SAP Contracts

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 30 May 2024 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
30 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 33 55
Rank change year-on-year +5 +22 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,506 3,174 3,988
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.84% 5.66% 4.55%
As % of the Vendors category 13.74% 13.05% 11.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,256 1,638 2,387
10th Percentile £372 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £567 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% - +7.32%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £663
90th Percentile £819 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 58 48
10th Percentile £13.05 £20.98 £13.86
25th Percentile £15.50 £26.40 £18.81
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £34.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +29.50% +65.48%
75th Percentile £55.00 £61.56 £48.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -45.22% +87.50% +29.73%

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 18,233 24,329 35,277
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.50% 43.36% 40.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,362 16,259 23,554
10th Percentile £263 £270 £300
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £638
90th Percentile £738 £739 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 651 866
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.84 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.15 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -47.88% +97.67% +2.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.17
% change year-on-year -42.77% +95.64% +5.81%

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 30 May 2024.

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 30 May 2024.

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 30 May 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 +9 1,986 £560 +1.82% 787
UK excluding London +2 1,038 £550 - 539
Work from Home +1 893 £550 - 594
London +29 840 £580 +3.11% 239
South East -3 320 £575 +4.55% 98
North of England +8 265 £519 -3.04% 166
North West +21 155 £525 +5.00% 108
Midlands -5 155 £520 -3.70% 105
East of England +33 142 £525 +16.67% 65
South West +2 122 £625 +4.17% 57
West Midlands +1 106 £485 -13.78% 68
Yorkshire -8 92 £500 -13.04% 46
East Midlands -16 41 £575 +6.48% 36
Scotland +25 35 £550 +13.52% 26
North East +11 12 £390 +24.90% 16
Northern Ireland +8 9 £95 -82.73% 15
Wales +6 7 £550 - 21

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 43 (1.72%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.36%) Confluence
3 17 (0.68%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 15 (0.60%) NetWeaver
5 11 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.28%) SAS
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 5 (0.20%) Apache
8 5 (0.20%) IIS
8 5 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.16%) Cloud Foundry
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.080%) JBoss
11 2 (0.080%) MQSeries
11 2 (0.080%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.080%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.080%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.040%) MTS
12 1 (0.040%) Umbraco
Applications
1 100 (3.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
3 57 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 34 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.040%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.040%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.040%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.040%) InVision
8 1 (0.040%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.040%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.040%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.040%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 741 (29.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 112 (4.47%) SAP EWM
3 95 (3.79%) SAP FI
4 79 (3.15%) SAP SD
5 71 (2.83%) SAP CO
6 69 (2.75%) SAP ERP
7 68 (2.71%) SAP FI/CO
8 53 (2.11%) SAP MDG
9 52 (2.08%) SAP QM
10 45 (1.80%) SAP MM
11 44 (1.76%) SAP PP
12 32 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 30 (1.20%) Teamcenter
14 29 (1.16%) SAP HR
14 29 (1.16%) Shopify
15 25 (1.00%) SAP HCM
15 25 (1.00%) SAP PS
16 23 (0.92%) SAP IBP
17 21 (0.84%) SAP Hybris
17 21 (0.84%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 172 (6.86%) Azure
2 167 (6.66%) SuccessFactors
3 86 (3.43%) Power Platform
4 78 (3.11%) AWS
5 39 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (1.52%) SaaS
7 36 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 28 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.08%) BigCommerce
11 22 (0.88%) WhatsApp
12 21 (0.84%) GCP
13 20 (0.80%) Serverless
14 19 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
15 17 (0.68%) Boomi
16 15 (0.60%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (0.60%) PaaS
16 15 (0.60%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.56%) Snowflake
18 13 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (0.72%) Firewall
2 13 (0.52%) HTTP
3 9 (0.36%) FTP
3 9 (0.36%) LAN
4 8 (0.32%) 3G
4 8 (0.32%) 4G
4 8 (0.32%) WAN
5 7 (0.28%) VPN
6 6 (0.24%) SSL
6 6 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.20%) Broadband
7 5 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
7 5 (0.20%) Internet
8 4 (0.16%) Network Security
8 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
9 3 (0.12%) Intranet
9 3 (0.12%) Skype
9 3 (0.12%) SSH
9 3 (0.12%) VoIP
9 3 (0.12%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 123 (4.91%) SAP HANA
2 74 (2.95%) Power BI
3 60 (2.39%) SAP BW
4 54 (2.15%) SQL Server
5 39 (1.56%) NoSQL
6 36 (1.44%) Metadata
7 34 (1.36%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
9 27 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 25 (1.00%) Oracle Database
11 24 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
12 22 (0.88%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 22 (0.88%) Data Vault
13 18 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 17 (0.68%) PostgreSQL
15 16 (0.64%) Relational Database
16 15 (0.60%) Metadata Repository
16 15 (0.60%) Qlik Sense
17 14 (0.56%) Tableau
18 13 (0.52%) GIS
Development Applications
1 81 (3.23%) JIRA
2 30 (1.20%) Git
3 26 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.52%) LSMW
5 11 (0.44%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.36%) Maven
6 9 (0.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 7 (0.28%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.24%) GitLab
8 6 (0.24%) Selenium
9 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.20%) ERwin
9 5 (0.20%) JMeter
9 5 (0.20%) Postman
10 4 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.12%) NUnit
11 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.12%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.080%) Gradle
General
1 729 (29.09%) Finance
2 685 (27.33%) Social Skills
3 452 (18.04%) Manufacturing
4 337 (13.45%) Public Sector
5 305 (12.17%) Marketing
6 274 (10.93%) Telecoms
7 269 (10.73%) Electronics
8 214 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
9 151 (6.03%) Retail
10 113 (4.51%) Pharmaceutical
11 77 (3.07%) Presentation Skills
12 62 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
14 50 (2.00%) Banking
15 46 (1.84%) Billing
16 42 (1.68%) Legal
17 34 (1.36%) Automotive
18 32 (1.28%) German Language
19 27 (1.08%) French Language
20 20 (0.80%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 731 (29.17%) Consultant
2 612 (24.42%) SAP Consultant
3 269 (10.73%) Lead
4 260 (10.38%) Architect
5 237 (9.46%) Analyst
6 180 (7.18%) Project Manager
7 168 (6.70%) Senior
8 166 (6.62%) SAP Manager
9 142 (5.67%) Developer
10 113 (4.51%) SAP Architect
11 110 (4.39%) Solutions Architect
12 100 (3.99%) Functional Consultant
13 98 (3.91%) Business Analyst
14 82 (3.27%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 81 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
16 79 (3.15%) SAP Analyst
17 69 (2.75%) SAP Developer
18 63 (2.51%) SAP EWM Consultant
18 63 (2.51%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 52 (2.08%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (2.59%) SAP Fiori
