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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 508 424 506
Rank change year-on-year -84 +82 +109
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 44 54 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.67% 2.76% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 40 23
10th Percentile £465 £400 £415
25th Percentile £525 £519 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% -2.65%
75th Percentile £700 £678 £625
90th Percentile £748 £709 £745
UK median daily rate £663 £600 £525
% change year-on-year +10.42% +14.29% -7.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £13.05
75th Percentile - - £50.17
90th Percentile - - £62.54
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 2,631 1,957 2,813
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.52% 7.71% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,570 1,139 1,713
10th Percentile £360 £388 £386
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £653 £665 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 54 113
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.49 £15.59
25th Percentile £30.00 £35.00 £26.03
Median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +27.35%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.25 £60.25
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £56.44 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.93% +26.32% +27.35%

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 -23 14 £663 -1.85% 6
London -56 10 £663 +6.00% 7
Midlands -61 9 £583 +7.87% 1
North of England -64 7 £573 +52.67% 8
Yorkshire -51 6 £595 +58.67% 1
West Midlands -60 5 £413 -23.61% 1
East Midlands -28 4 £825 +37.50%
South West -25 1 - -
North West -33 1 £475 -23.39% 7
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 (2.27%) Apache
1 1 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.27%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.27%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.27%) CMS
1 1 (2.27%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (43.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (6.82%) Temenos T24
3 2 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (4.55%) Primavera
4 1 (2.27%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (2.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (2.27%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.27%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.27%) SAP SCM
4 1 (2.27%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.64%) Azure
2 4 (9.09%) AWS
3 3 (6.82%) SaaS
3 3 (6.82%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.55%) Azure API Management
4 2 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.55%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.27%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) GIS
2 1 (2.27%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.27%) EDMS
2 1 (2.27%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.27%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.27%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.27%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.27%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
2 1 (2.27%) Postman
2 1 (2.27%) Selenium
General
1 18 (40.91%) Finance
1 18 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Public Sector
3 5 (11.36%) Local Government
3 5 (11.36%) Manufacturing
4 3 (6.82%) Banking
5 2 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.55%) Legal
6 1 (2.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (31.82%) SAP Manager
2 8 (18.18%) Architect
2 8 (18.18%) Lead
3 6 (13.64%) Programme Manager
3 6 (13.64%) SAP Programme Manager
3 6 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (11.36%) Project Manager
4 5 (11.36%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (9.09%) Analyst
5 4 (9.09%) Change Manager
5 4 (9.09%) ERP Manager
5 4 (9.09%) ERP Project Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.82%) Consultant
6 3 (6.82%) Implementation Manager
6 3 (6.82%) Senior
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Senior SAP Project Manager
7 2 (4.55%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.36%) Web Services
2 2 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (2.27%) ADO
3 1 (2.27%) jQuery
3 1 (2.27%) Kafka
3 1 (2.27%) Middleware
3 1 (2.27%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.27%) SOAP
3 1 (2.27%) XML
3 1 (2.27%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (15.91%) Public Cloud
2 3 (6.82%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.55%) FMCG
3 2 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.55%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.55%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.27%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.27%) IoT
4 1 (2.27%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.27%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) ERP
2 14 (31.82%) Migration
3 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (20.45%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (15.91%) Change Management
7 6 (13.64%) Data Migration
7 6 (13.64%) DevOps
8 5 (11.36%) Agile
8 5 (11.36%) CRM
8 5 (11.36%) Data Integration
8 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
8 5 (11.36%) Programme Governance
8 5 (11.36%) Requirements Gathering
8 5 (11.36%) Risk Management
8 5 (11.36%) Roadmaps
8 5 (11.36%) SAP Implementation
9 4 (9.09%) Computer Science
9 4 (9.09%) Project Management
9 4 (9.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.55%) SQL
2 1 (2.27%) C#
2 1 (2.27%) Java
2 1 (2.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.27%) Python
2 1 (2.27%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.09%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.55%) PMP
6 1 (2.27%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.09%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.82%) QA
3 2 (4.55%) PMO
4 1 (2.27%) NIST
4 1 (2.27%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (11.36%) Sage
3 4 (9.09%) Oracle
4 3 (6.82%) ESRI
4 3 (6.82%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.55%) Temenos
6 1 (2.27%) Databricks
6 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.27%) Workday