SAP Business Analyst Contracts

Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA)
UK

The median Business Analyst - SAP (SAP BA) daily rate in the UK is £493 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 542 635 807
Rank change year-on-year +93 +172 -143
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Business Analyst 29 52 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.091% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.073% 0.097% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 32 24
10th Percentile £348 £428 £413
25th Percentile £381 £463 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -0.48% +13.51%
75th Percentile £543 £582 £575
90th Percentile £588 £600 £634
UK excluding London median daily rate £413 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -19.51% -2.38% +13.51%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,507 53,867 83,506
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.60% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,718 37,620 58,687
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £544 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.40% +3.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,672 1,498 2,036
10th Percentile £12.82 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.29 £19.13 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

SAP Business Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Business Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Business Analyst over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Business Analyst in the UK

SAP Business Analyst
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Business Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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 +100 25 £485 -7.62% 6
UK excluding London +39 13 £413 -19.51% 3
London +106 11 £500 -11.11% 4
Work from Home +97 10 £550 - 2
North of England +20 8 £375 -28.57%
Yorkshire +7 8 £375 -31.82%
South East - 4 £575 - 2
East of England +1 1 £425 +2.41%

SAP Business Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, SAP Business Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Business Analyst in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) SAP
2 16 (55.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
4 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
5 11 (37.93%) Agile
6 10 (34.48%) Finance
7 9 (31.03%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (27.59%) User Stories
9 7 (24.14%) SDLC
9 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (24.14%) Acceptance Criteria
9 7 (24.14%) Scrum
10 6 (20.69%) Degree
10 6 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (20.69%) SAP PM
10 6 (20.69%) ERP
10 6 (20.69%) DevOps
11 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
11 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
11 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
11 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
11 5 (17.24%) SQL
11 5 (17.24%) Validation
12 4 (13.79%) CBAP
12 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
12 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
13 3 (10.34%) SAP MDG
13 3 (10.34%) Scenario Testing
13 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (10.34%) Procure-to-Pay

SAP Business Analyst Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 16 (55.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (20.69%) SAP PM
3 3 (10.34%) SAP ERP
3 3 (10.34%) SAP MDG
4 1 (3.45%) SAP APO
4 1 (3.45%) SAP BPC
4 1 (3.45%) SAP CO
4 1 (3.45%) SAP CRM
4 1 (3.45%) SAP FI
4 1 (3.45%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (3.45%) SAP IBP
4 1 (3.45%) SAP LE
4 1 (3.45%) SAP MM
4 1 (3.45%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (6.90%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (3.45%) Miro
3 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 10 (34.48%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
4 4 (13.79%) Manufacturing
5 3 (10.34%) Banking
6 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 2 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (6.90%) Retail
7 1 (3.45%) Back Office
7 1 (3.45%) Investment Banking
7 1 (3.45%) Law
7 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.45%) Middleware
1 1 (3.45%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
1 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
1 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.45%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Business Analysis
2 11 (37.93%) Agile
3 9 (31.03%) Requirements Gathering
4 8 (27.59%) User Stories
5 7 (24.14%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (24.14%) Scrum
5 7 (24.14%) SDLC
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) ERP
6 6 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Process Improvement
7 5 (17.24%) Validation
7 5 (17.24%) Waterfall
8 4 (13.79%) Roadmaps
9 3 (10.34%) CRM
9 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
9 3 (10.34%) Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (10.34%) Scenario Testing
9 3 (10.34%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 4 (13.79%) CBAP
3 1 (3.45%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) QA
1 1 (3.45%) SLA
Vendors
1 29 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) Cadence
3 1 (3.45%) Ariba
3 1 (3.45%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Workday