SAP Data Services Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SAP Data Services skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 190 154 206
Rank change year-on-year -36 +52 -
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 10 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.19% 0.10% 0.018%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.61% 0.67% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £371 £379 -
25th Percentile £423 £467 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% - -
75th Percentile £662 £656 -
90th Percentile £774 £668 -
England median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -8.33%

All Database & BI Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 621 446 675
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 12.00% 14.90% 11.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 301 430
10th Percentile £300 £321 £290
25th Percentile £400 £400 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% - -0.20%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £623
90th Percentile £653 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -6.89% +2.29% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 42
10th Percentile £12.29 £22.97 £18.20
25th Percentile £24.99 £23.50 £21.02
Median hourly rate £37.00 £42.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.94% -29.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £46.29 £64.73 £76.53
90th Percentile £82.55 £65.62 £80.00
England median hourly rate £49.36 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year +41.03% -13.58% -32.50%

SAP Data Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SAP Data Services job vacancy trend in the South East

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Data Services in the South East over the 6 months to 11 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Data Services in the South East

SAP Data Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP Data Services
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Thames Valley -29 10 £591 -5.44% 2
Berkshire -20 7 £600 -7.69% 2
Buckinghamshire -13 3 £415 +29.28%
SAP Data Services
England

SAP Data Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (30.00%) NetWeaver
2 2 (20.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 7 (70.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG
2 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG-F
2 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG-M
2 3 (30.00%) SAP MDG-S
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Administrator
2 3 (30.00%) Data Migration Lead
2 3 (30.00%) SAP Administrator
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Migration Lead
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Migration Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Financial Leader
4 1 (10.00%) SAP Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Greenfield Project
1 3 (30.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Data Cleansing
1 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (40.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (30.00%) Data Design
2 3 (30.00%) Data Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (30.00%) OO
2 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (30.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (20.00%) Cutover Planning
3 2 (20.00%) High Availability
3 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
3 2 (20.00%) Server Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) ABAP
1 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) SAP