SAP Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 551 667
Rank change year-on-year +71 +116 +155
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 40 31 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.071% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.077% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 18 31
10th Percentile £400 £348 £425
25th Percentile £463 £381 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £493 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% -
75th Percentile £588 £543 £588
90th Percentile £625 £588 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £450 £519
% change year-on-year +33.33% -13.25% -1.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
75th Percentile £57.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SAP Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Business Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Business Analyst within the UK 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
England +61 29 £500 +1.52% 4
London +48 20 £500 -1.96%
UK excluding London +62 14 £600 +33.33% 3
Work from Home +40 10 £525 -3.67% 3
Scotland +18 6 £600 +33.33%
North of England +15 5 £500 +33.33%
North West - 4 £500 -
East of England - 2 £500 -
Midlands +22 1 £625 +31.58% 1
West Midlands +14 1 £625 +31.58%
Yorkshire 0 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SAP Business 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 Business Analyst in the job title.

1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 21 (52.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 19 (47.50%) Social Skills
3 19 (47.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 14 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 11 (27.50%) Finance
7 10 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 9 (22.50%) Business Analysis
9 8 (20.00%) Agile
10 7 (17.50%) Pharmaceutical
10 7 (17.50%) GAP Analysis
10 7 (17.50%) User Stories
10 7 (17.50%) Decision-Making
10 7 (17.50%) Planning and Forecasting
11 6 (15.00%) Degree
11 6 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
11 6 (15.00%) Ariba
11 6 (15.00%) Change Management
11 6 (15.00%) Migration
12 5 (12.50%) Retail
12 5 (12.50%) ERP
12 5 (12.50%) SAP FI
12 5 (12.50%) Process Improvement
13 4 (10.00%) Business Transformation
13 4 (10.00%) Analytics
13 4 (10.00%) JIRA
13 4 (10.00%) BPR
13 4 (10.00%) SAP CO
13 4 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO

SAP Business 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 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.50%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 21 (52.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (12.50%) SAP FI
3 4 (10.00%) SAP CO
3 4 (10.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (7.50%) SAP SD
5 2 (5.00%) SAP Retail
5 2 (5.00%) SAP WM
6 1 (2.50%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP CRM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP HR
6 1 (2.50%) SAP MDG
6 1 (2.50%) SAP MM
6 1 (2.50%) SAP POS DM
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.50%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.50%) SAP BW
2 1 (2.50%) GIS
2 1 (2.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (47.50%) Social Skills
2 14 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (27.50%) Finance
4 7 (17.50%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (12.50%) Retail
6 3 (7.50%) Local Government
6 3 (7.50%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.50%) Billing
7 1 (2.50%) Front Office
7 1 (2.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.50%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.50%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.50%) Life Science
2 1 (2.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 1 (2.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (47.50%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (22.50%) Business Analysis
5 8 (20.00%) Agile
6 7 (17.50%) Decision-Making
6 7 (17.50%) GAP Analysis
6 7 (17.50%) Planning and Forecasting
6 7 (17.50%) User Stories
7 6 (15.00%) Change Management
7 6 (15.00%) Migration
7 6 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (12.50%) ERP
8 5 (12.50%) Process Improvement
9 4 (10.00%) Analytics
9 4 (10.00%) BPR
9 4 (10.00%) Business Transformation
9 4 (10.00%) Data Management
9 4 (10.00%) Demand Forecasting
9 4 (10.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) ABAP
1 1 (2.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Degree
2 2 (5.00%) ACCA
2 2 (5.00%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.50%) CBAP
3 1 (2.50%) CCA
3 1 (2.50%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) GxP
2 1 (2.50%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.50%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 40 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (15.00%) Ariba
3 1 (2.50%) Concur
3 1 (2.50%) ESRI
3 1 (2.50%) HP
3 1 (2.50%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.50%) Oracle
3 1 (2.50%) QAD
3 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.50%) ServiceNow