SAP HCM Contracts in England

SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring SAP HCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP HCM over the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 515 550
Rank change year-on-year +37 +35 +212
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 31 18 62
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.054% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.32% 0.76% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 7 29
10th Percentile £463 £413 £430
25th Percentile £505 £450 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £491
Median % change year-on-year - +7.02% -0.89%
75th Percentile £540 £565 £613
90th Percentile £595 £603 £670
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £491
% change year-on-year - +7.02% -0.89%

All Business Application Skills
England

SAP HCM 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 2,344 2,376 2,981
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 8.47% 7.13% 6.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,443 1,422 1,782
10th Percentile £362 £369 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £554
Median % change year-on-year - -0.68% -1.56%
75th Percentile £673 £688 £680
90th Percentile £775 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 72 59
10th Percentile £12.91 £22.98 £25.40
25th Percentile £28.05 £35.36 £49.00
Median hourly rate £51.49 £45.00 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year +14.43% -19.43% +46.97%
75th Percentile £66.88 £61.60 £70.00
90th Percentile £83.75 £65.90 £89.75
UK median hourly rate £40.75 £45.00 £53.67
% change year-on-year -9.46% -16.15% +22.66%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SAP HCM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP HCM in England.

Daily rate trend for SAP HCM in England

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM in England over the 6 months to 12 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP HCM in England

SAP HCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP HCM in England.

Hourly rate trend for SAP HCM in England

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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 HCM within the England region over the 6 months to 12 August 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 +9 15 £520 -0.95% 7
South East - 11 £525 - 1
Midlands -12 2 £715 +27.68% 2
West Midlands -15 1 £850 +51.79% 2
East Midlands - 1 £580 -
SAP HCM
UK

SAP HCM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (25.81%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (12.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (9.68%) SAP HR
4 2 (6.45%) SAP PS
5 1 (3.23%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.23%) SaaS
2 1 (3.23%) Smartsheet
General
1 18 (58.06%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Legal
3 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (74.19%) Consultant
2 22 (70.97%) SAP Consultant
3 17 (54.84%) SAP HCM Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) HR Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) Payroll Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) SAP HR Consultant
4 4 (12.90%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 3 (9.68%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Support
6 2 (6.45%) SAP Support Consultant
6 2 (6.45%) Support Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Data Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) IT Manager
7 1 (3.23%) IT Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Migration Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.23%) SAP Data Migration Consultant
7 1 (3.23%) SAP Manager
7 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Business Workflow
1 1 (3.23%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (3.23%) PMI
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (41.94%) Workflow
3 11 (35.48%) Time Management
4 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
4 6 (19.35%) Migration
5 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) Incident Management
7 2 (6.45%) Budget Management
7 2 (6.45%) Translating Business Requirements
7 2 (6.45%) Workshop Facilitation
8 1 (3.23%) Agile
8 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.23%) Commercial Awareness
8 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (3.23%) Data Protection
8 1 (3.23%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 1 (3.23%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (3.23%) Project Delivery
8 1 (3.23%) Roadmaps
8 1 (3.23%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 15 (48.39%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 15 (48.39%) SC Cleared
1 15 (48.39%) Security Cleared
2 9 (29.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.45%) PMI Certification
3 2 (6.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.23%) Ariba
2 1 (3.23%) Kronos
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) Workday