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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 471 499
Rank change year-on-year -23 +28 +150
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 46 50 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.16% 0.20%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.86% 0.90% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 33 39
10th Percentile £458 £425 £390
25th Percentile £475 £485 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £525 £514
Median % change year-on-year +11.90% +2.24% -10.69%
75th Percentile £704 £600 £603
90th Percentile £775 £641 £648
UK median daily rate £575 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +9.52% - -2.78%

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 5,327 5,546 6,667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 17.90% 17.80% 16.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,676 3,735 4,732
10th Percentile £325 £350 £360
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £507 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -7.82% - -
75th Percentile £625 £663 £650
90th Percentile £732 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 79 142
10th Percentile £19.94 £17.90 £19.27
25th Percentile £29.00 £23.45 £25.28
Median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £48.45
Median % change year-on-year +24.29% -27.76% -3.11%
75th Percentile £65.00 £54.75 £68.31
90th Percentile £85.30 £65.20 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £30.40 £47.50
% change year-on-year +43.09% -36.00% -4.90%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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 +21.95% 32
Midlands -35 9 £710 +31.48% 9
East of England -8 6 £500 +11.11% 8
West Midlands -32 6 £725 +34.26% 4
North of England - 6 £538 - 3
South East +4 3 £515 - 32
North West - 3 £500 - 2
Yorkshire - 3 £575 -
East Midlands -20 2 £710 +18.33% 5
South West - 2 £450 - 1
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 (10.87%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 27 (58.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (10.87%) SAP IBP
3 4 (8.70%) SAP BPC
4 3 (6.52%) SAP CO
4 3 (6.52%) SAP ERP
4 3 (6.52%) SAP HR
5 2 (4.35%) SAP FI
5 2 (4.35%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (4.35%) SAP FS
5 2 (4.35%) SAP MDG
6 1 (2.17%) iTrent
6 1 (2.17%) SAP CAR
6 1 (2.17%) SAP CRM
6 1 (2.17%) SAP EWM
6 1 (2.17%) SAP GRC
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (2.17%) SAP POS DM
6 1 (2.17%) SAP Retail
6 1 (2.17%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (30.43%) Power Platform
2 11 (23.91%) Azure
3 4 (8.70%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.35%) GCP
5 1 (2.17%) AWS
5 1 (2.17%) GitHub
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
5 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
5 1 (2.17%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.17%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (43.48%) SAP HANA
2 14 (30.43%) Power BI
3 6 (13.04%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (10.87%) Data Lake
5 4 (8.70%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (6.52%) Metadata
7 2 (4.35%) Data Hub
7 2 (4.35%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (2.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (2.17%) DB2
8 1 (2.17%) MaxDB
8 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
8 1 (2.17%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Git
2 1 (2.17%) GitLab
2 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.96%) Finance
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 11 (23.91%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Public Sector
4 3 (6.52%) General Ledger
4 3 (6.52%) Retail
4 3 (6.52%) Telecoms
5 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Local Government
6 1 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.17%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (34.78%) Consultant
2 14 (30.43%) Architect
3 12 (26.09%) SAP Consultant
4 11 (23.91%) SAP Architect
5 7 (15.22%) Lead
6 6 (13.04%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (10.87%) Data Architect
7 5 (10.87%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 4 (8.70%) Analytics Consultant
8 4 (8.70%) Cloud Consultant
8 4 (8.70%) Lead Consultant
9 3 (6.52%) Administrator
9 3 (6.52%) Analyst
9 3 (6.52%) Business Analyst
9 3 (6.52%) HR Business Analyst
9 3 (6.52%) SAP Administrator
9 3 (6.52%) SAP Basis Administrator
9 3 (6.52%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 3 (6.52%) SAP BW Consultant
9 3 (6.52%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (23.91%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (15.22%) SAP Basis
3 3 (6.52%) SAP PI
3 3 (6.52%) Web Services
4 2 (4.35%) SAP XI
4 2 (4.35%) SAPUI5
5 1 (2.17%) BAPI
5 1 (2.17%) IDoc
5 1 (2.17%) Middleware
5 1 (2.17%) Node.js
5 1 (2.17%) SailPoint
5 1 (2.17%) SAP TM
5 1 (2.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.52%) SCADA
4 1 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.17%) FMCG
4 1 (2.17%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Linux
2 4 (8.70%) Unix
3 1 (2.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (60.87%) Analytics
2 21 (45.65%) Data Modelling
3 17 (36.96%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (23.91%) Performance Tuning
5 9 (19.57%) Data Governance
6 8 (17.39%) Data Architecture
6 8 (17.39%) Decision-Making
6 8 (17.39%) Validation
7 7 (15.22%) Data Integration
7 7 (15.22%) Data Pipeline
7 7 (15.22%) Data Validation
7 7 (15.22%) ERP
7 7 (15.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (15.22%) Translating Business Requirements
7 7 (15.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (13.04%) Enterprise Architecture
8 6 (13.04%) ETL
8 6 (13.04%) Migration
8 6 (13.04%) SAP Security
8 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.39%) ABAP
2 7 (15.22%) SQL
3 5 (10.87%) Python
4 3 (6.52%) Java
5 2 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.70%) Degree
2 4 (8.70%) SAP Certification
3 3 (6.52%) CCA
3 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.17%) ISEB
5 1 (2.17%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) GRC
2 1 (2.17%) GxP
2 1 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.17%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.17%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (6.52%) Oracle
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.17%) Anaplan
4 1 (2.17%) Ariba
4 1 (2.17%) Concur
4 1 (2.17%) Databricks
4 1 (2.17%) HP
4 1 (2.17%) Hyperion
4 1 (2.17%) NCR
4 1 (2.17%) Toshiba