SAP ALE Contract Job Trends in London

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SAP ALE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 - 387
Rank change year-on-year - - +118
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 6 0 6
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.036% - 0.033%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.14% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.04%
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 - £600
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

SAP ALE falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 4,180 3,305 4,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 24.80% 26.17% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,830 2,311 3,337
10th Percentile £363 £385 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £713 £699
90th Percentile £775 £834 £800
England median daily rate £525 £537 £544
% change year-on-year -2.23% -1.24% -5.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 26
10th Percentile £26.63 £34.48 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.00 £38.69 £25.88
Median hourly rate £44.75 £54.00 £44.85
Median % change year-on-year -17.13% +20.41% -31.01%
75th Percentile £59.04 £65.00 £65.69
90th Percentile £82.50 £76.25 £76.88
England median hourly rate £65.00 £64.50 £48.72
% change year-on-year +0.78% +32.39% -25.05%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP ALE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in London

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAP ALE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the London region over the 6 months to 28 March 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
Central London - 2 - -
SAP ALE
England

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (66.67%) SAP SD
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MDG
2 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (50.00%) LSMW
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Consultant
1 5 (83.33%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) ABAP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SD Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) IDoc
2 4 (66.67%) BAPI
2 4 (66.67%) EDI
3 3 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (16.67%) Middleware
4 1 (16.67%) SAP Basis
4 1 (16.67%) SAP PI
4 1 (16.67%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (16.67%) Data Mapping
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Information Management
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Order to Cash
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (16.67%) SOA
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) ABAP
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft