ABAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP ABAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ABAP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ABAP over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 314 459
Rank change year-on-year -23 +145 -44
Contract jobs citing ABAP 64 116 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.51% 0.15%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.27% 1.84% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 71 28
10th Percentile £447 - £437
25th Percentile £500 £414 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £530 £518
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +2.42% +15.58%
75th Percentile £600 £632 £553
90th Percentile £700 £678 £588
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £530
% change year-on-year +1.82% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 2
10th Percentile £24.88 £93.25 £41.69
25th Percentile £27.00 £94.38 £43.16
Median hourly rate £28.00 £97.50 £48.21
Median % change year-on-year -71.28% +102.25% -
75th Percentile £67.25 £99.38 £53.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £99.75 £54.56
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -71.28% +102.25% -35.72%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

ABAP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,046 6,305 8,781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 23.66% 27.78% 28.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,329 4,405 6,152
10th Percentile £320 £338 £340
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £578 £594 £575
90th Percentile £650 £678 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 443 323 327
10th Percentile £37.55 £27.68 £17.00
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.25 £31.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - +19.05% +24.26%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.90 £78.00 £67.70
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.25
% change year-on-year - +19.62% +16.76%

ABAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ABAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ABAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the UK excluding London

ABAP
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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 -3 24 £588 +8.80% 2
North of England +13 15 £501 -9.00% 2
East Midlands -2 13 £575 +6.48%
South East -26 12 £583 +16.60% 15
West Midlands +10 9 £638 +5.24% 2
East of England - 7 £495 - 1
Yorkshire +14 6 £501 - 1
North West +8 6 £513 -6.82% 1
South West - 6 £690 - 1
North East - 3 £306 -
ABAP
UK

ABAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (1.56%) Confluence
2 1 (1.56%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 23 (35.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.94%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 7 (10.94%) SAP FI-AP
3 6 (9.38%) SAP FI
4 5 (7.81%) SAP CO
4 5 (7.81%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (7.81%) Teamcenter
5 4 (6.25%) SAP ERP
5 4 (6.25%) SAP MDG
6 2 (3.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.56%) SAP HR
7 1 (1.56%) SAP MDG-BP
7 1 (1.56%) SAP MDG-F
7 1 (1.56%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 2 (3.13%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.56%) Azure
2 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
2 1 (1.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.25%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) SAP BW
2 5 (7.81%) SAP HANA
3 3 (4.69%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (3.13%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (3.13%) Lumira
Development Applications
1 11 (17.19%) JIRA
General
1 14 (21.88%) Finance
2 13 (20.31%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.81%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.25%) German Language
4 4 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.13%) Polish Language
7 1 (1.56%) Automotive
7 1 (1.56%) Banking
7 1 (1.56%) Billing
7 1 (1.56%) Law
7 1 (1.56%) Legal
7 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 32 (50.00%) Developer
2 30 (46.88%) SAP Developer
3 20 (31.25%) Consultant
4 17 (26.56%) SAP Consultant
5 11 (17.19%) ABAP Developer
6 7 (10.94%) Architect
6 7 (10.94%) Functional Consultant
7 6 (9.38%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
8 5 (7.81%) SAP Financial Consultant
8 5 (7.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 4 (6.25%) Coordinator
9 4 (6.25%) SAP BW Developer
9 4 (6.25%) SAP MDG Consultant
10 3 (4.69%) Lead
10 3 (4.69%) Lead Consultant
10 3 (4.69%) SAP EWM Consultant
10 3 (4.69%) SAP HANA Developer
10 3 (4.69%) SAP MM Consultant
11 2 (3.13%) Applications Developer
11 2 (3.13%) Governance Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.75%) IDoc
2 9 (14.06%) SAP Fiori
3 8 (12.50%) EDI
4 7 (10.94%) SAP ALE
5 6 (9.38%) SAP PI
6 4 (6.25%) BAPI
6 4 (6.25%) Kafka
6 4 (6.25%) REST
6 4 (6.25%) SAP Business Workflow
6 4 (6.25%) Web Dynpro
7 2 (3.13%) RESTful
8 1 (1.56%) LDAP
8 1 (1.56%) Middleware
8 1 (1.56%) SailPoint
8 1 (1.56%) SAML
8 1 (1.56%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (1.56%) SAPUI5
8 1 (1.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.69%) Data Structures
1 3 (4.69%) Replication
2 2 (3.13%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.88%) Migration
2 11 (17.19%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (17.19%) Workflow
3 10 (15.63%) Agile
3 10 (15.63%) Analytics
3 10 (15.63%) Data Modelling
3 10 (15.63%) SDLC
4 7 (10.94%) Accounts Payable
4 7 (10.94%) Data Migration
5 6 (9.38%) ERP
5 6 (9.38%) Invoice Processing
5 6 (9.38%) OCR
5 6 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (7.81%) OO
6 5 (7.81%) PLM
6 5 (7.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (6.25%) Data Management
7 4 (6.25%) ITIL
7 4 (6.25%) PDM
7 4 (6.25%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) Java
2 1 (1.56%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.56%) CISM
3 1 (1.56%) CISSP
3 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) Degree
3 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.56%) GDPR
1 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (96.88%) SAP
2 7 (10.94%) OpenText
3 6 (9.38%) Microsoft
4 5 (7.81%) Concur
4 5 (7.81%) Siemens
5 4 (6.25%) IBM
6 2 (3.13%) Adobe
6 2 (3.13%) Ariba
6 2 (3.13%) Oracle
6 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 2 (3.13%) Talend
7 1 (1.56%) BeyondTrust
7 1 (1.56%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.56%) Thycotic