SAP ERP Contract Job Trends in England

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring SAP ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 573 466 446
Rank change year-on-year -107 -20 +83
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 52 32 71
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.12% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.63% 1.36% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 45
10th Percentile £439 £350 £444
25th Percentile £502 £469 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £600 £520
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +15.38% -9.57%
75th Percentile £713 £688 £638
90th Percentile £850 £750 £683
UK median daily rate £596 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -0.63% +9.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £23.89 - -
25th Percentile £27.20 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.73 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
% change year-on-year - - -62.78%

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP ERP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,181 2,348 2,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.97% 8.51% 7.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,858 1,432 1,407
10th Percentile £363 £358 £363
25th Percentile £463 £442 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.18%
75th Percentile £655 £666 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 45 77
10th Percentile £16.75 £12.89 £22.45
25th Percentile £26.13 £26.72 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £47.48 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +5.50% -20.34%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £76.50 £66.60
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +5.26% -15.56% -16.15%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

SAP ERP job vacancy trend in England

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ERP

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP in England over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in England

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP ERP

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP ERP in England over the 6 months to 20 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP ERP in England

SAP ERP
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the England region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
London -65 22 £675 +3.45% 8
Midlands -45 12 £472 -8.37% 7
North of England -51 10 £550 -17.91% 1
North West -32 8 £534 -23.20% 1
East Midlands - 7 £650 - 4
West Midlands -51 5 £446 -13.35% 3
South East -59 4 £581 +66.07% 4
East of England -23 2 - - 3
Yorkshire -39 2 £550 -17.91%
South West - 2 £550 - 2
SAP ERP
UK

SAP ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 1 (1.92%) CMS
1 1 (1.92%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (40.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (13.46%) iTrent
3 3 (5.77%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (3.85%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.92%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (1.92%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.92%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.92%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.92%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (1.92%) SAP MRS
5 1 (1.92%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.92%) SAP WM
5 1 (1.92%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.69%) Azure
1 4 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 4 (7.69%) SaaS
2 3 (5.77%) AWS
2 3 (5.77%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.85%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.92%) Boomi
4 1 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.92%) GCP
4 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.92%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.92%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.92%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.23%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.69%) SAP BW
2 4 (7.69%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (5.77%) Power BI
4 2 (3.85%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.85%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.92%) Big Data
5 1 (1.92%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.92%) GIS
5 1 (1.92%) Looker
5 1 (1.92%) MySQL
5 1 (1.92%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Hudson
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.92%) LSMW
General
1 20 (38.46%) Finance
2 17 (32.69%) Social Skills
3 12 (23.08%) Manufacturing
4 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.54%) Public Sector
6 4 (7.69%) Automotive
6 4 (7.69%) Local Government
7 3 (5.77%) General Ledger
7 3 (5.77%) Retail
7 3 (5.77%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 2 (3.85%) Banking
8 2 (3.85%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.92%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.92%) Law
9 1 (1.92%) Legal
9 1 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (25.00%) Analyst
2 11 (21.15%) Architect
3 8 (15.38%) SAP Architect
3 8 (15.38%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (13.46%) ERP Architect
5 6 (11.54%) SAP Manager
5 6 (11.54%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.62%) Business Analyst
6 5 (9.62%) Consultant
6 5 (9.62%) SAP Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Data Migration Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) ERP Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Lead
7 4 (7.69%) Logistics Analyst
7 4 (7.69%) Migration Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.69%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (7.69%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) Middleware
2 2 (3.85%) .NET
3 1 (1.92%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.92%) IDoc
3 1 (1.92%) JSON
3 1 (1.92%) REST
3 1 (1.92%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.92%) SOAP
3 1 (1.92%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.77%) FMCG
2 3 (5.77%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.85%) IoT
4 1 (1.92%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.92%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Linux
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) ERP
2 25 (48.08%) Migration
3 20 (38.46%) Data Migration
4 16 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (19.23%) Logistics
5 10 (19.23%) Validation
6 8 (15.38%) Analytics
7 7 (13.46%) CRM
7 7 (13.46%) Data Cleansing
7 7 (13.46%) Data Extraction
7 7 (13.46%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (13.46%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (11.54%) Agile
8 6 (11.54%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.54%) Test Automation
8 6 (11.54%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (9.62%) Data Mapping
9 5 (9.62%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.77%) ABAP
2 2 (3.85%) C#
2 2 (3.85%) Python
3 1 (1.92%) C++
3 1 (1.92%) Java
3 1 (1.92%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (19.23%) Security Cleared
2 9 (17.31%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.77%) CCA
3 3 (5.77%) Degree
4 2 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.92%) HNC
5 1 (1.92%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.92%) PMP
5 1 (1.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.69%) PMO
2 3 (5.77%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.92%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.92%) NIST
3 1 (1.92%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 52 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (11.54%) Oracle
3 4 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.77%) Ariba
5 2 (3.85%) Concur
6 1 (1.92%) ESRI
6 1 (1.92%) Infor
6 1 (1.92%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.92%) Planon
6 1 (1.92%) Planview
6 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.92%) webMethods