SAP Contract Job Trends in England

SAP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 34 28
Rank change year-on-year -7 -6 +4
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,209 1,625 2,043
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.78% 5.79% 6.33%
As % of the Vendors category 11.46% 12.11% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,088 907 1,005
10th Percentile £363 £363 £406
25th Percentile £459 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £675
90th Percentile £755 £733 £775
UK median daily rate £555 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -3.57% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 103 56
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.00 £15.87
25th Percentile £17.17 £16.92 £30.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £22.32 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% -48.99% +8.02%
75th Percentile £44.25 £33.03 £61.60
90th Percentile £84.13 £65.20 £66.52
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £22.63 £42.50
% change year-on-year +6.89% -46.75% +4.94%

All Vendors
England

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 19,269 13,419 14,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 41.66% 47.81% 44.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,773 8,540 8,619
10th Percentile £310 £275 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £625 £619 £628
90th Percentile £715 £700 £725
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,268 649 519
10th Percentile £13.99 £15.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.61 £18.00 £15.68
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.41% -28.16% -20.27%
75th Percentile £60.92 £43.21 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.33 £69.72 £71.65
UK median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -3.24% -23.66% -25.14%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

SAP job vacancy trend in England

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in England

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing SAP

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in England over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in England

SAP
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 11 October 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 -27 762 £600 +2.56% 830
South East +5 393 £540 +4.85% 350
North of England -12 359 £525 -13.58% 334
Midlands +7 353 £550 +4.76% 244
North West -10 247 £550 -12.00% 188
West Midlands +4 223 £520 -1.05% 136
East of England 0 168 £566 -2.41% 147
East Midlands +24 121 £599 +14.10% 107
Yorkshire +2 101 £500 -4.76% 110
South West -34 77 £534 -2.95% 106
North East -36 10 £450 -18.18% 37
SAP
UK

