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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 462 527
Rank change year-on-year +2 +65 +152
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 41 71 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.22% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.82% 1.19% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 50 41
10th Percentile £425 £399 £400
25th Percentile £463 £425 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £625
90th Percentile £739 £688 £725
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +3.00% -9.09% +1.85%

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 5,007 5,962 7,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 18.03% 18.24% 16.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,442 4,132 4,995
10th Percentile £335 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £512 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.91% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £666
90th Percentile £750 £825 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £535 £543
% change year-on-year -6.54% -1.43% -1.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 80 143
10th Percentile £21.25 £17.50 £21.00
25th Percentile £30.55 £21.25 £32.30
Median hourly rate £42.00 £36.25 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% -34.09% +22.22%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £75.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.85 £78.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% -36.36% +22.66%

SAP BW
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAP BW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAP BW 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +4 15 £600 +14.29% 19
East of England +8 8 £500 +11.11% 1
Midlands -28 6 £710 +31.48%
South West - 5 £525 -
North of England -9 4 £500 +11.11% 5
West Midlands -22 4 £633 +17.13%
South East +21 3 £515 +14.44% 8
North West -13 3 £500 +11.11% 5
East Midlands -10 2 £710 +29.09%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
SAP BW
UK

SAP BW
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 24 (58.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (21.95%) SAP IBP
3 3 (7.32%) SAP ERP
4 2 (4.88%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.88%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.88%) SAP MDG
5 1 (2.44%) IBM Planning Analytics
5 1 (2.44%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.44%) SAP CAR
5 1 (2.44%) SAP EWM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (2.44%) SAP PM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (2.44%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (21.95%) Power Platform
2 8 (19.51%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) AWS
3 3 (7.32%) GCP
4 1 (2.44%) SaaS
4 1 (2.44%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (56.10%) SAP HANA
2 9 (21.95%) Power BI
3 8 (19.51%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (19.51%) SAP Data Services
4 4 (9.76%) Data Lake
5 3 (7.32%) Data Hub
5 3 (7.32%) Metadata
5 3 (7.32%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.88%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (2.44%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) LSMW
General
1 17 (41.46%) Finance
2 12 (29.27%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Public Sector
5 4 (9.76%) General Ledger
5 4 (9.76%) Manufacturing
6 3 (7.32%) Banking
6 3 (7.32%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.44%) Automotive
8 1 (2.44%) Aviation
8 1 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Consultant
2 14 (34.15%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (26.83%) Architect
4 9 (21.95%) SAP Architect
5 7 (17.07%) Lead
6 5 (12.20%) Data Architect
6 5 (12.20%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 5 (12.20%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 5 (12.20%) Solutions Architect
7 4 (9.76%) Administrator
7 4 (9.76%) Lead Consultant
7 4 (9.76%) SAP Administrator
7 4 (9.76%) SAP Basis Administrator
8 3 (7.32%) SAP BW Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) SAP Data Architect
8 3 (7.32%) SAP Engineer
8 3 (7.32%) SAP Financial Architect
8 3 (7.32%) SAP Technical Consultant
8 3 (7.32%) Technical Consultant
9 2 (4.88%) Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (34.15%) SAP Fiori
2 9 (21.95%) SAP Basis
3 5 (12.20%) SAP PI
4 2 (4.88%) BAPI
4 2 (4.88%) SAP XI
4 2 (4.88%) Web Services
5 1 (2.44%) IDoc
5 1 (2.44%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Legacy Systems
2 4 (9.76%) Product Ownership
3 3 (7.32%) SCADA
4 1 (2.44%) FMCG
4 1 (2.44%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (21.95%) Linux
2 8 (19.51%) Unix
3 1 (2.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (48.78%) Analytics
2 16 (39.02%) Data Modelling
3 13 (31.71%) Performance Tuning
4 11 (26.83%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (26.83%) Migration
5 10 (24.39%) SAP Security
5 10 (24.39%) Validation
6 9 (21.95%) Data Governance
7 8 (19.51%) ETL
7 8 (19.51%) Incident Response
7 8 (19.51%) Problem Management
8 7 (17.07%) Data Architecture
8 7 (17.07%) Data Migration
8 7 (17.07%) Data Pipeline
8 7 (17.07%) Enterprise Architecture
8 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (14.63%) Data Validation
9 6 (14.63%) Translating Business Requirements
10 5 (12.20%) Data Transformation
10 5 (12.20%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 9 (21.95%) ABAP
1 9 (21.95%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) Python
3 3 (7.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (12.20%) SAP Certification
1 5 (12.20%) Security Cleared
2 3 (7.32%) CCA
2 3 (7.32%) Degree
2 3 (7.32%) Master's Degree
2 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.32%) Basel III
1 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
1 3 (7.32%) IFRS
1 3 (7.32%) IFRS 17
1 3 (7.32%) IFRS 9
2 1 (2.44%) GxP
2 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 41 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (9.76%) Oracle
3 1 (2.44%) Anaplan
3 1 (2.44%) Cognos
3 1 (2.44%) Hyperion
3 1 (2.44%) NCR
3 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.44%) Toshiba