SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
9 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 25 47 53
Rank change year-on-year +22 +6 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,934 3,902 4,160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 6.60% 5.08% 4.64%
As % of the Vendors category 14.54% 12.22% 11.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,504 2,058 2,361
10th Percentile £356 £363 £370
25th Percentile £463 £475 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -
75th Percentile £650 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £548 £500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 58 53
10th Percentile £19.70 £17.74 £12.12
25th Percentile £26.46 £30.93 £20.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £45.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -21.74% +94.92%
75th Percentile £64.76 £53.86 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.50 £70.75 £77.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.75 £45.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +6.11% -10.00% +117.86%

All Vendors
UK

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 20,181 31,936 35,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.37% 41.54% 39.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,836 21,162 23,186
10th Percentile £252 £288 £263
25th Percentile £406 £419 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% +8.11%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £600
90th Percentile £725 £750 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £495 £450
% change year-on-year +1.01% +10.00% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 687 790 998
10th Percentile £15.33 £13.24 £11.50
25th Percentile £19.06 £16.26 £14.25
Median hourly rate £43.84 £25.00 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year +75.36% +28.07% -21.92%
75th Percentile £64.08 £63.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £76.62 £70.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.80 £21.40 £18.00
% change year-on-year +95.33% +18.89% -19.70%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 9 December 2023.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the UK over the 6 months to 9 December 2023. 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 +28 2,281 £550 -2.31% 773
Work from Home +18 1,277 £550 - 372
UK excluding London +15 1,273 £525 -4.17% 481
London +29 783 £575 +0.22% 280
North of England +27 358 £525 -4.55% 148
South East +8 350 £518 -2.72% 133
South West +17 187 £600 +6.48% 49
North West +46 186 £525 -15.32% 100
Midlands +11 179 £550 +4.76% 77
East of England +45 166 £525 -10.41% 59
Yorkshire +10 161 £500 -9.09% 39
West Midlands +3 103 £550 +5.30% 56
East Midlands +17 57 £586 +11.67% 19
Scotland +27 36 £500 +11.11% 18
Wales -8 16 £688 +44.74% 12
Northern Ireland - 12 £475 - 3
North East +44 9 £550 - 13

SAP
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 61 (2.08%) SharePoint
2 48 (1.64%) Confluence
3 25 (0.85%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.44%) SAP Portal
5 12 (0.41%) CMS
6 11 (0.37%) Apache
6 11 (0.37%) SAP EP
7 10 (0.34%) Apache Solr
8 7 (0.24%) SAS
9 6 (0.20%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.20%) MS Exchange
10 5 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
10 5 (0.17%) IIS
10 5 (0.17%) Skype for Business
10 5 (0.17%) WebSphere
11 4 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
11 4 (0.14%) NServiceBus
11 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 4 (0.14%) Tomcat
12 3 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 133 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 94 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 63 (2.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 24 (0.82%) Microsoft Project
6 22 (0.75%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.20%) UXPin
8 5 (0.17%) CATIA
9 3 (0.10%) Camtasia
9 3 (0.10%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.068%) Trello
11 1 (0.034%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 884 (30.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 179 (6.10%) SAP FI
3 132 (4.50%) SAP CO
4 120 (4.09%) SAP FI/CO
5 101 (3.44%) SAP MM
6 83 (2.83%) SAP PSCD
7 81 (2.76%) SAP SD
8 67 (2.28%) SAP Hybris
9 62 (2.11%) SAP ERP
10 60 (2.04%) SAP FI-CA
11 56 (1.91%) SAP EWM
11 56 (1.91%) SAP HCM
12 55 (1.87%) SAP PM
13 50 (1.70%) SAP BRIM
14 49 (1.67%) SAP MDG
15 44 (1.50%) SAP PP
16 41 (1.40%) SAP HR
17 39 (1.33%) SAP Payroll
17 39 (1.33%) SAP Retail
18 32 (1.09%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 201 (6.85%) Azure
2 200 (6.82%) SuccessFactors
3 114 (3.89%) Power Platform
4 113 (3.85%) AWS
5 80 (2.73%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 59 (2.01%) SaaS
7 57 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
7 57 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (1.12%) GCP
9 31 (1.06%) Serverless
10 25 (0.85%) IaaS
11 23 (0.78%) BigCommerce
12 22 (0.75%) PaaS
13 21 (0.72%) GitHub
14 18 (0.61%) Entra ID
15 17 (0.58%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 13 (0.44%) Taleo
17 12 (0.41%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 23 (0.78%) DNS
2 15 (0.51%) Firewall
2 15 (0.51%) HTTP
3 14 (0.48%) VPN
4 13 (0.44%) LAN
5 11 (0.37%) FTP
5 11 (0.37%) WAN
6 10 (0.34%) DHCP
6 10 (0.34%) Internet
7 9 (0.31%) TCP/IP
8 7 (0.24%) Skype
9 6 (0.20%) SAN
9 6 (0.20%) SSL
9 6 (0.20%) Wireless
10 5 (0.17%) HTTPS
10 5 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
10 5 (0.17%) WinSCP
11 4 (0.14%) Network Security
11 4 (0.14%) RTP
12 3 (0.10%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 138 (4.70%) SAP HANA
2 104 (3.54%) Power BI
3 92 (3.14%) SAP BW
4 59 (2.01%) BusinessObjects
5 50 (1.70%) SQL Server
6 46 (1.57%) Metadata
7 36 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
8 30 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
9 27 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 22 (0.75%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 21 (0.72%) Tableau
12 18 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
13 14 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
13 14 (0.48%) OLAP
13 14 (0.48%) Power Query
14 13 (0.44%) Relational Database
15 11 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
15 11 (0.37%) Data Hub
15 11 (0.37%) MySQL
16 10 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 113 (3.85%) JIRA
2 36 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 35 (1.19%) ERwin
4 30 (1.02%) Git
5 15 (0.51%) Postman
6 10 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
7 9 (0.31%) Maven
8 8 (0.27%) GitLab
8 8 (0.27%) LSMW
8 8 (0.27%) SoapUI
9 7 (0.24%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.24%) ER Studio
9 7 (0.24%) NUnit
10 6 (0.20%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.20%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.20%) SpecFlow
10 6 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
11 5 (0.17%) Gradle
11 5 (0.17%) JMeter
11 5 (0.17%) JUnit
General
1 937 (31.94%) Finance
2 775 (26.41%) Social Skills
3 533 (18.17%) Manufacturing
4 423 (14.42%) Public Sector
5 374 (12.75%) Telecoms
6 327 (11.15%) Marketing
7 308 (10.50%) Electronics
8 271 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
9 190 (6.48%) Retail
10 175 (5.96%) Pharmaceutical
11 114 (3.89%) Billing
12 108 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
13 65 (2.22%) Banking
14 58 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
15 52 (1.77%) Legal
16 48 (1.64%) German Language
17 40 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
18 36 (1.23%) Automotive
19 33 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
20 32 (1.09%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 822 (28.02%) Consultant
2 719 (24.51%) SAP Consultant
3 381 (12.99%) Architect
4 320 (10.91%) Lead
5 294 (10.02%) Analyst
6 199 (6.78%) SAP Manager
7 197 (6.71%) Project Manager
8 194 (6.61%) Developer
9 179 (6.10%) Solutions Architect
10 171 (5.83%) SAP Architect
11 148 (5.04%) Functional Consultant
12 124 (4.23%) Senior
13 121 (4.12%) SAP Analyst
14 117 (3.99%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 112 (3.82%) SAP Developer
16 106 (3.61%) Business Analyst
17 98 (3.34%) SAP Project Manager
18 90 (3.07%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 69 (2.35%) SAP MM Consultant
20 65 (2.22%) ABAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 106 (3.61%) SAP Fiori
2 67 (2.28%) Web Services
3 62 (2.11%) SAPUI5
4 55 (1.87%) REST
5 45 (1.53%) SAP PI
6 41 (1.40%) .NET
7 36 (1.23%) IDoc
8 35 (1.19%) SAP Basis
9 33 (1.12%) SOAP
10 32 (1.09%) XML
11 29 (0.99%) EDI
11 29 (0.99%) Web Dynpro
12 28 (0.95%) HTML
12 28 (0.95%) SAP ALE
13 25 (0.85%) Node.js
13 25 (0.85%) SailPoint
14 23 (0.78%) BAPI
15 21 (0.72%) CSS
15 21 (0.72%) J2EE
16 19 (0.65%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 71 (2.42%) Management Information System
2 70 (2.39%) Onboarding
3 65 (2.22%) Life Science
4 57 (1.94%) Product Ownership
5 52 (1.77%) Data Structures
6 51 (1.74%) FMCG
7 49 (1.67%) Greenfield Project
8 44 (1.50%) Self-Motivation
9 42 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
10 39 (1.33%) Cloud Native
10 39 (1.33%) NHS
11 38 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
12 32 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
13 20 (0.68%) Replication
14 19 (0.65%) Data Centre
14 19 (0.65%) Wiki
