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 10 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 206 147 192
Rank change year-on-year -59 +45 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 8 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.14% 0.099% 0.018%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.15% 0.74% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £364 £379 -
25th Percentile £455 £467 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £617 £656 -
90th Percentile £700 £668 -
England median daily rate £604 £600 £500
% change year-on-year +0.68% +20.00% -23.08%

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 695 406 601
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 11.79% 13.45% 10.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 510 276 372
10th Percentile £290 £321 £315
25th Percentile £392 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £489
Median % change year-on-year - +2.30% -5.10%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 10 31
10th Percentile £13.48 £23.24 £18.20
25th Percentile £25.72 £24.40 £21.55
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.05 £58.91
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -45.59% +7.10%
75th Percentile £52.58 £49.38 £67.50
90th Percentile £82.25 £65.62 £80.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £32.05 £40.25
% change year-on-year +46.65% -20.37% -31.30%

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 10 May 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 10 May 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 -36 8 £591 -5.44% 1
Berkshire -23 6 £596 -8.38%
Buckinghamshire -31 2 £364 +13.40% 1
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 (37.50%) NetWeaver
2 1 (12.50%) CMS
Business Applications
1 6 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (37.50%) SAP MDG
2 3 (37.50%) SAP MDG-F
2 3 (37.50%) SAP MDG-M
2 3 (37.50%) SAP MDG-S
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Tableau
2 1 (12.50%) Tableau Desktop
2 1 (12.50%) Tableau Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Lead
2 2 (25.00%) Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration Lead
2 2 (25.00%) SAP Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Data Migration Lead
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Financial Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Data Cleansing
1 3 (37.50%) Data Design
1 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
1 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
1 3 (37.50%) Migration
1 3 (37.50%) OO
1 3 (37.50%) Requirements Gathering
1 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
3 1 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Data Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Data Validation
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) ABAP
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) DV Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP