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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 589 478 433
Rank change year-on-year -111 -45 +102
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 53 40 83
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.14% 0.25%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.66% 1.66% 3.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 30 52
10th Percentile £452 £350 £438
25th Percentile £525 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £620 £540
Median % change year-on-year +2.82% +14.81% -6.09%
75th Percentile £803 £727 £626
90th Percentile £850 £752 £638
UK median daily rate £590 £650 £545
% change year-on-year -9.23% +19.27% -5.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 3
10th Percentile £18.98 - -
25th Percentile £26.90 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.15 - -
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 3,194 2,408 2,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.86% 8.65% 7.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,835 1,449 1,276
10th Percentile £375 £360 £363
25th Percentile £469 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
90th Percentile £761 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 40 69
10th Percentile £15.01 £12.82 £24.15
25th Percentile £19.70 £24.59 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% +0.59% -24.77%
75th Percentile £71.43 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £88.75 £78.25 £66.30
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £35.48 £45.00
% change year-on-year +12.74% -21.16% -18.55%

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 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 24 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 24 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 -78 20 £788 +16.67% 17
North of England -58 12 £550 -17.91% 5
Midlands -42 11 £481 -6.55% 14
North West -45 10 £590 -15.11% 2
East Midlands -15 7 £650 -21.21% 8
South East -63 6 £581 +66.07% 5
West Midlands -43 4 £430 -16.50% 6
Yorkshire -33 2 £550 -17.91% 2
East of England -34 2 - - 7
South West - 1 £550 - 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 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 22 (41.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (13.21%) iTrent
3 3 (5.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (5.66%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (3.77%) SAP FI-CA
4 2 (3.77%) SAP HR
4 2 (3.77%) SAP MRS
4 2 (3.77%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.89%) SAP Business One
5 1 (1.89%) SAP EHS
5 1 (1.89%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.89%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.89%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.55%) Azure
1 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
1 4 (7.55%) SaaS
2 2 (3.77%) AWS
2 2 (3.77%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (3.77%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.89%) Boomi
3 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.89%) GCP
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.55%) SAP BW
3 3 (5.66%) Power BI
3 3 (5.66%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (3.77%) GIS
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%) Looker
5 1 (1.89%) MySQL
5 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Hudson
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 16 (30.19%) Finance
3 13 (24.53%) 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%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
9 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.89%) Banking
10 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.89%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (24.53%) Analyst
2 11 (20.75%) Architect
3 7 (13.21%) Consultant
3 7 (13.21%) SAP Architect
4 6 (11.32%) SAP Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Solutions Architect
5 5 (9.43%) Business Analyst
5 5 (9.43%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (9.43%) Senior
6 4 (7.55%) Administrator
6 4 (7.55%) Data Migration Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) ERP Architect
6 4 (7.55%) ERP Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Logistics Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Migration Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
6 4 (7.55%) Service Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) SAP Administrator
7 3 (5.66%) SAP Solutions Architect
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 4 (7.55%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) FMCG
2 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (3.77%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.77%) Replication
4 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) Linux
1 1 (1.89%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) ERP
2 24 (45.28%) Migration
3 19 (35.85%) Data Migration
3 19 (35.85%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (24.53%) Logistics
5 10 (18.87%) CRM
6 9 (16.98%) Validation
7 7 (13.21%) Agile
7 7 (13.21%) Analytics
7 7 (13.21%) Data Extraction
7 7 (13.21%) GAP Analysis
7 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
7 7 (13.21%) Workshop Facilitation
8 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 6 (11.32%) Test Automation
9 5 (9.43%) AI
9 5 (9.43%) Data Cleansing
9 5 (9.43%) Test Scripting
9 5 (9.43%) Translating Business Requirements
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%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.55%) Degree
4 3 (5.66%) CCA
5 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.89%) HNC
6 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.89%) PMP
6 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.66%) PMO
2 2 (3.77%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.89%) COSHH
3 1 (1.89%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 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 6 (11.32%) Oracle
3 5 (9.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (5.66%) Ariba
5 2 (3.77%) Concur
5 2 (3.77%) 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