SAP ALE Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP ALE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 536 483 544
Rank change year-on-year -53 +61 +172
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 7 6 20
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.021% 0.023% 0.052%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.097% 0.10% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £629 - £460
25th Percentile £653 - £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £713 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.78%
75th Percentile £778 - £613
90th Percentile £806 - £635
UK median daily rate £663 £750 £513
% change year-on-year -11.67% +46.34% -5.09%

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 7,237 5,927 7,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 22.00% 22.37% 20.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,847 3,765 5,693
10th Percentile £358 £363 £358
25th Percentile £415 £430 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £663 £663
90th Percentile £738 £788 £753
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 196 77 183
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.25 £25.96
25th Percentile £49.06 £43.50 £46.18
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.80 £77.31
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP ALE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in England

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ALE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ALE in England over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ALE in England

SAP ALE
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ALE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ALE

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 February 2026. 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
London - 4 £625 - 1
South East -18 2 £800 - 2
SAP ALE
UK

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (71.43%) SAP SD
2 3 (42.86%) SAP MDG
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) LSMW
2 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Consultant
1 4 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (28.57%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SAP Functional Architect
2 2 (28.57%) SAP MDG Architect
3 1 (14.29%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Functional Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Integration Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Developer
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Integration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) IDoc
2 4 (57.14%) BAPI
2 4 (57.14%) SAP Fiori
3 3 (42.86%) EDI
4 2 (28.57%) SOAP
5 1 (14.29%) REST
5 1 (14.29%) SAPUI5
5 1 (14.29%) Web Dynpro
5 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Data Modelling
3 3 (42.86%) Performance Tuning
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Logical Data Model
4 2 (28.57%) Model Validation
5 1 (14.29%) ERP
5 1 (14.29%) Information Management
5 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
5 1 (14.29%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) ABAP
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft