SAP ALE Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP ALE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 397 336 392
Rank change year-on-year -61 +56 +89
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 2 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.044% 0.048%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.058% 0.24% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £456
25th Percentile £775 - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - £513
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.09%
75th Percentile £825 - £584
90th Percentile - - £625
UK median daily rate £663 £750 £513
% change year-on-year -11.67% +46.34% -5.09%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,470 2,538 3,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 18.06% 18.50% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,317 1,587 2,333
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £408 £406 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £591
90th Percentile £675 £685 £675
UK median daily rate £513 £535 £538
% change year-on-year -4.21% -0.47% -6.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 58 155
10th Percentile £41.25 £25.90 £21.85
25th Percentile £52.50 £58.00 £46.18
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £55.50
Median % change year-on-year - +17.12% -14.62%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.88 £70.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.56 £77.11
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year - +13.64% -15.38%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP ALE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP ALE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 February 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
South East -18 2 £800 - 2
SAP ALE
UK

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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