SAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 34 54
Rank change year-on-year +2 +20 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP 1,074 1,253 1,237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.09% 5.52% 4.05%
As % of the Vendors category 12.02% 12.27% 9.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 570 803 845
10th Percentile £300 £308 £369
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £645 £638
90th Percentile £738 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - +6.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 50 44
10th Percentile £13.00 £21.94 £13.20
25th Percentile £15.10 £26.40 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £45.00 £29.69
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% +51.57% +58.35%
75th Percentile £42.50 £52.81 £47.50
90th Percentile £61.60 £66.21 £76.75
UK median hourly rate £26.35 £45.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -41.46% +12.50% +90.48%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 8,932 10,208 12,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 42.35% 44.94% 40.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,326 6,964 8,443
10th Percentile £210 £205 £188
25th Percentile £375 £363 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £660
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 997 432 640
10th Percentile £12.00 £14.25 £11.36
25th Percentile £14.27 £17.72 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £37.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.67% +92.31% +8.33%
75th Percentile £59.57 £60.00 £40.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £42.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -47.06% +97.67% +7.50%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South East -5 326 £575 +4.55% 117
North of England +6 281 £525 -2.78% 167
North West +19 167 £525 +5.00% 110
Midlands -7 167 £520 -3.70% 101
East of England +25 133 £525 +23.53% 66
South West +7 127 £625 +4.17% 66
West Midlands +2 114 £480 -16.52% 64
Yorkshire -6 96 £501 -12.96% 45
East Midlands -13 45 £575 +6.98% 37
Scotland +31 35 £550 +13.52% 34
North East +14 12 £390 +24.90% 14
Northern Ireland +7 11 £105 -80.91% 18
Wales +10 9 £550 - 24
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP
UK

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 22 (2.05%) Confluence
2 15 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 11 (1.02%) NetWeaver
5 7 (0.65%) SAS
6 3 (0.28%) Apache
6 3 (0.28%) IIS
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.093%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.093%) Cloud Foundry
8 1 (0.093%) JBoss
8 1 (0.093%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 66 (6.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 47 (4.38%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 25 (2.33%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (1.40%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.093%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.093%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 257 (23.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 45 (4.19%) SAP EWM
3 40 (3.72%) SAP FI
4 33 (3.07%) SAP ERP
5 32 (2.98%) SAP CO
6 30 (2.79%) SAP FI/CO
7 29 (2.70%) SAP QM
8 26 (2.42%) SAP SD
9 23 (2.14%) Teamcenter
10 20 (1.86%) SAP MDG
10 20 (1.86%) SAP PP
11 18 (1.68%) SAP MM
12 17 (1.58%) OpenText VIM for SAP
13 14 (1.30%) SAP HR
14 13 (1.21%) SAP Hybris
14 13 (1.21%) SAP IBP
15 11 (1.02%) SAP HCM
15 11 (1.02%) SAP Payroll
16 10 (0.93%) Maximo
16 10 (0.93%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 82 (7.64%) SuccessFactors
2 41 (3.82%) Power Platform
3 36 (3.35%) Azure
4 17 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (1.40%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 13 (1.21%) Boomi
7 11 (1.02%) SaaS
7 11 (1.02%) Snowflake
8 10 (0.93%) AWS
8 10 (0.93%) Power Automate
9 9 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (0.65%) Collibra
11 6 (0.56%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.47%) BigCommerce
13 4 (0.37%) iPaaS
13 4 (0.37%) WhatsApp
