SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP HCM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP HCM over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 553 641 809
Rank change year-on-year +88 +168 -125
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 26 53 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.061% 0.093% 0.061%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.82% 1.43% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 37 22
10th Percentile £453 £406 £414
25th Percentile £475 £490 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +11.65% +42.27%
75th Percentile £613 £669 £650
90th Percentile £706 £675 £811
UK excluding London median daily rate £518 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +15.00% +38.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £11.21
Median hourly rate - - £12.42
75th Percentile - - £13.62
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £12.42

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP HCM is in the Business Applications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,178 3,712 5,112
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.47% 6.48% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,854 2,133 3,142
10th Percentile £375 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £460 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £688 £680 £656
90th Percentile £788 £799 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £520
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 58 55
10th Percentile £14.71 £22.05 £15.80
25th Percentile £21.25 £31.16 £20.95
Median hourly rate £40.00 £49.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.37% +50.79% -11.58%
75th Percentile £59.50 £63.75 £54.38
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.38 £64.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.16 £52.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -23.50% +133.33% -30.77%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HCM within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +92 22 £560 -2.61% 5
Work from Home +100 19 £640 +11.30% 4
UK excluding London +36 12 £518 -10.00% 1
London +94 8 £583 -6.80% 5
South West - 6 - -
West Midlands +23 3 £560 -2.61%
Midlands +10 3 £560 -2.61%
Wales - 2 - -
East of England - 1 £475 -

SAP HCM
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 12 (46.15%) SAP HR
1 12 (46.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 18 (69.23%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.85%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) Power BI
1 1 (3.85%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (3.85%) SAP HANA
General
1 14 (53.85%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Finance
3 2 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (7.69%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.85%) Back Office
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Consultant
2 8 (30.77%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (26.92%) Architect
3 7 (26.92%) Solutions Architect
4 6 (23.08%) SAP HCM Consultant
5 4 (15.38%) Lead
5 4 (15.38%) Payroll Consultant
5 4 (15.38%) SAP Architect
5 4 (15.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 3 (11.54%) SAP Payroll Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) SAP Manager
7 2 (7.69%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) Senior
7 2 (7.69%) Senior Consultant
7 2 (7.69%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 1 (3.85%) Developer
8 1 (3.85%) Portfolio Test Manager
8 1 (3.85%) Project Manager
8 1 (3.85%) SAP HR Architect
8 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) JSON
1 1 (3.85%) REST
1 1 (3.85%) SOAP
1 1 (3.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.85%) PMI
1 1 (3.85%) Public Cloud
1 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (3.85%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (42.31%) Project Management
3 10 (38.46%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (15.38%) Time Management
5 3 (11.54%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (11.54%) Migration
6 2 (7.69%) ITIL
6 2 (7.69%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (7.69%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (3.85%) Agile
7 1 (3.85%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.85%) Change Management
7 1 (3.85%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.85%) ETL
7 1 (3.85%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (3.85%) ITSM
7 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2
7 1 (3.85%) Service Management
7 1 (3.85%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB
2 1 (3.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Workday