SAP HANA Contracts

SAP HANA
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP HANA skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP HANA 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 426 460 517
Rank change year-on-year +34 +57 +131
Contract jobs citing SAP HANA 103 127 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.35% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 1.86% 1.74% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 56 102
10th Percentile £425 £394 £500
25th Percentile £469 £425 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £604
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -17.22% +5.04%
75th Percentile £695 £655 £698
90th Percentile £719 £728 £850
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £455 £600
% change year-on-year +9.89% -24.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 2
10th Percentile £66.25 - £26.99
25th Percentile - - £34.58
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £49.27
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +25.03% -
75th Percentile - £62.46 £64.41
90th Percentile £71.50 £64.00 £72.26
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £23.54
% change year-on-year +13.64% +161.74% -

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SAP HANA 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 HANA
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HANA in the UK

SAP HANA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP HANA in the UK

SAP HANA
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP HANA in the UK

SAP HANA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP HANA in the UK

SAP HANA
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HANA 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 +40 81 £550 +10.00% 59
Work from Home +40 43 £500 +8.11% 52
UK excluding London +58 42 £500 +9.89% 33
London +13 34 £690 +21.59% 31
North of England +31 17 £500 -3.38% 5
North West +22 15 £500 -3.38% 5
South West +51 14 £525 -19.23% 1
Midlands +18 5 £613 +16.67% 4
West Midlands +15 5 £613 +2.08% 3
East of England +25 4 £450 -5.26%
South East +31 2 £513 +13.26% 22
North East - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

SAP HANA
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 (5.83%) NetWeaver
2 3 (2.91%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.97%) MTS
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 56 (54.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.83%) SAP BPC
2 6 (5.83%) SAP IBP
2 6 (5.83%) SAP MDG
3 5 (4.85%) SAP ERP
3 5 (4.85%) SAP MDG-S
4 3 (2.91%) SAP APO
4 3 (2.91%) SAP CO
4 3 (2.91%) SAP GRC
5 2 (1.94%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.97%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.97%) SAP CS
6 1 (0.97%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.97%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.97%) SAP GTS
6 1 (0.97%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.97%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.97%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.97%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.97%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.71%) AWS
2 9 (8.74%) Azure
2 9 (8.74%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (4.85%) GCP
4 3 (2.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 3 (2.91%) GitHub
4 3 (2.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (0.97%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.97%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (21.36%) SAP BW
2 9 (8.74%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (3.88%) OLTP
4 3 (2.91%) Big Data
4 3 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.91%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.91%) OLAP
4 3 (2.91%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.94%) Data Hub
5 2 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.94%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.97%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (4.85%) GitLab
1 5 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 3 (2.91%) Artifactory
3 1 (0.97%) LSMW
General
1 38 (36.89%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.33%) Finance
3 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (11.65%) Banking
4 4 (3.88%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.88%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (1.94%) General Ledger
5 2 (1.94%) Legal
5 2 (1.94%) Retail
6 1 (0.97%) Automotive
6 1 (0.97%) Aviation
6 1 (0.97%) Billing
6 1 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.97%) Marketing
6 1 (0.97%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.97%) Polish Language
6 1 (0.97%) Public Sector
6 1 (0.97%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (29.13%) Consultant
1 30 (29.13%) SAP Consultant
2 25 (24.27%) Architect
3 22 (21.36%) SAP Architect
4 16 (15.53%) Developer
5 15 (14.56%) ABAP Developer
5 15 (14.56%) SAP Developer
6 12 (11.65%) Solutions Architect
7 9 (8.74%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
7 9 (8.74%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 9 (8.74%) Senior
8 7 (6.80%) Lead
8 7 (6.80%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 6 (5.83%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
9 6 (5.83%) SAP Technical Consultant
9 6 (5.83%) Technical Consultant
10 4 (3.88%) Data Engineer
10 4 (3.88%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.88%) Senior DevOps
10 4 (3.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.36%) Web Services
2 19 (18.45%) SAP Fiori
3 15 (14.56%) BAPI
4 9 (8.74%) SAP Basis
5 4 (3.88%) Middleware
6 3 (2.91%) SailPoint
6 3 (2.91%) SAP PI
6 3 (2.91%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.97%) .NET
7 1 (0.97%) REST
7 1 (0.97%) RESTful
7 1 (0.97%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.83%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.85%) Reference Data
3 4 (3.88%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.88%) Public Cloud
3 4 (3.88%) Virtual Team
4 3 (2.91%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.97%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 11 (10.68%) Linux
2 6 (5.83%) Unix
3 3 (2.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (28.16%) Performance Tuning
2 21 (20.39%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (16.50%) Technical Architecture
4 15 (14.56%) Analytics
4 15 (14.56%) OO
4 15 (14.56%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (13.59%) Process Improvement
5 14 (13.59%) SAP Security
6 13 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (12.62%) ERP
7 12 (11.65%) Impact Assessments
8 11 (10.68%) Change Management
8 11 (10.68%) Project Delivery
9 10 (9.71%) TOGAF
10 9 (8.74%) Incident Management
10 9 (8.74%) Migration
11 8 (7.77%) Data Governance
12 7 (6.80%) Data Management
12 7 (6.80%) Project Management
13 6 (5.83%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (22.33%) ABAP
2 9 (8.74%) Python
3 6 (5.83%) SQL
4 4 (3.88%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.94%) Bash
6 1 (0.97%) Java
6 1 (0.97%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (14.56%) SC Cleared
1 15 (14.56%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.62%) SAP Certification
3 10 (9.71%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (9.71%) Degree
4 5 (4.85%) TOGAF Certification
5 4 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (3.88%) Basel III
2 4 (3.88%) IFRS
2 4 (3.88%) IFRS 9
2 4 (3.88%) QA
3 3 (2.91%) GDPR
3 3 (2.91%) GRC
3 3 (2.91%) IFRS 17
4 1 (0.97%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.97%) ITGC
4 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (3.88%) Docker
2 3 (2.91%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.97%) IAG
Systems Management
1 5 (4.85%) Ansible
1 5 (4.85%) Kubernetes
1 5 (4.85%) Terraform
2 4 (3.88%) Argo
3 3 (2.91%) Consul
3 3 (2.91%) logstash
3 3 (2.91%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 103 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (5.83%) Concur
3 5 (4.85%) BiZZdesign
3 5 (4.85%) Google
3 5 (4.85%) Oracle
4 4 (3.88%) Dynatrace
4 4 (3.88%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.88%) Splunk
5 3 (2.91%) Ariba
5 3 (2.91%) MuleSoft
6 1 (0.97%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.97%) Databricks
6 1 (0.97%) PeopleSoft
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.97%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.97%) Workday