SAP Contracts in England

SAP
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for knowledge and experience of SAP products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SAP over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 43 58
Rank change year-on-year +11 +15 -3
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,006 2,393 2,888
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.51% 4.94% 4.07%
As % of the Vendors category 13.09% 11.76% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,071 1,390 1,915
10th Percentile £338 £363 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £567 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 55 40
10th Percentile £13.01 £21.96 £14.19
25th Percentile £15.20 £28.43 £20.25
Median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £34.44
Median % change year-on-year -42.16% +30.66% +64.78%
75th Percentile £58.40 £56.25 £56.31
90th Percentile £65.00 £68.49 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £26.03 £45.00 £34.75
% change year-on-year -42.16% +29.50% +65.87%

All Vendors
England

SAP is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services advertised in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 15,321 20,343 28,076
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 42.09% 41.98% 39.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,778 14,004 19,243
10th Percentile £263 £265 £275
25th Percentile £405 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% +2.38% +9.38%
75th Percentile £633 £650 £638
90th Percentile £749 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £514 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.10% - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,020 575 795
10th Percentile £12.13 £15.00 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.48 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.08 £35.00 £21.35
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% +63.93% +1.67%
75th Percentile £57.33 £62.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £64.00
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £40.55 £21.50
% change year-on-year -46.97% +88.58% -2.27%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in England

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in England

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in England

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in England

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

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 20 May 2024. 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 +24 842 £590 +4.89% 261
South East -4 307 £575 +4.55% 139
North of England +9 274 £519 -3.76% 178
East of England +43 155 £525 +20.00% 64
North West +15 155 £525 +5.00% 118
Midlands -3 155 £525 -2.78% 107
South West +6 124 £625 +4.17% 46
West Midlands +2 107 £485 -11.82% 71
Yorkshire -7 102 £500 -9.09% 48
East Midlands -13 40 £575 +9.52% 36
North East +14 11 £390 +25.10% 18
South Coast - 1 - -
SAP
UK

SAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 36 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.35%) Confluence
3 16 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 16 (0.80%) NetWeaver
4 8 (0.40%) Anypoint
5 7 (0.35%) SAS
6 6 (0.30%) Apache
6 6 (0.30%) CMS
7 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.15%) IIS
9 2 (0.100%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.100%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.100%) JBoss
9 2 (0.100%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.100%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.100%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.050%) Exchange Server 2007
10 1 (0.050%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.050%) Umbraco
Applications
1 81 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
3 49 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
5 23 (1.15%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.050%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.050%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.050%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.050%) InVision
8 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.050%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.050%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 553 (27.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 74 (3.69%) SAP EWM
3 71 (3.54%) SAP FI
4 55 (2.74%) SAP CO
5 52 (2.59%) SAP ERP
5 52 (2.59%) SAP FI/CO
6 51 (2.54%) SAP SD
7 46 (2.29%) SAP MDG
8 40 (1.99%) SAP QM
9 33 (1.65%) SAP MM
10 30 (1.50%) SAP PP
10 30 (1.50%) Shopify
11 27 (1.35%) SAP HR
12 26 (1.30%) Teamcenter
13 24 (1.20%) SAP Hybris
14 22 (1.10%) SAP HCM
15 20 (1.00%) SAP IBP
16 17 (0.85%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 17 (0.85%) SAP PS
16 17 (0.85%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 143 (7.13%) Azure
2 122 (6.08%) SuccessFactors
3 73 (3.64%) Power Platform
4 70 (3.49%) AWS
5 34 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
6 29 (1.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 28 (1.40%) SaaS
8 27 (1.35%) BigCommerce
9 23 (1.15%) WhatsApp
10 21 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
12 17 (0.85%) PaaS
12 17 (0.85%) Serverless
13 15 (0.75%) Boomi
13 15 (0.75%) GCP
14 13 (0.65%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (0.65%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.65%) Snowflake
15 9 (0.45%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.75%) Firewall
2 11 (0.55%) HTTP
3 10 (0.50%) LAN
3 10 (0.50%) WAN
4 9 (0.45%) VPN
5 8 (0.40%) FTP
5 8 (0.40%) Internet
6 7 (0.35%) 3G
6 7 (0.35%) 4G
7 6 (0.30%) SSL
7 6 (0.30%) TCP/IP
8 5 (0.25%) Broadband
8 5 (0.25%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (0.25%) DNS
9 4 (0.20%) Network Security
9 4 (0.20%) SSH
9 4 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.20%) Wireless
10 3 (0.15%) Intranet
10 3 (0.15%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (5.63%) SAP HANA
2 64 (3.19%) Power BI
3 54 (2.69%) SAP BW
4 46 (2.29%) SQL Server
5 41 (2.04%) Metadata
6 33 (1.65%) NoSQL
7 31 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
8 26 (1.30%) Data Lake
9 22 (1.10%) Data Vault
10 20 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
10 20 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
11 18 (0.90%) Oracle Database
12 16 (0.80%) Metadata Repository
12 16 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
12 16 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 15 (0.75%) Qlik Sense
14 13 (0.65%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 12 (0.60%) DB2
15 12 (0.60%) GIS
15 12 (0.60%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 60 (2.99%) JIRA
2 21 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 18 (0.90%) Git
4 13 (0.65%) LSMW
5 10 (0.50%) ERwin
6 9 (0.45%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 8 (0.40%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.35%) Maven
9 5 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 4 (0.20%) Postman
11 3 (0.15%) GitLab
11 3 (0.15%) JMeter
11 3 (0.15%) NUnit
11 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.15%) Zephyr
12 2 (0.100%) NWDI
12 2 (0.100%) NWDS
12 2 (0.100%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.100%) Selenium
General
1 664 (33.10%) Finance
2 572 (28.51%) Social Skills
3 404 (20.14%) Manufacturing
4 326 (16.25%) Public Sector
5 286 (14.26%) Marketing
6 266 (13.26%) Telecoms
7 260 (12.96%) Electronics
8 191 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
9 134 (6.68%) Retail
10 101 (5.03%) Pharmaceutical
11 60 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
12 56 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
13 49 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (1.99%) Billing
15 39 (1.94%) Banking
16 35 (1.74%) Legal
17 29 (1.45%) Automotive
18 21 (1.05%) Back Office
18 21 (1.05%) German Language
19 20 (1.00%) French Language
Job Titles
1 554 (27.62%) Consultant
2 459 (22.88%) SAP Consultant
3 223 (11.12%) Lead
4 211 (10.52%) Analyst
5 186 (9.27%) Architect
6 154 (7.68%) Project Manager
7 145 (7.23%) Senior
8 131 (6.53%) SAP Manager
9 106 (5.28%) Developer
10 88 (4.39%) Business Analyst
11 80 (3.99%) Functional Consultant
12 73 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 68 (3.39%) SAP Project Manager
14 66 (3.29%) SAP Analyst
14 66 (3.29%) SAP Architect
14 66 (3.29%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 47 (2.34%) SAP Developer
16 46 (2.29%) Administrator
16 46 (2.29%) Data Architect
17 42 (2.09%) SAP EWM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (2.54%) SAP Fiori
