SAP Contracts in Central London

SAP
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 44 48 81
Rank change year-on-year +4 +33 +48
Contract jobs citing SAP 91 104 96
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 4.56% 4.25% 2.49%
As % of the Vendors category 10.11% 10.03% 6.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 76 48
10th Percentile £363 £430 £443
25th Percentile £452 £508 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% +8.14% -5.29%
75th Percentile £659 £714 £675
90th Percentile £841 £838 £800
London median daily rate £600 £575 £552
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.17% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - -
Median hourly rate £62.50 - -
75th Percentile £63.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £63.75 £63.36 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.62% +224.90% -68.80%

All Vendors
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 900 1,037 1,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 45.07% 42.40% 39.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 579 763 1,020
10th Percentile £312 £310 £250
25th Percentile £450 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £675 £675 £695
90th Percentile £750 £775 £791
London median daily rate £550 £549 £563
% change year-on-year +0.23% -2.44% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 7 8
10th Percentile £26.45 £12.75 £19.14
25th Percentile £28.23 £14.38 £20.81
Median hourly rate £31.00 £18.93 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +63.76% -11.95% +2.38%
75th Percentile £53.75 £23.75 £31.94
90th Percentile £100.00 £25.05 £53.05
London median hourly rate £29.00 £23.99 £30.75
% change year-on-year +20.88% -21.98% -12.14%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Central London

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in Central London

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Central London

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in Central London

SAP
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Central London 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
City of London +4 81 £550 -8.33% 31
Camden -3 4 £450 -16.36% 1
West End of London -10 4 £450 -16.36% 2
City of Westminster -5 1 - -
SAP
London

