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 14 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 439 483
Rank change year-on-year -112 +44 +126
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 26 33 58
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.067% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.42% 0.71% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 20 32
10th Percentile £475 £421 £335
25th Percentile £506 £425 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £523 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +4.40% -14.81%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £634
90th Percentile £775 £676 £711
UK median daily rate £538 £523 £501
% change year-on-year +2.87% +4.40% -16.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £72.50 £80.00
Median hourly rate - £75.00 £82.23
Median % change year-on-year - -8.79% -
75th Percentile - £77.50 £84.45
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £75.00 £82.23
% change year-on-year - -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 6,190 4,653 6,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 15.84% 19.08% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,302 3,264 4,383
10th Percentile £350 £358 £350
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 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 150 94 137
10th Percentile £17.93 £20.96 £14.00
25th Percentile £29.84 £24.25 £20.77
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.96 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +54.73% -17.60% -30.43%
75th Percentile £74.68 £65.46 £52.50
90th Percentile £83.30 £70.00 £70.25
UK median hourly rate £51.75 £32.96 £40.00
% change year-on-year +57.01% -17.60% -33.33%

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 14 April 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 14 April 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 -73 12 £610 +10.91% 1
Midlands -61 8 £725 +7.41% 4
West Midlands -59 5 £725 +7.41% 2
North of England -72 3 £450 - 6
East Midlands - 3 - - 2
North West -32 2 £450 - 2
South East -53 2 £525 -16.00% 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 1 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 13 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.69%) SAP BPC
2 2 (7.69%) SAP FI
2 2 (7.69%) SAP GRC
3 1 (3.85%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (3.85%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.85%) SAP CRM
3 1 (3.85%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.85%) SAP FS
3 1 (3.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) AWS
2 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (3.85%) GCP
3 1 (3.85%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.85%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) SAP HANA
2 3 (11.54%) Power BI
3 2 (7.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 2 (7.69%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (7.69%) QlikView
4 1 (3.85%) Data Lake
4 1 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (3.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (7.69%) Hudson
1 2 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) German Language
5 1 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.85%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (38.46%) Architect
2 9 (34.62%) SAP Architect
3 7 (26.92%) Consultant
4 6 (23.08%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (19.23%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (19.23%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Lead
6 3 (11.54%) SAP Technical Architect
6 3 (11.54%) Technical Architect
7 2 (7.69%) Data Manager
7 2 (7.69%) Developer
7 2 (7.69%) Project Manager
7 2 (7.69%) SAP Developer
7 2 (7.69%) SAP Security Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) Security Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Governance Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Migration Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) SAP Basis Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) SAP Business Analyst
8 1 (3.85%) SAP BW Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (11.54%) SAP PI
3 1 (3.85%) SailPoint
3 1 (3.85%) SAP ALE
3 1 (3.85%) SAP Basis
3 1 (3.85%) Web Services
3 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.69%) FMCG
2 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.85%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.85%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (26.92%) Analytics
1 7 (26.92%) Data Modelling
2 6 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (15.38%) Migration
3 4 (15.38%) Project Planning
3 4 (15.38%) SAP Security
4 3 (11.54%) Agile
4 3 (11.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (11.54%) Data Governance
4 3 (11.54%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (11.54%) Logistics
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (11.54%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.69%) AI
5 2 (7.69%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 2 (7.69%) Data Analysis
5 2 (7.69%) Data Migration
5 2 (7.69%) ETL
5 2 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.69%) ABAP
2 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.85%) ISEB
1 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
1 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Certification
1 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) GRC
2 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.85%) IFRS
2 1 (3.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (3.85%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (7.69%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) HP ALM
1 1 (3.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (15.38%) Ariba
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) BT
3 1 (3.85%) Concur
3 1 (3.85%) Guidewire
3 1 (3.85%) HP
3 1 (3.85%) OpenText