SAP ALE Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring SAP ALE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -6 - -
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.096% 0.15% -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.56% 0.82% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £775 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile £825 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £800 - £650

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 356 368 384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 17.10% 18.33% 15.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 244 249 217
10th Percentile £358 £379 £311
25th Percentile £413 £425 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 £505
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% +13.86% -8.18%
75th Percentile £577 £638 £625
90th Percentile £634 £670 £675
South East median daily rate £481 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 8
10th Percentile - £33.53 £40.05
25th Percentile - £42.20 £53.42
Median hourly rate £81.00 £58.30 £63.03
Median % change year-on-year +38.94% -7.50% +41.24%
75th Percentile £81.25 £67.41 £90.25
90th Percentile £81.70 £71.88 -
South East median hourly rate £48.75 £62.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -22.00% - -2.09%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SAP ALE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Berkshire -10 2 £800 -
SAP ALE
South East

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 2 (100.00%) SAP SD
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Architect
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Architect
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Functional Architect
1 2 (100.00%) SAP MDG Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP