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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 437 492
Rank change year-on-year -102 +55 +74
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 48 42 53
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.68% 2.12% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 30
10th Percentile £444 £488 £442
25th Percentile £481 £569 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £635 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.30% +15.45% -
75th Percentile £683 £692 £678
90th Percentile £694 £706 £750
UK median daily rate £600 £630 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +21.15% -5.45%
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 2,856 1,980 2,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.13% 8.09% 7.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,724 1,188 1,629
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £477 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +4.55% -3.51%
75th Percentile £650 £670 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £537 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -5.79% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 47 105
10th Percentile £19.75 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £32.76 £45.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £70.33 £79.13 £57.33
90th Percentile £88.15 £86.00 £62.12
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -15.79%

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 27 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 27 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
London -68 16 £600 -4.38% 2
South East -51 15 £663 -4.25% 7
Midlands -57 8 £413 -29.79% 6
North of England -62 6 £488 -3.94% 10
West Midlands -60 4 £413 -29.79% 6
Yorkshire -62 4 £548 +46.00% 6
East Midlands - 4 - -
South West -28 2 - -
North West -37 2 £475 -25.78% 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 2 (4.17%) CMS
2 1 (2.08%) ArcGIS
Business Applications
1 21 (43.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.33%) Temenos T24
3 2 (4.17%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (2.08%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (2.08%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (2.08%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.08%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (2.08%) SAP SCM
4 1 (2.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.50%) SaaS
2 3 (6.25%) AWS
2 3 (6.25%) Azure
2 3 (6.25%) SuccessFactors
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.08%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.08%) Power Automate
3 1 (2.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.08%) PowerApps
3 1 (2.08%) Snowflake
3 1 (2.08%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (2.08%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.17%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (2.08%) GIS
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.08%) Cucumber
1 1 (2.08%) Hudson
1 1 (2.08%) JIRA
1 1 (2.08%) LSMW
1 1 (2.08%) Postman
1 1 (2.08%) Selenium
General
1 23 (47.92%) Finance
2 15 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Manufacturing
4 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.33%) Banking
6 3 (6.25%) Local Government
7 2 (4.17%) Financial Institution
7 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Law
7 2 (4.17%) Legal
7 2 (4.17%) Retail
8 1 (2.08%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.08%) Automotive
8 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (29.17%) Architect
2 13 (27.08%) SAP Manager
3 10 (20.83%) Solutions Architect
4 8 (16.67%) Lead
4 8 (16.67%) Project Manager
5 7 (14.58%) SAP Architect
6 6 (12.50%) ERP Manager
6 6 (12.50%) ERP Project Manager
6 6 (12.50%) SAP Project Manager
7 5 (10.42%) Analyst
8 4 (8.33%) Business Analyst
8 4 (8.33%) Change Manager
8 4 (8.33%) ERP Architect
8 4 (8.33%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 4 (8.33%) Senior
9 3 (6.25%) Data Migration Lead
9 3 (6.25%) SAP Data Migration Lead
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Manager
9 3 (6.25%) Senior Project Manager
10 2 (4.17%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.25%) Middleware
2 1 (2.08%) .NET
2 1 (2.08%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.08%) ADO
2 1 (2.08%) REST
2 1 (2.08%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.08%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) FMCG
1 3 (6.25%) IoT
1 3 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Data Structures
2 2 (4.17%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.17%) Public Cloud
2 2 (4.17%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.08%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) ERP
2 22 (45.83%) Migration
3 12 (25.00%) Data Migration
3 12 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (16.67%) Change Management
4 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (12.50%) Data Integration
5 6 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (12.50%) Validation
6 5 (10.42%) Agile
6 5 (10.42%) Data Cleansing
6 5 (10.42%) Data Mapping
6 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.42%) Project Management
6 5 (10.42%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (10.42%) Roadmaps
6 5 (10.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 4 (8.33%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.25%) Degree
4 2 (4.17%) PMP
5 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.08%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.42%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.33%) PMO
3 2 (4.17%) NIST
3 2 (4.17%) NIST 800
3 2 (4.17%) QA
Vendors
1 48 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (10.42%) Sage
3 2 (4.17%) Ariba
3 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.17%) Temenos
4 1 (2.08%) ESRI
4 1 (2.08%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle
4 1 (2.08%) Planon
4 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.08%) Workday