ABAP Contracts

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 413 393 646
Rank change year-on-year -20 +253 -58
Contract jobs citing ABAP 167 311 195
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.55% 0.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.29% 1.62% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 147 81
10th Percentile £410 £414 £438
25th Percentile £463 £495 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% +3.77% +7.94%
75th Percentile £625 £677 £656
90th Percentile £650 £735 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £534 £518
% change year-on-year -4.03% +3.19% +15.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £25.30 £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% -35.72%
75th Percentile £75.00 £99.38 £53.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £99.75 £54.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £97.50 £48.21
% change year-on-year -71.28% +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 12,943 19,224 31,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.04% 34.10% 36.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,180 13,863 23,133
10th Percentile £350 £385 £388
25th Percentile £425 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £679 £663
90th Percentile £763 £788 £755
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +14.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 522 432 487
10th Percentile £31.25 £26.54 £19.51
25th Percentile £46.25 £50.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £62.00 £62.50 £51.12
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +22.26% +14.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.06 £61.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £79.07 £71.15
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year - +19.05% +28.05%

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 2 June 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 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ABAP in the UK

ABAP
Top 14 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 2 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
England +22 132 £575 +3.79% 27
Work from Home -13 76 £500 -7.40% 14
London +93 65 £600 -0.66% 6
UK excluding London -4 60 £513 -4.03% 18
North of England +28 17 £501 -9.00% 3
Midlands -1 17 £588 +8.80% 2
South East -29 13 £582 +16.30% 9
East Midlands -1 11 £575 +6.48%
North West +11 8 £513 -6.82% 1
East of England - 7 £495 - 2
Yorkshire +22 6 £501 - 2
South West - 6 £690 - 1
West Midlands +2 4 £650 +7.30% 2
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%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 68 (40.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (10.78%) SAP MDG
3 16 (9.58%) SAP EWM
4 11 (6.59%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 11 (6.59%) SAP FI-AP
5 9 (5.39%) SAP FI
6 8 (4.79%) SAP SD
7 7 (4.19%) SAP CO
7 7 (4.19%) SAP ERP
7 7 (4.19%) SAP FI/CO
8 6 (3.59%) Teamcenter
9 5 (2.99%) Endur
9 5 (2.99%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 4 (2.40%) SAP MM
10 4 (2.40%) SAP R/3
11 3 (1.80%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
11 3 (1.80%) SAP HR
11 3 (1.80%) SAP MRS
11 3 (1.80%) SAP PP
11 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
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%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (0.60%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (0.60%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.40%) HTTP
2 1 (0.60%) SSH
2 1 (0.60%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (13.77%) 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 13 (7.78%) JIRA
2 3 (1.80%) Eclipse
2 3 (1.80%) LSMW
3 1 (0.60%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.60%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.60%) eCATT
3 1 (0.60%) Git
3 1 (0.60%) Selenium
General
1 30 (17.96%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.17%) Finance
3 13 (7.78%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.99%) Public Sector
5 9 (5.39%) Pharmaceutical
5 9 (5.39%) Retail
6 7 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.40%) German Language
9 2 (1.20%) Banking
9 2 (1.20%) Polish Language
10 1 (0.60%) Automotive
10 1 (0.60%) French Language
10 1 (0.60%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 77 (46.11%) Consultant
2 69 (41.32%) SAP Consultant
3 58 (34.73%) Developer
4 46 (27.54%) SAP Developer
5 26 (15.57%) ABAP Developer
6 19 (11.38%) Functional Consultant
7 17 (10.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 17 (10.18%) SAP MDG Consultant
8 15 (8.98%) SAP EWM Consultant
9 13 (7.78%) SAP Technical Consultant
9 13 (7.78%) Technical Consultant
10 11 (6.59%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
11 10 (5.99%) Analyst
11 10 (5.99%) Architect
12 8 (4.79%) ABAP Consultant
13 6 (3.59%) Lead
13 6 (3.59%) SAP Analyst
14 5 (2.99%) SAP Financial Consultant
14 5 (2.99%) SAP Functional Analyst
14 5 (2.99%) SAP MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.17%) IDoc
2 19 (11.38%) SAP Fiori
3 16 (9.58%) EDI
4 15 (8.98%) BAPI
5 13 (7.78%) SAP ALE
6 11 (6.59%) Web Services
6 11 (6.59%) XML
7 10 (5.99%) SAP Business Workflow
8 9 (5.39%) REST
8 9 (5.39%) SAPUI5
9 7 (4.19%) HTML
10 6 (3.59%) Middleware
11 5 (2.99%) SAP PI
11 5 (2.99%) Web Dynpro
12 4 (2.40%) Kafka
12 4 (2.40%) SAP Smart Forms
12 4 (2.40%) SAP XI
13 2 (1.20%) CSS
13 2 (1.20%) Node.js
13 2 (1.20%) SAML
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 25 (14.97%) Migration
2 20 (11.98%) Analytics
3 19 (11.38%) OO
3 19 (11.38%) Workflow
4 18 (10.78%) ERP
5 16 (9.58%) Agile
5 16 (9.58%) Data Migration
6 14 (8.38%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (7.78%) Data Modelling
8 12 (7.19%) SDLC
9 11 (6.59%) Accounts Payable
10 10 (5.99%) Invoice Processing
10 10 (5.99%) Logistics
10 10 (5.99%) OCR
10 10 (5.99%) Root Cause Analysis
11 9 (5.39%) Change Management
12 7 (4.19%) Computer Science
12 7 (4.19%) PLM
12 7 (4.19%) Procure-to-Pay
12 7 (4.19%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.79%) 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 20 (11.98%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.78%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.19%) SAP Certification
4 6 (3.59%) Degree
5 4 (2.40%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.60%) CISM
7 1 (0.60%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.80%) GAAP
2 2 (1.20%) QA
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
3 1 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.60%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 159 (95.21%) SAP
2 13 (7.78%) Adobe
3 11 (6.59%) Microsoft
3 11 (6.59%) OpenText
4 7 (4.19%) Ariba
4 7 (4.19%) Oracle
5 6 (3.59%) Siemens
6 5 (2.99%) Concur
6 5 (2.99%) OpenLink
6 5 (2.99%) Triple Point
7 4 (2.40%) IBM
7 4 (2.40%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.80%) Apple
8 3 (1.80%) MuleSoft
8 3 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.80%) webMethods
9 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.20%) Talend
10 1 (0.60%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.60%) JD Edwards