SAP Data Services Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services (SAP BODS, SAP DS)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Data Services skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 516 553 546
Rank change year-on-year +37 -7 +211
Permanent jobs citing SAP Data Services 9 10 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.027% 0.009%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.24% 0.17% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 0
10th Percentile - £46,100 -
25th Percentile £42,780 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,085 £71,991 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.15% - -
75th Percentile £74,597 £73,886 -
90th Percentile £85,000 - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £71,991 £75,750
% change year-on-year +25.02% -4.96% +28.94%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
UK excluding London

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 permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 3,791 5,736 6,488
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.01% 15.70% 20.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 2,993 4,907
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £42,238 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.67% +1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £83,450
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,779 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.43% +4.63% -4.00%

SAP Data Services
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SAP Data Services relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP Data Services job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP Data Services.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP Data Services

SAP Data Services
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SAP Data Services in the UK excluding London

SAP Data Services
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Data Services within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East - 4 £85,000 -
East of England - 4 £43,085 -
North of England +18 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
SAP Data Services
UK

SAP Data Services
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) NEC Housing
1 4 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (44.44%) MS Access
2 4 (44.44%) SQL Server
3 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Toad
2 1 (11.11%) LSMW
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Local Government
2 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
3 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Support
1 4 (44.44%) Applications Support Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Applications Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Applications Support
1 4 (44.44%) Senior Support Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Lead
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Integration Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Lead Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Architect
4 1 (11.11%) SAP Data Migration Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
4 1 (11.11%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) Node.js
1 2 (22.22%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Unix
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
1 4 (44.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Migration
2 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (44.44%) Data Migration
3 4 (44.44%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Strategy
3 4 (44.44%) Workflow
4 2 (22.22%) API Management
4 2 (22.22%) CI/CD
4 2 (22.22%) Data Cleansing
4 2 (22.22%) Data Integration
4 2 (22.22%) Data Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) DevOps
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (11.11%) Data Validation
5 1 (11.11%) High Availability
5 1 (11.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) PowerShell
1 4 (44.44%) Shell Script
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
1 4 (44.44%) VB
2 2 (22.22%) ABAP
2 2 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) DV Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (44.44%) NEC
2 4 (44.44%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) Workday
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft