ABAP Contracts in the South East

SAP ABAP
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ABAP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ABAP over the 6 months to 17 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 145 232
Rank change year-on-year -29 +87 -22
Contract jobs citing ABAP 13 58 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.24% 1.04% 0.33%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.07% 3.80% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 45 18
10th Percentile - - £400
25th Percentile £412 £414 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £515 £463
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% +11.35% +3.87%
75th Percentile £582 £678 £531
90th Percentile £583 £680 £560
England median daily rate £575 £554 £505
% change year-on-year +3.79% +9.70% +12.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £24.03 - £41.69
25th Percentile £25.94 - £43.16
Median hourly rate £54.00 - £48.21
75th Percentile £80.00 - £53.16
90th Percentile - - £54.56
England median hourly rate £70.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -28.21% +102.25% -

All Programming Languages
South East

ABAP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,213 1,528 2,016
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 22.24% 27.36% 26.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 841 1,082 1,312
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £412 £414 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £693 £650
England median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 83 81
10th Percentile £35.00 £19.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £46.25 £26.10 £19.52
Median hourly rate £60.87 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% +57.14% -14.11%
75th Percentile £67.02 £67.50 £54.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £75.00 £62.15
England median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.77
% change year-on-year - +23.10% +19.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the South East region over the 6 months to 17 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -3 7 £583 - 3
West Sussex -22 5 £412 -2.77%
Thames Valley -3 1 - - 2
Berkshire -15 1 - - 1
ABAP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (23.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (15.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Lumira
1 2 (15.38%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) German Language
4 2 (15.38%) Polish Language
5 1 (7.69%) Automotive
5 1 (7.69%) Legal
5 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
5 1 (7.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (46.15%) Developer
1 6 (46.15%) SAP Developer
2 5 (38.46%) Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (38.46%) SAP Financial Consultant
3 4 (30.77%) ABAP Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (15.38%) Coordinator
4 2 (15.38%) SAP BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) Web Dynpro
2 2 (15.38%) BAPI
2 2 (15.38%) Kafka
2 2 (15.38%) REST
2 2 (15.38%) SAP ALE
3 1 (7.69%) IDoc
3 1 (7.69%) SAP Smart Forms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Agile
2 4 (30.77%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Data Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Process Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (15.38%) ITIL
4 2 (15.38%) OO
4 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 1 (7.69%) Acceptance Criteria
5 1 (7.69%) Workflow
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (30.77%) Adobe
2 4 (30.77%) Concur
3 2 (15.38%) IBM