IDoc Contracts

IDoc (SAP Intermediate Document)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring IDoc skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited IDoc over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 571 651
Rank change year-on-year +72 +80 +158
Contract jobs citing IDoc 20 29 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.067% 0.10%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.30% 0.32% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 19 36
10th Percentile £449 £410 £498
25th Percentile £453 £424 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £495 £680
Median % change year-on-year -5.86% -27.21% +29.52%
75th Percentile £532 £613 £686
90th Percentile £600 £630 £950
UK excluding London median daily rate £466 £500 £680
% change year-on-year -6.80% -26.47% +41.30%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

IDoc 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,629 8,962 13,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 20.56% 23.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,551 6,219 10,140
10th Percentile £363 £338 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 112 231 153
10th Percentile £27.14 £21.25 £31.60
25th Percentile £48.25 £40.00 £48.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £46.18 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +40.75% -28.95% +32.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.87 £75.00 £80.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.00
% change year-on-year +36.84% -25.78% +30.61%

IDoc
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing IDoc as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IDoc in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IDoc.

Daily rate trend for IDoc in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IDoc over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IDoc in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IDoc.

Hourly rate trend for IDoc in the UK

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Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IDoc within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
UK excluding London +54 14 £466 -6.80% 10
England +54 14 £461 -7.90% 13
Work from Home +39 9 £455 -8.08% 5
Midlands +27 7 £500 -23.08% 2
West Midlands +21 6 £500 -23.08% 1
North West - 5 £461 - 2
North of England - 5 £461 - 2
London +30 2 £443 -26.17% 4
Wales - 2 £460 -

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 8 (40.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 7 (35.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (10.00%) SAP ERP
2 2 (10.00%) SAP GTS
2 2 (10.00%) SAP MM
2 2 (10.00%) SAP PP
2 2 (10.00%) SAP SD
3 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (10.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Azure API Management
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Event Grid
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Functions
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (5.00%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (5.00%) Boomi
3 1 (5.00%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (55.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Postman
General
1 3 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Automotive
2 2 (10.00%) Billing
3 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Finance
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (60.00%) Developer
1 12 (60.00%) SAP Developer
2 10 (50.00%) Integration Developer
3 5 (25.00%) Consultant
3 5 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (15.00%) Architect
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Architect
5 2 (10.00%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (10.00%) Integration Architect
5 2 (10.00%) SAP MM Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) SAP PP Consultant
5 2 (10.00%) SAP SD Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Azure Architect
6 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Manager
6 1 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (75.00%) REST
2 14 (70.00%) SOAP
3 13 (65.00%) EDI
4 11 (55.00%) XSLT
5 10 (50.00%) JDBC
6 9 (45.00%) Middleware
6 9 (45.00%) XML
7 8 (40.00%) SAP PI
8 7 (35.00%) JMS
9 4 (20.00%) BAPI
10 3 (15.00%) J2EE
11 2 (10.00%) JSON
11 2 (10.00%) RESTful
11 2 (10.00%) SAP Smart Forms
11 2 (10.00%) Web Services
12 1 (5.00%) OAuth
12 1 (5.00%) OpenID
12 1 (5.00%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (35.00%) Legacy Applications
1 7 (35.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (45.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (40.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) Scrum
2 8 (40.00%) SDLC
3 7 (35.00%) Performance Testing
3 7 (35.00%) System Integration Testing
4 5 (25.00%) API Management
5 4 (20.00%) Project Management
6 3 (15.00%) B2B
6 3 (15.00%) BPMN
6 3 (15.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (15.00%) Migration
6 3 (15.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (15.00%) Requirements Workshops
7 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (10.00%) Inventory Management
7 2 (10.00%) Logistics
7 2 (10.00%) Order Management
7 2 (10.00%) SAP Implementation
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) ABAP
2 11 (55.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) COBOL
3 3 (15.00%) Groovy
3 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (5.00%) XPath
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) SAP Certification
2 2 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.00%) Degree
2 2 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.00%) Adobe
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
3 2 (10.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.00%) TIBCO