SAP IS-U Contracts

SAP for Utilities as Part of SAP ERP (IS-U)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP IS-U skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP IS-U over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 514 590 686
Rank change year-on-year +76 +96 +137
Contract jobs citing SAP IS-U 5 10 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.023% 0.045%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.21% 0.31% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £570 £555 -
25th Percentile £600 £563 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £625 £538
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% -8.70%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP IS-U falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,403 3,240 3,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 7.43% 6.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,353 1,893 2,192
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £457
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £527
% change year-on-year +4.76% -0.38% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 110 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £40.00 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.82 £63.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £45.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year +33.33% -8.16% +108.29%

SAP IS-U
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP IS-U as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP IS-U in the UK

SAP IS-U
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP IS-U in the UK

SAP IS-U
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP IS-U in the UK

SAP IS-U
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP IS-U within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +64 3 £650 +8.33% 1
UK excluding London +55 3 £650 +8.33%
Work from Home +48 3 £550 - 4
South East - 3 £650 -

SAP IS-U
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 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Billing
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Consultant
1 3 (60.00%) SAP Consultant
2 2 (40.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) SAP Architect
2 2 (40.00%) SAP ISU Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Management Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP CS Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) API Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Data Reconciliation
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) ETL
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Security
2 1 (20.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP