SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 14 May 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 35 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,541 3,169 3,960
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 5.96% 5.50% 4.49%
As % of the Vendors category 14.00% 12.79% 11.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,268 1,644 2,401
10th Percentile £355 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £650 £656
90th Percentile £813 £763 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 131 56 48
10th Percentile £13.05 £20.34 £13.86
25th Percentile £15.50 £29.21 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £32.19
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +39.81% +53.64%
75th Percentile £56.25 £62.81 £51.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £73.75 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.65 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -45.22% +87.50% +41.59%

All Vendors
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 18,149 24,781 35,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.53% 42.99% 39.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,244 16,575 23,424
10th Percentile £263 £270 £298
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £630 £642 £637
90th Percentile £738 £740 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +8.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,116 681 898
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.21 £12.05
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £42.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.24% +97.67% -3.91%
75th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.08
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £37.50 £19.00
% change year-on-year -42.77% +97.37% +2.70%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 14 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 +10 2,005 £550 - 774
UK excluding London +4 1,048 £550 - 514
Work from Home +2 945 £550 - 479
London +26 832 £588 +4.44% 225
South East +1 315 £575 +4.55% 99
North of England +9 268 £507 -6.20% 177
East of England +42 156 £525 +23.53% 63
Midlands -3 156 £525 - 106
North West +20 149 £525 +5.00% 120
South West +2 122 £605 +0.83% 51
West Midlands +5 108 £485 -11.82% 71
Yorkshire -9 102 £500 -9.09% 43
East Midlands -13 40 £575 +9.52% 35
Scotland +41 36 £550 +15.79% 20
North East +13 11 £390 +25.10% 19
Northern Ireland +12 11 £400 -27.27% 6
Wales +7 7 £550 - 9

SAP
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 50 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.46%) Confluence
3 17 (0.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 17 (0.67%) NetWeaver
4 10 (0.39%) Anypoint
5 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.31%) SAS
7 6 (0.24%) Apache
7 6 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (0.24%) CMS
8 4 (0.16%) IIS
9 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.079%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.079%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.079%) JBoss
10 2 (0.079%) MQSeries
10 2 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.079%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 99 (3.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 62 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 13 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.039%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.039%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.039%) InfoPath
8 1 (0.039%) InVision
8 1 (0.039%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.039%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.039%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.039%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 738 (29.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.05%) SAP EWM
3 97 (3.82%) SAP FI
4 79 (3.11%) SAP SD
5 74 (2.91%) SAP CO
6 68 (2.68%) SAP FI/CO
7 59 (2.32%) SAP ERP
8 58 (2.28%) SAP MDG
9 51 (2.01%) SAP QM
10 47 (1.85%) SAP MM
11 37 (1.46%) SAP PP
12 33 (1.30%) SAP HR
13 31 (1.22%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 30 (1.18%) Teamcenter
15 29 (1.14%) Shopify
16 27 (1.06%) SAP Hybris
17 26 (1.02%) SAP IBP
18 25 (0.98%) SAP HCM
18 25 (0.98%) SAP PS
19 21 (0.83%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 174 (6.85%) Azure
2 161 (6.34%) SuccessFactors
3 88 (3.46%) Power Platform
4 81 (3.19%) AWS
5 41 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.50%) SaaS
