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 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 34 55
Rank change year-on-year +6 +21 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,544 3,137 3,940
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.97% 5.52% 4.50%
As % of the Vendors category 14.03% 12.83% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,270 1,636 2,387
10th Percentile £362 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £663
90th Percentile £813 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 55 47
10th Percentile £13.04 £20.03 £13.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £28.43 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +50.00% +43.20%
75th Percentile £55.00 £63.13 £52.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £72.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -45.22% +87.50% +41.59%

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 18,130 24,452 35,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.56% 43.00% 40.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,253 16,371 23,348
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 £630 £645 £635
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,115 663 881
10th Percentile £12.06 £15.04 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £40.59 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% +88.79% -2.27%
75th Percentile £57.33 £65.00 £47.96
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £34.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -36.88% +81.82% +1.08%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 +11 2,009 £550 - 739
UK excluding London +6 1,046 £550 - 504
Work from Home +3 943 £550 - 733
London +27 837 £590 +4.89% 206
South East 0 306 £575 +4.55% 100
North of England +9 276 £519 -3.94% 168
East of England +43 156 £525 +20.00% 58
North West +22 156 £525 +5.00% 112
Midlands 0 155 £525 -2.55% 103
South West +3 125 £625 +4.17% 50
West Midlands +5 107 £485 -11.82% 68
Yorkshire -9 103 £500 -10.71% 43
East Midlands -13 40 £575 +12.20% 35
Scotland +42 33 £550 +15.79% 24
North East +16 11 £390 +25.10% 18
Northern Ireland +9 11 £400 -27.27% 5
Wales +8 7 £550 - 11

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 48 (1.89%) SharePoint
2 38 (1.49%) Confluence
3 17 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 17 (0.67%) NetWeaver
4 10 (0.39%) Anypoint
5 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.31%) SAS
6 6 (0.24%) Apache
6 6 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
6 6 (0.24%) CMS
7 4 (0.16%) IIS
8 3 (0.12%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.079%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.079%) JBoss
9 2 (0.079%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 98 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.039%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.039%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.039%) InVision
8 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.039%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 747 (29.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 104 (4.09%) SAP EWM
3 94 (3.69%) SAP FI
4 79 (3.11%) SAP SD
5 72 (2.83%) SAP CO
6 67 (2.63%) SAP FI/CO
7 63 (2.48%) SAP ERP
8 58 (2.28%) SAP MDG
9 51 (2.00%) SAP QM
10 44 (1.73%) SAP MM
11 38 (1.49%) SAP PP
12 34 (1.34%) SAP HR
13 31 (1.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 30 (1.18%) Shopify
14 30 (1.18%) Teamcenter
15 26 (1.02%) SAP HCM
16 25 (0.98%) SAP Hybris
16 25 (0.98%) SAP IBP
17 23 (0.90%) SAP PS
18 21 (0.83%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 174 (6.84%) Azure
2 172 (6.76%) SuccessFactors
3 87 (3.42%) Power Platform
4 84 (3.30%) AWS
5 40 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
6 39 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
7 38 (1.49%) SaaS
8 34 (1.34%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 31 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.06%) BigCommerce
11 23 (0.90%) WhatsApp
12 22 (0.86%) GCP
13 21 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (0.75%) PaaS
15 18 (0.71%) Serverless
16 15 (0.59%) Boomi
16 15 (0.59%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (0.51%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) HTTP
2 15 (0.59%) Firewall
3 10 (0.39%) LAN
3 10 (0.39%) WAN
4 9 (0.35%) FTP
4 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.35%) VPN
5 8 (0.31%) DNS
5 8 (0.31%) Internet
6 7 (0.28%) 3G
6 7 (0.28%) 4G
7 6 (0.24%) SSL
8 5 (0.20%) Broadband
8 5 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.20%) Skype
9 4 (0.16%) Network Security
9 4 (0.16%) SSH
9 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.16%) WinSCP
9 4 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 128 (5.03%) SAP HANA
2 73 (2.87%) Power BI
3 61 (2.40%) SAP BW
4 56 (2.20%) SQL Server
5 41 (1.61%) Metadata
6 34 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
6 34 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.10%) Data Lake
8 24 (0.94%) Oracle Database
8 24 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
9 22 (0.86%) Data Vault
10 20 (0.79%) BusinessObjects
11 17 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 16 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
12 16 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
14 13 (0.51%) Relational Database
15 12 (0.47%) DB2
15 12 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 86 (3.38%) JIRA
2 30 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.06%) Git
4 14 (0.55%) LSMW
5 11 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 10 (0.39%) ERwin
7 9 (0.35%) Maven
7 9 (0.35%) Postman
7 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 6 (0.24%) GitLab
9 6 (0.24%) Selenium
9 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
10 5 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.20%) JMeter
11 4 (0.16%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.12%) NUnit
12 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 770 (30.27%) Finance
2 705 (27.71%) Social Skills
3 472 (18.55%) Manufacturing
4 359 (14.11%) Public Sector
5 320 (12.58%) Marketing
6 296 (11.64%) Telecoms
7 289 (11.36%) Electronics
8 219 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
9 157 (6.17%) Retail
