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 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 438 491
Rank change year-on-year -100 +53 +102
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 46 41 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.17% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.61% 2.09% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 33 29
10th Percentile £444 £484 £450
25th Percentile £481 £563 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £630 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +14.55% -
75th Percentile £683 £695 £688
90th Percentile £694 £709 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £630 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% +17.21% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Median hourly rate - - £13.05
UK median hourly rate - - £13.05

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 2,862 1,961 2,660
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.29% 8.04% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,710 1,178 1,665
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £669 £675
90th Percentile £738 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £539 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.44% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 49 102
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £30.38 £50.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.76 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -10.95% +63.28% -19.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £57.45
90th Percentile £88.30 £86.00 £64.83
UK median hourly rate £53.50 £60.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -10.83% +58.63% -19.95%

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 13 April 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
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 13 April 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
South East -40 14 £663 -4.25% 8
London -58 14 £625 -0.79% 5
Midlands -64 8 £413 -29.79% 6
North of England -66 7 £500 +33.33% 8
Yorkshire -57 5 £550 +46.67% 4
West Midlands -69 4 £413 -29.79% 5
East Midlands - 4 - - 1
South West -29 2 - -
North West -37 2 £475 - 4
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 (2.17%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.17%) CMS
Business Applications
1 19 (41.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.70%) Temenos T24
3 2 (4.35%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.17%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (2.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (2.17%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.17%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.17%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (2.17%) SAP SCM
4 1 (2.17%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) AWS
1 5 (10.87%) SaaS
2 4 (8.70%) Azure
3 3 (6.52%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (2.17%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.17%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (2.17%) GIS
2 1 (2.17%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.17%) Hudson
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
1 1 (2.17%) LSMW
1 1 (2.17%) Postman
1 1 (2.17%) Selenium
General
1 22 (47.83%) Finance
2 16 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 5 (10.87%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.70%) Banking
7 3 (6.52%) Local Government
8 2 (4.35%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (4.35%) Law
8 2 (4.35%) Legal
9 1 (2.17%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.17%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (30.43%) SAP Manager
2 13 (28.26%) Architect
3 9 (19.57%) Lead
3 9 (19.57%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (15.22%) SAP Architect
5 6 (13.04%) Project Manager
5 6 (13.04%) SAP Project Manager
6 5 (10.87%) Analyst
6 5 (10.87%) ERP Manager
6 5 (10.87%) ERP Project Manager
7 4 (8.70%) Business Analyst
7 4 (8.70%) Change Manager
7 4 (8.70%) ERP Architect
7 4 (8.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 3 (6.52%) Data Migration Lead
8 3 (6.52%) SAP Data Migration Lead
8 3 (6.52%) Senior
9 2 (4.35%) Cutover Manager
9 2 (4.35%) SAP Cutover Manager
9 2 (4.35%) SAP Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.52%) Web Services
2 1 (2.17%) ADO
2 1 (2.17%) Middleware
2 1 (2.17%) REST
2 1 (2.17%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.35%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.35%) FMCG
2 2 (4.35%) IoT
2 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.35%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.35%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (100.00%) ERP
2 21 (45.65%) Migration
3 12 (26.09%) Data Migration
4 11 (23.91%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.39%) Change Management
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (13.04%) Data Integration
6 6 (13.04%) Validation
7 5 (10.87%) Data Cleansing
7 5 (10.87%) Data Mapping
7 5 (10.87%) DevOps
7 5 (10.87%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.87%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (10.87%) Roadmaps
7 5 (10.87%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (8.70%) Collateral Management
8 4 (8.70%) Impact Assessments
8 4 (8.70%) Requirements Workshops
8 4 (8.70%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 7 (15.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.87%) Degree
2 5 (10.87%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.52%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.35%) PMP
5 1 (2.17%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.70%) PMO
3 2 (4.35%) NIST
3 2 (4.35%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (10.87%) Sage
3 2 (4.35%) Ariba
3 2 (4.35%) Temenos
4 1 (2.17%) ESRI
4 1 (2.17%) Oracle
4 1 (2.17%) Planon
4 1 (2.17%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.17%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.17%) Workday