8 36 (1.42%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 28 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.02%) BigCommerce
11 24 (0.94%) WhatsApp
12 22 (0.87%) GCP
13 21 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
14 19 (0.75%) PaaS
15 17 (0.67%) Serverless
16 15 (0.59%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.55%) Boomi
18 13 (0.51%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (0.51%) PowerApps
18 13 (0.51%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.67%) HTTP
2 14 (0.55%) Firewall
3 11 (0.43%) LAN
3 11 (0.43%) WAN
4 9 (0.35%) FTP
4 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
4 9 (0.35%) VPN
5 8 (0.31%) DNS
5 8 (0.31%) Internet
6 7 (0.28%) 3G
6 7 (0.28%) 4G
7 6 (0.24%) SSL
8 5 (0.20%) Broadband
8 5 (0.20%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.20%) Skype
9 4 (0.16%) Network Security
9 4 (0.16%) SSH
9 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.16%) WinSCP
9 4 (0.16%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.96%) SAP HANA
2 74 (2.91%) Power BI
3 60 (2.36%) SAP BW
4 57 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 44 (1.73%) Metadata
6 34 (1.34%) NoSQL
7 33 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
8 27 (1.06%) Data Lake
9 23 (0.91%) Oracle Database
9 23 (0.91%) SAP Data Services
10 21 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
10 21 (0.83%) Data Vault
11 16 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 16 (0.63%) Metadata Repository
11 16 (0.63%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 15 (0.59%) Qlik Sense
13 13 (0.51%) Relational Database
14 12 (0.47%) GIS
14 12 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 84 (3.31%) JIRA
2 30 (1.18%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.06%) Git
4 12 (0.47%) ERwin
4 12 (0.47%) LSMW
5 11 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 9 (0.35%) Maven
6 9 (0.35%) Postman
6 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.24%) GitLab
8 6 (0.24%) Selenium
8 6 (0.24%) SoapUI
9 5 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.20%) JMeter
10 4 (0.16%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.12%) NUnit
11 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 791 (31.13%) Finance
2 707 (27.82%) Social Skills
3 482 (18.97%) Manufacturing
4 372 (14.64%) Public Sector
5 327 (12.87%) Marketing
6 307 (12.08%) Telecoms
7 299 (11.77%) Electronics
8 218 (8.58%) Analytical Skills
9 155 (6.10%) Retail
10 132 (5.19%) Pharmaceutical
11 73 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 63 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 54 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 48 (1.89%) Billing
15 47 (1.85%) Banking
16 43 (1.69%) Legal
17 33 (1.30%) Automotive
18 32 (1.26%) German Language
19 25 (0.98%) Back Office
19 25 (0.98%) French Language
Job Titles
1 720 (28.34%) Consultant
2 605 (23.81%) SAP Consultant
3 291 (11.45%) Lead
4 250 (9.84%) Analyst
5 248 (9.76%) Architect
6 188 (7.40%) Project Manager
7 168 (6.61%) SAP Manager
8 161 (6.34%) Senior
9 139 (5.47%) Developer
10 106 (4.17%) Solutions Architect
11 103 (4.05%) Business Analyst
12 101 (3.97%) SAP Architect
13 100 (3.94%) Functional Consultant
14 84 (3.31%) SAP Analyst
14 84 (3.31%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 82 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
16 66 (2.60%) SAP Developer
17 59 (2.32%) SAP EWM Consultant
17 59 (2.32%) SAP Solutions Architect
18 51 (2.01%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (2.36%) SAP Fiori
2 44 (1.73%) REST
2 44 (1.73%) SAP Basis
3 37 (1.46%) IDoc
4 36 (1.42%) .NET
4 36 (1.42%) XML
5 35 (1.38%) EDI
6 27 (1.06%) Web Services
7 25 (0.98%) Middleware
8 23 (0.91%) HTML
9 22 (0.87%) CSS
10 21 (0.83%) Node.js
10 21 (0.83%) SOAP
10 21 (0.83%) VML
11 19 (0.75%) BAPI
12 18 (0.71%) SAP PI
12 18 (0.71%) Spring
13 17 (0.67%) SAP TM
14 15 (0.59%) Kafka
14 15 (0.59%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 70 (2.75%) Management Information System
2 53 (2.09%) Onboarding
3 50 (1.97%) Life Science
4 43 (1.69%) Product Ownership
5 41 (1.61%) FMCG
6 40 (1.57%) NHS
7 38 (1.50%) Replication
8 33 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
9 30 (1.18%) Public Cloud
10 29 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 28 (1.10%) Reference Data
12 24 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 23 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (0.79%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 20 (0.79%) Virtual Team
15 18 (0.71%) IoT
