 (12.12%) Retail
6 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.52%) Banking
9 1 (1.52%) Billing
9 1 (1.52%) French Language
9 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 26 (39.39%) Consultant
2 23 (34.85%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (16.67%) Lead
4 10 (15.15%) SAP Support
5 7 (10.61%) Technical Leader
6 6 (9.09%) Developer
7 5 (7.58%) ABAP Developer
7 5 (7.58%) Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) IT Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) IT Support
7 5 (7.58%) IT Support Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) SAP MDG Consultant
7 5 (7.58%) SAP Support Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Senior
7 5 (7.58%) Senior Developer
7 5 (7.58%) Support Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) SAP Manager
8 4 (6.06%) SAPUI5 Developer
8 4 (6.06%) Senior ABAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.73%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (12.12%) SAPUI5
3 6 (9.09%) Web Dynpro
4 5 (7.58%) SAP ALE
5 1 (1.52%) IDoc
5 1 (1.52%) Node.js
5 1 (1.52%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Greenfield Project
1 8 (12.12%) Legacy Systems
2 5 (7.58%) Replication
3 4 (6.06%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.03%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.52%) Blog
5 1 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.52%) Data Fabric
5 1 (1.52%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.52%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.52%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) ERP
2 17 (25.76%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (24.24%) System Integration Testing
4 14 (21.21%) Roadmaps
5 13 (19.70%) Agile
6 9 (13.64%) Analytics
6 9 (13.64%) ITIL
6 9 (13.64%) Migration
6 9 (13.64%) OO
6 9 (13.64%) Performance Testing
6 9 (13.64%) Quality Management
7 8 (12.12%) Logistics
7 8 (12.12%) Requirements Analysis
7 8 (12.12%) Validation
8 7 (10.61%) High Availability
9 6 (9.09%) Change Management
9 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (9.09%) Data Modelling
9 6 (9.09%) Data Transformation
9 6 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) Perl
2 2 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (1.52%) SAPscript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (10.61%) SAP Certification
3 4 (6.06%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.52%) CCA
4 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.52%) Degree
4 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (22.73%) GDPR
2 12 (18.18%) Data Quality
3 7 (10.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (4.55%) HIPAA
5 1 (1.52%) QA
5 1 (1.52%) SEPA
5 1 (1.52%) SLA
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.64%) OpenText
3 8 (12.12%) Ariba
4 1 (1.52%) Databricks
4 1 (1.52%) Google
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.52%) Workday