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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 653 872 809
Rank change year-on-year +219 -63 +291
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 56 40 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.039% 0.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.34% 0.12% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 30 18 73
10th Percentile £54,750 £54,250 £47,500
25th Percentile - £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% -
75th Percentile £74,063 £65,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £78,250 £78,125 £77,986
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 16,594 33,687 41,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.95% 32.62% 42.94%
Number of salaries quoted 10,785 25,114 26,852
10th Percentile £37,500 £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 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £98,750 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,635 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% +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 30 May 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 30 May 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 +171 49 £55,000 -8.33% 232
UK excluding London +208 46 £55,000 -7.17% 236
Work from Home +132 24 £55,000 -9.78% 174
Midlands +100 22 £55,000 -3.08% 49
West Midlands +76 19 £55,000 -15.38% 26
North of England +59 17 £80,000 +45.45% 48
North West +18 16 - - 21
South East +86 5 £52,500 -12.50% 61
London +114 3 £68,750 -1.79% 20
Scotland - 2 £109,539 - 9
Yorkshire +58 1 £80,000 +45.45% 21
East Midlands +40 1 - - 20

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 38 (67.86%) 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
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
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%) 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%) Inclusion and Diversity
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 10 (17.86%) Consultant
5 10 (17.86%) 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%) 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
2 19 (33.93%) 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 8 (14.29%) Project Delivery
8 7 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
8 7 (12.50%) Project Management
9 6 (10.71%) Data Privacy
10 5 (8.93%) Analytics
11 4 (7.14%) Business Analytics
11 4 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (7.14%) OO
11 4 (7.14%) Process Improvement
11 4 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
11 4 (7.14%) SAP Security
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 3 (5.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 56 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (3.57%) Adobe
4 1 (1.79%) IFS