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 21 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 471 468 507
Rank change year-on-year -3 +39 +170
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 49 54 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.95% 0.95% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 37 39
10th Percentile £463 £415 £390
25th Percentile £481 £425 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -2.63% -9.67%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £603
90th Percentile £775 £633 £648
UK median daily rate £575 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +13.30% -3.33% -3.67%

All Database and Business Intelligence 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 5,159 5,675 6,820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.17% 17.97% 16.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,551 3,847 4,853
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% - -
75th Percentile £630 £663 £662
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 73 81 145
10th Percentile £20.68 £17.50 £18.84
25th Percentile £29.00 £22.00 £25.38
Median hourly rate £43.50 £33.93 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% -32.81% +1.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £57.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £84.80 £69.75 £78.75
UK median hourly rate £40.49 £30.21 £50.00
% change year-on-year +34.03% -39.58% +8.70%

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 21 October 2025.

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 21 October 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
London -2 21 £625 +25.00% 15
Midlands -28 8 £730 +35.19% 2
East of England +1 6 £500 +11.11% 3
North of England - 6 £538 -
West Midlands -22 5 £750 +38.89% 2
South West - 5 £525 - 4
South East +6 3 £515 +14.44% 8
North West - 3 £500 -
Yorkshire - 3 £575 -
East Midlands -15 2 £710 +18.33%
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 5 (10.20%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 31 (63.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (10.20%) SAP IBP
3 4 (8.16%) SAP BPC
4 3 (6.12%) SAP CO
4 3 (6.12%) SAP ERP
4 3 (6.12%) SAP HR
5 2 (4.08%) SAP FI
5 2 (4.08%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (4.08%) SAP FS
5 2 (4.08%) SAP MDG
6 1 (2.04%) IBM Planning Analytics
6 1 (2.04%) iTrent
6 1 (2.04%) SAP CAR
6 1 (2.04%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.04%) SAP GRC
6 1 (2.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (2.04%) SAP POS DM
6 1 (2.04%) SAP Retail
6 1 (2.04%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (28.57%) Power Platform
2 13 (26.53%) Azure
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) GCP
3 4 (8.16%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.04%) GitHub
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (51.02%) SAP HANA
2 14 (28.57%) Power BI
3 8 (16.33%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (14.29%) SAP Data Services
5 5 (10.20%) Data Lake
6 4 (8.16%) SQL Server
7 3 (6.12%) Metadata
8 2 (4.08%) Data Hub
8 2 (4.08%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (2.04%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (2.04%) DB2
9 1 (2.04%) MaxDB
9 1 (2.04%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Git
2 1 (2.04%) GitLab
2 1 (2.04%) LSMW
General
1 21 (42.86%) Finance
2 18 (36.73%) Social Skills
3 12 (24.49%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (14.29%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.16%) General Ledger
6 3 (6.12%) Banking
6 3 (6.12%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.12%) Retail
6 3 (6.12%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.04%) Automotive
7 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Local Government
7 1 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (38.78%) Consultant
2 16 (32.65%) Architect
2 16 (32.65%) SAP Consultant
3 13 (26.53%) SAP Architect
4 8 (16.33%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (14.29%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 6 (12.24%) Lead
7 5 (10.20%) Data Architect
8 4 (8.16%) Analytics Consultant
8 4 (8.16%) Cloud Consultant
8 4 (8.16%) Lead Consultant
9 3 (6.12%) Administrator
9 3 (6.12%) Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) Business Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) HR Business Analyst
9 3 (6.12%) SAP Basis Administrator
9 3 (6.12%) SAP Data Architect
9 3 (6.12%) SAP Financial Architect
9 3 (6.12%) SAP Technical Consultant
9 3 (6.12%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (24.49%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (14.29%) SAP Basis
3 5 (10.20%) SAP PI
4 2 (4.08%) SAP XI
4 2 (4.08%) SAPUI5
4 2 (4.08%) Web Services
5 1 (2.04%) BAPI
5 1 (2.04%) IDoc
5 1 (2.04%) Middleware
5 1 (2.04%) Node.js
5 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
5 1 (2.04%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.16%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.12%) SCADA
4 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.04%) FMCG
4 1 (2.04%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Linux
2 4 (8.16%) Unix
3 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (57.14%) Analytics
2 22 (44.90%) Data Modelling
3 16 (32.65%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (24.49%) Performance Tuning
5 10 (20.41%) Migration
5 10 (20.41%) Validation
6 9 (18.37%) Data Governance
7 8 (16.33%) Data Architecture
7 8 (16.33%) Decision-Making
7 8 (16.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 8 (16.33%) SAP Security
8 7 (14.29%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (14.29%) Data Validation
8 7 (14.29%) ERP
8 7 (14.29%) ETL
8 7 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (12.24%) CRM
9 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) SQL
2 8 (16.33%) ABAP
3 5 (10.20%) Python
4 3 (6.12%) Java
5 2 (4.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) SAP Certification
1 6 (12.24%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.20%) Degree
3 3 (6.12%) CCA
3 3 (6.12%) Master's Degree
3 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.12%) Basel III
1 3 (6.12%) IFRS
1 3 (6.12%) IFRS 17
1 3 (6.12%) IFRS 9
2 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.04%) GRC
3 1 (2.04%) GxP
3 1 (2.04%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (12.24%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.04%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.04%) Cognos
4 1 (2.04%) Concur
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.04%) NCR
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.04%) Toshiba