SAP Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

SAP
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff 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 18 November 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
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 10 11
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.41% 4.15% 4.56%
As % of the Vendors category 5.66% 10.64% 10.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 11
10th Percentile £213 £348 £463
25th Percentile £338 £550 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £457 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -23.83% -7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £515 £688 £738
90th Percentile £533 £718 £775
South Wales median daily rate £500 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -25.93% +3.85% +30.00%

All Vendors
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 106 94 104
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 42.57% 39.00% 43.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 66 73
10th Percentile £236 £140 £208
25th Percentile £290 £209 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.68% -7.47% +5.56%
75th Percentile £504 £550 £600
90th Percentile £625 £640 £686
South Wales median daily rate £388 £400 £500
% change year-on-year -3.13% -20.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £15.04 £23.12 -
25th Percentile £15.11 £24.05 £16.00
Median hourly rate £16.44 £25.60 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.80% +42.22% -
75th Percentile £19.08 £26.55 £23.00
90th Percentile £19.93 £27.12 £24.80
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £50.00 £23.92
% change year-on-year -59.00% +109.07% +32.86%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Cardiff

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Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SAP

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Cardiff over the 6 months to 18 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Cardiff

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Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 3 (50.00%) SAP PM
2 1 (16.67%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
1 4 (66.67%) SAP Developer
2 3 (50.00%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Installation Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 3 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Burndown Charts
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) ERP
3 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL
3 1 (16.67%) Migration
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe