SAP Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) daily rate in the UK is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 525 528 623
Rank change year-on-year +3 +95 +194
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 29 31 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.080% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.086% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 22 30
10th Percentile £420 £450 £424
25th Percentile £434 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £520 £518
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +0.48% -1.43%
75th Percentile £503 £540 £569
90th Percentile £595 £586 £594
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
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 DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 29,883 36,065 48,088
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.99% 94.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,832 22,880 33,111
10th Percentile £280 £300 £305
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,568 1,910 1,484
10th Percentile £13.73 £14.16 £14.71
25th Percentile £17.08 £19.50 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.32
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -0.73% +66.60%
75th Percentile £53.78 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -41.51% +7.50% +86.05%

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
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Business Analyst over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Business Analyst job vacancies in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Top 7 DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +9 18 £500 -3.85% 5
London +21 13 £500 -3.85% 1
Work from Home +23 9 £475 -12.04% 1
UK excluding London +6 5 £500 -4.76% 4
North of England - 5 £500 - 3
North West - 3 £500 - 3
Yorkshire - 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 29 (100.00%) SAP
2 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
3 16 (55.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (44.83%) Finance
5 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (31.03%) Agile
7 8 (27.59%) User Stories
8 6 (20.69%) Business Analysis
8 6 (20.69%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (20.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 6 (20.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (17.24%) Degree
9 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (17.24%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
10 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 4 (13.79%) Migration
10 4 (13.79%) SQL
10 4 (13.79%) Concur
11 3 (10.34%) Demand Forecasting
11 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
11 3 (10.34%) Scenario Testing
11 3 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
11 3 (10.34%) Planning and Forecasting
11 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (10.34%) Python
11 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling

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 2 (6.90%) Confluence
2 1 (3.45%) Anypoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (6.90%) MS Visio
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 16 (55.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.90%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.45%) SAP CRM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP EWM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.45%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.45%) SAP MM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (3.45%) SAP POS DM
3 1 (3.45%) SAP PP
3 1 (3.45%) SAP R/3
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Retail
3 1 (3.45%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.45%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.45%) GIS
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (10.34%) JIRA
General
1 17 (58.62%) Social Skills
2 13 (44.83%) Finance
3 6 (20.69%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (10.34%) Aerospace
5 3 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (6.90%) Billing
6 2 (6.90%) Local Government
6 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (3.45%) Aviation
7 1 (3.45%) Back Office
7 1 (3.45%) Banking
7 1 (3.45%) General Ledger
7 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
7 1 (3.45%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (34.48%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (31.03%) Agile
3 8 (27.59%) User Stories
4 6 (20.69%) Business Analysis
4 6 (20.69%) GAP Analysis
4 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.69%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (17.24%) Translating Business Requirements
6 4 (13.79%) Migration
6 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Acceptance Criteria
7 3 (10.34%) Business Transformation
7 3 (10.34%) Data Modelling
7 3 (10.34%) Decision-Making
7 3 (10.34%) Demand Forecasting
7 3 (10.34%) Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (10.34%) Scenario Testing
7 3 (10.34%) Scrum
7 3 (10.34%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (13.79%) SQL
2 3 (10.34%) C#
2 3 (10.34%) Python
3 1 (3.45%) ABAP
3 1 (3.45%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) ACCA
2 1 (3.45%) CBAP
2 1 (3.45%) CIMA
2 1 (3.45%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.45%) GxP
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) HP ALM
1 1 (3.45%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (13.79%) Concur
3 3 (10.34%) Ariba
4 2 (6.90%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.45%) DocuSign
5 1 (3.45%) ESRI
5 1 (3.45%) HP
5 1 (3.45%) MuleSoft
5 1 (3.45%) Oracle
5 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.45%) Workday