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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 559 472 491
Rank change year-on-year -87 +19 +52
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 53 24 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.093% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.73% 1.17% 2.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 20 37
10th Percentile £464 £548 £441
25th Percentile £505 £597 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £630 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +21.15% -9.57%
75th Percentile £694 £696 £638
90th Percentile £850 £703 £688
UK median daily rate £650 £640 £520
% change year-on-year +1.56% +23.08% -9.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 4
10th Percentile £27.10 - £19.74
25th Percentile £30.48 - £29.78
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £42.88 - -
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 3,059 2,057 2,573
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 6.97% 7.96% 6.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,786 1,257 1,583
10th Percentile £363 £380 £364
25th Percentile £456 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% -1.06%
75th Percentile £656 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 156 51 108
10th Percentile £20.31 £13.00 £15.21
25th Percentile £30.00 £37.31 £22.33
Median hourly rate £48.75 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.75% +50.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £68.75 £76.10 £48.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £61.60
UK median hourly rate £53.00 £57.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -7.83% +43.75% -19.19%

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 2 July 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 2 July 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 2 July 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 -63 21 £675 +7.14% 7
Midlands -37 13 £472 -30.09% 6
South East - 10 £656 - 5
East Midlands - 7 £650 - 3
West Midlands -53 6 £446 -33.89% 3
North of England -72 6 £500 -21.88% 2
North West -48 4 £534 -16.60% 1
East of England -24 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -44 2 £500 -4.31% 1
South West - 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 (1.89%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.89%) CMS
1 1 (1.89%) SAS
Business Applications
1 17 (32.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (13.21%) iTrent
3 4 (7.55%) Temenos T24
4 3 (5.66%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (3.77%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.89%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG
6 1 (1.89%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (1.89%) SAP PP
6 1 (1.89%) SAP SCM
6 1 (1.89%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) SaaS
2 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.66%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (3.77%) AWS
3 2 (3.77%) Azure
3 2 (3.77%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.89%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (7.55%) SAP BW
2 4 (7.55%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (3.77%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.77%) Power BI
3 2 (3.77%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.89%) Big Data
4 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.89%) GIS
4 1 (1.89%) Looker
4 1 (1.89%) MySQL
4 1 (1.89%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Hudson
2 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.89%) JIRA
2 1 (1.89%) LSMW
2 1 (1.89%) Postman
2 1 (1.89%) Selenium
General
1 21 (39.62%) Finance
2 15 (28.30%) Social Skills
3 10 (18.87%) Manufacturing
4 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (11.32%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.55%) Banking
5 4 (7.55%) Local Government
6 3 (5.66%) Automotive
6 3 (5.66%) General Ledger
6 3 (5.66%) Retail
6 3 (5.66%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.77%) Financial Institution
7 2 (3.77%) Law
7 2 (3.77%) Legal
8 1 (1.89%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Architect
2 12 (22.64%) Solutions Architect
3 11 (20.75%) Analyst
4 9 (16.98%) SAP Architect
5 6 (11.32%) ERP Architect
5 6 (11.32%) SAP Manager
5 6 (11.32%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 5 (9.43%) Business Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Lead
7 4 (7.55%) Consultant
7 4 (7.55%) Data Migration Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) ERP Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) Migration Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) Project Manager
7 4 (7.55%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
7 4 (7.55%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
8 3 (5.66%) Data Migration Lead
8 3 (5.66%) Logistics Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) SAP Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) SAP Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) Middleware
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.89%) ADO
2 1 (1.89%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.43%) Public Cloud
2 3 (5.66%) FMCG
2 3 (5.66%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.66%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.77%) IoT
3 2 (3.77%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.89%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) ERP
2 29 (54.72%) Migration
3 20 (37.74%) Data Migration
4 12 (22.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (18.87%) Validation
6 9 (16.98%) Logistics
7 8 (15.09%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (13.21%) Analytics
8 7 (13.21%) Data Extraction
8 7 (13.21%) Data Mapping
8 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (13.21%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (11.32%) Agile
9 6 (11.32%) Test Automation
9 6 (11.32%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (9.43%) CRM
10 5 (9.43%) Data Integration
10 5 (9.43%) Data Modelling
10 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.43%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.66%) ABAP
2 1 (1.89%) C#
2 1 (1.89%) MATLAB
2 1 (1.89%) Python
2 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (20.75%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.98%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.66%) CCA
3 3 (5.66%) Degree
4 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.89%) PMP
5 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.77%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.77%) PMO
2 1 (1.89%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) NIST
2 1 (1.89%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 53 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle
3 4 (7.55%) Sage
4 3 (5.66%) Ariba
5 2 (3.77%) Concur
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.77%) Temenos
6 1 (1.89%) ESRI
6 1 (1.89%) Infor
6 1 (1.89%) Planon
6 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.89%) Workday