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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 446 522
Rank change year-on-year -48 +76 +135
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 50 61 49
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.89% 2.80% 1.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 42 31
10th Percentile £376 £431 £400
25th Percentile £484 £510 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £660 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -1.82% -12.00%
75th Percentile £709 £629 £663
90th Percentile £755 £675 £794
UK median daily rate £650 £540 £538
% change year-on-year +20.37% +0.47% -13.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.04
Median hourly rate - £35.36 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year - -42.77% -
75th Percentile - - £62.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - £35.36 £61.79
% change year-on-year - -42.77% -

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 2,644 2,175 2,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.54% 7.17% 7.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,613 1,229 1,741
10th Percentile £358 £380 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £675
90th Percentile £752 £757 £756
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 58 77
10th Percentile £17.27 £24.23 £34.50
25th Percentile £25.93 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £47.18 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +0.63% -16.48% +61.40%
75th Percentile £90.09 £67.13 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.86 £80.75 £89.25
UK median hourly rate £37.75 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year -18.25% -18.25% +51.45%

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 9 December 2025.

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 9 December 2025. 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 -4 14 £515 -7.62% 5
London -12 14 £675 +25.58% 1
Midlands -32 9 £515 -4.63% 4
North of England -39 8 £670 +34.00% 4
West Midlands -27 5 £515 -4.63% 4
Yorkshire -36 5 £633 +26.50% 4
East Midlands -16 4 £825 +37.50%
North West -18 3 £750 +50.00%
East of England -14 1 £675 +0.93% 3
South West -27 1 - - 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 3 (6.00%) Confluence
2 1 (2.00%) Apache
2 1 (2.00%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.00%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.00%) CMS
2 1 (2.00%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 22 (44.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (4.00%) Primavera
3 1 (2.00%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (2.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.00%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.00%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.00%) Azure
2 5 (10.00%) SaaS
3 4 (8.00%) AWS
3 4 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.00%) Azure API Management
4 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.00%) Power BI
2 3 (6.00%) SAP BW
3 2 (4.00%) GIS
3 2 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.00%) EDMS
4 1 (2.00%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.00%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.00%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.00%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (54.00%) Finance
2 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
3 13 (26.00%) Public Sector
4 8 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 5 (10.00%) Local Government
7 3 (6.00%) General Ledger
7 3 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
8 2 (4.00%) Billing
9 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (24.00%) SAP Manager
2 6 (12.00%) Lead
2 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Architect
3 5 (10.00%) Consultant
3 5 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 5 (10.00%) SAP Programme Manager
3 5 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (8.00%) Accountant
4 4 (8.00%) ERP Manager
4 4 (8.00%) ERP Project Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Senior
4 4 (8.00%) Senior Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 4 (8.00%) Systems Accountant
5 3 (6.00%) Change Manager
5 3 (6.00%) ERP Architect
5 3 (6.00%) SAP BW Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (6.00%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) Web Services
2 1 (2.00%) jQuery
2 1 (2.00%) Kafka
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) REST
2 1 (2.00%) SOAP
2 1 (2.00%) XML
2 1 (2.00%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.00%) IoT
4 1 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (100.00%) ERP
2 10 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 9 (18.00%) Migration
4 8 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (16.00%) Programme Governance
5 7 (14.00%) Change Management
5 7 (14.00%) CRM
5 7 (14.00%) Project Management
5 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (12.00%) Data Migration
7 5 (10.00%) Analytics
7 5 (10.00%) Business Case
7 5 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 4 (8.00%) Computer Science
8 4 (8.00%) DevOps
8 4 (8.00%) Risk Management
8 4 (8.00%) SAP Implementation
8 4 (8.00%) Validation
8 4 (8.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 3 (6.00%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) SQL
2 3 (6.00%) ABAP
3 1 (2.00%) C#
3 1 (2.00%) Java
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Degree
2 7 (14.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.00%) CCA
4 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (6.00%) SAP Certification
5 2 (4.00%) ACCA
5 2 (4.00%) CIMA
5 2 (4.00%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) QA
2 4 (8.00%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.00%) PMO
4 1 (2.00%) NIST
4 1 (2.00%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (16.00%) Oracle
3 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.00%) Ariba
4 2 (4.00%) Concur
4 2 (4.00%) ESRI
5 1 (2.00%) Databricks
5 1 (2.00%) HP
5 1 (2.00%) Sage
5 1 (2.00%) Salesforce