SAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 35 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 +21 -5
Contract jobs citing SAP 1,059 1,263 1,238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.16% 5.37% 4.04%
As % of the Vendors category 12.08% 12.08% 10.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 585 798 860
10th Percentile £280 £308 £365
25th Percentile £425 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £560 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 120 51 32
10th Percentile £12.98 £22.00 £12.12
25th Percentile £15.10 £34.63 £15.79
Median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £21.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.22% +106.90% +28.32%
75th Percentile £49.56 £49.00 £44.49
90th Percentile £61.69 £66.21 £47.50
UK median hourly rate £26.02 £45.00 £27.69
% change year-on-year -42.19% +62.51% +32.17%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,767 10,454 12,244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.72% 44.48% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,256 7,184 8,264
10th Percentile £206 £205 £185
25th Percentile £363 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £690 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 961 479 634
10th Percentile £11.80 £14.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £14.16 £17.61 £14.00
Median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -42.77% +100.53% +1.08%
75th Percentile £59.92 £62.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.05 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -2.27%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +2 325 £563 -1.32% 105
North of England +6 271 £505 -6.44% 151
Midlands -4 157 £525 - 103
East of England +32 154 £525 +16.67% 65
North West +21 150 £525 +5.00% 93
South West +5 122 £600 - 46
West Midlands +7 108 £485 -11.82% 65
Yorkshire -6 104 £500 -9.09% 39
East Midlands -11 40 £575 +15.00% 38
Scotland +48 35 £525 +9.43% 27
North East +17 11 £390 +25.10% 23
Northern Ireland +12 11 £400 -27.27% 10
Wales +5 6 £500 -9.09% 8
SAP
UK

SAP
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 26 (2.46%) Confluence
2 18 (1.70%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 10 (0.94%) NetWeaver
5 7 (0.66%) SAS
6 5 (0.47%) Apache
7 4 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.28%) IIS
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.19%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.094%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.094%) Exchange Server 2013
10 1 (0.094%) JBoss
Applications
1 65 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 46 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (3.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.42%) MS Visio
6 13 (1.23%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.094%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.094%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 251 (23.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 41 (3.87%) SAP EWM
3 40 (3.78%) SAP FI
4 29 (2.74%) SAP CO
4 29 (2.74%) SAP QM
5 27 (2.55%) SAP FI/CO
6 26 (2.46%) SAP SD
7 25 (2.36%) SAP ERP
8 24 (2.27%) Teamcenter
9 21 (1.98%) SAP MDG
10 20 (1.89%) SAP HR
10 20 (1.89%) SAP Hybris
11 19 (1.79%) SAP MM
12 17 (1.61%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 16 (1.51%) SAP PP
14 13 (1.23%) SAP HCM
14 13 (1.23%) SAP PM
14 13 (1.23%) SAP PSCD
15 10 (0.94%) Maximo
15 10 (0.94%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 59 (5.57%) SuccessFactors
2 43 (4.06%) Azure
3 42 (3.97%) Power Platform
4 22 (2.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 20 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (1.79%) AWS
7 12 (1.13%) Boomi
8 11 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.04%) SaaS
8 11 (1.04%) Snowflake
9 10 (0.94%) Power Automate
10 7 (0.66%) Collibra
11 5 (0.47%) BigCommerce
11 5 (0.47%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (0.47%) PaaS
11 5 (0.47%) Serverless
11 5 (0.47%) WhatsApp
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon EC2
12 4 (0.38%) iPaaS
13 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.23%) Firewall
2 12 (1.13%) LAN
