ABAP Job Trends in the West Midlands

SAP ABAP
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring ABAP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 194 178
Rank change year-on-year +26 -16 +106
Permanent jobs citing ABAP 10 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.19% 0.12% 0.027%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.43% 0.46% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 0
10th Percentile £52,500 - -
25th Percentile £55,313 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - -
75th Percentile £73,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £72,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.09% -8.00% -

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 701 1,090 1,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.26% 26.32% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 568 552 1,025
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,344 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.21% +3.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -3.85%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

ABAP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

ABAP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ABAP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing ABAP

ABAP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ABAP in the West Midlands

ABAP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
Birmingham +27 10 £62,500 -10.71%
ABAP
England

ABAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 9 (90.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (50.00%) SAP HCM
2 5 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 5 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (10.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) SAP Support
2 4 (40.00%) ABAP Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) SAP Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP PP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP QM Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (40.00%) BAPI
2 4 (40.00%) IBM Integration Bus
2 4 (40.00%) JMS
2 4 (40.00%) Middleware
2 4 (40.00%) OAuth
2 4 (40.00%) REST
2 4 (40.00%) SAML
2 4 (40.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Security
1 5 (50.00%) Time Management
2 4 (40.00%) API Management
2 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven
2 4 (40.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 4 (40.00%) High Availability
2 4 (40.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Production Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (40.00%) IBM