SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP IBP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP IBP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 644 827
Rank change year-on-year +88 +183 -134
Contract jobs citing SAP IBP 23 50 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.054% 0.087% 0.041%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.72% 1.35% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 26 26
10th Percentile - £494 £546
25th Percentile £325 £516 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £635 £631
Median % change year-on-year -29.13% +0.63% +7.40%
75th Percentile £475 £808 £784
90th Percentile - £811 £1,000
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £811 £631
% change year-on-year -44.51% +28.53% +62.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP IBP is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,178 3,712 5,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 6.48% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,133 3,142
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £799 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 58 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.05 £15.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.16 £20.95
Median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +50.79% -11.58%
75th Percentile £59.50 £63.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.38 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -23.50% +133.33% -30.77%

SAP IBP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP IBP in the UK

SAP IBP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP IBP in the UK

SAP IBP
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP IBP within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +101 20 £450 -27.86% 12
Work from Home +98 16 £450 -29.69% 6
UK excluding London +55 12 £450 -44.51% 2
London +87 5 £450 -21.74% 4
North of England +32 4 £450 -29.69%
South East +18 4 £450 -44.51%
East of England - 4 £350 - 2
North West +18 3 £450 -29.69%

SAP IBP
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 11 (47.83%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 5 (21.74%) SAP APO
2 3 (13.04%) SAP MM
3 2 (8.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) SAP BW
1 11 (47.83%) SAP HANA
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL
2 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.70%) Manufacturing
1 2 (8.70%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (8.70%) Retail
1 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Automotive
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (73.91%) Consultant
1 17 (73.91%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (47.83%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Developer
3 1 (4.35%) Functional Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) Implementation Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Programme Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) SAP APO Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Business Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Developer
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Implementation Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Manager
3 1 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Senior SAP Consultant
3 1 (4.35%) Supply Chain Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (47.83%) SAP Basis
1 11 (47.83%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (8.70%) SAP Core Interface
3 1 (4.35%) MDX
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.35%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.35%) Life Science
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Linux
1 11 (47.83%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Incident Response
1 11 (47.83%) Performance Tuning
1 11 (47.83%) SAP Security
2 10 (43.48%) Problem Management
3 6 (26.09%) Supply Chain Planning
4 3 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (8.70%) Analytics
5 2 (8.70%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (8.70%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.70%) Demand Forecasting
5 2 (8.70%) ERP
5 2 (8.70%) Inventory Management
5 2 (8.70%) Logistics
5 2 (8.70%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (8.70%) Supply Chain Management
5 2 (8.70%) Supply Chain Model
6 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.35%) PRINCE2
6 1 (4.35%) Programme Management
6 1 (4.35%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.70%) SQL
2 1 (4.35%) ABAP
2 1 (4.35%) MATLAB
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) R
2 1 (4.35%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) SAP Certification
2 1 (4.35%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.35%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 23 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (8.70%) TOWER Software
3 1 (4.35%) Anaplan
3 1 (4.35%) Ariba
3 1 (4.35%) JD Edwards