SAP BW Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Business Information Warehouse (NetWeaver BW)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP BW skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 448 498
Rank change year-on-year -60 +50 +146
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 41 40 61
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.76% 0.81% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 24 30
10th Percentile £465 £479 £475
25th Percentile £515 £495 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £555
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +8.11% -3.48%
75th Percentile £725 £625 £634
90th Percentile £795 £638 £755
UK median daily rate £588 £600 £574
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.58% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £80.00
Median hourly rate - - £82.23
75th Percentile - - £84.45
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £82.23
% change year-on-year - - +30.52%

All Database & BI Skills
England

SAP BW falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,360 4,925 6,080
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 16.49% 18.42% 16.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,738 3,258 4,367
10th Percentile £331 £356 £352
25th Percentile £413 £425 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - -
75th Percentile £608 £663 £650
90th Percentile £708 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 80 162
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.25 £15.62
25th Percentile £27.69 £24.69 £22.34
Median hourly rate £44.25 £36.56 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.05% -13.99% -25.26%
75th Percentile £71.50 £64.73 £61.75
90th Percentile £84.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £44.25 £33.91 £42.50
% change year-on-year +30.51% -20.22% -25.26%

SAP BW
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAP BW job vacancy trend in England

SAP BW
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

SAP BW
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP BW in England over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP BW in England

SAP BW
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

SAP BW
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 BW within the England region over the 6 months to 24 January 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 -13 23 £663 +10.42% 6
Midlands -48 8 £705 +30.56%
West Midlands -48 5 £700 +29.63%
North of England - 5 £575 -
East of England -13 3 £575 +27.78% 1
South East -27 2 £515 -17.60% 3
East Midlands -29 2 £710 +18.33%
North West - 2 - -
Yorkshire - 2 £575 -
South West - 1 £450 -
SAP BW
UK

SAP BW
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.88%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.44%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 24 (58.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (12.20%) SAP BPC
3 3 (7.32%) SAP CO
3 3 (7.32%) SAP ERP
3 3 (7.32%) SAP HR
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FS
4 2 (4.88%) SAP IBP
4 2 (4.88%) SAP MDG
5 1 (2.44%) iTrent
5 1 (2.44%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (2.44%) SAP CRM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.44%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 10 (24.39%) Power Platform
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.88%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) GitHub
5 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.44%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (41.46%) SAP HANA
2 10 (24.39%) Power BI
3 4 (9.76%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (7.32%) Data Lake
4 3 (7.32%) Metadata
4 3 (7.32%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (4.88%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (2.44%) DB2
6 1 (2.44%) MaxDB
6 1 (2.44%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
6 1 (2.44%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) GitLab
2 1 (2.44%) JIRA
General
1 16 (39.02%) Finance
1 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
2 11 (26.83%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Public Sector
4 3 (7.32%) General Ledger
4 3 (7.32%) Retail
4 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Local Government
6 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Consultant
2 12 (29.27%) Architect
2 12 (29.27%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (26.83%) SAP Architect
4 8 (19.51%) Lead
5 6 (14.63%) Solutions Architect
6 5 (12.20%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Analytics Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Cloud Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) Lead Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
8 3 (7.32%) HR Business Analyst
8 3 (7.32%) SAP BW Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) Data Architect
9 2 (4.88%) Developer
9 2 (4.88%) Integration Architect
9 2 (4.88%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) SAP Business Analyst
9 2 (4.88%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (17.07%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (7.32%) SAP Basis
2 3 (7.32%) Web Services
3 2 (4.88%) SAP PI
3 2 (4.88%) SAP XI
3 2 (4.88%) SAPUI5
4 1 (2.44%) BAPI
4 1 (2.44%) IDoc
4 1 (2.44%) Node.js
4 1 (2.44%) SailPoint
4 1 (2.44%) SAP TM
4 1 (2.44%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.76%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.88%) FMCG
2 2 (4.88%) SCADA
3 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (65.85%) Analytics
2 21 (51.22%) Data Modelling
3 14 (34.15%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
4 7 (17.07%) Decision-Making
4 7 (17.07%) ERP
4 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 7 (17.07%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (14.63%) Data Governance
5 6 (14.63%) Data Integration
5 6 (14.63%) Data Pipeline
5 6 (14.63%) Data Validation
5 6 (14.63%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (14.63%) ETL
5 6 (14.63%) Performance Tuning
5 6 (14.63%) Validation
6 5 (12.20%) CRM
6 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (12.20%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) ABAP
2 6 (14.63%) SQL
3 4 (9.76%) Python
4 2 (4.88%) Java
4 2 (4.88%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) CCA
3 3 (7.32%) SAP Certification
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) ISEB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.44%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.44%) GRC
1 1 (2.44%) GxP
1 1 (2.44%) IFRS
1 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (2.44%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.44%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (7.32%) Ariba
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.88%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.44%) BT
4 1 (2.44%) Concur
4 1 (2.44%) Databricks
4 1 (2.44%) HP
4 1 (2.44%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.44%) OpenText