SAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 35 55
Rank change year-on-year +3 +20 -8
Contract jobs citing SAP 1,051 1,245 1,248
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.05% 5.47% 4.09%
As % of the Vendors category 11.92% 12.17% 10.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 563 802 856
10th Percentile £300 £308 £369
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £749 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £567 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.09% - +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 50 39
10th Percentile £12.95 £22.14 £12.58
25th Percentile £15.10 £27.64 £17.78
Median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.22% +87.50% +29.73%
75th Percentile £43.91 £52.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £62.00
UK median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -42.16% +29.50% +65.48%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,817 10,226 12,397
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.33% 44.89% 40.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,306 6,990 8,424
10th Percentile £208 £205 £189
25th Percentile £365 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £657
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 985 438 638
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.29
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.71 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.50 £60.61 £37.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.08 £56.39
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +4.88%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
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 SAP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East -1 325 £575 +4.55% 112
North of England +7 270 £519 -3.58% 162
North West +24 160 £525 +5.00% 108
Midlands -4 156 £523 -3.24% 103
East of England +28 142 £525 +16.67% 71
South West +5 123 £625 +4.17% 52
West Midlands 0 107 £485 -13.78% 74
Yorkshire -7 92 £500 -13.04% 42
East Midlands -17 41 £575 +6.73% 29
Scotland +30 35 £550 +13.52% 26
North East +13 12 £390 +24.90% 16
Northern Ireland +5 9 £95 -82.73% 15
Wales +7 8 £550 - 20
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP
UK

SAP
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 22 (2.09%) Confluence
2 15 (1.43%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 9 (0.86%) NetWeaver
5 7 (0.67%) SAS
6 3 (0.29%) Apache
6 3 (0.29%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.095%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.095%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.095%) JBoss
8 1 (0.095%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 67 (6.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 45 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.43%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.86%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.095%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.095%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.095%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 264 (25.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 46 (4.38%) SAP EWM
3 41 (3.90%) SAP FI
4 32 (3.04%) SAP CO
5 31 (2.95%) SAP ERP
6 30 (2.85%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (2.76%) SAP QM
8 28 (2.66%) SAP SD
9 24 (2.28%) Teamcenter
10 21 (2.00%) SAP PP
11 20 (1.90%) SAP MDG
12 18 (1.71%) SAP MM
13 17 (1.62%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 14 (1.33%) SAP HR
14 14 (1.33%) SAP Hybris
15 12 (1.14%) SAP IBP
16 11 (1.05%) SAP HCM
17 10 (0.95%) Maximo
17 10 (0.95%) SAP PM
18 9 (0.86%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 76 (7.23%) SuccessFactors
2 40 (3.81%) Power Platform
3 37 (3.52%) Azure
4 17 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (1.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 13 (1.24%) Boomi
7 11 (1.05%) SaaS
8 10 (0.95%) AWS
8 10 (0.95%) Power Automate
8 10 (0.95%) Snowflake
9 9 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.67%) Collibra
11 6 (0.57%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.48%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.38%) iPaaS
13 4 (0.38%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.29%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.29%) GCP
14 3 (0.29%) PaaS
15 2 (0.19%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.62%) Firewall
2 10 (0.95%) HTTP
3 9 (0.86%) LAN
4 8 (0.76%) 3G
4 8 (0.76%) 4G
5 7 (0.67%) WAN
6 6 (0.57%) VPN
7 4 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
8 3 (0.29%) FTP
8 3 (0.29%) VoIP
8 3 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.19%) Broadband
9 2 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.19%) Internet
9 2 (0.19%) Intranet
9 2 (0.19%) SAN
9 2 (0.19%) Skype
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.00%) SAP HANA
2 35 (3.33%) SAP BW
3 33 (3.14%) Power BI
4 18 (1.71%) Oracle Database
4 18 (1.71%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.14%) BusinessObjects
5 12 (1.14%) Data Lake
6 9 (0.86%) Electronic Patient Records
7 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
7 8 (0.76%) SAP Data Services
8 7 (0.67%) Ataccama
9 6 (0.57%) Data Mining
9 6 (0.57%) Ingres
9 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
9 6 (0.57%) Tableau
10 5 (0.48%) Metadata
11 4 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 4 (0.38%) Lumira
11 4 (0.38%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 47 (4.47%) JIRA
2 7 (0.67%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.48%) LSMW
4 4 (0.38%) Git
5 3 (0.29%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.29%) JMeter
6 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.095%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.095%) ERwin
7 1 (0.095%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.095%) MSI
7 1 (0.095%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.095%) NUnit
7 1 (0.095%) NWDI
7 1 (0.095%) NWDS
7 1 (0.095%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.095%) Visual Studio
General
1 323 (30.73%) Social Skills
2 317 (30.16%) Finance
3 225 (21.41%) Manufacturing
4 166 (15.79%) Public Sector
5 144 (13.70%) Marketing
6 139 (13.23%) Telecoms
7 138 (13.13%) Electronics
8 107 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
9 55 (5.23%) Pharmaceutical
10 45 (4.28%) Retail
11 38 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
12 26 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (2.19%) Billing
15 20 (1.90%) Legal
16 19 (1.81%) Automotive
17 14 (1.33%) Banking
17 14 (1.33%) German Language
18 13 (1.24%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.95%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 297 (28.26%) Consultant
2 257 (24.45%) SAP Consultant
3 118 (11.23%) Analyst
4 107 (10.18%) Lead
5 95 (9.04%) Project Manager
6 85 (8.09%) Architect
7 83 (7.90%) Senior
8 65 (6.18%) SAP Manager
9 58 (5.52%) Developer
10 46 (4.38%) Solutions Architect
11 41 (3.90%) Administrator
12 38 (3.62%) Business Analyst
12 38 (3.62%) SAP Analyst
12 38 (3.62%) SAP Project Manager
13 35 (3.33%) SAP Architect
14 34 (3.24%) Functional Consultant
15 32 (3.04%) SAP Developer
16 28 (2.66%) SAP Basis Consultant
16 28 (2.66%) SAP QM Consultant
17 27 (2.57%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.14%) SAP Fiori
2 28 (2.66%) SAP Basis
3 18 (1.71%) IDoc
3 18 (1.71%) REST
4 12 (1.14%) XML
5 9 (0.86%) .NET
5 9 (0.86%) BAPI
5 9 (0.86%) EDI
5 9 (0.86%) HTML
5 9 (0.86%) JSON
6 8 (0.76%) SOAP
7 7 (0.67%) Kafka
7 7 (0.67%) SAP ALE
7 7 (0.67%) SAP Business Workflow
7 7 (0.67%) SAP PI
8 6 (0.57%) Middleware
9 5 (0.48%) ADO
9 5 (0.48%) CSS
9 5 (0.48%) VML
10 4 (0.38%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 39 (3.71%) Management Information System
2 33 (3.14%) NHS
3 23 (2.19%) Onboarding
4 18 (1.71%) Life Science
4 18 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
5 14 (1.33%) Data Structures
5 14 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 12 (1.14%) Replication
6 12 (1.14%) Virtual Team
7 11 (1.05%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (0.86%) LIMS
10 8 (0.76%) IoT
10 8 (0.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 7 (0.67%) Blog
11 7 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (0.67%) Public Cloud
12 6 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.57%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 44 (4.19%) Windows
2 23 (2.19%) Windows 10
3 21 (2.00%) Linux
4 13 (1.24%) Unix
5 9 (0.86%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.095%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.095%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.095%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (17.70%) Business Intelligence
2 157 (14.94%) ERP
3 150 (14.27%) Programme Management
4 139 (13.23%) Agile
5 137 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 132 (12.56%) Digital Marketing
7 116 (11.04%) Project Management
8 113 (10.75%) Migration
9 111 (10.56%) Problem-Solving
10 70 (6.66%) User Acceptance Testing
11 65 (6.18%) Change Management
12 56 (5.33%) Data Migration
13 55 (5.23%) Analytics
13 55 (5.23%) Roadmaps
14 54 (5.14%) Logistics
15 49 (4.66%) Workshop Facilitation
16 47 (4.47%) Data Management
17 43 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
18 41 (3.90%) Requirements Gathering
19 40 (3.81%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 58 (5.52%) ABAP
2 32 (3.04%) SQL
3 25 (2.38%) Python
4 18 (1.71%) Java
5 14 (1.33%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.86%) C#
7 8 (0.76%) PowerShell
8 7 (0.67%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.57%) C
10 4 (0.38%) VBScript
11 3 (0.29%) Groovy
11 3 (0.29%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.19%) VB
13 1 (0.095%) Bash
13 1 (0.095%) C++
13 1 (0.095%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.095%) Perl
13 1 (0.095%) VBA
Qualifications
1 203 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 141 (13.42%) SC Cleared
3 94 (8.94%) Degree
4 63 (5.99%) DV Cleared
5 31 (2.95%) SAP Certification
6 21 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.33%) Master's Degree
8 11 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.05%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.86%) PMP
10 6 (0.57%) CIPD
10 6 (0.57%) CISSP
11 5 (0.48%) CESG Certified Professional
12 4 (0.38%) ACCA
12 4 (0.38%) CBAP
12 4 (0.38%) CIMA
12 4 (0.38%) CLAS
12 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
12 4 (0.38%) PhD
13 3 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.90%) Data Quality
2 31 (2.95%) QA
3 23 (2.19%) GDPR
4 22 (2.09%) PMO
5 11 (1.05%) SLA
6 8 (0.76%) HL7
7 7 (0.67%) IFRS
8 6 (0.57%) GRC
8 6 (0.57%) NIST
8 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.48%) GxP
9 5 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.48%) JSP 440
9 5 (0.48%) RMADS
10 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.29%) ITGC
12 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.095%) COSO
13 1 (0.095%) P3O
System Software
1 17 (1.62%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.29%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.19%) Docker
4 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.095%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.095%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (0.48%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (0.29%) Terraform
4 2 (0.19%) Nessus
4 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.095%) Ansible
5 1 (0.095%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.095%) Grafana
5 1 (0.095%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.095%) Puppet
5 1 (0.095%) vRealize
5 1 (0.095%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.095%) VxRail
5 1 (0.095%) WMI
Vendors
1 88 (8.37%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.71%) Ariba
3 53 (5.04%) Oracle
4 28 (2.66%) Salesforce
5 20 (1.90%) Adobe
6 14 (1.33%) IFS
6 14 (1.33%) OpenText
7 13 (1.24%) Dell
7 13 (1.24%) IBM
8 12 (1.14%) Alteryx
9 10 (0.95%) Concur
10 9 (0.86%) Cisco
10 9 (0.86%) Workday
11 8 (0.76%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.76%) Sage
11 8 (0.76%) Siemens
12 7 (0.67%) HP
12 7 (0.67%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.67%) ServiceNow
12 7 (0.67%) Trillium