SAP Production Planning (PP)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP PP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP PP over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 548 644 807
Rank change year-on-year +96 +163 -174
Contract jobs citing SAP PP 34 68 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.11% 0.054%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.04% 1.77% 0.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 25 18
10th Percentile £422 £497 £389
25th Percentile £429 £535 £526
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £680 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.03% +8.80% +19.05%
75th Percentile £631 £721 £638
90th Percentile £661 £727 £677
UK excluding London median daily rate £618 £633 £625
% change year-on-year -2.45% +1.28% +21.95%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP PP is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,274 3,849 5,079
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.50% 6.40% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,915 2,198 3,127
10th Percentile £370 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £457 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £650
90th Percentile £775 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £525 £512
% change year-on-year - +2.49% +7.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 55 57
10th Percentile £14.71 £21.90 £16.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £30.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.87 £47.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +35.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £59.61 £63.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £74.50 £63.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £49.00 £23.53
% change year-on-year -13.27% +108.29% -5.90%

SAP PP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP PP over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP PP in the UK

SAP PP
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP PP within the UK over the 6 months to 24 April 2024. 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 +99 26 £605 -11.03% 8
Work from Home +100 15 £519 -23.71% 3
UK excluding London +41 14 £618 -2.45% 5
North of England +45 10 £625 +16.82%
London +97 9 £428 -37.13% 6
North West +25 8 £625 -
South East -2 3 £610 -12.54%
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Midlands +32 1 - - 1
East Midlands +11 1 - - 1

SAP PP
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (41.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (17.65%) SAP VC
3 2 (5.88%) SAP MII
3 2 (5.88%) SAP MM
3 2 (5.88%) SAP PM
3 2 (5.88%) SAP QM
4 1 (2.94%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (2.94%) SAP PP-PI
4 1 (2.94%) SAP PS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.94%) DataStage
1 1 (2.94%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (2.94%) QlikView
General
1 17 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 3 (8.82%) Aeronautics
4 2 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (5.88%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.94%) Hungarian Language
5 1 (2.94%) Polish Language
5 1 (2.94%) Thai Language
Job Titles
1 19 (55.88%) Consultant
1 19 (55.88%) SAP Consultant
2 18 (52.94%) SAP PP Consultant
3 3 (8.82%) Architect
3 3 (8.82%) SAP Architect
3 3 (8.82%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 3 (8.82%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.88%) Lead
5 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Business Intelligence Business Analyst
5 1 (2.94%) Data Migration Expert
5 1 (2.94%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (2.94%) Project Manager
5 1 (2.94%) SAP PI Consultant
5 1 (2.94%) SAP PP Specialist
5 1 (2.94%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (2.94%) SAP PS Trainer
5 1 (2.94%) SAP SD Trainer
5 1 (2.94%) SAP Trainer
5 1 (2.94%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.65%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Integration Testing
3 5 (14.71%) Migration
4 4 (11.76%) Discrete Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Logistics
4 4 (11.76%) Unit Testing
5 3 (8.82%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (8.82%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (8.82%) Order Management
5 3 (8.82%) Supply Chain Management
6 2 (5.88%) Data Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) Data Migration
6 2 (5.88%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.88%) Quality Management
6 2 (5.88%) Technical Analysis
6 2 (5.88%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (2.94%) Community of Practice
7 1 (2.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) ABAP
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (5.88%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 34 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle