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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 514 435 511
Rank change year-on-year -79 +76 +108
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 42 51 48
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.13% 0.20% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.61% 2.65% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 37 23
10th Percentile £407 £400 £415
25th Percentile £513 £515 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £696 £663 £625
90th Percentile £749 £700 £744
UK median daily rate £663 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +17.78% +2.27% -3.51%
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 2,610 1,926 2,791
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 7.77% 7.45% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,550 1,079 1,680
10th Percentile £358 £381 £376
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £567 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.09% -1.08%
75th Percentile £664 £669 £675
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 54 114
10th Percentile £18.65 £22.49 £15.67
25th Percentile £28.13 £35.00 £26.03
Median hourly rate £54.50 £53.88 £47.63
Median % change year-on-year +1.16% +13.12% +17.16%
75th Percentile £70.94 £77.42 £61.26
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £53.88 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.19% +13.42% +16.85%

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 10 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 10 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 -15 13 £663 -1.85% 3
Midlands -58 9 £583 +7.87% 3
London -44 8 £650 +19.54% 3
North of England -58 8 £550 +25.71% 5
Yorkshire -51 6 £595 +58.67% 1
West Midlands -51 5 £413 -23.61% 2
East Midlands -30 4 £825 +37.50% 1
North West -27 2 £450 -19.64% 3
South West -24 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 (2.38%) Apache
1 1 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (2.38%) Apache Spark
1 1 (2.38%) CMS
1 1 (2.38%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (47.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.76%) Primavera
2 2 (4.76%) Temenos T24
3 1 (2.38%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (2.38%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.38%) SAP PP
3 1 (2.38%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.29%) Azure
2 4 (9.52%) AWS
3 3 (7.14%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (4.76%) Azure API Management
4 2 (4.76%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.76%) SaaS
5 1 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.38%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) GIS
2 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.38%) EDMS
2 1 (2.38%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.38%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.38%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (2.38%) Cucumber
2 1 (2.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Postman
2 1 (2.38%) Selenium
General
1 19 (45.24%) Social Skills
2 18 (42.86%) Finance
3 10 (23.81%) Public Sector
4 8 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (14.29%) Local Government
6 4 (9.52%) Manufacturing
7 2 (4.76%) Banking
8 1 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.38%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (33.33%) SAP Manager
2 7 (16.67%) Lead
3 6 (14.29%) Architect
3 6 (14.29%) Programme Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 6 (14.29%) SAP Programme Manager
3 6 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 5 (11.90%) ERP Manager
4 5 (11.90%) ERP Project Manager
4 5 (11.90%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (9.52%) Change Manager
6 3 (7.14%) Analyst
6 3 (7.14%) Consultant
6 3 (7.14%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.76%) CRM Architect
7 2 (4.76%) Designer
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 2 (4.76%) Solutions Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (11.90%) Web Services
2 1 (2.38%) ADO
2 1 (2.38%) jQuery
2 1 (2.38%) Kafka
2 1 (2.38%) Middleware
2 1 (2.38%) REST
2 1 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (2.38%) SOAP
2 1 (2.38%) XML
2 1 (2.38%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 7 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 5 (11.90%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.76%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.38%) FMCG
4 1 (2.38%) IoT
4 1 (2.38%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (100.00%) ERP
2 13 (30.95%) Migration
3 12 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (19.05%) Change Management
4 8 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (11.90%) CRM
6 5 (11.90%) Data Migration
6 5 (11.90%) Programme Governance
6 5 (11.90%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (9.52%) Computer Science
7 4 (9.52%) DevOps
7 4 (9.52%) Impact Assessments
7 4 (9.52%) Project Delivery
7 4 (9.52%) Project Management
7 4 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (9.52%) Risk Management
7 4 (9.52%) Roadmaps
7 4 (9.52%) Validation
8 3 (7.14%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.14%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) C#
2 1 (2.38%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.38%) Python
2 1 (2.38%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (19.05%) Degree
2 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
3 4 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (4.76%) PMP
6 1 (2.38%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.14%) PMO
2 3 (7.14%) QA
3 1 (2.38%) NIST
3 1 (2.38%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 42 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (11.90%) Sage
3 4 (9.52%) Oracle
4 3 (7.14%) Microsoft
5 2 (4.76%) ESRI
5 2 (4.76%) Temenos
6 1 (2.38%) Databricks
6 1 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.38%) Workday