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 29 August 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
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP 48 45 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 21.62% 22.73% 9.42%
As % of the Vendors category 34.78% 42.06% 18.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 31 11
10th Percentile £500 £450 £281
25th Percentile £550 £469 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £500
90th Percentile £745 £675 -
East of England median daily rate £580 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +16.00% - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £20.11 £17.40 £49.00
% change year-on-year +15.59% -64.49% +77.60%

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 138 107 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 62.16% 54.04% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 63 44
10th Percentile £220 £363 £281
25th Percentile £500 £438 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £625 £578 £550
90th Percentile £658 £650 £600
East of England median daily rate £525 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +5.00% +8.11% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 0
10th Percentile £37.50 £39.00 -
25th Percentile £40.46 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £60.25 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.55% - -
75th Percentile £88.00 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £98.80 £67.53 -
East of England median hourly rate £22.63 £16.23 £19.81
% change year-on-year +39.43% -18.07% -

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
Daily Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Bedfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Bedfordshire over the 6 months to 29 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Bedfordshire

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Bedfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing SAP

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 29 August 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 0 41 £600 +20.00% 4
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 44 (91.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (10.42%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.08%) SAP CO
3 1 (2.08%) SAP FI
3 1 (2.08%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
3 1 (2.08%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.08%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.83%) Power Platform
2 6 (12.50%) Azure
2 6 (12.50%) Snowflake
3 3 (6.25%) GitHub
4 2 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.08%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.83%) Power BI
2 6 (12.50%) Data Lake
2 6 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (6.25%) SAP HANA
4 1 (2.08%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (10.42%) LoadRunner
1 5 (10.42%) NeoLoad
2 3 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) JMeter
General
1 31 (64.58%) Pharmaceutical
2 27 (56.25%) Social Skills
3 24 (50.00%) Finance
4 13 (27.08%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.17%) Electronics
6 2 (4.17%) Marketing
6 2 (4.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.17%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (33.33%) Lead
2 5 (10.42%) Analyst
2 5 (10.42%) Data Analytics Specialist
3 4 (8.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (8.33%) Test Leader
4 3 (6.25%) Business Process Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Consultant
4 3 (6.25%) Process Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (6.25%) SAP Financial Specialist
4 3 (6.25%) SAP Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Finance Manager
5 2 (4.17%) IT Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) IT Support
5 2 (4.17%) IT Support Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.17%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Support Analyst
6 1 (2.08%) Configuration Engineer
6 1 (2.08%) Head of PMO
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) EDI
1 1 (2.08%) IDoc
1 1 (2.08%) JSON
1 1 (2.08%) REST
1 1 (2.08%) SOAP
1 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (43.75%) Life Science
2 5 (10.42%) FMCG
3 4 (8.33%) Data Structures
3 4 (8.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.08%) LIMS
4 1 (2.08%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (43.75%) Analytics
2 18 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (31.25%) ERP
4 12 (25.00%) Migration
5 11 (22.92%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (20.83%) Data Design
6 10 (20.83%) Record to Report
7 9 (18.75%) Project Management
8 8 (16.67%) Data Governance
8 8 (16.67%) Data Modelling
9 6 (12.50%) Agile
9 6 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (12.50%) Data Migration
9 6 (12.50%) Process Improvement
9 6 (12.50%) Waterfall
9 6 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
10 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (10.42%) Inventory Management
10 5 (10.42%) Logistics
10 5 (10.42%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Degree
2 5 (10.42%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.17%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (2.08%) ACCA
4 1 (2.08%) CIMA
4 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.08%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.08%) PMP
4 1 (2.08%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 7 (14.58%) GxP
3 6 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 4 (8.33%) PMO
5 3 (6.25%) QA
6 1 (2.08%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (2.08%) Def Stans
6 1 (2.08%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (4.17%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (25.00%) Ariba
2 3 (6.25%) Anaplan
2 3 (6.25%) Hyperion
2 3 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle