SAP ALE Contract Job Trends

SAP Application Link Enabling (ALE)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP ALE skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 516 577
Rank change year-on-year -103 +61 +115
Contract jobs citing SAP ALE 12 3 14
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% 0.010% 0.032%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.13% 0.045% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £514 - £520
25th Percentile £518 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £700 - £625
90th Percentile £775 - £640
UK excluding London median daily rate £661 - £625
% change year-on-year - - +15.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.18
25th Percentile - - £23.81
Median hourly rate - - £25.75
75th Percentile - - £27.81
90th Percentile - - £28.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £25.75

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAP ALE 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 9,401 6,689 8,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 20.23% 22.64% 20.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,243 4,578 6,228
10th Percentile £358 £363 £334
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £650
90th Percentile £726 £775 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £492 £500
% change year-on-year +1.63% -1.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 265 109 212
10th Percentile £35.00 £27.08 £20.77
25th Percentile £52.50 £51.06 £37.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year - +40.75% -28.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.00 £83.17 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year - +36.84% -25.78%

SAP ALE
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP ALE relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP ALE job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ALE.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ALE over the 6 months to 24 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ALE in the UK

SAP ALE
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ALE.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ALE

SAP ALE
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ALE within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2026. 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
England -92 10 £550 - 1
UK excluding London -83 5 £661 - 1
Work from Home - 5 £536 -
London - 4 £550 -
South East - 4 £800 -
East of England - 1 £523 -

SAP ALE
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP SD
2 4 (33.33%) SAP MDG
3 3 (25.00%) SAP MM
3 3 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
5 1 (8.33%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (8.33%) SAP EWM
5 1 (8.33%) SAP FS
5 1 (8.33%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SAP HANA
2 1 (8.33%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Git
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (16.67%) Law
3 2 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (8.33%) German Language
4 1 (8.33%) Italian Language
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
2 6 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Architect
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Architect
3 3 (25.00%) SAP MDG Architect
4 2 (16.67%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) SAP Functional Architect
4 2 (16.67%) SAP MM Consultant
4 2 (16.67%) SAP SD Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) ABAP Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Functional Architect
5 1 (8.33%) Integration Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Business Analyst
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Developer
5 1 (8.33%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP SD Functional Consultant
5 1 (8.33%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) IDoc
2 3 (25.00%) EDI
2 3 (25.00%) SOAP
3 2 (16.67%) BAPI
3 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (8.33%) Middleware
4 1 (8.33%) REST
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Basis
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (8.33%) SAP PI
4 1 (8.33%) SAPUI5
4 1 (8.33%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Replication
2 1 (8.33%) Life Science
2 1 (8.33%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Data Modelling
2 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 3 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Logical Data Model
3 3 (25.00%) Model Validation
3 3 (25.00%) Order to Cash
3 3 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (16.67%) ERP
4 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 2 (16.67%) Logistics
4 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Agile
5 1 (8.33%) Batch Processing
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (8.33%) End-to-End Testing
5 1 (8.33%) Information Management
5 1 (8.33%) Project Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GxP
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Guidewire
3 1 (8.33%) OpenText