SAP Data Services Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SAP Data Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 178 126 138
Rank change year-on-year -52 +12 +12
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.11% 0.092% 0.067%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.62% 0.57% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile - £428 -
25th Percentile £725 £450 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £875 £550 -
90th Percentile - £573 -
England median daily rate £607 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +5.58% +15.00% -23.08%

All Database & BI Skills
Midlands

SAP Data Services 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 812 353 433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 18.44% 16.24% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 612 230 313
10th Percentile £358 £299 £288
25th Percentile £413 £388 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% +11.76% -12.82%
75th Percentile £565 £538 £550
90th Percentile £656 £626 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £13.06 £17.62 -
25th Percentile £13.51 £18.50 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £23.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +95.65% +64.29% -44.55%
75th Percentile £74.00 £33.88 £27.83
90th Percentile £77.30 £35.78 £40.50
England median hourly rate £39.50 £33.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +17.93% -16.26% -31.73%

SAP Data Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP Data Services relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

SAP Data Services job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Data Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Data Services

SAP Data Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Data Services.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Data Services

SAP Data Services
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Data Services within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 June 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
West Midlands -58 5 £850 +70.00% 2
SAP Data Services
England

SAP Data Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) Power BI
2 2 (40.00%) Data Lake
2 2 (40.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
1 4 (80.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Azure Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Azure Data Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Data Architect
2 4 (80.00%) Senior
2 4 (80.00%) Senior Architect
3 3 (60.00%) Senior Data Architect
4 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence Architect
4 2 (40.00%) Information Architect
4 2 (40.00%) Senior Information Architect
4 2 (40.00%) Senior Systems Architect
4 2 (40.00%) Systems Architect
5 1 (20.00%) Data Centre Architect
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Architecture Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
4 1 (20.00%) ETL
4 1 (20.00%) Event-Driven
4 1 (20.00%) Master Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Microservices
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SOA
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cognos