SAP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

SAP
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England 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 13 July 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
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 12 20
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 +26
Contract jobs citing SAP 167 120 119
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 7.39% 9.77% 6.44%
As % of the Vendors category 19.58% 18.81% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 69 63
10th Percentile £315 £425 £325
25th Percentile £463 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £598 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.64% +19.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £700 £690
England median daily rate £573 £565 £575
% change year-on-year +1.37% -1.74% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 66 19 28
10th Percentile £17.69 £16.38 £14.35
25th Percentile £22.63 £16.92 £15.10
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.63 £17.40
Median % change year-on-year +76.76% +30.06% -64.49%
75th Percentile £55.38 £41.63 £21.75
90th Percentile £68.20 £45.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.38 £34.16 £28.00
% change year-on-year -8.14% +21.98% -37.78%

All Vendors
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 853 638 714
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 37.73% 51.95% 38.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 436 318 326
10th Percentile £188 £225 £213
25th Percentile £355 £413 £346
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £506 £529 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +5.80% +11.11%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £691 £675 £700
England median daily rate £510 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -0.49% -0.49% -1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 107 240
10th Percentile £15.99 £14.99 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.27 £15.99 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.63 £20.75 £16.30
Median % change year-on-year +9.06% +27.30% -25.91%
75th Percentile £59.25 £59.50 £49.91
90th Percentile £70.00 £66.45 £73.43
England median hourly rate £35.50 £25.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +41.15% +0.60% -32.89%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the East of England

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the East of England

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing SAP

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the East of England

SAP
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 July 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
Hertfordshire -3 74 £505 -3.81% 9
Bedfordshire 0 54 £600 - 9
Cambridgeshire +11 22 £573 -4.90% 3
Essex -2 15 £490 - 4
Suffolk -6 2 - - 1
SAP
England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.19%) NetWeaver
2 5 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 24 (14.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.40%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 77 (46.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (9.58%) SAP FI
3 11 (6.59%) SAP CO
3 11 (6.59%) SAP FI/CO
4 6 (3.59%) Teamcenter
5 4 (2.40%) SAP FI-AP
6 3 (1.80%) SAP GRC
6 3 (1.80%) SAP PM
6 3 (1.80%) SAP PS
7 2 (1.20%) SAP ERP
7 2 (1.20%) SAP IS-U
8 1 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.60%) OpenText VIM for SAP
8 1 (0.60%) Oracle ERP
8 1 (0.60%) Primavera
8 1 (0.60%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.60%) SAP EHS
8 1 (0.60%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 14 (8.38%) Azure
2 5 (2.99%) Veeva
3 3 (1.80%) AWS
3 3 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (1.80%) SaaS
4 2 (1.20%) IaaS
4 2 (1.20%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (1.20%) PaaS
4 2 (1.20%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.60%) Amazon Bedrock
5 1 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.60%) dbt
5 1 (0.60%) Google Gemini
5 1 (0.60%) Miro
5 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
5 1 (0.60%) Serverless
5 1 (0.60%) Snowflake
5 1 (0.60%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.60%) Firewall
1 1 (0.60%) Intranet
1 1 (0.60%) LAN
1 1 (0.60%) Network Security
1 1 (0.60%) WAN
1 1 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.19%) SAP HANA
1 7 (4.19%) Sybase ASE
2 6 (3.59%) MaxDB
2 6 (3.59%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.99%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (1.20%) Power BI
5 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.60%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.60%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (1.20%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (0.60%) Git
2 1 (0.60%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) JMeter
General
1 51 (30.54%) Social Skills
2 44 (26.35%) Finance
3 39 (23.35%) Manufacturing
4 21 (12.57%) Pharmaceutical
5 13 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.99%) Aerospace
7 4 (2.40%) Aviation
8 3 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.80%) Retail
9 2 (1.20%) Billing
9 2 (1.20%) General Ledger
9 2 (1.20%) Law
9 2 (1.20%) Marketing
9 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Back Office
10 1 (0.60%) Electronics
10 1 (0.60%) Front Office
10 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
Job Titles
1 31 (18.56%) Analyst
2 26 (15.57%) Administrator
2 26 (15.57%) Lead
3 24 (14.37%) SAP Support
4 22 (13.17%) SAP Analyst
5 21 (12.57%) SAP Administrator
6 20 (11.98%) Project Manager
7 19 (11.38%) Logistics Analyst
8 18 (10.78%) Consultant
9 16 (9.58%) SAP Logistics Analyst
10 13 (7.78%) SAP Security Administrator
10 13 (7.78%) Security Administrator
11 12 (7.19%) SAP Manager
11 12 (7.19%) SAP Project Manager
12 11 (6.59%) Architect
12 11 (6.59%) PMO Manager
12 11 (6.59%) PMO Project Manager
13 10 (5.99%) SAP PMO Manager
14 7 (4.19%) Project Controller
14 7 (4.19%) SAP Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.19%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (4.19%) SAP Basis
3 6 (3.59%) SAPUI5
4 3 (1.80%) REST
5 2 (1.20%) IDoc
5 2 (1.20%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (0.60%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.60%) SAP ALE
6 1 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.59%) Data Structures
1 6 (3.59%) Life Science
2 3 (1.80%) Management Information System
2 3 (1.80%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.60%) Analogue Electronics
3 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (0.60%) Biopharmaceutical
3 1 (0.60%) e-Learning
3 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
3 1 (0.60%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.39%) Windows
2 4 (2.40%) Linux
3 3 (1.80%) Unix
4 1 (0.60%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (25.15%) Migration
2 32 (19.16%) ERP
2 32 (19.16%) Logistics
3 26 (15.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 22 (13.17%) SAP Security
4 22 (13.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 19 (11.38%) Change Management
6 17 (10.18%) Agile
6 17 (10.18%) Project Management
6 17 (10.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (9.58%) Analytics
7 16 (9.58%) Asset Management
8 15 (8.98%) Data Migration
8 15 (8.98%) SDLC
8 15 (8.98%) Validation
8 15 (8.98%) Workshop Facilitation
9 12 (7.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (5.99%) Data Cleansing
11 9 (5.39%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.99%) Python
2 3 (1.80%) PowerShell
2 3 (1.80%) SQL
3 2 (1.20%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.60%) ABAP
4 1 (0.60%) Java
4 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 26 (15.57%) Security Cleared
2 20 (11.98%) SC Cleared
3 11 (6.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 11 (6.59%) Degree
4 3 (1.80%) ACCA
4 3 (1.80%) CIMA
5 2 (1.20%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.20%) PMP
6 1 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.60%) APMG
6 1 (0.60%) CCSP
6 1 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.60%) CISSP
6 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.60%) HNC
6 1 (0.60%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Six Sigma Green Belt
6 1 (0.60%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (14.37%) Data Quality
2 16 (9.58%) PMO
3 7 (4.19%) SLA
4 5 (2.99%) GDPR
5 3 (1.80%) GRC
5 3 (1.80%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.20%) ITGC
6 2 (1.20%) QA
7 1 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.60%) GMP
7 1 (0.60%) GxP
Systems Management
1 2 (1.20%) Grafana
Vendors
1 14 (8.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.59%) Oracle
3 8 (4.79%) Ariba
3 8 (4.79%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.19%) Sybase
5 6 (3.59%) Siemens
6 4 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.20%) Dynatrace
7 2 (1.20%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.60%) Apple
8 1 (0.60%) Cegedim Rx
8 1 (0.60%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.60%) Google
8 1 (0.60%) IFS
8 1 (0.60%) Informatica
8 1 (0.60%) Ingenico
8 1 (0.60%) OpenAI
8 1 (0.60%) OpenText
8 1 (0.60%) Pega
8 1 (0.60%) Talend