SAP Data Services Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Data Services skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 353 418
Rank change year-on-year -4 +65 +81
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 10 17 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.066% 0.096% 0.041%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.43% 0.70% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 6
10th Percentile £358 £506 £525
25th Percentile £414 £568 £558
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £582 £594
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% -1.94% +13.10%
75th Percentile £592 £606 £628
90th Percentile £604 £630 £638
UK median daily rate £529 £580 £626
% change year-on-year -8.79% -7.35% +19.24%

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 2,325 2,438 3,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.26% 13.73% 14.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,527 1,611 2,194
10th Percentile £299 £322 £325
25th Percentile £385 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £482 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.45% -3.60% -
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £625 £672 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £542
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.66% -1.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 57 111
10th Percentile £20.97 £16.54 £21.00
25th Percentile £26.42 £19.30 £26.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £30.00 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -44.95% +55.71%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £74.38
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.90 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +14.99% -36.36% +22.66%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 15 September 2025.

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

SAP Data Services
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

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 15 September 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
North of England -13 4 £465 +55.00% 2
East of England +8 3 £604 -6.36%
North West - 3 £465 - 1
West Midlands -13 2 £500 -13.04%
Midlands -14 2 £500 -13.04%
South East +15 1 £238 -59.23% 2
Yorkshire -13 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP PS
2 1 (10.00%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SAP HANA
2 2 (20.00%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (20.00%) SAP BW
3 1 (10.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau Desktop
3 1 (10.00%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LSMW
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Consultant
1 7 (70.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Data Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Data Migration Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Migration Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Migration Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Analytics Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Cloud Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Lead Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Platform Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) PMO Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP PS Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
1 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Migration
2 5 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 5 (50.00%) Validation
3 4 (40.00%) Data Validation
4 3 (30.00%) Data Cleansing
5 2 (20.00%) Analytics
5 2 (20.00%) Change Management
5 2 (20.00%) Data Extraction
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
6 1 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (10.00%) ETL
6 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (10.00%) Quality Management
6 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (10.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) SAP