SAP Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

SAP
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 3 February 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
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 57 73
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +12
Contract jobs citing SAP 8 8 9
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.33% 1.34% 0.99%
As % of the Vendors category 3.49% 3.56% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 5
10th Percentile £424 £375 £510
25th Percentile £452 £388 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £408 £540
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -24.44% +16.76%
75th Percentile £602 £480 £550
90th Percentile £638 £594 -
Scotland median daily rate £450 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.11% +5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £25.20 - -
25th Percentile £30.00 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.78% - -
75th Percentile £40.00 £23.50 -
90th Percentile £52.00 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £31.00 £20.75 £19.50
% change year-on-year +49.40% +6.41% -

All Vendors
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 229 225 373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 38.10% 37.63% 41.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 109 217
10th Percentile £300 £179 £207
25th Percentile £413 £263 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £625 £544 £575
90th Percentile £686 £655 £663
Scotland median daily rate £454 £449 £475
% change year-on-year +1.17% -5.53% +2.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 23 14
10th Percentile £17.41 £21.00 £16.08
25th Percentile £17.87 £22.22 £16.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £23.59 £41.44
Median % change year-on-year +31.41% -43.07% +94.90%
75th Percentile £62.00 £24.18 £60.75
90th Percentile £70.20 £27.64 -
Scotland median hourly rate £25.15 £23.59 £19.50
% change year-on-year +6.61% +20.97% +4.00%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SAP

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Edinburgh

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Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing SAP

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Hourly Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 3 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in Edinburgh

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (12.50%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Smartsheet
General
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Cutover Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Software Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) ABAP Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Developer
3 1 (12.50%) IT Administrator
3 1 (12.50%) IT Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planner
3 1 (12.50%) Project Support Officer
3 1 (12.50%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) BAPI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (50.00%) Data Entry
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (37.50%) Migration
2 3 (37.50%) Software Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (25.00%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) Software Licensing
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Integration Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Logistics
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Data Quality
2 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
3 2 (25.00%) Snow
4 1 (12.50%) Planview