SAP ALE Contracts in England

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAP ALE skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP ALE over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 533 640
Rank change year-on-year +50 +107 +121
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 2 9 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.024% 0.026%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.037% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £520 £488
25th Percentile - £550 £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 £540
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile - £625 -
90th Percentile - £640 £540
UK median daily rate - £600 £540
% change year-on-year - +11.11% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.75 -
UK median hourly rate - £25.75 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
England

SAP ALE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 5,454 7,511 11,676
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.39% 20.19% 23.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,783 5,341 8,633
10th Percentile £368 £350 £400
25th Percentile £425 £430 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.22% -
75th Percentile £669 £675 £688
90th Percentile £800 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 218 138
10th Percentile £30.13 £22.27 £28.73
25th Percentile £51.25 £43.00 £48.88
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.19 £75.00 £80.08
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
% change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP ALE in England

SAP ALE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SAP ALE in England

SAP ALE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP ALE in England

SAP ALE
Contract Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Midlands +20 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -
SAP ALE
UK

SAP ALE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CO Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP WM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (50.00%) BAPI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP