SAP ABAP
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 418 428 660
Rank change year-on-year +10 +232 -90
Contract jobs citing ABAP 175 298 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.50% 0.23%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.36% 1.44% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 135 88
10th Percentile £410 £414 £419
25th Percentile £431 £495 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £590 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.14% +12.38% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £679 £657
90th Percentile £650 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £579 £500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +15.80% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £24.45 £93.25 £41.69
25th Percentile £27.00 £94.38 £43.16
Median hourly rate £70.00 £97.50 £48.21
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +102.25% -35.72%
75th Percentile £80.00 £99.38 £53.16
90th Percentile - £99.75 £54.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -44.62% +102.25% -

All Programming Languages
UK

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 with a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 12,836 20,708 32,245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.59% 34.95% 36.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,125 14,930 23,486
10th Percentile £350 £395 £383
25th Percentile £425 £463 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £780 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 490 468 511
10th Percentile £31.93 £26.21 £19.91
25th Percentile £46.25 £49.92 £35.00
Median hourly rate £61.60 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% +20.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £79.25 £77.30 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £61.18 £49.54
% change year-on-year +2.17% +23.49% +17.25%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ABAP within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
England +45 133 £570 -5.00% 21
Work from Home +23 86 £500 -14.89% 20
London +89 68 £600 -0.66% 4
UK excluding London -2 56 £500 -13.64% 17
South East -22 22 £414 -38.80% 4
North of England +29 17 £501 -15.88% 4
Midlands +4 10 £600 +11.11% 7
Yorkshire +22 7 £501 -
East of England +22 7 £495 -
North West +13 7 £513 -13.87% 4
West Midlands +13 5 £650 +7.30% 1
East Midlands +9 4 £550 +1.85% 6
North East - 3 £306 -

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 5 (2.86%) Confluence
2 2 (1.14%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 68 (38.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (13.14%) SAP MDG
3 14 (8.00%) SAP EWM
4 11 (6.29%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 11 (6.29%) SAP FI-AP
4 11 (6.29%) SAP SD
5 7 (4.00%) SAP ERP
6 6 (3.43%) SAP FI
6 6 (3.43%) Teamcenter
7 5 (2.86%) SAP CO
8 4 (2.29%) Endur
8 4 (2.29%) OpenLink RightAngle
8 4 (2.29%) SAP FI/CO
8 4 (2.29%) SAP HR
8 4 (2.29%) SAP MM
8 4 (2.29%) SAP PS
8 4 (2.29%) SAP R/3
9 3 (1.71%) SAP MRS
9 3 (1.71%) SAP PP
10 2 (1.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 5 (2.86%) Azure
2 4 (2.29%) AWS
2 4 (2.29%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (1.71%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (1.14%) SaaS
4 2 (1.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 2 (1.14%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.57%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.57%) Miro
5 1 (0.57%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.14%) HTTP
2 1 (0.57%) SSH
2 1 (0.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (12.57%) SAP HANA
2 8 (4.57%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.14%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (1.14%) Lumira
5 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (3.43%) JIRA
2 4 (2.29%) LSMW
3 3 (1.71%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.57%) eCATT
4 1 (0.57%) Git
4 1 (0.57%) Selenium
General
1 38 (21.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.00%) Finance
3 14 (8.00%) Manufacturing
4 13 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.29%) Pharmaceutical
6 9 (5.14%) Retail
7 5 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.14%) Back Office
8 2 (1.14%) Banking
8 2 (1.14%) Billing
8 2 (1.14%) German Language
8 2 (1.14%) Polish Language
9 1 (0.57%) Automotive
9 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.57%) Law
9 1 (0.57%) Legal
9 1 (0.57%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 81 (46.29%) Consultant
2 79 (45.14%) SAP Consultant
3 64 (36.57%) Developer
4 51 (29.14%) SAP Developer
5 39 (22.29%) ABAP Developer
6 20 (11.43%) SAP MDG Consultant
7 18 (10.29%) Functional Consultant
7 18 (10.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 13 (7.43%) Architect
8 13 (7.43%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 13 (7.43%) Technical Consultant
9 12 (6.86%) ABAP Consultant
10 10 (5.71%) SAP EWM Consultant
11 7 (4.00%) Analyst
11 7 (4.00%) Data Consultant
11 7 (4.00%) SAP Data Consultant
12 6 (3.43%) SAP Architect
12 6 (3.43%) SAP Financial Consultant
13 4 (2.29%) Principal SAP Consultant
13 4 (2.29%) Principal Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (14.86%) IDoc
2 17 (9.71%) Web Dynpro
3 16 (9.14%) EDI
4 15 (8.57%) BAPI
4 15 (8.57%) SAP Fiori
5 12 (6.86%) SAP ALE
6 10 (5.71%) Web Services
7 9 (5.14%) SAP Business Workflow
7 9 (5.14%) XML
8 8 (4.57%) REST
9 7 (4.00%) Middleware
9 7 (4.00%) SAPUI5
10 6 (3.43%) HTML
11 4 (2.29%) SAP Smart Forms
12 3 (1.71%) Node.js
12 3 (1.71%) SAP XI
13 2 (1.14%) HTML5
13 2 (1.14%) Kafka
13 2 (1.14%) React
13 2 (1.14%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.29%) Data Structures
1 4 (2.29%) Replication
2 3 (1.71%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.14%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.57%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (16.00%) Migration
2 23 (13.14%) Data Migration
3 22 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (12.00%) Agile
5 19 (10.86%) Analytics
5 19 (10.86%) OO
5 19 (10.86%) Workflow
6 15 (8.57%) ERP
7 14 (8.00%) Data Modelling
8 12 (6.86%) Accounts Payable
9 11 (6.29%) Process Improvement
10 10 (5.71%) Invoice Processing
10 10 (5.71%) Logistics
10 10 (5.71%) OCR
10 10 (5.71%) Root Cause Analysis
10 10 (5.71%) Test Strategy
11 9 (5.14%) Computer Science
11 9 (5.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (4.00%) Change Management
12 7 (4.00%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.86%) SQL
2 4 (2.29%) C
2 4 (2.29%) C#
2 4 (2.29%) Java
3 3 (1.71%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.14%) Groovy
4 2 (1.14%) SAPscript
4 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 15 (8.57%) SC Cleared
3 10 (5.71%) Degree
4 8 (4.57%) SAP Certification
5 5 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.57%) CISM
8 1 (0.57%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.71%) GAAP
1 3 (1.71%) QA
2 2 (1.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.57%) GDPR
3 1 (0.57%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (0.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 169 (96.57%) SAP
2 25 (14.29%) Adobe
3 11 (6.29%) OpenText
4 10 (5.71%) Microsoft
5 9 (5.14%) Ariba
6 7 (4.00%) Oracle
7 6 (3.43%) Concur
7 6 (3.43%) Siemens
8 4 (2.29%) OpenLink
8 4 (2.29%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.29%) Triple Point
9 3 (1.71%) Apple
9 3 (1.71%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.14%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.14%) IBM
10 2 (1.14%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.14%) Talend
10 2 (1.14%) webMethods
11 1 (0.57%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.57%) Thycotic