SAP
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 32 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.09%) Confluence
3 16 (0.72%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.54%) CMS
5 7 (0.32%) Apache
5 7 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.23%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.18%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.14%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.14%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.091%) SAS
9 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
9 2 (0.091%) SugarCRM
10 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.045%) Mule
Applications
1 140 (6.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
3 33 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.41%) Windchill
7 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.091%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.045%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.045%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 825 (37.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 84 (3.80%) SAP FI
3 71 (3.21%) SAP HCM
4 60 (2.72%) SAP Payroll
5 58 (2.63%) SAP CO
6 53 (2.40%) SAP FI/CO
7 51 (2.31%) SAP MM
8 50 (2.26%) SAP HR
9 48 (2.17%) SAP ERP
10 41 (1.86%) SAP PSCD
11 38 (1.72%) SAP SD
12 35 (1.58%) SAP GRC
13 34 (1.54%) SAP EWM
14 33 (1.49%) SAP BRIM
15 32 (1.45%) SAP MDG
15 32 (1.45%) SAP PP
16 30 (1.36%) SAP PM
17 29 (1.31%) Teamcenter
18 28 (1.27%) SAP QM
19 23 (1.04%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 231 (10.46%) SuccessFactors
2 187 (8.47%) Azure
3 109 (4.93%) Power Platform
4 89 (4.03%) AWS
5 50 (2.26%) GCP
6 49 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (2.13%) SaaS
8 28 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 28 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 25 (1.13%) Boomi
10 20 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
11 17 (0.77%) Snowflake
12 16 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
13 15 (0.68%) GitHub
13 15 (0.68%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.63%) Azure Data Factory
15 13 (0.59%) Tricentis Tosca
16 11 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
17 10 (0.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.32%) Intranet
2 6 (0.27%) HTTP
3 5 (0.23%) Broadband
4 4 (0.18%) Network Security
5 3 (0.14%) Firewall
5 3 (0.14%) SSL
6 2 (0.091%) Internet
6 2 (0.091%) LAN
6 2 (0.091%) VPN
6 2 (0.091%) WAN
7 1 (0.045%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.045%) MQTT
7 1 (0.045%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.045%) Wireless
7 1 (0.045%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (4.35%) Power BI
2 73 (3.30%) SAP HANA
3 47 (2.13%) SAP BW
4 37 (1.67%) BusinessObjects
5 36 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
6 35 (1.58%) SQL Server
7 33 (1.49%) Tableau
8 16 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
8 16 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
9 15 (0.68%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.59%) GIS
10 13 (0.59%) Oracle Database
11 12 (0.54%) Power Query
12 11 (0.50%) Metadata
13 9 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.41%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.36%) MySQL
14 8 (0.36%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.32%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.32%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 96 (4.35%) JIRA
2 12 (0.54%) Jenkins
3 11 (0.50%) Hudson
4 10 (0.45%) Postman
5 9 (0.41%) Git
6 8 (0.36%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.32%) SoapUI
8 6 (0.27%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (0.27%) Toad
9 5 (0.23%) JMeter
9 5 (0.23%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.23%) Selenium
10 4 (0.18%) LSMW
11 3 (0.14%) GitLab
11 3 (0.14%) SOAtest
12 2 (0.091%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.091%) Maven
12 2 (0.091%) SilkTest
General
1 694 (31.42%) Finance
2 636 (28.79%) Social Skills
3 347 (15.71%) Manufacturing
4 252 (11.41%) Analytical Skills
5 128 (5.79%) Public Sector
6 122 (5.52%) Retail
7 79 (3.58%) Billing
8 71 (3.21%) Legal
9 66 (2.99%) Aerospace
10 64 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
11 60 (2.72%) Pharmaceutical
12 52 (2.35%) Banking
13 51 (2.31%) General Ledger
14 48 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
15 37 (1.67%) Automotive
16 32 (1.45%) Telecoms
17 29 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
18 23 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
19 22 (1.00%) Local Government
20 19 (0.86%) Law
Job Titles
1 487 (22.05%) Consultant
2 394 (17.84%) SAP Consultant
3 298 (13.49%) Architect
4 262 (11.86%) Analyst
5 245 (11.09%) Lead
6 195 (8.83%) Senior
7 144 (6.52%) SAP Architect
8 131 (5.93%) SAP Manager
9 121 (5.48%) Solutions Architect
10 118 (5.34%) Administrator
11 117 (5.30%) Project Manager
12 114 (5.16%) Business Analyst
13 100 (4.53%) SAP Analyst
14 70 (3.17%) Developer
15 63 (2.85%) Functional Consultant
16 56 (2.54%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 51 (2.31%) SAP Project Manager
17 51 (2.31%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 51 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
18 48 (2.17%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (4.98%) SAP Fiori
