SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 33 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 -3
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,511 3,183 3,975
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.85% 5.67% 4.54%
As % of the Vendors category 13.79% 13.09% 11.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,251 1,640 2,382
10th Percentile £363 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £663
90th Percentile £813 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 59 49
10th Percentile £13.05 £21.30 £14.03
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.55 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +13.92% +88.10%
75th Percentile £55.00 £60.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £71.50 £71.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -45.22% +87.50% +28.00%

All Vendors
UK

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,215 24,312 35,251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.45% 43.30% 40.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,347 16,240 23,513
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £638
90th Percentile £738 £739 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,139 652 877
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.89 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.88% +97.67% +2.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.17
% change year-on-year -42.77% +95.64% +4.91%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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 +8 1,992 £563 +2.27% 808
UK excluding London +2 1,038 £550 - 542
Work from Home 0 892 £550 - 604
London +27 842 £585 +4.00% 247
South East -5 316 £575 +4.55% 111
North of England +8 265 £519 -3.58% 163
Midlands -4 158 £520 -3.70% 114
North West +19 155 £525 +5.00% 103
East of England +33 142 £525 +16.67% 67
South West +5 123 £625 +4.17% 49
West Midlands +5 109 £485 -13.78% 75
Yorkshire -7 92 £500 -13.04% 48
East Midlands -18 41 £575 +6.48% 38
Scotland +26 35 £550 +13.52% 25
North East +11 12 £390 +24.90% 17
Northern Ireland +8 9 £95 -82.73% 14
Wales +6 7 £550 - 16