2 40 (1.99%) SAP Basis
3 36 (1.79%) REST
4 33 (1.65%) XML
5 32 (1.60%) IDoc
6 28 (1.40%) .NET
7 24 (1.20%) Web Services
8 23 (1.15%) EDI
9 22 (1.10%) VML
10 18 (0.90%) Middleware
11 17 (0.85%) HTML
11 17 (0.85%) Kafka
11 17 (0.85%) SAP PI
12 16 (0.80%) BAPI
12 16 (0.80%) SOAP
13 15 (0.75%) LDAP
13 15 (0.75%) Spring
14 13 (0.65%) JSON
14 13 (0.65%) SAP TM
15 12 (0.60%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 64 (3.19%) Management Information System
2 40 (1.99%) Onboarding
3 39 (1.94%) NHS
4 36 (1.79%) Life Science
5 34 (1.69%) FMCG
6 32 (1.60%) Replication
6 32 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (1.50%) Product Ownership
8 28 (1.40%) Reference Data
9 27 (1.35%) Public Cloud
10 22 (1.10%) Data Structures
11 20 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 17 (0.85%) IoT
14 15 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
15 13 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
17 11 (0.55%) Cloud Native
17 11 (0.55%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 72 (3.59%) Windows
2 57 (2.84%) Linux
3 29 (1.45%) Unix
4 25 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 14 (0.70%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.35%) VMS
7 6 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 5 (0.25%) Windows 7
9 4 (0.20%) Android
10 3 (0.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.15%) zOS
11 1 (0.050%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.050%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.050%) SUSE
11 1 (0.050%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (17.45%) Business Intelligence
2 295 (14.71%) Programme Management
3 293 (14.61%) ERP
4 254 (12.66%) Digital Marketing
5 252 (12.56%) Agile
6 240 (11.96%) Project Management
7 238 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
8 231 (11.52%) Migration
9 222 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
10 118 (5.88%) Change Management
11 117 (5.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 113 (5.63%) Data Migration
13 109 (5.43%) Logistics
14 104 (5.18%) Analytics
15 103 (5.13%) Data Modelling
16 97 (4.84%) Roadmaps
17 96 (4.79%) Project Delivery
18 92 (4.59%) Data Management
19 86 (4.29%) Requirements Gathering
20 81 (4.04%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 129 (6.43%) SQL
2 126 (6.28%) ABAP
3 71 (3.54%) Python
4 51 (2.54%) Java
5 28 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 26 (1.30%) C#
7 20 (1.00%) PowerShell
8 19 (0.95%) T-SQL
9 14 (0.70%) PL/SQL
10 11 (0.55%) Perl
11 9 (0.45%) C
11 9 (0.45%) TypeScript
12 8 (0.40%) Go
13 7 (0.35%) Groovy
13 7 (0.35%) XPath
13 7 (0.35%) XQuery
14 6 (0.30%) R
15 5 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.25%) Kusto Query Language
16 3 (0.15%) Bash
Qualifications
1 277 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 194 (9.67%) SC Cleared
3 164 (8.18%) Degree
4 76 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 58 (2.89%) SAP Certification
6 25 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
6 25 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 25 (1.25%) Master's Degree
7 20 (1.00%) PMI Certification
8 18 (0.90%) PMP
9 13 (0.65%) CIMA
10 8 (0.40%) ACCA
10 8 (0.40%) AWS Certification
10 8 (0.40%) CISSP
10 8 (0.40%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.30%) CBAP
12 5 (0.25%) CESG Certified Professional
12 5 (0.25%) CIPD
12 5 (0.25%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.64%) QA
2 68 (3.39%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.34%) PMO
4 36 (1.79%) GDPR
5 34 (1.69%) SLA
6 11 (0.55%) Accessibility
6 11 (0.55%) GRC
7 9 (0.45%) GxP
7 9 (0.45%) IFRS
8 8 (0.40%) HL7
8 8 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 7 (0.35%) NIST
9 7 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.30%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.25%) JSP 440
11 5 (0.25%) RMADS
12 4 (0.20%) GAAP
12 4 (0.20%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.15%) ITGC
System Software
1 40 (1.99%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.55%) Docker
3 8 (0.40%) NFS
4 5 (0.25%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 5 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.20%) HDFS
5 4 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.100%) Firmware
7 2 (0.100%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.100%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (1.05%) Terraform
2 11 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.45%) Ansible
4 7 (0.35%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.30%) Puppet
5 6 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.25%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.25%) Opsgenie
6 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.100%) Grafana
7 2 (0.100%) Nessus
7 2 (0.100%) RSA Archer
7 2 (0.100%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.050%) Control-M
8 1 (0.050%) Dell DRAC
8 1 (0.050%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.050%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.050%) SCOM
8 1 (0.050%) systemd
8 1 (0.050%) VxRail
Vendors
1 205 (10.22%) Microsoft
2 133 (6.63%) Oracle
3 96 (4.79%) Salesforce
4 93 (4.64%) Ariba
5 63 (3.14%) Adobe
6 36 (1.79%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.55%) Dell
8 27 (1.35%) MuleSoft
8 27 (1.35%) Sitecore
9 26 (1.30%) IBM
10 21 (1.05%) Google
10 21 (1.05%) Workday
11 18 (0.90%) Concur
11 18 (0.90%) Sparx
12 16 (0.80%) OpenText
13 14 (0.70%) IFS
14 13 (0.65%) Alteryx
15 12 (0.60%) Intel
16 10 (0.50%) Sybase
17 9 (0.45%) Cisco