3 11 (1.04%) WAN
4 8 (0.76%) VPN
5 7 (0.66%) 3G
5 7 (0.66%) 4G
5 7 (0.66%) HTTP
6 4 (0.38%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (0.38%) FTP
6 4 (0.38%) Skype
6 4 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.38%) Wireless
7 3 (0.28%) DNS
7 3 (0.28%) Internet
7 3 (0.28%) VoIP
7 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (0.19%) Intranet
8 2 (0.19%) Network Security
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.59%) SAP HANA
2 35 (3.31%) Power BI
3 33 (3.12%) SAP BW
4 21 (1.98%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.51%) Oracle Database
6 14 (1.32%) Data Lake
7 12 (1.13%) BusinessObjects
8 9 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
8 9 (0.85%) Metadata
8 9 (0.85%) SAP Data Services
9 8 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
9 8 (0.76%) Tableau
10 7 (0.66%) Ataccama
11 6 (0.57%) Data Mining
11 6 (0.57%) Ingres
11 6 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.38%) GIS
12 4 (0.38%) MS Access
12 4 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 53 (5.00%) JIRA
2 7 (0.66%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 6 (0.57%) Git
3 6 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.47%) ERwin
5 4 (0.38%) LSMW
6 3 (0.28%) JMeter
7 2 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.19%) Maven
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.19%) Selenium
8 1 (0.094%) GitLab
8 1 (0.094%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.094%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.094%) NUnit
8 1 (0.094%) NWDI
8 1 (0.094%) NWDS
8 1 (0.094%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.094%) Visual Studio
General
1 363 (34.28%) Finance
2 342 (32.29%) Social Skills
3 241 (22.76%) Manufacturing
4 196 (18.51%) Public Sector
5 161 (15.20%) Telecoms
6 158 (14.92%) Marketing
7 157 (14.83%) Electronics
8 107 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
9 63 (5.95%) Pharmaceutical
10 51 (4.82%) Retail
11 35 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 27 (2.55%) Billing
13 27 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
14 20 (1.89%) Legal
15 18 (1.70%) Automotive
16 13 (1.23%) Aerospace
16 13 (1.23%) German Language
17 12 (1.13%) Back Office
18 9 (0.85%) French Language
Job Titles
1 263 (24.83%) Consultant
2 231 (21.81%) SAP Consultant
3 126 (11.90%) Analyst
4 117 (11.05%) Lead
5 97 (9.16%) Project Manager
6 81 (7.65%) Architect
7 79 (7.46%) SAP Manager
8 66 (6.23%) Senior
9 55 (5.19%) Developer
10 47 (4.44%) Business Analyst
11 45 (4.25%) SAP Analyst
12 44 (4.15%) SAP Project Manager
13 41 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
14 37 (3.49%) Administrator
15 33 (3.12%) Functional Consultant
15 33 (3.12%) SAP Developer
16 31 (2.93%) Support Engineer
17 29 (2.74%) Data Analyst
18 28 (2.64%) SAP QM Consultant
19 27 (2.55%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (2.74%) SAP Fiori
2 25 (2.36%) SAP Basis
3 14 (1.32%) IDoc
4 12 (1.13%) REST
5 9 (0.85%) .NET
6 8 (0.76%) EDI
6 8 (0.76%) HTML
6 8 (0.76%) Web Dynpro
7 7 (0.66%) CSS
7 7 (0.66%) JSON
7 7 (0.66%) Middleware
7 7 (0.66%) SAP Business Workflow
7 7 (0.66%) SAP PI
7 7 (0.66%) XML
8 6 (0.57%) BAPI
8 6 (0.57%) Kafka
9 5 (0.47%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.47%) AngularJS
9 5 (0.47%) SAP ALE
9 5 (0.47%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 40 (3.78%) NHS
3 27 (2.55%) Onboarding
4 19 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (1.61%) Life Science
6 14 (1.32%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
7 13 (1.23%) Virtual Team
8 12 (1.13%) Data Protection Act
8 12 (1.13%) Replication
9 11 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 11 (1.04%) Renewable Energy
10 10 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (0.85%) IoT
12 8 (0.76%) LIMS
13 7 (0.66%) Blog
13 7 (0.66%) Industry 4.0
13 7 (0.66%) Public Cloud
13 7 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
14 6 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (4.82%) Windows
2 29 (2.74%) Windows 10
3 19 (1.79%) Linux
4 13 (1.23%) Unix
5 10 (0.94%) Windows Server
