SAP Contracts in Bedfordshire

SAP
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bedfordshire requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 2 12
Rank change year-on-year 0 +10 +27
Contract jobs citing SAP 66 71 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 42.31% 28.86% 11.89%
As % of the Vendors category 58.93% 53.38% 23.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 48 14
10th Percentile £500 £368 £281
25th Percentile £550 £509 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £375
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +40.00% -40.00%
75th Percentile £700 £595 £450
90th Percentile - £715 £519
East of England median daily rate £580 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +10.48% +16.67% -12.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 £21.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +179.07% - -
East of England median hourly rate £55.00 £21.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +155.81% -56.12% +104.17%

All Vendors
Bedfordshire

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Bedfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 112 133 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 71.79% 54.07% 51.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 83 65
10th Percentile £500 £301 £207
25th Percentile £525 £438 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £688 £606 £600
90th Percentile £700 £750 -
East of England median daily rate £502 £500 £450
% change year-on-year +0.35% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 14 1
10th Percentile £28.68 £15.50 -
25th Percentile £30.34 £18.00 -
Median hourly rate £45.39 £21.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +111.12% -2.27% -54.87%
75th Percentile £68.69 £21.75 -
90th Percentile £88.00 £37.15 -
East of England median hourly rate £21.28 £21.37 £19.81
% change year-on-year -0.42% +7.87% +24.79%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Bedfordshire

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in Bedfordshire

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Bedfordshire

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in Bedfordshire

SAP
Contract Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Luton +1 55 £600 +14.29% 17
Bedford +1 6 £625 +150.00% 8
SAP
East of England

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 56 (84.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.61%) SAP ERP
3 6 (9.09%) SAP CO
3 6 (9.09%) SAP FI
3 6 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (4.55%) SAP BPC
4 3 (4.55%) SAP EWM
4 3 (4.55%) SAP GTS
5 2 (3.03%) Teamcenter
6 1 (1.52%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.52%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.06%) Azure
1 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
1 4 (6.06%) Snowflake
2 3 (4.55%) GitHub
3 1 (1.52%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.06%) Data Lake
1 4 (6.06%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (6.06%) Power BI
2 2 (3.03%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (7.58%) JIRA
1 5 (7.58%) LoadRunner
1 5 (7.58%) NeoLoad
2 3 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 3 (4.55%) JMeter
General
1 40 (60.61%) Pharmaceutical
2 34 (51.52%) Finance
3 29 (43.94%) Social Skills
4 6 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.58%) Banking
6 3 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.55%) Automotive
7 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.52%) Billing
7 1 (1.52%) Games
7 1 (1.52%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.52%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (37.88%) Lead
2 11 (16.67%) Consultant
3 10 (15.15%) Functional Consultant
4 6 (9.09%) Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.09%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) SAP Functional Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) Senior
5 5 (7.58%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (7.58%) Senior Functional Consultant
6 4 (6.06%) Data Analytics Specialist
6 4 (6.06%) Insight Analyst
6 4 (6.06%) Test Leader
7 3 (4.55%) Analytics Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) Associate Director
7 3 (4.55%) Cloud Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) Lead Consultant
7 3 (4.55%) SAP Engineer
7 3 (4.55%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.03%) SAP Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.52%) Middleware
1 1 (1.52%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 38 (57.58%) Life Science
2 5 (7.58%) FMCG
3 4 (6.06%) EPoS
4 2 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 2 (3.03%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.52%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (48.48%) Analytics
2 21 (31.82%) Migration
2 21 (31.82%) Record to Report
2 21 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (25.76%) Data Design
3 17 (25.76%) Data Governance
4 16 (24.24%) ERP
5 15 (22.73%) Data Management
6 14 (21.21%) Procure-to-Pay
7 11 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 10 (15.15%) Business Transformation
9 8 (12.12%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (12.12%) Data Migration
9 8 (12.12%) Project Management
10 7 (10.61%) Business Analysis
10 7 (10.61%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (9.09%) Agile
12 5 (7.58%) Data Modelling
12 5 (7.58%) Quality Management
12 5 (7.58%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.55%) ABAP
1 3 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.09%) CCA
2 5 (7.58%) Degree
3 4 (6.06%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (19.70%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.06%) GDPR
3 3 (4.55%) GxP
3 3 (4.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (3.03%) Def Stans
4 2 (3.03%) PMO
Vendors
1 15 (22.73%) Ariba
2 5 (7.58%) Anaplan
2 5 (7.58%) Hyperion