SAP Analyst Contracts

SAP Analyst
UK

The median SAP Analyst daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 451 516 594
Rank change year-on-year +65 +78 +158
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Analyst 79 84 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.27% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.21% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 52 80
10th Percentile £331 £313 £348
25th Percentile £400 £425 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £545 £566 £550
90th Percentile £625 £625 £611
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £50.00 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile £56.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 26,887 40,034 55,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,565 26,064 39,048
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £740 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,046 2,665 1,566
10th Percentile £14.08 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.11
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%

SAP Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Analyst over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Analyst in the UK

SAP Analyst
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +62 66 £494 -1.25% 21
London +62 37 £494 -8.14% 1
UK excluding London +39 33 £500 +5.26% 20
Work from Home +38 17 £513 -6.82% 8
North of England +8 7 £500 +5.26% 4
Scotland +16 6 £600 +20.00% 1
North West +8 6 £500 -4.76%
South East +43 5 £373 -35.22% 5
East of England +23 5 £550 +12.82%
Midlands +21 5 £500 +5.26% 6
South West - 5 £409 - 4
East Midlands - 3 £500 - 3
West Midlands +17 2 £513 +8.07% 3
Yorkshire +8 1 - - 4

SAP Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, SAP Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Analyst in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 37 (46.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 30 (37.97%) Social Skills
4 28 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (27.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (21.52%) Agile
8 15 (18.99%) Migration
8 15 (18.99%) Finance
8 15 (18.99%) Ariba
9 14 (17.72%) Data Management
10 13 (16.46%) Retail
10 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
11 12 (15.19%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (13.92%) JIRA
12 11 (13.92%) ERP
12 11 (13.92%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (13.92%) Validation
12 11 (13.92%) Power BI
12 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
13 10 (12.66%) Requirements Gathering
13 10 (12.66%) Customer Requirements
13 10 (12.66%) User Stories
13 10 (12.66%) Data Migration
13 10 (12.66%) Data Analysis
14 9 (11.39%) Business Analysis
14 9 (11.39%) Change Management
14 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
14 9 (11.39%) SQL
14 9 (11.39%) Process Improvement

SAP Analyst Skill Set
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 6 (7.59%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.06%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (16.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (46.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.33%) SAP FI
2 5 (6.33%) SAP SD
2 5 (6.33%) SAP WM
3 4 (5.06%) SAP CO
3 4 (5.06%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (5.06%) SAP MDG
4 3 (3.80%) SAP LE
4 3 (3.80%) SAP Retail
5 2 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (1.27%) SAP CAR
6 1 (1.27%) SAP CRM
6 1 (1.27%) SAP CX
6 1 (1.27%) SAP GRC
6 1 (1.27%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.27%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (1.27%) SAP MDM
6 1 (1.27%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.27%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Power Platform
2 5 (6.33%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.27%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.92%) Power BI
2 4 (5.06%) SAP BW
2 4 (5.06%) Tableau
3 2 (2.53%) Cognos Query Studio
3 2 (2.53%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.27%) GIS
4 1 (1.27%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) JIRA
2 4 (5.06%) Toad
3 1 (1.27%) LSMW
3 1 (1.27%) Postman
3 1 (1.27%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.27%) Zephyr
General
1 30 (37.97%) Social Skills
2 28 (35.44%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (18.99%) Finance
4 13 (16.46%) Retail
5 8 (10.13%) Local Government
5 8 (10.13%) Manufacturing
5 8 (10.13%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.53%) Billing
7 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.27%) Banking
8 1 (1.27%) Dutch Language
8 1 (1.27%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.27%) Legal
8 1 (1.27%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.27%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.06%) XML
2 3 (3.80%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (3.80%) SAP PI
3 1 (1.27%) BAPI
3 1 (1.27%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.27%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.06%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.80%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.53%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Life Science
5 1 (1.27%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
2 2 (2.53%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (27.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (21.52%) Agile
4 15 (18.99%) Migration
5 14 (17.72%) Data Management
6 12 (15.19%) User Acceptance Testing
7 11 (13.92%) Business Intelligence
7 11 (13.92%) ERP
7 11 (13.92%) Validation
8 10 (12.66%) Customer Requirements
8 10 (12.66%) Data Analysis
8 10 (12.66%) Data Migration
8 10 (12.66%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (12.66%) User Stories
9 9 (11.39%) Business Analysis
9 9 (11.39%) Change Management
9 9 (11.39%) Process Improvement
10 8 (10.13%) Data Governance
10 8 (10.13%) Test Scripting
11 7 (8.86%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.39%) SQL
2 4 (5.06%) ABAP
2 4 (5.06%) Java
3 3 (3.80%) Python
3 3 (3.80%) R
4 2 (2.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (8.86%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) ISTQB
3 4 (5.06%) ISEB
3 4 (5.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.53%) ACCA
4 2 (2.53%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.27%) CBAP
5 1 (1.27%) CCA
5 1 (1.27%) CIPD
5 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.53%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.53%) QA
3 1 (1.27%) GAAP
3 1 (1.27%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) GRC
3 1 (1.27%) GxP
3 1 (1.27%) IFRS
3 1 (1.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (1.27%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.27%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.27%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 79 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (18.99%) Ariba
3 9 (11.39%) Microsoft
4 5 (6.33%) Oracle
5 4 (5.06%) Salesforce
5 4 (5.06%) webMethods
6 3 (3.80%) Cognos
7 2 (2.53%) Alteryx
7 2 (2.53%) Concur
7 2 (2.53%) DocuSign
7 2 (2.53%) Informatica
8 1 (1.27%) Aruba
8 1 (1.27%) ESRI
8 1 (1.27%) Google
8 1 (1.27%) HP
8 1 (1.27%) MuleSoft
8 1 (1.27%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (1.27%) QAD
8 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow