SAP Data Services Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Data Services skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP Data Services over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 391 458
Rank change year-on-year +60 +67 +24
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 5 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.039% 0.017%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.25% 0.31% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 1
10th Percentile £345 £420 -
25th Percentile £380 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £623 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.67% +24.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £647 £634 -
90th Percentile £664 £641 -
UK median daily rate £550 £500 £631
% change year-on-year +9.90% -20.76% +20.19%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 2,019 2,594 3,714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.82% 12.49% 15.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,400 1,827 2,673
10th Percentile £315 £325 £350
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £480 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.88% -4.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £594
90th Percentile £660 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 96 114
10th Percentile £18.74 £13.50 £21.96
25th Percentile £22.98 £18.03 £32.32
Median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £58.05
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -31.09% +65.84%
75th Percentile £65.62 £58.61 £66.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £75.35
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -17.60% -33.33% +41.18%

SAP Data Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAP Data Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
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 Data Services within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
South East +48 3 £625 +4.17% 5
Midlands +22 1 - - 1
North of England +16 1 £400 -35.74% 6
North West +15 1 £400 -35.74% 6
West Midlands - 1 - - 1
SAP Data Services
UK

SAP Data Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (40.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (20.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Architect
1 2 (40.00%) SAP Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) SAP BW Architect
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Data Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (20.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) High Availability
2 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
2 1 (20.00%) Security Management
2 1 (20.00%) Server Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Storage Management
2 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
2 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP