ABAP Contracts with Work from Home Options

SAP ABAP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 21 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 268 253 494
Rank change year-on-year -15 +241 -88
Contract jobs citing ABAP 77 216 127
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.52% 0.88% 0.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.54% 2.37% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 106 62
10th Percentile £409 £414 £444
25th Percentile £419 £495 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +8.98%
75th Percentile £600 £677 £670
90th Percentile £625 £690 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £93.25 -
25th Percentile £22.75 £94.38 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £97.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -75.90% - -
75th Percentile £24.25 £99.38 -
90th Percentile - £99.75 -
UK median hourly rate £49.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -49.74% +102.25% -35.72%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,012 9,105 16,912
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.10% 37.13% 38.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,645 6,690 12,586
10th Percentile £356 £388 £375
25th Percentile £430 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £663 £638
90th Percentile £788 £775 £725
UK median daily rate £526 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.36% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 193 190
10th Percentile £33.13 £27.83 £20.75
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +12.36%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £82.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £60.70 £50.35
% change year-on-year +2.97% +20.56% +17.45%

ABAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ABAP trend for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP.

ABAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ABAP over the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

ABAP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ABAP.

ABAP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ABAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (3.90%) Confluence
2 2 (2.60%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 26 (33.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (11.69%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 9 (11.69%) SAP FI-AP
3 8 (10.39%) SAP SD
4 6 (7.79%) SAP MDG
5 5 (6.49%) SAP EWM
6 4 (5.19%) SAP ERP
7 2 (2.60%) Endur
7 2 (2.60%) OpenLink RightAngle
7 2 (2.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (2.60%) SAP FI
7 2 (2.60%) SAP PP
7 2 (2.60%) SAP SCM
8 1 (1.30%) SAP CAR
8 1 (1.30%) SAP CO
8 1 (1.30%) SAP CRM
8 1 (1.30%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (1.30%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (1.30%) SAP Retail
8 1 (1.30%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.60%) AWS
1 2 (2.60%) Azure
1 2 (2.60%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (2.60%) SaaS
1 2 (2.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 2 (2.60%) Snowflake
2 1 (1.30%) Miro
2 1 (1.30%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.29%) SAP HANA
2 5 (6.49%) SAP BW
3 1 (1.30%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.30%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) Eclipse
3 2 (2.60%) LSMW
4 1 (1.30%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.30%) eCATT
4 1 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) Selenium
General
1 16 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 10 (12.99%) Manufacturing
3 9 (11.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (10.39%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (7.79%) Finance
5 6 (7.79%) Retail
6 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.30%) Automotive
7 1 (1.30%) French Language
7 1 (1.30%) German Language
7 1 (1.30%) Law
7 1 (1.30%) Legal
7 1 (1.30%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 36 (46.75%) Developer
2 28 (36.36%) Consultant
3 27 (35.06%) SAP Consultant
4 25 (32.47%) SAP Developer
5 18 (23.38%) ABAP Developer
6 9 (11.69%) SAP Technical Consultant
6 9 (11.69%) Technical Consultant
7 6 (7.79%) Architect
7 6 (7.79%) SAP MDG Consultant
8 5 (6.49%) Analyst
8 5 (6.49%) Functional Consultant
8 5 (6.49%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 4 (5.19%) SAP BW Developer
9 4 (5.19%) SC Cleared Technical Consultant
10 3 (3.90%) Data Consultant
10 3 (3.90%) Data Governance Consultant
10 3 (3.90%) Master Data Consultant
10 3 (3.90%) SAP EWM Consultant
10 3 (3.90%) SAP Functional Analyst
10 3 (3.90%) SAP Master Data Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (25.97%) IDoc
2 11 (14.29%) EDI
3 9 (11.69%) SAP Business Workflow
4 8 (10.39%) SAP Fiori
5 7 (9.09%) BAPI
6 6 (7.79%) SAP ALE
6 6 (7.79%) SAPUI5
6 6 (7.79%) Web Services
6 6 (7.79%) XML
7 5 (6.49%) REST
8 4 (5.19%) HTML
8 4 (5.19%) Web Dynpro
9 3 (3.90%) Middleware
9 3 (3.90%) SAP XI
10 2 (2.60%) CSS
10 2 (2.60%) HTML5
10 2 (2.60%) Node.js
10 2 (2.60%) React
10 2 (2.60%) SAP Smart Forms
11 1 (1.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.90%) Data Structures
1 3 (3.90%) Replication
2 2 (2.60%) Cloud Native
2 2 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.48%) Workflow
2 14 (18.18%) Analytics
3 10 (12.99%) Data Modelling
3 10 (12.99%) OO
4 9 (11.69%) Accounts Payable
5 8 (10.39%) Agile
5 8 (10.39%) ERP
5 8 (10.39%) Invoice Processing
5 8 (10.39%) Migration
5 8 (10.39%) OCR
5 8 (10.39%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (7.79%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (6.49%) Change Management
7 5 (6.49%) Data Migration
8 4 (5.19%) SAP Security
9 3 (3.90%) Business Process Modelling
9 3 (3.90%) Data Governance
9 3 (3.90%) Microservices
9 3 (3.90%) Order to Cash
9 3 (3.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.60%) C
1 2 (2.60%) C#
1 2 (2.60%) Java
1 2 (2.60%) JavaScript
1 2 (2.60%) SQL
1 2 (2.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 11 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.60%) SAP Certification
3 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.30%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.60%) QA
2 1 (1.30%) GAAP
Vendors
1 73 (94.81%) SAP
2 9 (11.69%) OpenText
3 8 (10.39%) Adobe
4 6 (7.79%) Microsoft
4 6 (7.79%) Oracle
5 3 (3.90%) Ariba
5 3 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.90%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.60%) Concur
6 2 (2.60%) Dynatrace
6 2 (2.60%) MuleSoft
6 2 (2.60%) OpenLink
6 2 (2.60%) Talend
6 2 (2.60%) Triple Point
6 2 (2.60%) webMethods
7 1 (1.30%) Apple
7 1 (1.30%) IBM