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.20%) Confluence
1 2 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (1.10%) CMS
2 1 (1.10%) MTS
Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.30%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (32.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (6.59%) SAP CO
2 6 (6.59%) SAP ERP
2 6 (6.59%) SAP FI
2 6 (6.59%) SAP FI/CO
2 6 (6.59%) SAP MDG
3 4 (4.40%) SAP MM
4 3 (3.30%) SAP BPC
4 3 (3.30%) SAP MDG-S
5 2 (2.20%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (2.20%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (2.20%) SAP CRM
5 2 (2.20%) SAP HCM
5 2 (2.20%) SAP IBP
5 2 (2.20%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (2.20%) SAP Retail
5 2 (2.20%) SAP SD
5 2 (2.20%) Unit4 Business World
6 1 (1.10%) SAP GRC
6 1 (1.10%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.68%) Azure
2 11 (12.09%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (6.59%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.30%) GitHub
4 3 (3.30%) IBM Blueworks
4 3 (3.30%) SaaS
5 2 (2.20%) AWS
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.20%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.10%) Azure API Management
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Event Grid
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.10%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.10%) Rubrik
6 1 (1.10%) Snowflake
6 1 (1.10%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.40%) Firewall
2 3 (3.30%) VPN
3 2 (2.20%) Intranet
3 2 (2.20%) Network Security
4 1 (1.10%) DNS
4 1 (1.10%) Kerberos
4 1 (1.10%) SMS
4 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.59%) SAP Data Services
1 6 (6.59%) SAP HANA
2 5 (5.49%) Power BI
3 4 (4.40%) SAP BW
4 3 (3.30%) Big Data
4 3 (3.30%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (3.30%) NoSQL
4 3 (3.30%) OLAP
4 3 (3.30%) OLTP
4 3 (3.30%) SQL Server
5 2 (2.20%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (2.20%) Oracle Database
5 2 (2.20%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (2.20%) Spotfire
5 2 (2.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.10%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database 11g
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Database 12c
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.10%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 4 (4.40%) JIRA
2 2 (2.20%) Zephyr
3 1 (1.10%) Postman
3 1 (1.10%) Selenium
3 1 (1.10%) Serena SBM
3 1 (1.10%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.10%) Subversion
3 1 (1.10%) TeamCity
General
1 32 (35.16%) Finance
2 26 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 13 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (14.29%) Retail
4 8 (8.79%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.59%) Banking
6 5 (5.49%) Law
7 4 (4.40%) Local Government
7 4 (4.40%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.30%) General Ledger
8 3 (3.30%) Legal
9 2 (2.20%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.20%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.10%) Advertising
10 1 (1.10%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.10%) Electronics
10 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 19 (20.88%) Analyst
2 14 (15.38%) Consultant
3 12 (13.19%) Architect
4 11 (12.09%) Business Analyst
4 11 (12.09%) SAP Consultant
5 10 (10.99%) Lead
6 9 (9.89%) SAP Analyst
7 8 (8.79%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (7.69%) SAP Architect
9 6 (6.59%) SAP Business Analyst
9 6 (6.59%) SAP Manager
10 5 (5.49%) Data Engineer
10 5 (5.49%) ERP Manager
10 5 (5.49%) Retail Business Analyst
10 5 (5.49%) Senior
11 4 (4.40%) Developer
11 4 (4.40%) HR Manager
12 3 (3.30%) Data Analyst
12 3 (3.30%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.40%) Web Services
2 3 (3.30%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (2.20%) pytest
3 2 (2.20%) REST
3 2 (2.20%) SOAP
4 1 (1.10%) .NET
4 1 (1.10%) EDI
4 1 (1.10%) JSON
4 1 (1.10%) LDAP
4 1 (1.10%) OAuth
4 1 (1.10%) Pandas
4 1 (1.10%) PySpark
4 1 (1.10%) React
4 1 (1.10%) SAP Basis
4 1 (1.10%) SAP BSP
4 1 (1.10%) WCF
4 1 (1.10%) XML
4 1 (1.10%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.59%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.49%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.40%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (3.30%) Data Structures
4 3 (3.30%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.20%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.20%) Replication
5 2 (2.20%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.10%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.10%) Clustering
6 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.10%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.10%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (1.10%) Private Cloud
6 1 (1.10%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.10%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.10%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.10%) Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (1.10%) Solaris
1 1 (1.10%) Windows
1 1 (1.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.87%) ERP
2 23 (25.27%) Agile
3 13 (14.29%) Analytics
3 13 (14.29%) Migration
4 12 (13.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (10.99%) Change Management
6 9 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (8.79%) Decision-Making
7 8 (8.79%) Project Management
7 8 (8.79%) Risk Management
8 7 (7.69%) Data Management
8 7 (7.69%) Information Management
8 7 (7.69%) Strategic Planning
9 6 (6.59%) Business Intelligence
9 6 (6.59%) Data Migration
9 6 (6.59%) Data Modelling
9 6 (6.59%) Integration Testing
10 5 (5.49%) CRM
10 5 (5.49%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.79%) SQL
2 6 (6.59%) Python
3 3 (3.30%) C#
4 2 (2.20%) ABAP
5 1 (1.10%) Bash
5 1 (1.10%) Bicep
5 1 (1.10%) Java
5 1 (1.10%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.10%) Perl
5 1 (1.10%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.10%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.10%) Ruby
5 1 (1.10%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (13.19%) Degree
2 4 (4.40%) SAP Certification
2 4 (4.40%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) ACCA
4 2 (2.20%) CCNP
4 2 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.20%) PMP
5 1 (1.10%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.10%) CISM
5 1 (1.10%) CISSP
5 1 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.10%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.10%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.99%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.20%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.20%) GDPR
2 2 (2.20%) QA
3 1 (1.10%) GAAP
3 1 (1.10%) GRC
3 1 (1.10%) PMO
3 1 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.10%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.10%) IAG
2 1 (1.10%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.10%) Control-M
1 1 (1.10%) Data Guard
1 1 (1.10%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
1 1 (1.10%) QRadar
1 1 (1.10%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.10%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 11 (12.09%) Oracle
2 9 (9.89%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.40%) Databricks
5 3 (3.30%) BiZZdesign
5 3 (3.30%) Concur
5 3 (3.30%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.20%) Ariba
6 2 (2.20%) Workday
7 1 (1.10%) Aderant
7 1 (1.10%) Alteryx
7 1 (1.10%) BMC
7 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.10%) EMC
7 1 (1.10%) IBM
7 1 (1.10%) Informatica
7 1 (1.10%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.10%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.10%) Splunk
7 1 (1.10%) Sybase