14 3 (0.28%) Cloud Computing
14 3 (0.28%) GCP
14 3 (0.28%) Google Workspace
14 3 (0.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.58%) Firewall
2 11 (1.02%) HTTP
3 9 (0.84%) LAN
4 8 (0.74%) 3G
4 8 (0.74%) 4G
5 7 (0.65%) WAN
6 6 (0.56%) VPN
7 4 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
7 4 (0.37%) FTP
8 3 (0.28%) VoIP
8 3 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.19%) Broadband
9 2 (0.19%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.19%) Network Security
9 2 (0.19%) RS-485
9 2 (0.19%) Skype
9 2 (0.19%) Software-Defined Networking
9 2 (0.19%) SSL
9 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.19%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.28%) SAP HANA
2 36 (3.35%) SAP BW
3 34 (3.17%) Power BI
4 18 (1.68%) Oracle Database
4 18 (1.68%) SQL Server
5 12 (1.12%) Data Lake
6 11 (1.02%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
8 8 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
9 7 (0.65%) Ataccama
9 7 (0.65%) Qlik Sense
9 7 (0.65%) Tableau
10 6 (0.56%) Data Mining
10 6 (0.56%) Ingres
10 6 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
11 4 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
11 4 (0.37%) GIS
11 4 (0.37%) MS Access
11 4 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 49 (4.56%) JIRA
2 7 (0.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 5 (0.47%) LSMW
4 4 (0.37%) Git
4 4 (0.37%) JMeter
5 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.19%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.093%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.093%) CA Release Automation
7 1 (0.093%) Hudson
7 1 (0.093%) MSI
7 1 (0.093%) NUnit
7 1 (0.093%) NWDI
7 1 (0.093%) NWDS
7 1 (0.093%) Postman
7 1 (0.093%) Rational DOORS
General
1 320 (29.80%) Social Skills
2 317 (29.52%) Finance
3 231 (21.51%) Manufacturing
4 169 (15.74%) Public Sector
5 149 (13.87%) Marketing
6 142 (13.22%) Electronics
6 142 (13.22%) Telecoms
7 110 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
8 50 (4.66%) Pharmaceutical
9 44 (4.10%) Retail
10 41 (3.82%) Organisational Skills
11 26 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (2.23%) Billing
14 20 (1.86%) Automotive
15 19 (1.77%) Legal
16 16 (1.49%) Aerospace
17 14 (1.30%) Banking
18 13 (1.21%) German Language
19 8 (0.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 311 (28.96%) Consultant
2 269 (25.05%) SAP Consultant
3 118 (10.99%) Analyst
4 116 (10.80%) Lead
5 94 (8.75%) Project Manager
6 87 (8.10%) Architect
7 86 (8.01%) Senior
8 65 (6.05%) SAP Manager
9 61 (5.68%) Developer
10 45 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
11 41 (3.82%) Administrator
12 38 (3.54%) SAP Analyst
13 37 (3.45%) Business Analyst
13 37 (3.45%) Functional Consultant
13 37 (3.45%) SAP Project Manager
14 36 (3.35%) SAP Developer
15 35 (3.26%) SAP Architect
16 33 (3.07%) SAP Basis Consultant
17 28 (2.61%) SAP QM Consultant
18 27 (2.51%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.54%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (3.07%) SAP Basis
3 18 (1.68%) IDoc
3 18 (1.68%) REST
4 12 (1.12%) XML
5 10 (0.93%) EDI
5 10 (0.93%) Middleware
6 9 (0.84%) .NET
6 9 (0.84%) BAPI
6 9 (0.84%) HTML
6 9 (0.84%) JSON
6 9 (0.84%) SAP PI
7 8 (0.74%) SOAP
8 7 (0.65%) Kafka
8 7 (0.65%) SAP ALE
8 7 (0.65%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.47%) ADO
9 5 (0.47%) CSS
9 5 (0.47%) VML
10 4 (0.37%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.72%) Management Information System
2 33 (3.07%) NHS
3 24 (2.23%) Onboarding
4 20 (1.86%) Life Science
5 18 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (1.30%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 12 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
7 12 (1.12%) Replication
7 12 (1.12%) Virtual Team
8 10 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
9 9 (0.84%) LIMS
9 9 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 8 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
10 8 (0.74%) Public Cloud
11 7 (0.65%) Blog
11 7 (0.65%) IoT
12 5 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
