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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 35 55
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -2
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,580 3,195 3,922
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 6.00% 5.52% 4.49%
As % of the Vendors category 14.07% 12.84% 11.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,288 1,658 2,388
10th Percentile £350 £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 £662 £663
90th Percentile £800 £770 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 56 47
10th Percentile £13.05 £20.34 £13.70
25th Percentile £15.50 £29.21 £19.50
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +50.00% +43.20%
75th Percentile £55.63 £62.81 £52.75
90th Percentile £64.83 £73.75 £72.00
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 18,339 24,882 34,833
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.65% 42.98% 39.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,366 16,641 23,129
10th Percentile £263 £270 £294
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 £644 £635
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,115 687 882
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.23 £12.00
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 £47.84
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.46 £38.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year -43.53% +100.00% +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 10 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 10 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 10 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 2,042 £550 - 727
UK excluding London +4 1,061 £538 -2.27% 491
Work from Home +3 970 £550 - 465
London +26 849 £585 +4.00% 211
South East +2 326 £550 - 102
North of England +6 270 £510 -5.56% 158
Midlands -1 158 £525 - 104
East of England +40 154 £525 +23.53% 57
North West +21 150 £525 +5.00% 105
South West +7 123 £600 - 46
West Midlands +3 109 £485 -11.82% 69
Yorkshire -9 103 £500 -9.09% 37
East Midlands -10 40 £575 +9.52% 35
Scotland +45 35 £550 +14.64% 23
North East +17 11 £390 +25.10% 20
Northern Ireland +11 11 £400 -27.27% 7
Wales +4 7 £550 - 10

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 51 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.43%) Confluence
3 17 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 17 (0.66%) NetWeaver
4 10 (0.39%) Anypoint
4 10 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.31%) SAS
6 6 (0.23%) Apache
6 6 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
6 6 (0.23%) CMS
7 4 (0.16%) IIS
8 3 (0.12%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.12%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.078%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.078%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.078%) JBoss
9 2 (0.078%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.078%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.078%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.039%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 98 (3.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 64 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 56 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 33 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 24 (0.93%) MS Visio
6 14 (0.54%) 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
1 752 (29.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 101 (3.91%) SAP FI
3 100 (3.88%) SAP EWM
4 78 (3.02%) SAP SD
5 74 (2.87%) SAP CO
6 68 (2.64%) SAP FI/CO
7 60 (2.33%) SAP ERP
8 58 (2.25%) SAP MDG
9 52 (2.02%) SAP QM
10 45 (1.74%) SAP MM
11 37 (1.43%) SAP PP
12 36 (1.40%) SAP HR
13 33 (1.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
14 30 (1.16%) Teamcenter
15 29 (1.12%) Shopify
16 28 (1.09%) SAP Hybris
17 27 (1.05%) SAP HCM
18 26 (1.01%) SAP PS
19 25 (0.97%) SAP IBP
20 23 (0.89%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 178 (6.90%) Azure
2 161 (6.24%) SuccessFactors
3 88 (3.41%) Power Platform
4 85 (3.29%) AWS
5 43 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.47%) SaaS
8 37 (1.43%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 29 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.01%) BigCommerce
11 23 (0.89%) WhatsApp
12 22 (0.85%) GCP
13 21 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
13 21 (0.81%) PaaS
