SAP Solutions Architect Contracts

SAP Solution Architect
UK

The median SAP Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £675 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 512 614 755
Rank change year-on-year +102 +141 -67
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 63 68 83
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.12% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.13% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 40 51
10th Percentile £518 £538 £563
25th Percentile £563 £590 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £713 £700
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +1.79% +17.65%
75th Percentile £750 £813 £775
90th Percentile £883 £850 £875
UK excluding London median daily rate £672 £650 £655
% change year-on-year +3.38% -0.76% +11.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £95.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

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 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £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 Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Top 13 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +78 39 £675 -3.57% 11
Work from Home +99 26 £763 +5.17% 3
UK excluding London +37 25 £672 +3.38% 4
London +93 14 £850 +21.43% 3
South East +8 8 £588 -24.19%
East of England - 8 £675 -
North of England +25 5 £888 -
North West +22 2 £1,200 -
Wales +19 2 - -
Yorkshire +18 2 £575 -
Midlands +14 2 - - 4
West Midlands +12 2 - - 4
North East - 1 - -

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, SAP Solutions Architect 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 Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 46 (73.02%) SAP S/4HANA
3 29 (46.03%) Finance
4 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 20 (31.75%) Roadmaps
6 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (20.63%) Ariba
7 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (15.87%) Strategic Roadmap
9 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (14.29%) SAP SD
9 9 (14.29%) Manufacturing
10 8 (12.70%) Migration
10 8 (12.70%) SAP Implementation
11 7 (11.11%) Logistics
11 7 (11.11%) SAP MM
11 7 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
12 6 (9.52%) ERP
12 6 (9.52%) Degree
13 5 (7.94%) SAP IS-U
13 5 (7.94%) Data Integration
13 5 (7.94%) SAP BPC
13 5 (7.94%) Waterfall
13 5 (7.94%) SAP FI
13 5 (7.94%) SAP CO
13 5 (7.94%) Agile
13 5 (7.94%) Scrum
13 5 (7.94%) SAP FI/CO
14 4 (6.35%) Data Management

SAP Solutions Architect 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 46 (73.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (14.29%) SAP SD
3 7 (11.11%) SAP MM
4 5 (7.94%) SAP BPC
4 5 (7.94%) SAP CO
4 5 (7.94%) SAP FI
4 5 (7.94%) SAP FI/CO
4 5 (7.94%) SAP IS-U
5 4 (6.35%) SAP HCM
6 3 (4.76%) OpenText VIM for SAP
6 3 (4.76%) SAP HR
6 3 (4.76%) SAP PP
7 2 (3.17%) SAP ERP
7 2 (3.17%) SAP QM
8 1 (1.59%) SAP Business ByDesign
8 1 (1.59%) SAP CAR
8 1 (1.59%) SAP EWM
8 1 (1.59%) SAP MII
8 1 (1.59%) SAP POS DM
8 1 (1.59%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.76%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.59%) Azure
2 1 (1.59%) Power Platform
2 1 (1.59%) PowerApps
2 1 (1.59%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.59%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Eclipse
General
1 29 (46.03%) Finance
2 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (14.29%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.35%) French Language
5 4 (6.35%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (4.76%) Billing
6 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.76%) Retail
7 2 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.59%) Back Office
8 1 (1.59%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.59%) Publishing
8 1 (1.59%) Spanish Language
8 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Node.js
1 1 (1.59%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.17%) IoT
3 1 (1.59%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.75%) Roadmaps
2 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (15.87%) Strategic Roadmap
4 9 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (12.70%) Migration
5 8 (12.70%) SAP Implementation
6 7 (11.11%) Logistics
6 7 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (9.52%) ERP
7 6 (9.52%) Knowledge Transfer
8 5 (7.94%) Agile
8 5 (7.94%) Data Integration
8 5 (7.94%) Scrum
8 5 (7.94%) Waterfall
9 4 (6.35%) Architecture Roadmap
9 4 (6.35%) Data Management
9 4 (6.35%) Data Migration
9 4 (6.35%) Data Modelling
9 4 (6.35%) Integration Patterns
10 3 (4.76%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) ABAP
1 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) Degree
2 4 (6.35%) Master's Degree
2 4 (6.35%) SAP Certification
2 4 (6.35%) SC Cleared
2 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.59%) ACCA
4 1 (1.59%) CAPM
4 1 (1.59%) CIMA
4 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.59%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.59%) GxP
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (100.00%) SAP
2 13 (20.63%) Ariba
3 2 (3.17%) OpenText
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) Remedy