15 14 (0.48%) Private Cloud
16 13 (0.44%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.41%) Driving Licence
17 12 (0.41%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 102 (3.48%) Windows
2 59 (2.01%) Linux
3 31 (1.06%) Windows 10
4 26 (0.89%) Windows Server
5 21 (0.72%) Unix
6 13 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (0.41%) Solaris
8 10 (0.34%) VMS
9 5 (0.17%) Android
9 5 (0.17%) Rocky
10 4 (0.14%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.14%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.10%) AIX
11 3 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 3 (0.10%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.068%) SUSE
13 1 (0.034%) Debian
13 1 (0.034%) MVS
13 1 (0.034%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 455 (15.51%) Business Intelligence
2 356 (12.13%) Migration
3 355 (12.10%) ERP
4 352 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
5 342 (11.66%) Programme Management
6 318 (10.84%) Stakeholder Management
7 312 (10.63%) Project Management
8 302 (10.29%) Digital Marketing
9 301 (10.26%) Agile
10 211 (7.19%) Data Migration
11 166 (5.66%) Logistics
12 165 (5.62%) Roadmaps
13 161 (5.49%) Analytics
14 155 (5.28%) Data Modelling
14 155 (5.28%) Workshop Facilitation
15 148 (5.04%) User Acceptance Testing
16 134 (4.57%) Project Delivery
17 122 (4.16%) Change Management
18 115 (3.92%) ITIL
19 114 (3.89%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 198 (6.75%) ABAP
2 171 (5.83%) SQL
3 105 (3.58%) Java
4 70 (2.39%) Python
5 61 (2.08%) JavaScript
6 33 (1.12%) C#
7 28 (0.95%) PowerShell
8 17 (0.58%) PL/SQL
9 15 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 14 (0.48%) C++
11 13 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 13 (0.44%) SAPscript
11 13 (0.44%) TypeScript
12 10 (0.34%) Apex Code
12 10 (0.34%) Bash
12 10 (0.34%) Groovy
13 9 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.24%) Go
14 7 (0.24%) R
15 6 (0.20%) C
Qualifications
1 349 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 277 (9.44%) SC Cleared
3 236 (8.04%) Degree
4 65 (2.22%) SAP Certification
5 39 (1.33%) DV Cleared
6 34 (1.16%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.02%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
9 24 (0.82%) PMI Certification
10 23 (0.78%) CCA
11 22 (0.75%) PMP
12 20 (0.68%) CIMA
13 19 (0.65%) ACCA
14 13 (0.44%) Azure Certification
15 11 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
16 10 (0.34%) CISSP
17 9 (0.31%) AWS Certification
18 8 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
19 6 (0.20%) MCSD
19 6 (0.20%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (3.61%) QA
2 96 (3.27%) Data Quality
3 60 (2.04%) PMO
4 36 (1.23%) GDPR
5 26 (0.89%) SLA
6 23 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 20 (0.68%) GxP
8 17 (0.58%) GRC
9 12 (0.41%) NIST
10 10 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.31%) GAAP
11 9 (0.31%) IFRS
12 8 (0.27%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.24%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.24%) ISO 9000
14 6 (0.20%) PCI DSS
14 6 (0.20%) RMADS
15 4 (0.14%) P3O
16 3 (0.10%) COBIT
16 3 (0.10%) ITGC
System Software
1 60 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 24 (0.82%) Docker
3 9 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.24%) Firmware
5 4 (0.14%) IAG
5 4 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.10%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.10%) NFS
6 3 (0.10%) XenApp
7 2 (0.068%) RACF
8 1 (0.034%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.034%) HDFS
8 1 (0.034%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.034%) KVM
8 1 (0.034%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.034%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 41 (1.40%) Terraform
2 27 (0.92%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.61%) Ansible
4 16 (0.55%) HP ALM
5 10 (0.34%) Puppet
6 8 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
7 7 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
9 5 (0.17%) Dell DRAC
9 5 (0.17%) Grafana
9 5 (0.17%) HP Quality Center
10 4 (0.14%) AirWatch
10 4 (0.14%) CA Service Virtualization
10 4 (0.14%) HP Fortify
10 4 (0.14%) kaniko
11 3 (0.10%) HAProxy
11 3 (0.10%) Kibana
11 3 (0.10%) MOM
Vendors
1 295 (10.05%) Microsoft
2 253 (8.62%) Ariba
3 190 (6.48%) Oracle
4 143 (4.87%) Salesforce
5 74 (2.52%) ServiceNow
6 60 (2.04%) Workday
7 57 (1.94%) Adobe
8 46 (1.57%) Concur
9 27 (0.92%) Red Hat
10 26 (0.89%) HP
11 25 (0.85%) Sitecore
12 23 (0.78%) Informatica
12 23 (0.78%) Sparx
13 21 (0.72%) Dell
14 19 (0.65%) Google
15 18 (0.61%) Remedy
16 17 (0.58%) Cisco
16 17 (0.58%) MuleSoft
17 16 (0.55%) IBM
18 13 (0.44%) CA