14 19 (0.74%) Serverless
15 16 (0.62%) Boomi
16 15 (0.58%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.54%) Snowflake
18 13 (0.50%) AWS Lambda
18 13 (0.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (0.66%) HTTP
2 16 (0.62%) Firewall
3 12 (0.47%) LAN
3 12 (0.47%) WAN
4 11 (0.43%) FTP
5 10 (0.39%) VPN
6 9 (0.35%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.31%) DNS
7 8 (0.31%) Internet
8 7 (0.27%) 3G
8 7 (0.27%) 4G
9 6 (0.23%) SSL
10 5 (0.19%) Broadband
10 5 (0.19%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (0.19%) Skype
10 5 (0.19%) WinSCP
10 5 (0.19%) Wireless
11 4 (0.16%) Network Security
11 4 (0.16%) SSH
11 4 (0.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (4.92%) SAP HANA
2 74 (2.87%) Power BI
3 60 (2.33%) SAP BW
4 59 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 44 (1.71%) Metadata
6 34 (1.32%) NoSQL
7 33 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
8 29 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 23 (0.89%) Oracle Database
9 23 (0.89%) SAP Data Services
10 21 (0.81%) Data Vault
11 20 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
12 16 (0.62%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 16 (0.62%) Metadata Repository
12 16 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.58%) Qlik Sense
14 12 (0.47%) GIS
14 12 (0.47%) Relational Database
14 12 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 84 (3.26%) JIRA
2 32 (1.24%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.12%) Git
4 12 (0.47%) ERwin
4 12 (0.47%) LSMW
5 11 (0.43%) TeamCity
6 10 (0.39%) Postman
7 9 (0.35%) Maven
7 9 (0.35%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 8 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.27%) SoapUI
10 6 (0.23%) GitLab
10 6 (0.23%) Selenium
11 5 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.19%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.19%) JMeter
12 4 (0.16%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.12%) NUnit
13 3 (0.12%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.12%) Zephyr
General
1 820 (31.78%) Finance
2 724 (28.06%) Social Skills
3 493 (19.11%) Manufacturing
4 383 (14.84%) Public Sector
5 338 (13.10%) Marketing
6 318 (12.33%) Telecoms
7 308 (11.94%) Electronics
8 226 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
9 156 (6.05%) Retail
10 135 (5.23%) Pharmaceutical
11 74 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 64 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
13 55 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
14 52 (2.02%) Billing
15 46 (1.78%) Banking
16 44 (1.71%) Legal
17 33 (1.28%) Automotive
18 31 (1.20%) German Language
19 25 (0.97%) Back Office
19 25 (0.97%) French Language
Job Titles
1 725 (28.10%) Consultant
2 610 (23.64%) SAP Consultant
3 297 (11.51%) Lead
4 256 (9.92%) Analyst
5 252 (9.77%) Architect
6 189 (7.33%) Project Manager
7 173 (6.71%) SAP Manager
8 159 (6.16%) Senior
9 144 (5.58%) Developer
10 107 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
11 106 (4.11%) Business Analyst
12 103 (3.99%) Functional Consultant
12 103 (3.99%) SAP Architect
13 87 (3.37%) SAP Functional Consultant
14 85 (3.29%) SAP Analyst
15 84 (3.26%) SAP Project Manager
16 70 (2.71%) SAP Developer
17 60 (2.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
18 57 (2.21%) SAP EWM Consultant
19 49 (1.90%) SAP QM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (2.29%) SAP Fiori
2 46 (1.78%) SAP Basis
3 44 (1.71%) REST
4 38 (1.47%) .NET
5 37 (1.43%) IDoc
6 36 (1.40%) XML
7 34 (1.32%) EDI
8 28 (1.09%) Web Services
9 25 (0.97%) Middleware
10 23 (0.89%) HTML
10 23 (0.89%) Node.js
11 22 (0.85%) CSS
12 21 (0.81%) SOAP
12 21 (0.81%) VML
13 20 (0.78%) BAPI
14 18 (0.70%) SAP PI
14 18 (0.70%) Spring
15 17 (0.66%) SAP TM
16 15 (0.58%) Kafka
16 15 (0.58%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 72 (2.79%) Management Information System
2 54 (2.09%) Onboarding
3 50 (1.94%) Life Science
4 43 (1.67%) FMCG
4 43 (1.67%) Product Ownership
5 42 (1.63%) NHS
6 37 (1.43%) Replication
7 33 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
8 30 (1.16%) Public Cloud
9 28 (1.09%) Reference Data
10 24 (0.93%) Data Structures
11 23 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
12 21 (0.81%) Virtual Team
13 20 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 19 (0.74%) Cloud Native
15 18 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (0.70%) IoT
16 17 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