16 17 (0.67%) Cloud Native
16 17 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
17 16 (0.63%) Legacy Systems
18 12 (0.47%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 81 (3.19%) Windows
2 59 (2.32%) Linux
3 31 (1.22%) Unix
4 28 (1.10%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.28%) VMS
7 6 (0.24%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.20%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.16%) Android
9 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.12%) zOS
11 2 (0.079%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.039%) SUSE
12 1 (0.039%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 415 (16.33%) Business Intelligence
2 337 (13.26%) ERP
3 335 (13.18%) Programme Management
4 304 (11.96%) Agile
5 302 (11.89%) Stakeholder Management
6 297 (11.69%) Project Management
7 294 (11.57%) Migration
8 292 (11.49%) Digital Marketing
9 276 (10.86%) Problem-Solving
10 157 (6.18%) Data Migration
11 155 (6.10%) Change Management
12 146 (5.75%) Logistics
13 135 (5.31%) Analytics
14 132 (5.19%) User Acceptance Testing
15 122 (4.80%) Data Modelling
16 111 (4.37%) Project Delivery
16 111 (4.37%) Requirements Gathering
17 109 (4.29%) Roadmaps
18 103 (4.05%) Data Management
19 100 (3.94%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 161 (6.34%) SQL
2 158 (6.22%) ABAP
3 83 (3.27%) Python
4 65 (2.56%) Java
5 42 (1.65%) JavaScript
6 29 (1.14%) C#
6 29 (1.14%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.75%) T-SQL
8 18 (0.71%) PL/SQL
9 13 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.43%) Perl
11 9 (0.35%) C
11 9 (0.35%) Go
12 8 (0.31%) Groovy
12 8 (0.31%) Kusto Query Language
13 7 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.28%) XPath
13 7 (0.28%) XQuery
14 6 (0.24%) R
15 5 (0.20%) Bash
Qualifications
1 321 (12.63%) Security Cleared
2 234 (9.21%) SC Cleared
3 188 (7.40%) Degree
4 86 (3.38%) DV Cleared
5 59 (2.32%) SAP Certification
6 34 (1.34%) Master's Degree
7 30 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 25 (0.98%) PMI Certification
8 25 (0.98%) PMP
9 23 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
10 14 (0.55%) CIMA
11 10 (0.39%) ACCA
11 10 (0.39%) AWS Certification
12 9 (0.35%) ISTQB
13 8 (0.31%) CISSP
14 6 (0.24%) CBAP
15 5 (0.20%) CESG Certified Professional
15 5 (0.20%) DBS Check
15 5 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (3.74%) QA
2 75 (2.95%) Data Quality
3 53 (2.09%) PMO
4 44 (1.73%) GDPR
5 36 (1.42%) SLA
6 15 (0.59%) GxP
7 13 (0.51%) GRC
7 13 (0.51%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 11 (0.43%) IFRS
9 10 (0.39%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.35%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.31%) HL7
11 8 (0.31%) NIST
12 7 (0.28%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.24%) GAAP
13 6 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.20%) RMADS
15 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.12%) ITGC
System Software
1 48 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.79%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) NFS
4 5 (0.20%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 5 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.16%) HDFS
5 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.079%) Firmware
7 2 (0.079%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.079%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 27 (1.06%) Terraform
2 22 (0.87%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.39%) Ansible
4 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.28%) HP ALM
6 6 (0.24%) Puppet
6 6 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.20%) Opsgenie
7 5 (0.20%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.079%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.079%) CA Service Virtualization
8 2 (0.079%) Control-M
8 2 (0.079%) Grafana
8 2 (0.079%) Nessus
8 2 (0.079%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.079%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.039%) AirWatch
9 1 (0.039%) Kibana
9 1 (0.039%) systemd
Vendors
1 261 (10.27%) Microsoft
2 195 (7.67%) Oracle
3 193 (7.60%) Ariba
4 127 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 63 (2.48%) Adobe
6 44 (1.73%) ServiceNow
7 35 (1.38%) MuleSoft
8 31 (1.22%) Dell
9 30 (1.18%) IBM
10 28 (1.10%) Workday
11 26 (1.02%) Sitecore
12 25 (0.98%) Google
13 23 (0.91%) OpenText
14 21 (0.83%) Sparx
15 19 (0.75%) Concur
16 15 (0.59%) IFS
17 13 (0.51%) Alteryx
18 12 (0.47%) HP
18 12 (0.47%) Intel
19 10 (0.39%) Sybase