2 48 (1.92%) SAP Basis
3 42 (1.68%) REST
4 36 (1.44%) IDoc
5 35 (1.40%) XML
6 33 (1.32%) EDI
7 32 (1.28%) .NET
8 25 (1.00%) Web Services
9 24 (0.96%) Middleware
10 23 (0.92%) HTML
11 22 (0.88%) VML
12 21 (0.84%) Node.js
12 21 (0.84%) SOAP
13 20 (0.80%) BAPI
13 20 (0.80%) Spring
14 19 (0.76%) CSS
15 18 (0.72%) Kafka
15 18 (0.72%) SAP PI
16 16 (0.64%) SAP TM
17 15 (0.60%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 66 (2.63%) Management Information System
2 52 (2.08%) Onboarding
3 48 (1.92%) Life Science
4 46 (1.84%) FMCG
5 44 (1.76%) Product Ownership
6 38 (1.52%) Replication
7 34 (1.36%) NHS
8 31 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.20%) Public Cloud
10 28 (1.12%) Reference Data
11 23 (0.92%) Data Structures
12 21 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 20 (0.80%) Virtual Team
14 19 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
15 17 (0.68%) IoT
16 15 (0.60%) Cloud Native
17 13 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
18 12 (0.48%) LIMS
18 12 (0.48%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.87%) Windows
2 59 (2.35%) Linux
3 30 (1.20%) Unix
4 23 (0.92%) Windows 10
5 13 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.32%) VMS
7 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.16%) Android
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.12%) zOS
10 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.040%) Check Point GAiA
11 1 (0.040%) SUSE
11 1 (0.040%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (15.28%) Business Intelligence
2 343 (13.69%) ERP
3 310 (12.37%) Programme Management
4 309 (12.33%) Agile
5 303 (12.09%) Migration
6 301 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 277 (11.05%) Project Management
8 263 (10.49%) Digital Marketing
9 261 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
10 154 (6.15%) Change Management
11 152 (6.07%) Data Migration
12 143 (5.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 135 (5.39%) Logistics
14 132 (5.27%) Analytics
15 125 (4.99%) Data Modelling
16 115 (4.59%) Roadmaps
17 106 (4.23%) Project Delivery
18 103 (4.11%) Requirements Gathering
19 90 (3.59%) Data Management
20 89 (3.55%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 156 (6.23%) ABAP
2 152 (6.07%) SQL
3 80 (3.19%) Python
4 64 (2.55%) Java
5 37 (1.48%) JavaScript
6 28 (1.12%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.04%) C#
8 20 (0.80%) T-SQL
9 19 (0.76%) PL/SQL
10 13 (0.52%) C
10 13 (0.52%) TypeScript
11 11 (0.44%) Perl
12 8 (0.32%) Go
13 7 (0.28%) Groovy
13 7 (0.28%) XPath
13 7 (0.28%) XQuery
14 6 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 6 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.24%) R
15 4 (0.16%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 320 (12.77%) Security Cleared
2 219 (8.74%) SC Cleared
3 187 (7.46%) Degree
4 88 (3.51%) DV Cleared
5 66 (2.63%) SAP Certification
6 31 (1.24%) Master's Degree
7 29 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (0.96%) PMI Certification
9 24 (0.96%) PMP
10 14 (0.56%) CIMA
11 10 (0.40%) ACCA
12 9 (0.36%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.32%) CISSP
14 7 (0.28%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.24%) CIPD
16 5 (0.20%) CESG Certified Professional
16 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
16 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
16 5 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.55%) QA
2 74 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.11%) PMO
4 37 (1.48%) GDPR
4 37 (1.48%) SLA
5 13 (0.52%) GxP
6 12 (0.48%) GRC
7 11 (0.44%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.36%) IFRS
8 9 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 8 (0.32%) HL7
9 8 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 7 (0.28%) NIST
11 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
12 5 (0.20%) RMADS
13 4 (0.16%) GAAP
13 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
14 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 40 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 19 (0.76%) Docker
3 7 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.24%) NFS
5 5 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 4 (0.16%) HDFS
7 3 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.12%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.080%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.080%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.040%) Firmware
9 1 (0.040%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 26 (1.04%) Terraform
2 22 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.40%) Ansible
4 7 (0.28%) HP ALM
4 7 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 5 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
5 5 (0.20%) Opsgenie
5 5 (0.20%) Puppet
5 5 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.16%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.080%) Control-M
7 2 (0.080%) Nessus
7 2 (0.080%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.080%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.040%) Grafana
8 1 (0.040%) Istio
8 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.040%) vRealize
8 1 (0.040%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.040%) VxRail
Vendors
1 250 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 197 (7.86%) Ariba
3 192 (7.66%) Oracle
4 139 (5.55%) Salesforce
5 61 (2.43%) Adobe
6 38 (1.52%) MuleSoft
7 35 (1.40%) ServiceNow
8 31 (1.24%) Dell
8 31 (1.24%) IBM
9 28 (1.12%) Google
10 27 (1.08%) Sitecore
11 26 (1.04%) OpenText
12 23 (0.92%) Workday
13 19 (0.76%) Concur
14 16 (0.64%) IFS
15 14 (0.56%) Sparx
16 13 (0.52%) Alteryx
17 12 (0.48%) HP
17 12 (0.48%) Intel
18 10 (0.40%) Cisco