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 3 March 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
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 25 27
Rank change year-on-year +2 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing SAP 18 16 22
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 4.88% 5.54% 4.51%
As % of the Vendors category 12.68% 10.60% 16.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 5 18
10th Percentile £478 - £153
25th Percentile £483 £313 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £413 £498
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% -17.09% -10.44%
75th Percentile £504 £460 £582
90th Percentile £521 £486 £600
East of England median daily rate £505 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -12.17% +9.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.50 - -
Median hourly rate £22.08 - £15.50
75th Percentile £24.49 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £22.08 £35.75 £21.50
% change year-on-year -38.25% +66.28% -60.66%

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 142 151 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 38.48% 52.25% 27.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 69 53
10th Percentile £185 £296 £168
25th Percentile £342 £406 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +9.69% -9.55% +17.06%
75th Percentile £576 £538 £579
90th Percentile £659 £640 £670
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 28 66
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.99 £13.65
25th Percentile £20.50 £15.57 £14.16
Median hourly rate £23.83 £16.23 £14.80
Median % change year-on-year +46.80% +9.66% -4.52%
75th Percentile £34.61 £18.00 £21.37
90th Percentile £48.75 £21.46 £25.00
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £29.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -32.51% +37.21% -2.27%

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
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 3 March 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
Cambridge -18 6 £523 +26.67% 3
Huntingdon - 5 £489 - 1
Peterborough - 1 £500 - 2
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 10 (55.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (50.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 8 (44.44%) SAP FI
4 7 (38.89%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Metadata
2 1 (5.56%) SAP HANA
General
1 15 (83.33%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Electronics
2 7 (38.89%) Manufacturing
2 7 (38.89%) Marketing
2 7 (38.89%) Public Sector
2 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
3 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 3 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Consultant
2 8 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
3 6 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
4 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Migration Engineer
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Engineer
5 3 (16.67%) Migration Technician
5 3 (16.67%) Support Technician
6 2 (11.11%) Architect
6 2 (11.11%) SAP Architect
7 1 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (5.56%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
7 1 (5.56%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 1 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) SAP Basis
1 6 (33.33%) SAP Business Workflow
1 6 (33.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (5.56%) IDoc
2 1 (5.56%) SAP ALE
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (88.89%) Workflow
2 9 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
3 8 (44.44%) Invoice Processing
3 8 (44.44%) OCR
4 7 (38.89%) Analytics
4 7 (38.89%) Business Continuity
4 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (38.89%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (38.89%) ITSM
4 7 (38.89%) Knowledge Transfer
4 7 (38.89%) Migration
4 7 (38.89%) Performance Improvement
4 7 (38.89%) Programme Management
4 7 (38.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (33.33%) Validation
6 4 (22.22%) Logistics
6 4 (22.22%) Workflow Management
7 1 (5.56%) Order to Cash
7 1 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (5.56%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) OpenText
2 7 (38.89%) ServiceNow
3 1 (5.56%) Ariba