SAP PI Contracts

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration (SAP PI)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP PI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP PI over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 572 655
Rank change year-on-year +94 +83 +156
Contract jobs citing SAP PI 39 18 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.042% 0.086%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.59% 0.20% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 10 34
10th Percentile £453 £435 £495
25th Percentile £466 £453 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £530 £620
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -14.52% +30.53%
75th Percentile £623 £583 £678
90th Percentile £632 £611 £693
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £575 £675
% change year-on-year -8.70% -14.81% +50.00%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

SAP PI falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 6,614 8,930 13,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 20.74% 23.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,538 6,199 9,844
10th Percentile £363 £343 £400
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £534 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -2.91% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £780 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 242 154
10th Percentile £29.45 £21.25 £30.23
25th Percentile £51.06 £43.00 £50.01
Median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -26.92% +30.65%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £75.00
90th Percentile £82.79 £74.95 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £47.50 £64.50
% change year-on-year +36.84% -26.36% +31.63%

SAP PI
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP PI in the UK

SAP PI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP PI in the UK

SAP PI
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP PI over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP PI in the UK

SAP PI
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP PI in the UK

SAP PI
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 PI within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +82 33 £550 +3.77% 20
UK excluding London +75 25 £525 -8.70% 18
Work from Home +48 12 £468 -1.47% 8
London +63 8 £610 +20.79% 2
North West - 8 £461 - 2
North of England - 8 £461 - 2
South East - 7 £623 - 10
East of England +38 6 £550 +4.76% 5
West Midlands +17 3 £469 - 5
Midlands +8 3 £469 -20.17% 5
Wales - 2 £460 -

SAP PI
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 15 (38.46%) NetWeaver
2 7 (17.95%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 14 (35.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (17.95%) SAP CRM
3 3 (7.69%) SAP FSCM
3 3 (7.69%) SAP LE
3 3 (7.69%) SAP WM
4 2 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (5.13%) Magento
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle Retail
4 2 (5.13%) SAP CX
4 2 (5.13%) Shopify
5 1 (2.56%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.56%) SAP CO
5 1 (2.56%) SAP ERP
5 1 (2.56%) SAP EWM
5 1 (2.56%) SAP FI
5 1 (2.56%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (2.56%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (2.56%) SAP PM
5 1 (2.56%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 8 (20.51%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (17.95%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 2 (5.13%) Azure
4 2 (5.13%) Boomi
4 2 (5.13%) GCP
4 2 (5.13%) Oracle CX
4 2 (5.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SAP BW
1 3 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
1 3 (7.69%) SAP HANA
2 2 (5.13%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) LSMW
General
1 15 (38.46%) Social Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (17.95%) Finance
2 7 (17.95%) Influencing Skills
3 3 (7.69%) Retail
4 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
4 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.56%) Marketing
4 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (41.03%) Architect
1 16 (41.03%) SAP Architect
2 8 (20.51%) Consultant
2 8 (20.51%) Developer
2 8 (20.51%) Integration Developer
2 8 (20.51%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (20.51%) SAP Developer
3 7 (17.95%) SAP Technical Architect
3 7 (17.95%) Technical Architect
4 6 (15.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (12.82%) SAP Financial Architect
5 5 (12.82%) SAP PI Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Logistics Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Sales Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) SAP Logistics Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Service Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.77%) Middleware
2 10 (25.64%) REST
2 10 (25.64%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (25.64%) SOAP
3 9 (23.08%) EDI
4 8 (20.51%) IDoc
5 7 (17.95%) JDBC
5 7 (17.95%) JMS
5 7 (17.95%) SAPUI5
5 7 (17.95%) XML
5 7 (17.95%) XSLT
6 2 (5.13%) Kafka
6 2 (5.13%) Web Services
7 1 (2.56%) SAP Basis
7 1 (2.56%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 11 (28.21%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (17.95%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (17.95%) Virtual Team
3 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (43.59%) Agile
2 12 (30.77%) ERP
3 11 (28.21%) Technical Architecture
4 10 (25.64%) CRM
5 9 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
5 9 (23.08%) Enterprise Architecture
5 9 (23.08%) Scrum
6 8 (20.51%) Performance Testing
6 8 (20.51%) System Integration Testing
6 8 (20.51%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (17.95%) SDLC
7 7 (17.95%) Strategic Thinking
8 6 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (15.38%) Migration
8 6 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (12.82%) Technical Leadership
9 5 (12.82%) TOGAF
9 5 (12.82%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (10.26%) Cross-Platform Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (41.03%) ABAP
2 15 (38.46%) Java
3 1 (2.56%) Groovy
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (28.21%) SC Cleared
1 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 6 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (12.82%) SAP Certification
4 2 (5.13%) Degree
4 2 (5.13%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.13%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.56%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 39 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (17.95%) Ariba
3 4 (10.26%) MuleSoft
3 4 (10.26%) Oracle
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.13%) Adobe
5 2 (5.13%) Dell
5 2 (5.13%) NCR
5 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.13%) VeriFone
6 1 (2.56%) Concur
6 1 (2.56%) Google
6 1 (2.56%) HP
6 1 (2.56%) Micro Focus
6 1 (2.56%) ServiceNow