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 12 August 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
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 23 28
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +20
Contract jobs citing SAP 43 32 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.99% 6.56% 5.35%
As % of the Vendors category 13.40% 14.68% 10.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 17 10
10th Percentile £476 £448 £406
25th Percentile £500 £463 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £500 £463
Median % change year-on-year +13.00% +8.11% -5.13%
75th Percentile £688 £585 £561
90th Percentile £700 £621 £649
North West median daily rate £550 £550 £518
% change year-on-year - +6.18% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £47.75 - £22.16
25th Percentile - - £22.40
Median hourly rate £50.00 £35.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +55.35% -9.88%
75th Percentile £70.00 - £25.65
90th Percentile £79.60 - £31.26
North West median hourly rate £22.63 £38.93 £22.53
% change year-on-year -41.87% +72.79% -68.92%

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 321 218 237
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 52.20% 44.67% 52.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 138 124
10th Percentile £309 £274 £275
25th Percentile £358 £394 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £517 £577 £581
90th Percentile £638 £638 £593
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.01% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 19
10th Percentile - - £12.27
25th Percentile £12.82 £11.00 £17.20
Median hourly rate £38.25 £14.00 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year +173.21% -37.86% +80.53%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £83.73 £29.90 £36.05
North West median hourly rate £26.26 £16.06 £34.00
% change year-on-year +63.51% -52.76% +56.11%

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 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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 +1 22 £580 +16.00% 1
Chester 0 12 £550 -12.00% 2
Warrington -4 1 £488 +8.33% 5
Crewe - 1 - -
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:

Business Applications
1 23 (53.49%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (9.30%) SAP HR
2 4 (9.30%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (2.33%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.33%) SAP LE
3 1 (2.33%) SAP MM
3 1 (2.33%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.33%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) Azure
1 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
2 4 (9.30%) Snowflake
3 2 (4.65%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.33%) Anthropic Claude
4 1 (2.33%) AWS
4 1 (2.33%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.33%) GCP
4 1 (2.33%) Google Gemini
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) Power BI
2 4 (9.30%) Data Lake
2 4 (9.30%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.33%) Neo4j
3 1 (2.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 23 (53.49%) Pharmaceutical
2 19 (44.19%) Social Skills
3 17 (39.53%) Manufacturing
4 15 (34.88%) Finance
5 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (13.95%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.33%) Law
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 6 (13.95%) Consultant
3 5 (11.63%) Programme Manager
3 5 (11.63%) SAP Analyst
3 5 (11.63%) SAP Consultant
4 4 (9.30%) Business Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) Data Analytics Specialist
4 4 (9.30%) Payroll Consultant
4 4 (9.30%) Process Analyst
4 4 (9.30%) SAP Manager
4 4 (9.30%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) Business Process Analyst
5 3 (6.98%) Data Migration Expert
5 3 (6.98%) HR Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) SAP HR Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 3 (6.98%) SAP Programme Manager
6 2 (4.65%) SAP Financial Specialist
6 2 (4.65%) Senior
6 2 (4.65%) Supply Chain Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.33%) BAPI
2 1 (2.33%) OLE
2 1 (2.33%) PyTorch
2 1 (2.33%) SAP Smart Forms
2 1 (2.33%) SAPUI5
2 1 (2.33%) Streamlit
2 1 (2.33%) TensorFlow
2 1 (2.33%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Life Science
2 1 (2.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (18.60%) Inventory Management
3 8 (18.60%) Logistics
3 8 (18.60%) Migration
3 8 (18.60%) Process Improvement
3 8 (18.60%) Project Management
4 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
4 7 (16.28%) Data Design
4 7 (16.28%) Data Migration
4 7 (16.28%) ERP
5 6 (13.95%) Change Management
5 6 (13.95%) ETL
5 6 (13.95%) Information Architecture
5 6 (13.95%) Lean Six Sigma
5 6 (13.95%) Process Management
5 6 (13.95%) Service Management
5 6 (13.95%) Six Sigma
6 5 (11.63%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (11.63%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) ABAP
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) R
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (9.30%) Degree
1 4 (9.30%) Master's Degree
1 4 (9.30%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 2 (4.65%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) GxP
1 5 (11.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.65%) PMO
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 8 (18.60%) Ariba
2 2 (4.65%) Anaplan
2 2 (4.65%) Hyperion
3 1 (2.33%) Databricks
3 1 (2.33%) EXASOL