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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 407 418 665
Rank change year-on-year +11 +247 -97
Contract jobs citing ABAP 167 302 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.53% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.32% 1.52% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 140 82
10th Percentile £410 £414 £408
25th Percentile £456 £472 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £552 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +7.18% +11.65%
75th Percentile £625 £678 £634
90th Percentile £650 £751 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £540 £500
% change year-on-year -5.09% +8.00% +11.67%
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 12,689 19,807 31,680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.82% 34.69% 36.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,016 14,288 23,102
10th Percentile £350 £392 £385
25th Percentile £425 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £653
90th Percentile £763 £785 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £489 £500 £490
% change year-on-year -2.20% +2.04% +15.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 491 450 512
10th Percentile £32.25 £26.24 £19.56
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.10
Median % change year-on-year - +24.75% +16.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £78.00 £74.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year - +25.00% +24.05%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 +9 127 £575 +2.77% 29
Work from Home +13 81 £500 -9.09% 13
London +89 65 £600 -0.66% 6
UK excluding London -9 54 £513 -5.09% 18
North of England +22 18 £501 -15.88% 5
Midlands +11 16 £575 +6.48% 5
South East -25 13 £496 -5.43% 4
East Midlands +7 10 £568 +5.09% 4
North West +16 8 £513 -13.87% 4
Yorkshire +21 7 £501 - 1
East of England +18 7 £495 -
West Midlands +7 5 £650 +7.30% 1
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 3 (1.80%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 65 (38.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (11.38%) SAP MDG
3 15 (8.98%) SAP EWM
4 11 (6.59%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 11 (6.59%) SAP FI-AP
4 11 (6.59%) SAP SD
5 8 (4.79%) SAP FI
6 7 (4.19%) SAP CO
6 7 (4.19%) SAP ERP
7 6 (3.59%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (3.59%) Teamcenter
8 5 (2.99%) Endur
8 5 (2.99%) OpenLink RightAngle
9 4 (2.40%) SAP HR
9 4 (2.40%) SAP MM
9 4 (2.40%) SAP R/3
10 3 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 3 (1.80%) SAP MRS
10 3 (1.80%) SAP PP
10 3 (1.80%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 6 (3.59%) Azure
2 5 (2.99%) AWS
2 5 (2.99%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (1.80%) Snowflake
3 3 (1.80%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (1.20%) SaaS
4 2 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (0.60%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.60%) Miro
5 1 (0.60%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.20%) HTTP
2 1 (0.60%) SSH
2 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (14.97%) SAP HANA
2 8 (4.79%) SAP BW
3 4 (2.40%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.20%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (1.20%) Lumira
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.59%) JIRA
2 4 (2.40%) LSMW
3 3 (1.80%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.60%) eCATT
4 1 (0.60%) Git
4 1 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 30 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 23 (13.77%) Finance
3 13 (7.78%) Manufacturing
3 13 (7.78%) Public Sector
4 10 (5.99%) Pharmaceutical
4 10 (5.99%) Retail
5 6 (3.59%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.20%) Back Office
6 2 (1.20%) Banking
6 2 (1.20%) German Language
6 2 (1.20%) Polish Language
7 1 (0.60%) Automotive
7 1 (0.60%) Billing
7 1 (0.60%) French Language
7 1 (0.60%) Law
7 1 (0.60%) Legal
7 1 (0.60%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 75 (44.91%) Consultant
2 72 (43.11%) SAP Consultant
3 60 (35.93%) Developer
4 47 (28.14%) SAP Developer
5 30 (17.96%) ABAP Developer
6 17 (10.18%) SAP MDG Consultant
7 16 (9.58%) Functional Consultant
7 16 (9.58%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 13 (7.78%) Architect
8 13 (7.78%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 13 (7.78%) Technical Consultant
9 11 (6.59%) SAP EWM Consultant
10 10 (5.99%) Analyst
11 9 (5.39%) ABAP Consultant
12 6 (3.59%) SAP Analyst
12 6 (3.59%) SAP Architect
13 5 (2.99%) Data Consultant
13 5 (2.99%) Risk Analyst
13 5 (2.99%) SAP Data Consultant
13 5 (2.99%) SAP Functional Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (16.77%) IDoc
2 19 (11.38%) SAP Fiori
3 17 (10.18%) EDI
4 14 (8.38%) BAPI
5 12 (7.19%) SAP ALE
6 11 (6.59%) Web Services
6 11 (6.59%) XML
7 10 (5.99%) SAP Business Workflow
8 9 (5.39%) SAPUI5
9 8 (4.79%) Middleware
9 8 (4.79%) REST
10 7 (4.19%) HTML
10 7 (4.19%) Web Dynpro
11 4 (2.40%) SAP PI
11 4 (2.40%) SAP Smart Forms
11 4 (2.40%) SAP XI
12 2 (1.20%) HTML5
12 2 (1.20%) Node.js
12 2 (1.20%) React
12 2 (1.20%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.40%) Data Structures
1 4 (2.40%) Replication
2 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.20%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (11.98%) Analytics
1 20 (11.98%) Migration
1 20 (11.98%) OO
2 19 (11.38%) Workflow
3 17 (10.18%) ERP
4 16 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (8.98%) Agile
6 13 (7.78%) Data Modelling
7 12 (7.19%) Data Migration
8 11 (6.59%) Accounts Payable
9 10 (5.99%) Invoice Processing
9 10 (5.99%) Logistics
9 10 (5.99%) OCR
9 10 (5.99%) Root Cause Analysis
9 10 (5.99%) SDLC
10 9 (5.39%) Change Management
10 9 (5.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (4.19%) Computer Science
11 7 (4.19%) PLM
11 7 (4.19%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.19%) Java
2 6 (3.59%) SQL
3 5 (2.99%) C
3 5 (2.99%) C#
4 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.20%) Groovy
5 2 (1.20%) SAPscript
5 2 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (10.78%) Security Cleared
2 11 (6.59%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.19%) Degree
3 7 (4.19%) SAP Certification
4 4 (2.40%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) CISM
6 1 (0.60%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.80%) GAAP
1 3 (1.80%) QA
2 2 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 161 (96.41%) SAP
2 15 (8.98%) Adobe
3 11 (6.59%) OpenText
4 10 (5.99%) Ariba
4 10 (5.99%) Microsoft
5 8 (4.79%) Oracle
6 6 (3.59%) Concur
6 6 (3.59%) Siemens
7 5 (2.99%) OpenLink
7 5 (2.99%) Triple Point
8 4 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.80%) Apple
9 3 (1.80%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.80%) webMethods
10 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
10 2 (1.20%) IBM
10 2 (1.20%) Talend
11 1 (0.60%) BeyondTrust
11 1 (0.60%) Thycotic