12 5 (0.47%) Industry 4.0
12 5 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.19%) Windows
2 23 (2.14%) Linux
3 22 (2.05%) Windows 10
4 14 (1.30%) Unix
5 7 (0.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.37%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.37%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.19%) Android
7 2 (0.19%) VMS
8 1 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.093%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (17.78%) Business Intelligence
2 160 (14.90%) ERP
3 154 (14.34%) Programme Management
4 142 (13.22%) Agile
5 138 (12.85%) Stakeholder Management
6 136 (12.66%) Digital Marketing
7 120 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
7 120 (11.17%) Project Management
8 109 (10.15%) Migration
9 70 (6.52%) User Acceptance Testing
10 68 (6.33%) Change Management
11 57 (5.31%) Roadmaps
12 53 (4.93%) Logistics
13 50 (4.66%) Data Migration
14 49 (4.56%) Workshop Facilitation
15 45 (4.19%) Analytics
15 45 (4.19%) Data Management
16 43 (4.00%) Continuous Improvement
17 41 (3.82%) Requirements Gathering
18 40 (3.72%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 61 (5.68%) ABAP
2 32 (2.98%) SQL
3 27 (2.51%) Python
4 19 (1.77%) Java
5 14 (1.30%) JavaScript
6 9 (0.84%) C#
6 9 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.65%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.47%) C
9 4 (0.37%) VBScript
10 3 (0.28%) Groovy
10 3 (0.28%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.19%) Rust
11 2 (0.19%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.19%) VB
12 1 (0.093%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.093%) C++
12 1 (0.093%) Perl
12 1 (0.093%) VBA
Qualifications
1 204 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 141 (13.13%) SC Cleared
3 98 (9.12%) Degree
4 62 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 29 (2.70%) SAP Certification
6 22 (2.05%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.30%) Master's Degree
8 12 (1.12%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 10 (0.93%) PMP
11 9 (0.84%) CIPD
12 5 (0.47%) CISSP
12 5 (0.47%) PhD
13 4 (0.37%) ACCA
13 4 (0.37%) CBAP
13 4 (0.37%) CESG Certified Professional
13 4 (0.37%) CIMA
13 4 (0.37%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.28%) CLAS
14 3 (0.28%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (3.63%) Data Quality
2 32 (2.98%) QA
3 24 (2.23%) PMO
4 22 (2.05%) GDPR
5 13 (1.21%) SLA
6 8 (0.74%) HL7
7 7 (0.65%) IFRS
8 6 (0.56%) GRC
8 6 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 5 (0.47%) NIST
10 4 (0.37%) GxP
10 4 (0.37%) ISO 9001
10 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 4 (0.37%) JSP 440
10 4 (0.37%) RMADS
11 3 (0.28%) ITGC
12 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
13 1 (0.093%) COSO
13 1 (0.093%) GAMP
13 1 (0.093%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 15 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.37%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.19%) Docker
4 2 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.19%) vSphere
5 1 (0.093%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (0.47%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.28%) Terraform
4 2 (0.19%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.19%) Nessus
4 2 (0.19%) SCCM
4 2 (0.19%) vCenter Server
4 2 (0.19%) vRealize
4 2 (0.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
5 1 (0.093%) Ansible
5 1 (0.093%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.093%) Grafana
5 1 (0.093%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.093%) Puppet
5 1 (0.093%) VxRail
5 1 (0.093%) WMI
Vendors
1 88 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.03%) Oracle
3 53 (4.93%) Ariba
4 30 (2.79%) Salesforce
5 20 (1.86%) Adobe
6 15 (1.40%) OpenText
7 13 (1.21%) Dell
7 13 (1.21%) IBM
7 13 (1.21%) IFS
8 12 (1.12%) Alteryx
9 10 (0.93%) Concur
10 9 (0.84%) Cisco
10 9 (0.84%) Workday
11 8 (0.74%) CheckPoint
11 8 (0.74%) HP
11 8 (0.74%) Sage
11 8 (0.74%) Siemens
11 8 (0.74%) VMware
12 7 (0.65%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.65%) ServiceNow