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 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 439 483
Rank change year-on-year -123 +44 +109
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 25 36 53
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.062% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.40% 0.78% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 21 38
10th Percentile £478 - £369
25th Percentile £507 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.38% +4.95% -14.85%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £632
90th Percentile £760 £675 £720
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £501
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.39% -16.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60.50 £72.50 £80.00
Median hourly rate £61.00 £75.00 £82.23
Median % change year-on-year -18.67% -8.79% -
75th Percentile £61.50 £77.50 £84.45
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £61.00 £75.00 £82.23
% change year-on-year -18.67% -8.79% -

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 6,241 4,626 6,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.42% 18.98% 16.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,317 3,254 4,482
10th Percentile £350 £362 £353
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £675
90th Percentile £700 £777 £788
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 90 131
10th Percentile £16.70 £19.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £26.63 £23.50 £20.98
Median hourly rate £47.54 £32.05 £40.25
Median % change year-on-year +48.33% -20.37% -26.82%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.00 £58.62
90th Percentile £82.25 £70.63 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £32.81 £40.00
% change year-on-year +52.39% -17.98% -30.43%

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 3 May 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 3 May 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 -70 9 £610 +10.91% 3
Midlands -65 8 £750 +11.11% 4
West Midlands -57 5 £750 +11.11% 3
North of England -59 3 £450 - 1
East Midlands - 3 - - 1
North West -36 2 £450 - 1
South East -60 2 £525 -16.00%
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:

Business Applications
1 12 (48.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (4.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (4.00%) SAP BPC
2 1 (4.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (4.00%) SAP FS
2 1 (4.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
3 3 (12.00%) AWS
4 1 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SAP HANA
2 4 (16.00%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (16.00%) Power BI
3 2 (8.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (8.00%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (8.00%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (8.00%) QlikView
3 2 (8.00%) Tableau
4 1 (4.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.00%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Hudson
2 1 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 9 (36.00%) Finance
2 7 (28.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (8.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) German Language
5 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.00%) Italian Language
5 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) Consultant
2 9 (36.00%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (32.00%) Architect
3 8 (32.00%) SAP Architect
4 4 (16.00%) Analytics Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) Cloud Consultant
5 3 (12.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (12.00%) SAP Technical Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Solutions Architect
5 3 (12.00%) Technical Architect
6 2 (8.00%) Data Manager
6 2 (8.00%) Developer
6 2 (8.00%) Lead
6 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
6 2 (8.00%) SAP Developer
6 2 (8.00%) SAP Security Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Security Consultant
6 2 (8.00%) Senior
6 2 (8.00%) Senior Consultant
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (12.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (4.00%) SAP ALE
3 1 (4.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) Data Structures
2 2 (8.00%) FMCG
3 1 (4.00%) Reinsurance
3 1 (4.00%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Analytics
2 8 (32.00%) Data Modelling
3 6 (24.00%) Agile
3 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (24.00%) Migration
4 5 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.00%) Data Governance
6 3 (12.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 3 (12.00%) Data Migration
6 3 (12.00%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
6 3 (12.00%) Logistics
6 3 (12.00%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (12.00%) Planning and Forecasting
6 3 (12.00%) Project Planning
6 3 (12.00%) SAP Security
6 3 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (12.00%) Visualisation
7 2 (8.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.00%) GRC
1 1 (4.00%) IFRS
1 1 (4.00%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (8.00%) IAG
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (12.00%) Ariba
2 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.00%) BT
3 1 (4.00%) Databricks
3 1 (4.00%) Guidewire
3 1 (4.00%) OpenText