Senior ABAP Developer Job Trends

Senior SAP ABAP Developer
UK

The median Senior SAP ABAP Developer salary in the UK is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 668 - 780
Rank change year-on-year - - +433
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior ABAP Developer 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.004% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £64,275 - -
25th Percentile £65,063 - £61,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 - £63,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.60%
75th Percentile £71,188 - £65,250
90th Percentile £71,225 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 44,567 74,712 58,994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.72% 95.24% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 26,271 45,810 45,470
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Senior ABAP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Senior ABAP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Senior ABAP Developer in the UK

Senior ABAP Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior ABAP Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior ABAP Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior ABAP Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior ABAP Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 September 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 - 2 £68,750 - 1
Work from Home - 1 £70,000 -
UK excluding London - 1 £70,000 -
London - 1 £67,500 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £70,000 -
Midlands - 1 £70,000 -

Senior ABAP Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Senior ABAP Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior ABAP Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SAP Basis
1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Advertising
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) LSMW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Senior ABAP Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) LSMW
General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) ETL
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP