Hybrid/Remote SAP Data Services Contract Job Trends

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring SAP Data Services skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 322 398
Rank change year-on-year +32 +76 +175
Contract jobs citing SAP Data Services 18 10 19
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.18% 0.079% 0.094%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.93% 0.39% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 14
10th Percentile £439 £543 £436
25th Percentile £447 £569 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £615
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.44% +17.14%
75th Percentile £515 £628 £636
90th Percentile £581 £630 £650
UK median daily rate £529 £581 £625
% change year-on-year -8.95% -7.04% +19.05%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Work from Home

SAP Data Services falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring database or business intelligence skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 1,943 2,575 3,682
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 19.79% 20.24% 18.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,339 1,818 2,646
10th Percentile £355 £345 £369
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £642 £675 £650
90th Percentile £825 £850 £730
UK median daily rate £500 £533 £543
% change year-on-year -6.19% -1.84% -1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 25 63
10th Percentile £21.02 £18.82 £20.58
25th Percentile £33.53 £19.59 £33.02
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -38.10% +1.45%
75th Percentile £75.00 £41.75 £67.38
90th Percentile £87.50 £62.02 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.50 £35.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +24.29% -36.36% +22.66%

SAP Data Services
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SAP Data Services as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SAP Data Services trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SAP Data Services.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing SAP Data Services

SAP Data Services
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SAP Data Services over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

SAP Data Services daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SAP Data Services
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (77.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (16.67%) SAP HR
2 3 (16.67%) SAP MDG
3 1 (5.56%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.56%) SAP MDM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP MM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP PM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP PP
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SCM
3 1 (5.56%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SAP BW
1 3 (16.67%) SAP HANA
2 2 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (5.56%) Data Hub
3 1 (5.56%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) LSMW
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Aerospace
2 1 (5.56%) Aviation
2 1 (5.56%) Finance
2 1 (5.56%) French Language
2 1 (5.56%) German Language
2 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
2 1 (5.56%) Legal
2 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (66.67%) Consultant
2 10 (55.56%) SAP Consultant
3 8 (44.44%) Data Consultant
4 6 (33.33%) SAP Data Consultant
5 5 (27.78%) Data Migration Consultant
5 5 (27.78%) Migration Consultant
5 5 (27.78%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
5 5 (27.78%) SAP Migration Consultant
6 4 (22.22%) Lead
7 3 (16.67%) Developer
8 2 (11.11%) SAP Developer
9 1 (5.56%) Analytics Consultant
9 1 (5.56%) Cloud Consultant
9 1 (5.56%) Lead Consultant
9 1 (5.56%) PMO Lead
9 1 (5.56%) PMO Manager
9 1 (5.56%) SAP Basis Consultant
9 1 (5.56%) SAP PP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) BAPI
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Basis
1 1 (5.56%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Onboarding
1 1 (5.56%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.56%) Linux
1 1 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Migration
2 10 (55.56%) Data Migration
3 8 (44.44%) Validation
4 5 (27.78%) Data Governance
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 3 (16.67%) Data Validation
6 3 (16.67%) ETL
7 2 (11.11%) Analytics
7 2 (11.11%) Data Extraction
7 2 (11.11%) Data Management
8 1 (5.56%) Change Control
8 1 (5.56%) Cybersecurity
8 1 (5.56%) Data Conversion
8 1 (5.56%) Data Mapping
8 1 (5.56%) Data Visualisation
8 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 1 (5.56%) Visualisation
8 1 (5.56%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) ABAP
1 1 (5.56%) Java
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) BPSS Clearance
1 5 (27.78%) SC Cleared
1 5 (27.78%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) Data Quality
2 4 (22.22%) GDPR
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (5.56%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Ariba