6 5 (0.47%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.19%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.094%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.094%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 209 (19.74%) Business Intelligence
2 166 (15.68%) Programme Management
3 150 (14.16%) Digital Marketing
3 150 (14.16%) ERP
4 142 (13.41%) Agile
5 134 (12.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 125 (11.80%) Project Management
7 117 (11.05%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (10.10%) Migration
9 71 (6.70%) Change Management
10 63 (5.95%) User Acceptance Testing
11 60 (5.67%) Logistics
12 58 (5.48%) Analytics
13 57 (5.38%) Data Migration
13 57 (5.38%) Workshop Facilitation
14 54 (5.10%) Data Management
15 53 (5.00%) Roadmaps
16 46 (4.34%) Continuous Improvement
17 45 (4.25%) Requirements Gathering
18 44 (4.15%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 55 (5.19%) ABAP
2 37 (3.49%) SQL
3 20 (1.89%) Python
4 15 (1.42%) JavaScript
5 13 (1.23%) Java
6 10 (0.94%) C#
7 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.47%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.28%) Groovy
9 3 (0.28%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.19%) C
10 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.19%) MATLAB
10 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.094%) C++
11 1 (0.094%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.094%) Perl
11 1 (0.094%) Rust
11 1 (0.094%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.094%) VBA
Qualifications
1 206 (19.45%) Security Cleared
2 158 (14.92%) SC Cleared
3 113 (10.67%) Degree
4 60 (5.67%) DV Cleared
5 28 (2.64%) SAP Certification
6 17 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 16 (1.51%) Master's Degree
8 14 (1.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 9 (0.85%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.76%) PMP
11 6 (0.57%) CISSP
12 5 (0.47%) CBAP
12 5 (0.47%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (0.38%) CLAS
13 4 (0.38%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.38%) PhD
14 3 (0.28%) ACCA
14 3 (0.28%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.28%) CIMA
15 2 (0.19%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (4.15%) Data Quality
2 26 (2.46%) GDPR
2 26 (2.46%) QA
3 22 (2.08%) PMO
4 9 (0.85%) SLA
5 8 (0.76%) HL7
6 7 (0.66%) IFRS
6 7 (0.66%) NIST
7 6 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 5 (0.47%) GRC
8 5 (0.47%) GxP
8 5 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.47%) JSP 440
8 5 (0.47%) RMADS
9 4 (0.38%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.28%) ITGC
11 2 (0.19%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.094%) COSO
12 1 (0.094%) GAMP
System Software
1 24 (2.27%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.19%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) Firmware
2 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.19%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.094%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.094%) HDFS
3 1 (0.094%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.094%) NFS
Systems Management
1 8 (0.76%) Terraform
2 5 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
3 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.28%) Ansible
4 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.19%) Dell DRAC
5 2 (0.19%) Nessus
5 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.094%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.094%) Avamar
6 1 (0.094%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.094%) Grafana
6 1 (0.094%) Hadoop YARN
6 1 (0.094%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.094%) Puppet
6 1 (0.094%) SCOM
6 1 (0.094%) VxRail
Vendors
1 85 (8.03%) Microsoft
2 65 (6.14%) Ariba
3 48 (4.53%) Oracle
4 25 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 23 (2.17%) Adobe
6 17 (1.61%) Dell
7 13 (1.23%) IFS
8 12 (1.13%) Alteryx
8 12 (1.13%) IBM
8 12 (1.13%) Workday
9 11 (1.04%) OpenText
10 10 (0.94%) Concur
10 10 (0.94%) ServiceNow
11 8 (0.76%) Cisco
11 8 (0.76%) HP
11 8 (0.76%) Sage
11 8 (0.76%) Siemens
12 7 (0.66%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.66%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.66%) Trillium