SAP Business Information Warehouse (NetWeaver BW)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring SAP BW skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SAP BW over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 831 874
Rank change year-on-year +164 +43 +257
Permanent jobs citing SAP BW 35 76 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.063% 0.073% 0.098%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 0.45% 0.41% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 10 47 48
10th Percentile £54,875 £57,000 £51,875
25th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.44% +28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £76,875 £100,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,050 £105,000 £100,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £75,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +25.00% +17.07%

All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
UK

SAP BW 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 7,708 18,393 20,532
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.80% 17.74% 21.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4,841 12,535 12,955
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,725 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% -11.54% +8.33%
75th Percentile £82,751 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £112,500 £97,500 £103,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

SAP BW
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP BW in the UK

SAP BW
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SAP BW.

Salary trend for SAP BW in the UK

SAP BW
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing SAP BW over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SAP BW in the UK

SAP BW
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SAP BW within the UK over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
England +128 29 £75,000 -16.67% 23
London +81 20 £75,000 -16.67% 12
Work from Home +115 13 £75,000 -16.67% 20
UK excluding London +165 9 £65,000 -13.33% 12
South East +69 4 £70,000 -6.67% 4
Midlands +65 4 - - 1
West Midlands +58 3 - - 1
East Midlands +41 1 - -
North of England +30 1 £75,000 - 3
North West -6 1 £75,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £32,500 - 1

SAP BW
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 4 (11.43%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.86%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 10 (28.57%) Maya
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 20 (57.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (37.14%) SAP IBP
3 5 (14.29%) SAP FI
4 3 (8.57%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (8.57%) SAP CO
4 3 (8.57%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (8.57%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (8.57%) SAP GRC
4 3 (8.57%) SAP IS-U
5 2 (5.71%) SAP BPC
5 2 (5.71%) SAP EHS
5 2 (5.71%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 2 (5.71%) SAP PP
6 1 (2.86%) SAP CAR
6 1 (2.86%) SAP HCM
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Retail
6 1 (2.86%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (40.00%) Azure
2 13 (37.14%) AWS
2 13 (37.14%) GCP
3 7 (20.00%) Power Platform
4 6 (17.14%) Snowflake
5 4 (11.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (5.71%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (2.86%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (34.29%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (20.00%) Power BI
3 4 (11.43%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (11.43%) Apache Hive
3 4 (11.43%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 4 (11.43%) Big Data
3 4 (11.43%) BigQuery
3 4 (11.43%) Data Lake
3 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
3 4 (11.43%) Hadoop
3 4 (11.43%) Metadata
3 4 (11.43%) Tableau
4 2 (5.71%) SAP HANA
5 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (2.86%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) JIRA
General
1 21 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (51.43%) Analytical Skills
2 18 (51.43%) Finance
3 14 (40.00%) Law
4 10 (28.57%) Games
5 9 (25.71%) Manufacturing
6 7 (20.00%) Automotive
6 7 (20.00%) Banking
6 7 (20.00%) Telecoms
7 4 (11.43%) Legal
8 3 (8.57%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.86%) Dutch Language
10 1 (2.86%) French Language
10 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (40.00%) Architect
2 12 (34.29%) Senior
3 10 (28.57%) Analyst
4 9 (25.71%) SAP Architect
5 8 (22.86%) IT Architect
5 8 (22.86%) Senior Architect
6 7 (20.00%) SAP Functional Architect
7 6 (17.14%) Consultant
7 6 (17.14%) SAP Consultant
8 5 (14.29%) Data Architect
9 4 (11.43%) Business Analyst
9 4 (11.43%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (11.43%) Lead
9 4 (11.43%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (11.43%) Senior SAP Consultant
10 3 (8.57%) CRM Analyst
10 3 (8.57%) CRM Business Analyst
10 3 (8.57%) SAP Financial Consultant
10 3 (8.57%) Senior IT Consultant
10 3 (8.57%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.86%) Middleware
2 2 (5.71%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 10 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (22.86%) PMI
3 7 (20.00%) Reinsurance
4 4 (11.43%) Derivative
5 2 (5.71%) Equity Derivative
5 2 (5.71%) Fixed Income
5 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (40.00%) Project Management
2 13 (37.14%) Agile
2 13 (37.14%) Analytics
2 13 (37.14%) Business Strategy
3 12 (34.29%) Project Delivery
3 12 (34.29%) Risk Management
4 11 (31.43%) ERP
5 10 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (28.57%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (28.57%) Roadmaps
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.86%) Visualisation
8 7 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 7 (20.00%) Cost Reduction
8 7 (20.00%) Data Modelling
8 7 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
8 7 (20.00%) Due Diligence
8 7 (20.00%) Migration
9 6 (17.14%) Analytical Thinking
9 6 (17.14%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) PL/SQL
3 2 (5.71%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Degree
2 8 (22.86%) PMI Certification
3 6 (17.14%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (11.43%) Master's Degree
5 3 (8.57%) SAP Certification
6 2 (5.71%) ACCA
6 2 (5.71%) CIMA
6 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
7 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 4 (11.43%) Accessibility
3 3 (8.57%) GRC
4 2 (5.71%) IFRS
4 2 (5.71%) ITGC
System Software
1 4 (11.43%) HDFS
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (22.86%) Ariba
3 7 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (14.29%) Databricks
5 4 (11.43%) Google
5 4 (11.43%) Oracle
5 4 (11.43%) Teradata
6 3 (8.57%) Salesforce
7 2 (5.71%) Informatica
7 2 (5.71%) Wallstreet Suite