SAP Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

SAP
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire 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 20 September 2026, 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
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 20 25
Rank change year-on-year +15 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP 42 24 21
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 11.32% 6.76% 4.81%
As % of the Vendors category 28.00% 13.64% 11.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 8 7
10th Percentile £369 £379 £498
25th Percentile £549 £542 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £602 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +0.33% +24.68%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £694
90th Percentile £667 £685 £738
East of England median daily rate £566 £580 £500
% change year-on-year -2.41% +16.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
10th Percentile - £23.83 -
25th Percentile £46.00 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £47.00 £37.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +25.33% - -
75th Percentile £48.00 £43.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £17.60 £17.40
% change year-on-year +127.34% +1.12% -64.49%

All Vendors
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 150 176 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 40.43% 49.58% 41.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 61 25
10th Percentile £279 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £438 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £585 £625 £638
90th Percentile £631 £700 £703
East of England median daily rate £500 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 36 115
10th Percentile £13.53 £14.84 £14.16
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.30 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +0.43% +11.93%
75th Percentile £32.00 £34.19 £16.85
90th Percentile £49.60 £51.88 £21.37
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £22.53 £16.23
% change year-on-year +77.54% +38.82% -63.53%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

SAP job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Cambridgeshire

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing SAP

SAP
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. 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
Huntingdon +2 35 £581 -3.97% 3
Cambridge +1 6 £580 +42.33% 18
SAP
East of England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 26 (61.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (19.05%) SAP HCM
3 6 (14.29%) SAP HR
3 6 (14.29%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (14.29%) SAP Travel Management
4 1 (2.38%) SAP BPC
4 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (2.38%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.38%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.76%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 2 (4.76%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Azure
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Data Lake Analytics
2 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.38%) Power BI
1 1 (2.38%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle APEX
General
1 17 (40.48%) Finance
2 4 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.76%) Billing
3 2 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (2.38%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (50.00%) Consultant
2 16 (38.10%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (33.33%) Architect
4 13 (30.95%) Management Consultant
5 6 (14.29%) Lead
5 6 (14.29%) Payroll Consultant
5 6 (14.29%) SAP Architect
6 5 (11.90%) Integration Architect
7 4 (9.52%) Analyst
7 4 (9.52%) Data Analyst
8 3 (7.14%) Data Architect
8 3 (7.14%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 3 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
9 2 (4.76%) HR Consultant
9 2 (4.76%) Salesforce Architect
9 2 (4.76%) SAP HR Consultant
9 2 (4.76%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
9 2 (4.76%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 1 (2.38%) Asset Management Consultant
10 1 (2.38%) Finance Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.76%) Lightning Web Components
1 2 (4.76%) REST
2 1 (2.38%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.38%) Biopharmaceutical
2 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.38%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (35.71%) Migration
2 11 (26.19%) Time Management
3 9 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 6 (14.29%) Asset Management
5 6 (14.29%) ERP
5 6 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
6 5 (11.90%) CRUD
7 4 (9.52%) Analytics
7 4 (9.52%) Process Improvement
8 3 (7.14%) Data Integration
8 3 (7.14%) Data Modelling
8 3 (7.14%) Roadmaps
8 3 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (7.14%) Validation
8 3 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (4.76%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (4.76%) Enterprise Architecture
9 2 (4.76%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (38.10%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.38%) GxP
2 1 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 4 (9.52%) Workday
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle
2 2 (4.76%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.38%) Ariba
3 1 (2.38%) Cegedim Rx