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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 575 460 453
Rank change year-on-year -115 -7 +84
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 53 41 80
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.15% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.65% 1.72% 3.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 31 49
10th Percentile £442 £350 £438
25th Percentile £525 £514 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £630 £540
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +16.67% -6.09%
75th Percentile £850 £716 £625
90th Percentile - £750 £644
UK median daily rate £600 £645 £540
% change year-on-year -6.98% +19.44% -6.09%
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 3,217 2,381 2,311
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.93% 8.58% 7.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,851 1,439 1,292
10th Percentile £369 £360 £363
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 41 71
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.82 £24.50
25th Percentile £20.31 £25.15 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £44.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +4.71% -24.77%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £77.50 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -18.18%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -87 21 £788 +18.87% 25
Midlands -42 13 £481 -6.55% 10
North of England -74 10 £550 -17.91% 16
East Midlands -2 9 £650 -21.21% 6
North West -37 8 £534 -23.20% 7
South East -70 6 £581 +66.07% 15
West Midlands -51 4 £430 -16.50% 4
East of England -33 2 - - 14
Yorkshire -45 2 £550 -17.91% 7
South West - 1 £550 - 6
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 (3.77%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.89%) CMS
2 1 (1.89%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 21 (39.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (13.21%) iTrent
3 3 (5.66%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (3.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (3.77%) SAP FI-CA
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.89%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.89%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (1.89%) SAP MRS
5 1 (1.89%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) SaaS
2 4 (7.55%) Azure
2 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.66%) AWS
4 2 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.77%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.89%) Boomi
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) GCP
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.55%) SAP BW
2 4 (7.55%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (5.66%) Power BI
4 2 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.77%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.89%) Big Data
5 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.89%) GIS
5 1 (1.89%) Looker
5 1 (1.89%) MySQL
5 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Hudson
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) LSMW
General
1 18 (33.96%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.19%) Finance
3 12 (22.64%) Manufacturing
4 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
6 5 (9.43%) Automotive
7 4 (7.55%) Local Government
8 3 (5.66%) General Ledger
8 3 (5.66%) Retail
8 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.77%) Aerospace
9 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Banking
10 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Analyst
3 10 (18.87%) SAP Architect
4 9 (16.98%) Solutions Architect
5 7 (13.21%) ERP Architect
6 6 (11.32%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 5 (9.43%) Consultant
7 5 (9.43%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (9.43%) SAP Manager
8 4 (7.55%) Business Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Data Migration Specialist
8 4 (7.55%) ERP Specialist
8 4 (7.55%) Logistics Analyst
8 4 (7.55%) Migration Specialist
8 4 (7.55%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
8 4 (7.55%) SAP Consultant
8 4 (7.55%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
8 4 (7.55%) Senior
8 4 (7.55%) Service Analyst
9 3 (5.66%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.55%) Middleware
2 2 (3.77%) .NET
2 2 (3.77%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (3.77%) SAPUI5
3 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.89%) IDoc
3 1 (1.89%) JSON
3 1 (1.89%) REST
3 1 (1.89%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.89%) SOAP
3 1 (1.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) FMCG
2 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Linux
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) ERP
2 25 (47.17%) Migration
3 20 (37.74%) Data Migration
4 19 (35.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.75%) Logistics
6 9 (16.98%) CRM
6 9 (16.98%) Validation
7 7 (13.21%) Analytics
7 7 (13.21%) Data Extraction
7 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (11.32%) Agile
8 6 (11.32%) Data Cleansing
8 6 (11.32%) GAP Analysis
8 6 (11.32%) Roadmaps
8 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.32%) Test Automation
8 6 (11.32%) User Acceptance Testing
8 6 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
9 5 (9.43%) Enterprise Architecture
9 5 (9.43%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) ABAP
2 3 (5.66%) Java
3 2 (3.77%) C#
3 2 (3.77%) Python
4 1 (1.89%) C++
4 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
4 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
1 10 (18.87%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) CCA
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.89%) HNC
4 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.89%) PMP
4 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.66%) PMO
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.66%) Ariba
5 2 (3.77%) Concur
6 1 (1.89%) ESRI
6 1 (1.89%) Infor
6 1 (1.89%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.89%) Planview
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.89%) webMethods