2 91 (4.12%) Middleware
3 73 (3.30%) REST
4 71 (3.21%) SOAP
5 51 (2.31%) Oracle Fusion
6 50 (2.26%) SAPUI5
7 39 (1.77%) SAP PI
8 37 (1.67%) SAP Basis
9 36 (1.63%) XML
10 30 (1.36%) Web Services
11 25 (1.13%) JSON
12 22 (1.00%) IDoc
13 20 (0.91%) Kafka
14 17 (0.77%) EDI
15 16 (0.72%) BAPI
16 15 (0.68%) OAuth
16 15 (0.68%) SailPoint
17 14 (0.63%) JDBC
17 14 (0.63%) Node.js
18 13 (0.59%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 100 (4.53%) Onboarding
2 71 (3.21%) Enterprise Software
3 62 (2.81%) Data Structures
4 55 (2.49%) Public Cloud
5 53 (2.40%) FMCG
6 49 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
7 46 (2.08%) Product Ownership
8 45 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 38 (1.72%) Management Information System
10 36 (1.63%) Life Science
11 24 (1.09%) Cloud Native
12 21 (0.95%) Replication
13 19 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 19 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
14 18 (0.81%) Private Cloud
15 17 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
16 13 (0.59%) Learning Management System
17 12 (0.54%) Operational Technology
18 10 (0.45%) AI Agents
18 10 (0.45%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 27 (1.22%) Windows
2 25 (1.13%) Linux
3 18 (0.81%) Unix
4 6 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (0.27%) SUSE
5 5 (0.23%) VMS
6 3 (0.14%) Android
6 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.14%) Solaris
7 1 (0.045%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 610 (27.61%) Stakeholder Management
2 517 (23.40%) ERP
3 441 (19.96%) Migration
4 308 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
5 283 (12.81%) User Acceptance Testing
6 270 (12.22%) Data Migration
7 228 (10.32%) Validation
8 210 (9.51%) Agile
8 210 (9.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 205 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 200 (9.05%) Analytics
11 198 (8.96%) Logistics
12 165 (7.47%) Roadmaps
13 161 (7.29%) Workshop Facilitation
14 146 (6.61%) Process Improvement
15 143 (6.47%) Decision-Making
16 140 (6.34%) Project Delivery
17 134 (6.07%) System Integration Testing
18 126 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
19 124 (5.61%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 117 (5.30%) SQL
2 111 (5.02%) ABAP
3 54 (2.44%) Python
4 52 (2.35%) Java
5 19 (0.86%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.68%) PowerShell
7 6 (0.27%) Groovy
8 5 (0.23%) Apex Code
8 5 (0.23%) BeanShell
8 5 (0.23%) C#
8 5 (0.23%) Korn
8 5 (0.23%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.23%) TypeScript
8 5 (0.23%) VB.NET
9 4 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.14%) Bash
10 3 (0.14%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.091%) Bicep
11 2 (0.091%) Perl
11 2 (0.091%) VBA
Qualifications
1 399 (18.06%) Security Cleared
2 312 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 126 (5.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 116 (5.25%) Degree
5 52 (2.35%) DV Cleared
6 43 (1.95%) ACCA
7 41 (1.86%) CIMA
8 34 (1.54%) PMI Certification
8 34 (1.54%) PMP
9 19 (0.86%) SAP Certification
10 15 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 13 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
12 12 (0.54%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.50%) ISEB
14 10 (0.45%) CIPD
14 10 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 8 (0.36%) APMG
15 8 (0.36%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.32%) HNC
17 6 (0.27%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (6.93%) Data Quality
2 80 (3.62%) PMO
3 58 (2.63%) QA
4 55 (2.49%) GDPR
5 36 (1.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 33 (1.49%) GRC
7 15 (0.68%) IFRS
8 13 (0.59%) SLA
9 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.50%) GxP
11 8 (0.36%) ITGC
12 6 (0.27%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.27%) GAAP
12 6 (0.27%) NCSC
12 6 (0.27%) NIST
13 5 (0.23%) GMP
14 4 (0.18%) COSHH
15 3 (0.14%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 19770
16 2 (0.091%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.54%) IAG
3 3 (0.14%) Corosync
3 3 (0.14%) Docker
3 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (0.45%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.23%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.18%) Control-M
3 4 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
3 4 (0.18%) Grafana
3 4 (0.18%) Pacemaker
3 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.14%) EMC NetWorker
4 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.091%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.045%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.045%) MOM
6 1 (0.045%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.045%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 271 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 232 (10.50%) Oracle
3 144 (6.52%) Ariba
4 91 (4.12%) Workday
5 87 (3.94%) Salesforce
6 62 (2.81%) ServiceNow
7 49 (2.22%) Concur
8 39 (1.77%) Databricks
9 32 (1.45%) IBM
9 32 (1.45%) MuleSoft
10 26 (1.18%) Siemens
11 22 (1.00%) Google
11 22 (1.00%) Informatica
12 19 (0.86%) Adobe
13 15 (0.68%) Sage
14 13 (0.59%) IFS
14 13 (0.59%) webMethods
15 12 (0.54%) OpenText
16 10 (0.45%) Infor
16 10 (0.45%) Red Hat