SAP
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 43 (1.71%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.35%) Confluence
3 17 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (0.60%) NetWeaver
5 11 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.28%) SAS
7 6 (0.24%) Apache
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 5 (0.20%) IIS
8 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.080%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.080%) JBoss
11 2 (0.080%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.080%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.080%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.040%) Umbraco
Applications
1 99 (3.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.040%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.040%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.040%) InVision
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.040%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.040%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.040%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 737 (29.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 112 (4.46%) SAP EWM
3 91 (3.62%) SAP FI
4 79 (3.15%) SAP SD
5 67 (2.67%) SAP CO
5 67 (2.67%) SAP ERP
6 64 (2.55%) SAP FI/CO
7 53 (2.11%) SAP MDG
8 51 (2.03%) SAP QM
9 45 (1.79%) SAP MM
10 44 (1.75%) SAP PP
11 31 (1.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
12 30 (1.19%) SAP HR
12 30 (1.19%) Shopify
12 30 (1.19%) Teamcenter
13 25 (1.00%) SAP HCM
13 25 (1.00%) SAP PS
14 23 (0.92%) SAP IBP
15 22 (0.88%) SAP Payroll
16 21 (0.84%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 173 (6.89%) Azure
1 173 (6.89%) SuccessFactors
2 86 (3.42%) Power Platform
3 79 (3.15%) AWS
4 39 (1.55%) SaaS
5 38 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
7 30 (1.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 29 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.08%) BigCommerce
10 22 (0.88%) WhatsApp
11 21 (0.84%) GCP
12 20 (0.80%) Serverless
13 19 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
14 17 (0.68%) Boomi
15 16 (0.64%) PaaS
16 15 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (0.60%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.56%) Snowflake
18 13 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.72%) Firewall
2 13 (0.52%) HTTP
3 11 (0.44%) LAN
4 10 (0.40%) WAN
5 9 (0.36%) FTP
6 8 (0.32%) VPN
7 7 (0.28%) 3G
7 7 (0.28%) 4G
8 6 (0.24%) Internet
8 6 (0.24%) SSL
8 6 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 5 (0.20%) Broadband
9 5 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
10 4 (0.16%) DNS
10 4 (0.16%) Network Security
10 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.16%) Wireless
11 3 (0.12%) Intranet
11 3 (0.12%) SSH
11 3 (0.12%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (4.82%) SAP HANA
2 74 (2.95%) Power BI
3 60 (2.39%) SAP BW
4 53 (2.11%) SQL Server
5 39 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 36 (1.43%) Metadata
7 34 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
8 28 (1.12%) BusinessObjects
9 27 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.00%) Oracle Database
11 24 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
12 23 (0.92%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 22 (0.88%) Data Vault
14 17 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
14 17 (0.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (0.64%) Relational Database
16 15 (0.60%) Metadata Repository
16 15 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
17 14 (0.56%) Tableau
18 13 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 81 (3.23%) JIRA
2 30 (1.19%) Git
3 26 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.52%) LSMW
5 12 (0.48%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.36%) Maven
6 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.24%) GitLab
8 6 (0.24%) Selenium
9 5 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.20%) ERwin
9 5 (0.20%) JMeter
9 5 (0.20%) Postman
10 4 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.12%) NUnit
11 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.12%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.080%) Gradle
General
1 723 (28.79%) Finance
2 687 (27.36%) Social Skills
3 451 (17.96%) Manufacturing
4 336 (13.38%) Public Sector
5 304 (12.11%) Marketing
6 274 (10.91%) Telecoms
7 270 (10.75%) Electronics
8 215 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
9 153 (6.09%) Retail
10 112 (4.46%) Pharmaceutical
11 77 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
13 56 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (1.95%) Banking
15 44 (1.75%) Billing
15 44 (1.75%) Legal
16 34 (1.35%) Automotive
17 33 (1.31%) German Language
18 27 (1.08%) French Language
19 21 (0.84%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 726 (28.91%) Consultant
2 606 (24.13%) SAP Consultant
3 276 (10.99%) Lead
4 258 (10.27%) Architect
5 234 (9.32%) Analyst
6 184 (7.33%) Project Manager
7 169 (6.73%) Senior
8 166 (6.61%) SAP Manager
9 142 (5.66%) Developer
10 110 (4.38%) SAP Architect
10 110 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 100 (3.98%) Functional Consultant
12 96 (3.82%) Business Analyst
13 82 (3.27%) SAP Functional Consultant
13 82 (3.27%) SAP Project Manager
14 78 (3.11%) SAP Analyst
15 69 (2.75%) SAP Developer
16 63 (2.51%) SAP EWM Consultant
16 63 (2.51%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 52 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (2.55%) SAP Fiori
2 46 (1.83%) SAP Basis
3 42 (1.67%) REST
4 36 (1.43%) IDoc
5 35 (1.39%) XML
6 33 (1.31%) EDI
7 32 (1.27%) .NET
8 25 (1.00%) Web Services
9 24 (0.96%) Middleware
10 23 (0.92%) HTML
11 22 (0.88%) VML
12 21 (0.84%) Node.js
12 21 (0.84%) SOAP
13 20 (0.80%) BAPI
13 20 (0.80%) Spring
14 19 (0.76%) CSS
14 19 (0.76%) Kafka
15 18 (0.72%) SAP PI
16 16 (0.64%) SAP TM
17 15 (0.60%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 66 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 51 (2.03%) Onboarding
3 47 (1.87%) Life Science
4 46 (1.83%) FMCG
5 43 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 38 (1.51%) Replication
7 35 (1.39%) NHS
8 32 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.19%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.12%) Reference Data
11 23 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 21 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (0.80%) Virtual Team
14 19 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (0.72%) IoT
16 16 (0.64%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
18 12 (0.48%) LIMS
18 12 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 73 (2.91%) Windows
2 57 (2.27%) Linux
3 30 (1.19%) Unix
4 23 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.32%) VMS
7 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.16%) Android
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.12%) zOS
10 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.040%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.040%) SUSE
11 1 (0.040%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 385 (15.33%) Business Intelligence
2 339 (13.50%) ERP
3 311 (12.39%) Programme Management
4 310 (12.35%) Agile
5 304 (12.11%) Migration
6 299 (11.91%) Stakeholder Management
7 282 (11.23%) Project Management
8 264 (10.51%) Digital Marketing
9 261 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
10 154 (6.13%) Change Management
10 154 (6.13%) Data Migration
11 142 (5.66%) User Acceptance Testing
12 137 (5.46%) Logistics
13 129 (5.14%) Analytics
14 125 (4.98%) Data Modelling
15 114 (4.54%) Roadmaps
16 107 (4.26%) Project Delivery
17 102 (4.06%) Requirements Gathering
18 91 (3.62%) DevOps
19 89 (3.54%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 156 (6.21%) ABAP
2 151 (6.01%) SQL
3 80 (3.19%) Python
4 64 (2.55%) Java
5 37 (1.47%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.12%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.04%) C#
8 20 (0.80%) T-SQL
9 19 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 13 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 12 (0.48%) C
12 11 (0.44%) Perl
13 9 (0.36%) Go
14 7 (0.28%) Groovy
14 7 (0.28%) XPath
14 7 (0.28%) XQuery
15 6 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 6 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.24%) R
16 3 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 319 (12.70%) Security Cleared
2 217 (8.64%) SC Cleared
3 184 (7.33%) Degree
4 87 (3.46%) DV Cleared
5 66 (2.63%) SAP Certification
6 31 (1.23%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (0.96%) PMI Certification
9 24 (0.96%) PMP
10 14 (0.56%) CIMA
11 10 (0.40%) ACCA
12 9 (0.36%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.32%) CISSP
14 7 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.24%) CIPD
16 5 (0.20%) CBAP
16 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (3.50%) QA
2 74 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.11%) PMO
4 38 (1.51%) SLA
5 37 (1.47%) GDPR
6 12 (0.48%) GRC
6 12 (0.48%) GxP
7 11 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.36%) IFRS
8 9 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.32%) HL7
9 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.28%) NIST
11 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.20%) RMADS
13 4 (0.16%) GAAP
13 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 40 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.76%) Docker
3 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) NFS
5 5 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (0.16%) HDFS
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.040%) Firmware
9 1 (0.040%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.04%) Terraform
2 22 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 11 (0.44%) Ansible
4 7 (0.28%) HP ALM
4 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.24%) Puppet
6 5 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.20%) Opsgenie
6 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.080%) Control-M
7 2 (0.080%) Grafana
7 2 (0.080%) Nessus
7 2 (0.080%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.040%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.040%) SCOM
8 1 (0.040%) vRealize
8 1 (0.040%) WMI
Vendors
1 251 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 197 (7.85%) Ariba
3 193 (7.69%) Oracle
4 138 (5.50%) Salesforce
5 62 (2.47%) Adobe
6 38 (1.51%) MuleSoft
7 35 (1.39%) ServiceNow
8 31 (1.23%) Dell
8 31 (1.23%) IBM
9 28 (1.12%) Google
10 27 (1.08%) Sitecore
11 26 (1.04%) OpenText
12 24 (0.96%) Workday
13 18 (0.72%) Concur
14 16 (0.64%) IFS
15 14 (0.56%) Sparx
16 13 (0.52%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.48%) HP
17 12 (0.48%) Intel
18 10 (0.40%) Cisco