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 during the 6 months to 21 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 544 646 826
Rank change year-on-year +102 +180 -167
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 27 50 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.088% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.093% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 30 24
10th Percentile £343 £425 £413
25th Percentile £375 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% +12.00%
75th Percentile £544 £586 £575
90th Percentile £588 £600 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% -2.86% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 39,413 53,669 84,232
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.81% 94.62% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,677 37,466 59,216
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,675 1,499 2,051
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.82
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +87.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

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 21 May 2024.

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 8 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 21 May 2024. 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 +89 23 £493 -6.19% 6
London +106 11 £500 -16.67% 5
UK excluding London +21 11 £425 -16.67% 2
Work from Home +100 10 £550 - 2
North of England +13 6 £375 -30.23%
Yorkshire +12 6 £375 -31.82%
South East - 4 £575 - 2
East of England +11 1 £425 +2.41%

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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 27 (100.00%) SAP
2 15 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
4 12 (44.44%) Business Analysis
5 11 (40.74%) Agile
6 10 (37.04%) Finance
7 8 (29.63%) Requirements Gathering
7 8 (29.63%) User Stories
8 7 (25.93%) SDLC
8 7 (25.93%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (25.93%) Scrum
9 6 (22.22%) SAP PM
9 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (22.22%) DevOps
10 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
10 5 (18.52%) Degree
10 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
10 5 (18.52%) SQL
10 5 (18.52%) ERP
11 4 (14.81%) Validation
11 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
11 4 (14.81%) CBAP
11 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
12 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
12 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
12 3 (11.11%) SAP MDG
12 3 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
12 3 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay

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:

Business Applications
1 15 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (22.22%) SAP PM
3 3 (11.11%) SAP ERP
3 3 (11.11%) SAP MDG
4 1 (3.70%) SAP APO
4 1 (3.70%) SAP BPC
4 1 (3.70%) SAP CO
4 1 (3.70%) SAP CRM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP FI
4 1 (3.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.70%) SAP IBP
4 1 (3.70%) SAP LE
4 1 (3.70%) SAP MM
4 1 (3.70%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.70%) Miro
3 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.41%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 13 (48.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (11.11%) Banking
4 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (7.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (7.41%) Retail
6 1 (3.70%) Back Office
6 1 (3.70%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Law
6 1 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
1 1 (3.70%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Onboarding
1 2 (7.41%) Product Ownership
1 2 (7.41%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.70%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (44.44%) Business Analysis
2 11 (40.74%) Agile
3 8 (29.63%) Requirements Gathering
3 8 (29.63%) User Stories
4 7 (25.93%) Acceptance Criteria
4 7 (25.93%) Scrum
4 7 (25.93%) SDLC
5 6 (22.22%) DevOps
5 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (18.52%) ERP
6 5 (18.52%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (18.52%) Waterfall
7 4 (14.81%) Process Improvement
7 4 (14.81%) Roadmaps
7 4 (14.81%) Validation
8 3 (11.11%) CRM
8 3 (11.11%) Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
8 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
9 2 (7.41%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) CBAP
3 1 (3.70%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Cadence
3 1 (3.70%) Ariba
3 1 (3.70%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Workday