10 128 (5.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 73 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 65 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 54 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
14 47 (1.85%) Banking
15 45 (1.77%) Billing
16 42 (1.65%) Legal
17 34 (1.34%) Automotive
18 32 (1.26%) German Language
19 26 (1.02%) French Language
20 24 (0.94%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 726 (28.54%) Consultant
2 605 (23.78%) SAP Consultant
3 290 (11.40%) Lead
4 249 (9.79%) Architect
5 242 (9.51%) Analyst
6 189 (7.43%) Project Manager
7 169 (6.64%) SAP Manager
8 164 (6.45%) Senior
9 142 (5.58%) Developer
10 106 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
11 102 (4.01%) SAP Architect
12 100 (3.93%) Business Analyst
13 97 (3.81%) Functional Consultant
14 84 (3.30%) SAP Project Manager
15 82 (3.22%) SAP Analyst
16 81 (3.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 69 (2.71%) SAP Developer
18 60 (2.36%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 59 (2.32%) SAP EWM Consultant
20 53 (2.08%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (2.40%) SAP Fiori
2 45 (1.77%) SAP Basis
3 44 (1.73%) REST
4 37 (1.45%) .NET
4 37 (1.45%) IDoc
5 36 (1.42%) EDI
5 36 (1.42%) XML
6 27 (1.06%) Web Services
7 25 (0.98%) Middleware
8 23 (0.90%) HTML
9 22 (0.86%) CSS
9 22 (0.86%) VML
10 21 (0.83%) Node.js
10 21 (0.83%) SOAP
11 20 (0.79%) BAPI
12 19 (0.75%) Spring
13 18 (0.71%) SAP PI
14 17 (0.67%) Kafka
15 16 (0.63%) SAP TM
15 16 (0.63%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 70 (2.75%) Management Information System
2 51 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 49 (1.93%) Life Science
4 44 (1.73%) FMCG
5 42 (1.65%) Product Ownership
6 39 (1.53%) NHS
7 38 (1.49%) Replication
8 33 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
9 30 (1.18%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.10%) Reference Data
11 24 (0.94%) Data Structures
12 20 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 20 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 19 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
14 18 (0.71%) Cloud Native
14 18 (0.71%) IoT
15 17 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
16 13 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 77 (3.03%) Windows
2 59 (2.32%) Linux
3 30 (1.18%) Unix
4 26 (1.02%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.28%) VMS
7 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.16%) Android
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.12%) zOS
11 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.039%) SUSE
12 1 (0.039%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 403 (15.84%) Business Intelligence
2 338 (13.29%) ERP
3 328 (12.89%) Programme Management
4 306 (12.03%) Agile
5 302 (11.87%) Project Management
5 302 (11.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 299 (11.75%) Migration
7 283 (11.12%) Digital Marketing
8 273 (10.73%) Problem-Solving
9 156 (6.13%) Data Migration
10 151 (5.94%) Change Management
11 140 (5.50%) Logistics
12 135 (5.31%) User Acceptance Testing
13 130 (5.11%) Analytics
14 119 (4.68%) Data Modelling
15 117 (4.60%) Roadmaps
16 110 (4.32%) Project Delivery
16 110 (4.32%) Requirements Gathering
17 101 (3.97%) DevOps
18 96 (3.77%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 162 (6.37%) SQL
2 161 (6.33%) ABAP
3 85 (3.34%) Python
4 68 (2.67%) Java
5 42 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.14%) C#
7 28 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 19 (0.75%) T-SQL
9 18 (0.71%) PL/SQL
10 13 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.43%) C
11 11 (0.43%) Perl
12 9 (0.35%) Go
13 8 (0.31%) Groovy
13 8 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
14 7 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 7 (0.28%) XPath
14 7 (0.28%) XQuery
15 6 (0.24%) R
16 5 (0.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 313 (12.30%) Security Cleared
2 225 (8.84%) SC Cleared
3 190 (7.47%) Degree
4 83 (3.26%) DV Cleared
5 63 (2.48%) SAP Certification
6 32 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.02%) PMI Certification
9 25 (0.98%) PMP
10 24 (0.94%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.55%) CIMA
12 10 (0.39%) ACCA
12 10 (0.39%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.35%) ISTQB
14 8 (0.31%) CISSP
15 6 (0.24%) CBAP
16 5 (0.20%) CIPD
16 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.73%) QA
2 73 (2.87%) Data Quality
3 52 (2.04%) PMO
4 42 (1.65%) GDPR
5 36 (1.42%) SLA
6 13 (0.51%) GxP
7 11 (0.43%) Accessibility
7 11 (0.43%) GRC
8 10 (0.39%) IFRS
8 10 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.31%) HL7
11 7 (0.28%) ISO 20022
11 7 (0.28%) NIST
12 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.20%) RMADS
14 4 (0.16%) GAAP
14 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 47 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.79%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) NFS
4 5 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 5 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.16%) HDFS
5 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) Firmware
7 2 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.079%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 28 (1.10%) Terraform
2 22 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.39%) Ansible
4 7 (0.28%) HP ALM
4 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.24%) Puppet
5 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.20%) Opsgenie
6 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.079%) CA Service Virtualization
7 2 (0.079%) Control-M
7 2 (0.079%) Grafana
7 2 (0.079%) Nessus
7 2 (0.079%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.079%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
8 1 (0.039%) Kibana
8 1 (0.039%) systemd
Vendors
1 260 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 203 (7.98%) Ariba
3 194 (7.63%) Oracle
4 130 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 64 (2.52%) Adobe
6 43 (1.69%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.42%) MuleSoft
8 32 (1.26%) Dell
9 31 (1.22%) IBM
10 27 (1.06%) Sitecore
11 26 (1.02%) OpenText
12 25 (0.98%) Google
12 25 (0.98%) Workday
13 18 (0.71%) Concur
13 18 (0.71%) Sparx
14 15 (0.59%) IFS
15 13 (0.51%) Alteryx
16 12 (0.47%) HP
16 12 (0.47%) Intel
17 10 (0.39%) Hyperion