SAP Data Services Contracts

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 492 576 644
Rank change year-on-year +84 +68 +157
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 32 24 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.056% 0.12%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.57% 0.33% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 13 46
10th Percentile £468 £430 £500
25th Percentile £529 £450 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £500 £641
Median % change year-on-year +14.00% -21.94% +22.00%
75th Percentile £638 £600 £650
90th Percentile £677 £634 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £623 £500
% change year-on-year -17.67% +24.50% -4.76%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SAP Data Services 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 5,566 7,284 10,580
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 18.98% 16.88% 17.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,841 5,197 7,526
10th Percentile £358 £350 £375
25th Percentile £425 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £663
90th Percentile £763 £771 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 143 186
10th Percentile £19.84 £14.00 £21.24
25th Percentile £23.88 £20.98 £33.05
Median hourly rate £32.81 £40.00 £59.30
Median % change year-on-year -17.98% -32.54% +36.70%
75th Percentile £65.31 £58.88 £73.41
90th Percentile £75.50 £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 Data Services
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Data Services in the UK

SAP Data Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Data Services in the UK

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Data Services over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Data Services in the UK

SAP Data Services
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Data Services in the UK

SAP Data Services
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Data Services within the UK over the 6 months to 6 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 +72 29 £600 +20.00% 9
London +42 18 £600 +23.71% 3
Work from Home +49 10 £625 +25.00% 6
UK excluding London +49 5 £513 -17.67% 5
South East +38 3 £625 +4.17% 3
Midlands +20 1 - - 1
North of England +14 1 £400 -35.74% 1
North West +9 1 £400 -35.74% 1
West Midlands - 1 - - 1

SAP Data Services
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 (3.13%) CMS
Business Applications
1 10 (31.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (21.88%) SAP HR
3 4 (12.50%) SAP MDG
4 3 (9.38%) SAP BPC
5 1 (3.13%) SAP CO
5 1 (3.13%) SAP CRM
5 1 (3.13%) SAP FI
5 1 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (3.13%) SAP MDM
5 1 (3.13%) SAP PM
5 1 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 9 (28.13%) SuccessFactors
2 4 (12.50%) Azure
3 2 (6.25%) Boomi
3 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub
4 1 (3.13%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (3.13%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (31.25%) SAP BW
2 8 (25.00%) SAP HANA
3 6 (18.75%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (15.63%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 3 (9.38%) Big Data
6 3 (9.38%) NoSQL
6 3 (9.38%) OLAP
6 3 (9.38%) OLTP
7 2 (6.25%) Metadata
7 2 (6.25%) Power BI
8 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (3.13%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (3.13%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (3.13%) Data Hub
8 1 (3.13%) Delta Lake
8 1 (3.13%) PowerCenter
8 1 (3.13%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (3.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (9.38%) LSMW
2 1 (3.13%) Postman
2 1 (3.13%) Selenium
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
3 5 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (3.13%) Aerospace
5 1 (3.13%) Aviation
5 1 (3.13%) French Language
5 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.13%) German Language
5 1 (3.13%) Italian Language
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Architect
2 7 (21.88%) Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Consultant
3 5 (15.63%) SAP Architect
3 5 (15.63%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Data Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Lead
5 3 (9.38%) Data Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Principal Data Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Principal Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Data Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Financial Architect
5 3 (9.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Senior
5 3 (9.38%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Data Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Integration Architect
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.38%) REST
1 3 (9.38%) SAP PI
1 3 (9.38%) Web Services
2 2 (6.25%) Middleware
2 2 (6.25%) SAML
2 2 (6.25%) SOAP
3 1 (3.13%) BAPI
3 1 (3.13%) Pandas
3 1 (3.13%) PySpark
3 1 (3.13%) pytest
3 1 (3.13%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (9.38%) Management Information System
1 3 (9.38%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (56.25%) Migration
2 16 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 13 (40.63%) Data Governance
4 10 (31.25%) Validation
5 9 (28.13%) Data Analysis
6 7 (21.88%) Analytics
7 6 (18.75%) Data Strategy
8 5 (15.63%) Data Modelling
9 4 (12.50%) Agile
9 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
9 4 (12.50%) Data Management
9 4 (12.50%) ETL
9 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.38%) Low Latency
10 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
10 3 (9.38%) Performance Optimisation
10 3 (9.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 3 (9.38%) Technical Leadership
10 3 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.50%) ABAP
1 4 (12.50%) Python
1 4 (12.50%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (31.25%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) SAP Certification
4 3 (9.38%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (6.25%) DV Cleared
6 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (3.13%) Degree
6 1 (3.13%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (46.88%) Data Quality
2 7 (21.88%) GDPR
3 4 (12.50%) QA
4 1 (3.13%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (9.38%) Oracle
2 3 (9.38%) Salesforce
3 2 (6.25%) DocuSign
3 2 (6.25%) IBM
3 2 (6.25%) Informatica
3 2 (6.25%) Ping Identity
3 2 (6.25%) Qualtrics
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 2 (6.25%) webMethods
4 1 (3.13%) Ariba
4 1 (3.13%) Concur
4 1 (3.13%) Databricks
4 1 (3.13%) Sparx