SAP BW Contracts

SAP Business Information Warehouse (NetWeaver BW)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP BW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP BW over the 6 months leading up to 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 486 528 599
Rank change year-on-year +42 +71 +153
Contract jobs citing SAP BW 43 59 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.78% 0.81% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 41 47
10th Percentile - £388 £497
25th Percentile £425 £425 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £501 £600
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -16.58% +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £688
90th Percentile £673 £713 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £500 £613
% change year-on-year +4.95% -18.33% +15.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72.50 £80.00 -
Median hourly rate £75.00 £82.23 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.79% - -
75th Percentile £77.50 £84.45 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £82.23 -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SAP BW falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 5,530 7,298 10,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.99% 16.92% 17.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,800 5,213 7,485
10th Percentile £358 £350 £375
25th Percentile £422 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £663
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 144 186
10th Percentile £20.89 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £24.25 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.96 £40.00 £59.30
Median % change year-on-year -17.60% -32.54% +36.70%
75th Percentile £65.46 £59.44 £73.41
90th Percentile £75.88 £72.50 £81.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £40.00 £55.70
% change year-on-year -25.00% -28.19% +59.14%

SAP BW
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP BW as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP BW in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP BW in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP BW over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP BW in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP BW in the UK

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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 BW within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +58 39 £538 +7.45% 18
London +51 21 £575 +4.55% 9
UK excluding London +36 15 £525 +4.95% 9
Work from Home +29 13 £600 +33.33% 23
South East +38 4 £625 +38.89% 6
East of England +32 4 £450 +28.57% 2
Midlands +10 3 £675 +22.73% 1
West Midlands +5 3 £675 +22.73%
South West - 3 £525 -
North of England +12 1 - -
North West +9 1 - -

SAP BW
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 (13.95%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (62.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (16.28%) SAP IBP
3 6 (13.95%) SAP BPC
4 4 (9.30%) SAP GRC
5 3 (6.98%) SAP ERP
5 3 (6.98%) SAP EWM
6 2 (4.65%) SAP PM
7 1 (2.33%) IBM Planning Analytics
7 1 (2.33%) SAP CAR
7 1 (2.33%) SAP CO
7 1 (2.33%) SAP CRM
7 1 (2.33%) SAP FI
7 1 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (2.33%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (2.33%) SAP MDG
7 1 (2.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (2.33%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.93%) Azure
2 4 (9.30%) AWS
2 4 (9.30%) GCP
3 3 (6.98%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.65%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.33%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (51.16%) SAP HANA
2 10 (23.26%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (16.28%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (9.30%) OLTP
5 3 (6.98%) Big Data
5 3 (6.98%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (6.98%) NoSQL
5 3 (6.98%) OLAP
5 3 (6.98%) SQL Server
6 2 (4.65%) Power BI
7 1 (2.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (2.33%) Data Hub
7 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) LSMW
General
1 12 (27.91%) Finance
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 7 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.30%) Retail
4 3 (6.98%) Banking
4 3 (6.98%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.65%) General Ledger
5 2 (4.65%) Legal
5 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
6 1 (2.33%) Automotive
6 1 (2.33%) Aviation
6 1 (2.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 17 (39.53%) Consultant
1 17 (39.53%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (18.60%) Architect
3 7 (16.28%) SAP Architect
4 5 (11.63%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 4 (9.30%) Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) Data Engineer
5 4 (9.30%) SAP Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) SAP Technical Consultant
5 4 (9.30%) Technical Consultant
6 3 (6.98%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) SAP Business Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) SAP BW Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) SAP BW Business Analyst
6 3 (6.98%) SAP Security Consultant
6 3 (6.98%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Security Consultant
6 3 (6.98%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (27.91%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (13.95%) SAP Basis
3 3 (6.98%) SAP PI
3 3 (6.98%) Web Services
4 2 (4.65%) SailPoint
5 1 (2.33%) BAPI
5 1 (2.33%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Linux
1 6 (13.95%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) SAP Security
2 13 (30.23%) Analytics
3 11 (25.58%) Data Modelling
4 9 (20.93%) Migration
4 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (16.28%) Performance Tuning
6 6 (13.95%) Data Migration
6 6 (13.95%) ETL
6 6 (13.95%) Incident Response
6 6 (13.95%) Problem Management
7 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (11.63%) ERP
7 5 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (9.30%) Data Strategy
8 4 (9.30%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
9 3 (6.98%) Customer Requirements
9 3 (6.98%) Low Latency
9 3 (6.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (16.28%) ABAP
2 5 (11.63%) SQL
3 3 (6.98%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 4 (9.30%) SAP Certification
2 4 (9.30%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.98%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.65%) Degree
4 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.30%) GRC
1 4 (9.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (6.98%) Basel III
2 3 (6.98%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.98%) IFRS
2 3 (6.98%) IFRS 17
2 3 (6.98%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.33%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.98%) IAG
Vendors
1 43 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.98%) Concur
3 3 (6.98%) Oracle
4 2 (4.65%) Ariba
5 1 (2.33%) Cognos
5 1 (2.33%) Google
5 1 (2.33%) Salesforce