17 12 (0.47%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 83 (3.22%) Windows
2 58 (2.25%) Linux
3 30 (1.16%) Unix
3 30 (1.16%) Windows 10
4 16 (0.62%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.27%) VMS
6 6 (0.23%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.19%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.16%) Android
8 4 (0.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.12%) zOS
10 2 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.039%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.039%) SUSE
11 1 (0.039%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.039%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 425 (16.47%) Business Intelligence
2 345 (13.37%) ERP
3 344 (13.33%) Programme Management
4 312 (12.09%) Agile
5 303 (11.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 302 (11.71%) Project Management
7 301 (11.67%) Digital Marketing
8 297 (11.51%) Migration
9 284 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
10 161 (6.24%) Data Migration
11 157 (6.09%) Change Management
12 150 (5.81%) Logistics
13 141 (5.47%) User Acceptance Testing
14 137 (5.31%) Analytics
15 123 (4.77%) Data Modelling
16 113 (4.38%) Requirements Gathering
16 113 (4.38%) Roadmaps
17 111 (4.30%) Project Delivery
18 106 (4.11%) DevOps
19 104 (4.03%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 163 (6.32%) SQL
2 162 (6.28%) ABAP
3 83 (3.22%) Python
4 65 (2.52%) Java
5 42 (1.63%) JavaScript
6 31 (1.20%) C#
7 30 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 18 (0.70%) PL/SQL
8 18 (0.70%) T-SQL
9 13 (0.50%) TypeScript
10 10 (0.39%) 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 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.27%) R
13 7 (0.27%) XPath
13 7 (0.27%) XQuery
14 5 (0.19%) Bash
Qualifications
1 327 (12.67%) Security Cleared
2 239 (9.26%) SC Cleared
3 195 (7.56%) Degree
4 86 (3.33%) DV Cleared
5 60 (2.33%) SAP Certification
6 36 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 31 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.01%) PMI Certification
9 25 (0.97%) PMP
10 22 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
11 14 (0.54%) CIMA
12 12 (0.47%) AWS Certification
13 10 (0.39%) ACCA
14 9 (0.35%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.31%) CISSP
16 6 (0.23%) CBAP
17 5 (0.19%) CESG Certified Professional
17 5 (0.19%) DBS Check
17 5 (0.19%) ITIL Certification
17 5 (0.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (3.60%) QA
2 75 (2.91%) Data Quality
3 55 (2.13%) PMO
4 44 (1.71%) GDPR
5 36 (1.40%) SLA
6 16 (0.62%) GxP
7 13 (0.50%) GRC
7 13 (0.50%) 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 (0.27%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.23%) GAAP
13 6 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 5 (0.19%) ITGC
14 5 (0.19%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.19%) RMADS
15 4 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 51 (1.98%) Active Directory
2 20 (0.78%) Docker
3 8 (0.31%) NFS
4 5 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.16%) HDFS
5 4 (0.16%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 4 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.12%) Firmware
6 3 (0.12%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.078%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 31 (1.20%) Terraform
2 22 (0.85%) Kubernetes
3 10 (0.39%) Ansible
4 9 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.27%) HP ALM
6 6 (0.23%) Puppet
6 6 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.19%) HP Quality Center
7 5 (0.19%) Opsgenie
7 5 (0.19%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.078%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.078%) CA Service Virtualization
8 2 (0.078%) Control-M
8 2 (0.078%) Dell DRAC
8 2 (0.078%) Grafana
8 2 (0.078%) Nessus
8 2 (0.078%) RSA Archer
8 2 (0.078%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.039%) Kibana
9 1 (0.039%) systemd
Vendors
1 262 (10.16%) Microsoft
2 196 (7.60%) Ariba
3 194 (7.52%) Oracle
4 126 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 64 (2.48%) Adobe
6 43 (1.67%) ServiceNow
7 35 (1.36%) Dell
7 35 (1.36%) MuleSoft
8 30 (1.16%) IBM
9 28 (1.09%) Workday
10 27 (1.05%) Google
11 26 (1.01%) Sitecore
12 23 (0.89%) OpenText
13 21 (0.81%) Sparx
14 19 (0.74%) Concur
15 15 (0.58%) IFS
16 13 (0.50%) Alteryx
16 13 (0.50%) HP
17 12 (0.47%) Intel
18 11 (0.43%) Databricks