SAP IBP Contracts

SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP IBP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP IBP over the 6 months leading up to 4 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 522 588 788
Rank change year-on-year +66 +200 +16
Contract jobs citing SAP IBP 26 23 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.051% 0.043%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.98% 0.64% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 16
10th Percentile £322 £213 £403
25th Percentile £425 £313 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £568
Median % change year-on-year - -20.70% -12.69%
75th Percentile £650 £631 £710
90th Percentile £743 £717 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £662 £710
% change year-on-year -31.97% -6.83% +5.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £108.75 - -
Median hourly rate £117.50 - -
75th Percentile £126.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP IBP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 2,653 3,605 4,990
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.37% 8.06% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,426 2,005 3,042
10th Percentile £363 £372 £369
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £657 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £526 £525 £533
% change year-on-year +0.24% -1.41% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 84 38
10th Percentile £23.54 £30.72 £19.69
25th Percentile £35.00 £49.00 £21.00
Median hourly rate £45.59 £56.49 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.30% +43.01% -21.00%
75th Percentile £65.25 £80.00 £63.00
90th Percentile £80.75 £89.63 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £56.49 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.34% +25.53% -16.28%

SAP IBP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP IBP in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP IBP in the UK

SAP IBP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP IBP over the 6 months to 4 December 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP IBP in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP IBP in the UK

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Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP IBP within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 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 +59 21 £450 -14.29% 9
London +50 14 £550 +144.44% 6
Work from Home +63 12 £550 +29.41% 4
UK excluding London +49 4 £450 -31.97% 1
East of England - 3 £450 -
North West - 1 - -
North of England - 1 - -

SAP IBP
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 3 (11.54%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 17 (65.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (23.08%) SAP BPC
3 5 (19.23%) SAP PP
4 4 (15.38%) SAP APO
4 4 (15.38%) SAP PP-PI
5 2 (7.69%) SAP MM
6 1 (3.85%) SAP ERP
6 1 (3.85%) SAP SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SAP HANA
2 3 (11.54%) SAP BW
General
1 7 (26.92%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 4 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) German Language
4 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.85%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) Consultant
1 9 (34.62%) SAP Consultant
2 6 (23.08%) Programme Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Architect
3 5 (19.23%) Project Manager
4 4 (15.38%) FMCG Manager
4 4 (15.38%) Lead
4 4 (15.38%) SAP Architect
5 3 (11.54%) Finance Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Finance Project Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Programme Planning Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Sales Manager
5 3 (11.54%) Sales Operations Manager
5 3 (11.54%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) FMCG Project Manager
6 2 (7.69%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) SAP APO Consultant
6 2 (7.69%) SAP PP Consultant
7 1 (3.85%) Project Manager - SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (3.85%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) SAP Basis
1 3 (11.54%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.85%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 6 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (15.38%) FMCG
3 2 (7.69%) LIMS
4 1 (3.85%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) PMI
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (11.54%) Linux
1 3 (11.54%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (30.77%) Project Management
1 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (23.08%) Agile
2 6 (23.08%) AOP
2 6 (23.08%) Cost Optimisation
2 6 (23.08%) PRINCE2
2 6 (23.08%) Resource Management
3 3 (11.54%) Incident Response
3 3 (11.54%) Master Data Management
3 3 (11.54%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (11.54%) SAP Security
3 3 (11.54%) Supply Chain Planning
4 2 (7.69%) Migration
4 2 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (3.85%) CRM
5 1 (3.85%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.85%) ERP
5 1 (3.85%) Risk Management
5 1 (3.85%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) PMI Certification
1 7 (26.92%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.85%) QA
1 1 (3.85%) SLA
Vendors
1 26 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.85%) Ariba
2 1 (3.85%) TOWER Software