SAP Basis Contract Job Trends in London

SAP Basis
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring SAP Basis skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 372 444
Rank change year-on-year +13 +72 +152
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 8 17 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.060% 0.11% 0.036%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.23% 0.38% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 11 2
10th Percentile £425 - £606
25th Percentile £495 £425 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £719 £450 £638
Median % change year-on-year +59.72% -29.41% +34.21%
75th Percentile £725 £510 £666
90th Percentile £813 £550 £679
England median daily rate £510 £450 £594
% change year-on-year +13.22% -24.21% +18.75%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
London

SAP Basis 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 3,499 4,418 5,840
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.10% 27.49% 25.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,406 3,068 4,360
10th Percentile £363 £376 £400
25th Percentile £425 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £688 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £850 £810
England median daily rate £508 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.73% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 20 40
10th Percentile £31.77 £23.80 £34.58
25th Percentile £34.17 £33.54 £36.47
Median hourly rate £51.97 £45.00 £64.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.49% -29.69% +10.34%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.70 £75.25
90th Percentile £85.95 £75.50 £86.90
England median hourly rate £54.70 £62.93 £60.00
% change year-on-year -13.07% +4.88% -

SAP Basis
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing SAP Basis as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Basis in London

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Basis in London over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Basis in London

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAP Basis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
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 Basis within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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
West London - 1 £450 -
Central London - 1 £713 - 2
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (25.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (25.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SAP BW
1 2 (25.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (12.50%) DB2
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle Database
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (37.50%) SAP Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
3 2 (25.00%) SAP Technical Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) Network Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Basis Administrator
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Basis Architect
4 1 (12.50%) SAP Basis Specialist
4 1 (12.50%) Security Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Security Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
1 2 (25.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (12.50%) Clustering
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (12.50%) Private Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (37.50%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (50.00%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) SAP Security
4 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 2 (25.00%) Cutover Planning
4 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (25.00%) ERP
4 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
4 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (12.50%) FinOps
5 1 (12.50%) Logistics
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
5 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle RAC
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) RightFax