SAP Contracts in Cheshire

SAP
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 9 7 34
Rank change year-on-year -2 +27 -3
Contract jobs citing SAP 69 73 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 15.37% 14.48% 5.47%
As % of the Vendors category 27.06% 27.65% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 49 18
10th Percentile £495 £455 £413
25th Percentile £500 £463 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £529
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.76% +24.47%
75th Percentile £595 £550 £540
90th Percentile £700 £577 £551
North West median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 0
10th Percentile £47.00 - -
25th Percentile £50.00 - -
Median hourly rate £86.00 £26.66 -
Median % change year-on-year +222.58% - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £60.00 £32.12 £27.70
% change year-on-year +86.83% +15.94% +84.67%

All Vendors
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 255 264 244
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 56.79% 52.38% 46.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 169 163
10th Percentile £315 £267 £231
25th Percentile £381 £400 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £510 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.86% +13.33% +5.14%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £565
90th Percentile £639 £625 £648
North West median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 15 5
10th Percentile £18.40 £11.00 £12.35
25th Percentile £30.10 £14.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £17.72 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year +182.17% -5.84% +22.93%
75th Percentile £86.00 - £22.41
90th Percentile - £23.11 £32.96
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
% change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Cheshire

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in Cheshire

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Cheshire

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in Cheshire

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Cheshire 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
Macclesfield 0 31 £550 +4.76% 5
Chester +4 26 £550 -12.00% 3
Crewe - 5 - -
Wilmslow +4 1 £200 -
SAP
North West

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 31 (44.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (26.09%) SAP HR
2 18 (26.09%) SAP Payroll
3 6 (8.70%) SAP CO
3 6 (8.70%) SAP FI
3 6 (8.70%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.90%) SAP EHS
4 2 (2.90%) SAP LE
5 1 (1.45%) SAP ERP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP MM
5 1 (1.45%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.45%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.25%) Azure
2 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) Snowflake
3 1 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
3 1 (1.45%) AWS
3 1 (1.45%) Azure AI
3 1 (1.45%) GCP
3 1 (1.45%) Google Gemini
3 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Data Lake
1 4 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (5.80%) Power BI
2 2 (2.90%) Metadata
3 1 (1.45%) Neo4j
3 1 (1.45%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
General
1 39 (56.52%) Social Skills
2 29 (42.03%) Pharmaceutical
3 26 (37.68%) Manufacturing
4 12 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (15.94%) Finance
6 6 (8.70%) Automotive
7 5 (7.25%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.45%) Law
8 1 (1.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (27.54%) Consultant
2 18 (26.09%) SAP Consultant
3 11 (15.94%) Payroll Consultant
3 11 (15.94%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 10 (14.49%) Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) Business Analyst
5 8 (11.59%) HR Consultant
5 8 (11.59%) SAP HR Consultant
6 7 (10.14%) Developer
6 7 (10.14%) SAP Developer
6 7 (10.14%) SAP HR Developer
6 7 (10.14%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
7 4 (5.80%) Architect
7 4 (5.80%) Data Analytics Specialist
7 4 (5.80%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (5.80%) SAP Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Associate Director
8 3 (4.35%) IT Analyst
8 3 (4.35%) Lead
8 3 (4.35%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.80%) SAP Fiori
2 3 (4.35%) Middleware
3 1 (1.45%) BAPI
3 1 (1.45%) OLE
3 1 (1.45%) PyTorch
3 1 (1.45%) SAP Smart Forms
3 1 (1.45%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.45%) TensorFlow
3 1 (1.45%) Web Dynpro
3 1 (1.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.70%) Industry 4.0
1 6 (8.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 5 (7.25%) Life Science
3 3 (4.35%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.90%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.45%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
1 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (24.64%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (18.84%) Agile
3 12 (17.39%) Data Modelling
3 12 (17.39%) ERP
4 11 (15.94%) Analytics
4 11 (15.94%) Project Management
4 11 (15.94%) Quality Management
5 10 (14.49%) Migration
5 10 (14.49%) Test Scripting
6 9 (13.04%) Data Migration
6 9 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (13.04%) Supply Chain Management
7 8 (11.59%) Time Management
7 8 (11.59%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (10.14%) Decision-Making
8 7 (10.14%) Information Architecture
8 7 (10.14%) Inventory Management
8 7 (10.14%) Lean Manufacturing
8 7 (10.14%) Logistics
8 7 (10.14%) Manufacturing Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.14%) ABAP
2 1 (1.45%) Python
2 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 10 (14.49%) Master's Degree
3 6 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (7.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (5.80%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.90%) PMO
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
3 1 (1.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (8.70%) MOM
2 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (14.49%) Ariba
2 6 (8.70%) Google
2 6 (8.70%) Rockwell
2 6 (8.70%) Siemens
2 6 (8.70%) Workday
3 2 (2.90%) Anaplan
3 2 (2.90%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.45%) Dell
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft