ABAP Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP ABAP Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP ABAP Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 358 378 500
Rank change year-on-year +20 +122 +11
Contract jobs requiring an ABAP Developer 11 35 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.17% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.18% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 21 3
10th Percentile £460 £413 -
25th Percentile £480 £414 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £470
Median % change year-on-year -2.53% +9.15% +16.77%
75th Percentile - £538 £519
90th Percentile £540 £538 £548
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,430 19,609 28,575
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.10% 93.93% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,847 13,032 20,128
10th Percentile £220 £213 £215
25th Percentile £375 £381 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,078 1,268 1,341
10th Percentile £14.73 £14.25 £12.48
25th Percentile £19.41 £18.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £44.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +89.36% +31.43%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £70.30
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

ABAP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London

ABAP Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London

ABAP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London

ABAP Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ABAP Developer in the UK excluding London

ABAP Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Midlands +1 7 £500 -4.76%
East Midlands +5 4 £500 -8.05%
West Midlands +4 3 £470 -
South East +19 2 £535 +4.29% 1
South West - 2 - -
ABAP Developer
UK

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, ABAP Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring ABAP Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) ABAP
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (72.73%) Workflow
3 7 (63.64%) RESTful
3 7 (63.64%) SAP Fiori
4 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (45.45%) Adobe
6 4 (36.36%) SAP HANA
7 3 (27.27%) Retail
8 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
8 2 (18.18%) SAP PSCD
8 2 (18.18%) Revenue Management
8 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
8 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
8 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
8 2 (18.18%) SAPUI5
8 2 (18.18%) Low-Code
8 2 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (18.18%) SAP HR
8 2 (18.18%) CRM
8 2 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
8 2 (18.18%) SAP Smart Forms
9 1 (9.09%) BAPI
9 1 (9.09%) Client/Server
9 1 (9.09%) SLA
9 1 (9.09%) Web Services
9 1 (9.09%) OOP
9 1 (9.09%) OO

ABAP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (54.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (18.18%) SAP HR
2 2 (18.18%) SAP PSCD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SAP HANA
2 2 (18.18%) BusinessObjects
General
1 3 (27.27%) Retail
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) RESTful
1 7 (63.64%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (18.18%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (18.18%) SAPUI5
2 2 (18.18%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (9.09%) BAPI
3 1 (9.09%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Low-Code
2 1 (9.09%) Client/Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Workflow
2 2 (18.18%) CRM
2 2 (18.18%) Innovative Thinking
2 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (18.18%) Revenue Management
2 2 (18.18%) Task Automation
3 1 (9.09%) OO
3 1 (9.09%) OOP
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (45.45%) Adobe