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Contents. Welcome to our SAP Salary Insights Guide 2022
Since our last report in 2019, worldwide disruptions have
Welcome 02 rocked the SAP industry.
Contract 03 A global pandemic, unpredictable lockdowns, SAP project
interruptions, rapidly-evolving technological landscapes,
Perm new ways of working, and the talent shortage catapulted us
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into unfamiliar territory. The results?
Location. Location. Location.
05 US tech recovered all losses from Covid
On-site is out. Remote is in.
06 The latest US Jobs report (Oct 2022) shows that US
Benefits unemployment has risen slightly to 3.7% as we try and
07 cool inflation, but still remains close to the 50 year low
Conclusion last reached in July 2022. There are nearly two jobs for
08 every unemployed person in America and, despite a few
high profile layoffs at tech companies like Meta, Twitter,
and Amazon (who all over-hired in the pandemic to meet
a temporary spike in online commerce), the tech sector
continues to outpace the rest of the US economy with low
unemployment rates.
Multi-location strategy prevails
As Covid-19 released its chokehold on businesses, one
symptom remained: a new hybrid talent model. Employee
location lost importance, creating a major decentralization
of SAP teams across the USA and rewarding those who
embraced this multi-location approach.
Talent shortage wreaks havoc
Despite an expanded talent pool, talent acquisition
continues to be one of the most significant challenges in
the tech industry. Candidates have more power than ever,
driving a fiercely competitive war for talent, only made more
ferocious by the Ukraine War disrupting supply chains,
increasing energy prices, and fueling inflation.
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Recessionary fears appear to be abating
Proprietary leading indicators used by RED Global in the
Americas showed a decrease in the precursors to SAP
implementation activity in Q1 and the first half of Q2. The
last 6-8 weeks have shown a substantial increase in these
activities pointing to a strong rebound in projects kicking off
in 2022 Q4 and 2023 Q1.
S/4HANA adoption accelerates
With the 2027 deadline looming, we’ve seen a phenomenal
increase in S/4HANA demand and expect this to continue.
19,300+ SAP customers have now adopted S/4, an 18%
year-on-year increase. In Q1 2022 alone, SAP added
500+ customers, 60% of which were net new. With these
professionals in high demand, businesses must fight harder
to attract and retain the best S/4 talent.
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 Contract Average day rate 2022

USA $765

average Average day rate by core roles 2022

day rate.
Project Manager $935

Architect $910

Consultant $765

Developer $700

Business Analyst $650

Average pay rates across the US have seen a
7-10% increase since 2021.

7-10 %
Average day rate by core modules 2022

BI/BW/BO $875

FI/CO $835

PP $835

PM $790

BASIS $750

HCM $735

SD/MM $730

QM $690

ABAP $700

US averages of SAP professionals referenced in this report are a combination of salaries / pay rates by regions, skills, and experience levels.
The averages are indicative of a specific region, skill set or role, only where specified.

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 Perm Average salary 2022

USA $150,885

average Average salary by core roles 2022

salary.
Architect $189,865

Consultant $160,930

Project Manager $140,100

Business Analyst $130,000

Developer $125,050

Average salaries across the US have increased by

11% since 2021.
Average salary by core modules 2022

11%
BI/BW/BO $193,130

FI/CO $159,970

QM $157,000

SD/MM $147,130

PP $141,465

MDG $140,055

PM $140,000

ABAP $120,050

BASIS $113,285

HCM $110,100

US averages of SAP professionals referenced in this report are a combination of salaries / pay rates by regions, skills, and experience levels.
The averages are indicative of a specific region, skill set or role, only where specified.

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Location. Average contract day rate & average perm salary by region 2022

Location. Pacific

$795
Northeast

$790
Midwest

$750

Location. $165,000 $159,000 $149,000

Southeast Southwest

$745 $730
$142,000 $138,000
The West Coast, specifically Silicon Valley, continues
to produce the highest paying positions, with the
Northeast following closely behind.

The interesting part of this chart is the compression

regarding salaries across the United States. We are
beginning to see higher paying jobs in geographies
outside of the West Coast and Northeast due to the
cultural shift of the American workforce surrounding
remote work. Post Covid, many other geographic
regions have began to raise their salary bands in order
to attract top talent.

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 On-site Workplace preference.

is out.
Remote
is in.
What was once a temporary fix for Covid-19 uncertainty is now a remote working 4% prefer to work on-site
revolution. And as we transition to a new normal, employers are experimenting with 43% would prefer to work with a hybrid model.
their working models. But what do SAP candidates want? In a recent survey, we 51% prefer to work from home
asked for their thoughts on remote working.

Pre & Post-COVID. Remote working comes out on top.

85% 98%
of SAP candidates were
able to occasionally work
of those surveyed are now
able to work remotely.
51%
would like to work remotely
26%
would like to work remotely
5 days a week 3 days a week
remotely pre-Covid.

While these results align with global figures, some employers still aren’t listening.
Our advice? If you want to compete, give the people what they want. Going by
these results, SAP talent would prefer to work remotely at least 3 days a week,
but most prefer 5 days a week. And most of our clients are giving it to them.

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Benefits.
Perm Contract

23% 53%
of our perm data set don’t receive any additional benefits. of contractors surveyed do not receive any benefits at
For those that do, below we show what benefits those all. Of those who do, there is a small number of those
people get compared to what they believe is very that get laptops, a travel allowance and free parking.
important. Flexible hours and overtime payments are also provided
to some.
What they get vs what they want. We asked contractors what they feel would be important to provide as benefits:

80%
Important to provide as benefits %
70%
Remote working 82%
60%
48%
50% 42% Flexible hours 68%
41% 39%
40% Dental insurance 44%
Laptop/personal computer

30% 24% 21% 19% 19%

16% Paid sick days 40%
Company pension

20%
Private heathcare
Work for home

Paid maternity/
/car allowance

paternity leave
Life insurance
Flexible hours
Mobile phone

Company car

Training & Education 35%

10%
sheme

Laptop 34%
0%
% of what they get % of those that feel benefit is very important

Private healthcare and life insurance are the ones with the biggest delta between the
importance factor and actually receiving it. There is also a high appetite for flexible hours,
To source and secure the best talent,
working from home and a laptop/personal computer being provided. perhaps benefits are your friends?
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Conclusion
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