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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 493 451 523
Rank change year-on-year -42 +72 +142
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 47 70 54
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.22% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.84% 3.19% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 44 39
10th Percentile £380 £432 £363
25th Percentile £514 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £670 £540 £560
Median % change year-on-year +24.07% -3.57% -10.40%
75th Percentile £738 £632 £735
90th Percentile £758 £638 £789
UK median daily rate £660 £545 £560
% change year-on-year +21.10% -2.68% -9.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 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 2,556 2,192 2,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.59% 7.04% 7.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,535 1,218 1,731
10th Percentile £357 £375 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -2.22%
75th Percentile £664 £675 £673
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 64 78
10th Percentile £12.84 £26.78 £33.87
25th Percentile £22.20 £35.00 £49.56
Median hourly rate £41.86 £43.25 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -23.44% +41.23%
75th Percentile £81.00 £62.35 £80.00
90th Percentile £93.38 £80.15 £89.13
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £43.25 £56.49
% change year-on-year -7.53% -23.44% +25.53%

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 8 November 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 8 November 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
London +2 15 £675 +29.19% 3
South East +10 12 £515 -7.62% 5
North of England -31 8 £670 +34.00% 5
Midlands -32 8 £634 +17.36% 4
Yorkshire -28 5 £633 +26.50% 4
East Midlands -14 4 £825 +37.50% 2
West Midlands -34 4 £515 -4.63% 2
North West -21 3 £750 +50.00% 1
South West -20 1 - -
East of England - 1 £675 - 7
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 (6.38%) Confluence
2 1 (2.13%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.13%) CMS
2 1 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (40.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (4.26%) Primavera
3 1 (2.13%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (2.13%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 4 (8.51%) AWS
2 4 (8.51%) Power Platform
2 4 (8.51%) SaaS
2 4 (8.51%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (4.26%) Azure API Management
3 2 (4.26%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.26%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.51%) Power BI
2 3 (6.38%) SAP BW
3 2 (4.26%) GIS
3 2 (4.26%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.13%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.13%) EDMS
4 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
4 1 (2.13%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.13%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (8.51%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (2.13%) Zephyr
General
1 27 (57.45%) Finance
2 17 (36.17%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.40%) Public Sector
4 6 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.64%) Manufacturing
6 3 (6.38%) General Ledger
6 3 (6.38%) Local Government
6 3 (6.38%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (6.38%) Telecoms
7 2 (4.26%) Billing
8 1 (2.13%) French Language
8 1 (2.13%) German Language
8 1 (2.13%) Legal
8 1 (2.13%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 12 (25.53%) SAP Manager
2 7 (14.89%) Project Manager
3 6 (12.77%) ERP Manager
3 6 (12.77%) Lead
3 6 (12.77%) Programme Manager
3 6 (12.77%) SAP Programme Manager
4 5 (10.64%) Architect
4 5 (10.64%) Consultant
4 5 (10.64%) ERP Project Manager
4 5 (10.64%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (8.51%) Accountant
5 4 (8.51%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Senior
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (8.51%) Systems Accountant
6 3 (6.38%) ERP Architect
6 3 (6.38%) SAP BW Consultant
6 3 (6.38%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (4.26%) Senior SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.64%) Web Services
2 1 (2.13%) jQuery
2 1 (2.13%) Kafka
2 1 (2.13%) Middleware
2 1 (2.13%) REST
2 1 (2.13%) SOAP
2 1 (2.13%) XML
2 1 (2.13%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.77%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.51%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.26%) Data Structures
3 2 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.13%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) ERP
2 9 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.15%) Programme Governance
3 8 (17.02%) Migration
3 8 (17.02%) Project Management
4 7 (14.89%) CRM
4 7 (14.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (12.77%) Change Management
5 6 (12.77%) Data Migration
5 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.64%) Analytics
6 5 (10.64%) Business Case
6 5 (10.64%) Requirements Gathering
6 5 (10.64%) Risk Management
7 4 (8.51%) Agile
7 4 (8.51%) DevOps
7 4 (8.51%) SAP Implementation
7 4 (8.51%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (6.38%) Computer Science
8 3 (6.38%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.02%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) ABAP
3 1 (2.13%) C#
3 1 (2.13%) Java
3 1 (2.13%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.13%) Python
3 1 (2.13%) R
Qualifications
1 10 (21.28%) Degree
2 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
3 5 (10.64%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.51%) PMP
5 3 (6.38%) CCA
5 3 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (6.38%) SAP Certification
6 2 (4.26%) ACCA
6 2 (4.26%) CIMA
6 2 (4.26%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.77%) QA
2 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
3 2 (4.26%) PMO
4 1 (2.13%) NIST
4 1 (2.13%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 47 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (17.02%) Oracle
3 3 (6.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.26%) Ariba
4 2 (4.26%) Concur
4 2 (4.26%) ESRI
5 1 (2.13%) Databricks
5 1 (2.13%) HP
5 1 (2.13%) Sage
5 1 (2.13%) Salesforce