SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP ALE skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP ALE over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 692 839
Rank change year-on-year +115 +147 -168
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 14 15 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.025% 0.026%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.16% 0.11% 0.095%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 8 14
10th Percentile £520 £488 £393
25th Percentile £550 £530 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £625 - £540
90th Percentile £640 £540 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £540 £500
% change year-on-year +15.74% +8.00% +10.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £23.18 - -
25th Percentile £23.81 - -
Median hourly rate £25.75 - -
75th Percentile £27.81 - -
90th Percentile £28.53 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAP ALE is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,954 14,101 24,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.51% 23.38% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,227 10,287 17,814
10th Percentile £334 £400 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £656
90th Percentile £768 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 154 245
10th Percentile £20.77 £30.23 £21.40
25th Percentile £37.63 £46.56 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.18 £65.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +32.65% +8.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £75.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.78 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £64.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -25.78% +30.61% +8.89%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ALE over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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 +114 10 £600 +11.11% 3
Work from Home +117 8 £600 +11.11%
UK excluding London +56 6 £625 +15.74% 3
London +101 4 £500 -1.04%
Midlands +32 3 £625 +15.74%
South East - 3 - - 1
West Midlands +37 1 £650 -

SAP ALE
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 2 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 7 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (42.86%) SAP MDG
3 3 (21.43%) SAP SD
4 2 (14.29%) SAP EWM
4 2 (14.29%) SAP MM
4 2 (14.29%) SAP R/3
5 1 (7.14%) SAP FI
5 1 (7.14%) SAP LE
5 1 (7.14%) SAP MDG-BP
5 1 (7.14%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (7.14%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) LSMW
2 2 (14.29%) Eclipse
3 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (7.14%) Automotive
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Consultant
1 9 (64.29%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (35.71%) SAP MDG Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Functional Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) SAP Functional Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Data Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Data Governance Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Governance Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) Master Data Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) SAP Data Consultant
4 3 (21.43%) SAP Master Data Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) ABAP Consultant
5 2 (14.29%) Coordinator
5 2 (14.29%) Developer
5 2 (14.29%) SAP Developer
5 2 (14.29%) SAP EWM Consultant
6 1 (7.14%) Analyst
6 1 (7.14%) Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Architect
6 1 (7.14%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (57.14%) BAPI
2 6 (42.86%) IDoc
3 5 (35.71%) SAP Fiori
4 3 (21.43%) EDI
4 3 (21.43%) REST
4 3 (21.43%) Web Dynpro
5 2 (14.29%) Kafka
5 2 (14.29%) SAP Smart Forms
6 1 (7.14%) SAPUI5
6 1 (7.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
1 5 (35.71%) Migration
1 5 (35.71%) OO
1 5 (35.71%) SOA
2 4 (28.57%) Logistics
3 3 (21.43%) Data Governance
3 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Data Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 2 (14.29%) ITIL
4 2 (14.29%) OOP
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) SDLC
4 2 (14.29%) Time Management
4 2 (14.29%) Unit Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Validation
4 2 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 11 (78.57%) ABAP
2 2 (14.29%) SAPscript
Vendors
1 14 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe
3 2 (14.29%) IBM
3 2 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Salesforce