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

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 429 480
Rank change year-on-year -110 +51 +70
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 49 37 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.70% 1.89% 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 30 32
10th Percentile £463 £540 £438
25th Percentile £503 £600 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £650 £568
Median % change year-on-year - +14.54% +0.44%
75th Percentile £694 £695 £641
90th Percentile £850 £709 £721
UK median daily rate £625 £654 £550
% change year-on-year -4.43% +18.91% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £29.84 - -
25th Percentile £33.65 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £13.05
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 - £13.05
% change year-on-year - - -86.26%

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 2,888 1,953 2,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.93% 8.21% 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,709 1,186 1,559
10th Percentile £363 £400 £374
25th Percentile £450 £475 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.14%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
UK median daily rate £540 £565 £550
% change year-on-year -4.42% +2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 129 51 106
10th Percentile £24.76 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £37.31 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.00 £37.83
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +58.63% -22.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.10 £56.49
90th Percentile £87.60 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%

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 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -60 20 £675 +1.50% 11
Midlands -64 11 £463 -21.28%
South East -52 10 £656 -5.15% 5
North of England -70 6 £488 -3.94% 5
East Midlands - 6 £650 -
West Midlands -61 5 £413 -29.79%
North West -38 4 £475 -25.78% 2
Yorkshire -54 2 £500 +33.33% 3
South West -31 1 - - 1
East of England -37 1 - - 1
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 (2.04%) ArcGIS
1 1 (2.04%) CMS
Business Applications
1 21 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (10.20%) iTrent
3 4 (8.16%) Temenos T24
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (2.04%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (2.04%) SAP IBP
4 1 (2.04%) SAP MDG
4 1 (2.04%) SAP MDG-F
4 1 (2.04%) SAP PP
4 1 (2.04%) SAP SCM
4 1 (2.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.20%) SaaS
2 3 (6.12%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
3 2 (4.08%) Azure
3 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.04%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.04%) PowerApps
4 1 (2.04%) Snowflake
4 1 (2.04%) Tricentis Tosca
4 1 (2.04%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.20%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (4.08%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (4.08%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (2.04%) GIS
3 1 (2.04%) Looker
3 1 (2.04%) Power BI
3 1 (2.04%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.04%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Hudson
2 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.04%) JIRA
2 1 (2.04%) LSMW
2 1 (2.04%) Postman
2 1 (2.04%) Selenium
General
1 19 (38.78%) Finance
2 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
3 9 (18.37%) Manufacturing
4 6 (12.24%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.16%) Banking
5 4 (8.16%) Local Government
6 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Automotive
7 2 (4.08%) Financial Institution
7 2 (4.08%) Law
7 2 (4.08%) Legal
7 2 (4.08%) Retail
8 1 (2.04%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (32.65%) Architect
2 12 (24.49%) Solutions Architect
3 9 (18.37%) Analyst
3 9 (18.37%) SAP Architect
3 9 (18.37%) SAP Manager
4 6 (12.24%) ERP Architect
4 6 (12.24%) Lead
4 6 (12.24%) Project Manager
4 6 (12.24%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 5 (10.20%) Business Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Data Migration Lead
6 3 (6.12%) ERP Manager
6 3 (6.12%) ERP Project Manager
6 3 (6.12%) SAP Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) SAP Data Migration Lead
6 3 (6.12%) SAP Project Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Cutover Manager
7 2 (4.08%) ERP Specialist
7 2 (4.08%) Migration Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Migration Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Middleware
2 1 (2.04%) .NET
2 1 (2.04%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.04%) ADO
2 1 (2.04%) REST
2 1 (2.04%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.16%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (6.12%) FMCG
3 3 (6.12%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.08%) IoT
4 2 (4.08%) Taxonomies
5 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.04%) Private Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) ERP
2 28 (57.14%) Migration
3 18 (36.73%) Data Migration
4 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (20.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (16.33%) Validation
7 7 (14.29%) Data Cleansing
7 7 (14.29%) Logistics
8 6 (12.24%) Agile
8 6 (12.24%) Change Management
8 6 (12.24%) Data Mapping
8 6 (12.24%) User Acceptance Testing
9 5 (10.20%) Data Extraction
9 5 (10.20%) Data Integration
9 5 (10.20%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (10.20%) Test Automation
9 5 (10.20%) Waterfall
10 4 (8.16%) Requirements Workshops
10 4 (8.16%) Technical Leadership
10 4 (8.16%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.04%) C#
1 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.12%) PMO
3 1 (2.04%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.04%) NIST
3 1 (2.04%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 49 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (10.20%) Oracle
3 4 (8.16%) Sage
4 2 (4.08%) Ariba
4 2 (4.08%) Concur
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) Temenos
5 1 (2.04%) ESRI
5 1 (2.04%) Planon
5 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow
5 1 (2.04%) Workday