SAP IBP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP IBP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP IBP 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 327 389 453
Rank change year-on-year +62 +64 +49
Contract jobs citing SAP IBP 9 10 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.070% 0.048% 0.037%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.00% 0.86% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile - - £742
25th Percentile £425 £325 £811
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £811
Median % change year-on-year - -44.51% +28.53%
75th Percentile £475 £475 -
90th Percentile - - £819
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £635
% change year-on-year +16.67% -29.13% +0.63%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP IBP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 896 1,159 1,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 5.58% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 736 928
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £462 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £529
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £657
90th Percentile £697 £725 £727
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 94 30
10th Percentile £22.33 £14.71 £22.56
25th Percentile £52.81 £21.63 £40.81
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.45 £69.69
90th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £85.13
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

SAP IBP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP IBP in the UK excluding London

SAP IBP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP IBP in the UK excluding London

SAP IBP
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 IBP 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 +46 4 - - 6
East of England +30 4 £450 +28.57%
North of England +18 1 - - 3
North West +17 1 - - 3
SAP IBP
UK

SAP IBP
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 4 (44.44%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (11.11%) SAP APO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) SAP BW
1 4 (44.44%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
1 2 (22.22%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
1 6 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (44.44%) Lead
2 4 (44.44%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Lead Consultant
3 2 (22.22%) Product Lead
4 1 (11.11%) SAP APO Expert
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Basis
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
1 4 (44.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Transformation
1 4 (44.44%) Incident Response
1 4 (44.44%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Security
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Analytics
2 2 (22.22%) Bill of Materials
2 2 (22.22%) Business Case
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Data Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Demand Management
2 2 (22.22%) Migration
2 2 (22.22%) Preventative Maintenance
2 2 (22.22%) Quality Management
2 2 (22.22%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Logistics
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Model
3 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
1 2 (22.22%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) TOWER Software