SAP Contracts 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 25 June 2025, 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 32 39
Rank change year-on-year +2 +7 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP 1,479 2,084 2,386
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 5.89% 5.57% 5.06%
As % of the Vendors category 12.44% 13.12% 11.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 1,115 1,374
10th Percentile £375 £388 £363
25th Percentile £482 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £678 £688 £675
90th Percentile £763 £813 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 129 53
10th Percentile £17.35 £13.04 £19.21
25th Percentile £26.80 £15.50 £22.53
Median hourly rate £50.00 £26.66 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +87.55% -40.76% +3.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.79 £58.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.53 £69.24
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £27.19 £45.00
% change year-on-year +83.89% -39.58% +2.39%

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 11,891 15,881 20,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 47.35% 42.41% 42.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,557 10,061 13,714
10th Percentile £278 £274 £266
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 547 1,080 543
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.40 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.44 £14.54 £18.75
Median hourly rate £27.00 £24.00 £32.30
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -25.70% +50.23%
75th Percentile £52.33 £59.95 £59.54
90th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £73.47
UK median hourly rate £25.23 £23.80 £40.50
% change year-on-year +5.99% -41.23% +85.95%

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 25 June 2025.

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 25 June 2025.

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 25 June 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 +1 676 £600 +4.35% 644
South East 0 211 £537 -7.89% 287
North of England -2 204 £530 +5.89% 243
North West +8 153 £530 +0.95% 169
Midlands -7 122 £546 -0.77% 165
East of England +9 101 £599 +19.75% 135
West Midlands -6 83 £550 +13.40% 98
South West +1 80 £500 -20.00% 87
Yorkshire -29 35 £396 -20.83% 60
East Midlands -13 32 £500 -14.89% 61
North East -1 12 £535 +37.18% 15
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 24 (1.62%) NetWeaver
2 13 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.47%) MTS
3 7 (0.47%) SAP EP
4 6 (0.41%) Confluence
4 6 (0.41%) WebLogic
5 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.14%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.068%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.068%) CMS
8 1 (0.068%) IIS
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 58 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.61%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 1 (0.068%) InVision
8 1 (0.068%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.068%) Simulink
8 1 (0.068%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 510 (34.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (4.33%) SAP FI
3 57 (3.85%) SAP CO
4 53 (3.58%) SAP FI/CO
5 38 (2.57%) SAP HR
6 34 (2.30%) SAP SD
7 31 (2.10%) SAP PP
8 30 (2.03%) SAP PS
9 29 (1.96%) SAP Payroll
10 26 (1.76%) SAP ERP
10 26 (1.76%) SAP HCM
11 24 (1.62%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 23 (1.56%) SAP MDG
12 23 (1.56%) SAP MM
13 22 (1.49%) SAP IBP
14 20 (1.35%) Primavera
14 20 (1.35%) Shopify
15 18 (1.22%) SAP PM
16 15 (1.01%) SAP EWM
17 14 (0.95%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 114 (7.71%) SuccessFactors
2 113 (7.64%) Azure
3 68 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 33 (2.23%) AWS
5 28 (1.89%) GCP
6 27 (1.83%) SaaS
7 24 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
9 18 (1.22%) BigCommerce
10 17 (1.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 16 (1.08%) Snowflake
12 13 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
13 12 (0.81%) GitHub
14 10 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 10 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (0.54%) Entra ID
15 8 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
16 6 (0.41%) Boomi
16 6 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
16 6 (0.41%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 13 (0.88%) Firewall
2 5 (0.34%) HTTP
3 4 (0.27%) DNS
3 4 (0.27%) SSL
3 4 (0.27%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.27%) VPN
4 3 (0.20%) RFID
5 2 (0.14%) DHCP
5 2 (0.14%) DSL
5 2 (0.14%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.14%) Network Security
5 2 (0.14%) RTP
6 1 (0.068%) Broadband
6 1 (0.068%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.068%) Cisco ISE
6 1 (0.068%) FTP
6 1 (0.068%) Junos
6 1 (0.068%) LAN
6 1 (0.068%) PSTN
6 1 (0.068%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (6.02%) SAP HANA
2 66 (4.46%) Power BI
3 38 (2.57%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (2.30%) SAP BW
5 33 (2.23%) Relational Database
6 28 (1.89%) SAP Data Services
7 24 (1.62%) PostgreSQL
8 23 (1.56%) BusinessObjects
9 16 (1.08%) SQL Server
10 14 (0.95%) Metadata
11 13 (0.88%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.88%) Oracle Database
12 12 (0.81%) Tableau
13 11 (0.74%) GIS
13 11 (0.74%) NoSQL
14 9 (0.61%) Delta Lake
15 8 (0.54%) Big Data
16 7 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (0.41%) Qlik Sense
18 5 (0.34%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 34 (2.30%) JIRA
2 28 (1.89%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.69%) Liquibase
4 22 (1.49%) Gradle
5 21 (1.42%) JUnit
5 21 (1.42%) Mockito
6 20 (1.35%) GitLab
7 14 (0.95%) Git
8 11 (0.74%) LSMW
9 7 (0.47%) ERwin
9 7 (0.47%) JMeter
9 7 (0.47%) Selenium
10 6 (0.41%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.34%) NeoLoad
11 5 (0.34%) PowerDesigner
12 4 (0.27%) Toad
13 2 (0.14%) Grunt
13 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.14%) Subversion
13 2 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 576 (38.95%) Finance
2 521 (35.23%) Social Skills
3 259 (17.51%) Manufacturing
4 193 (13.05%) Public Sector
5 181 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (11.09%) Marketing
7 163 (11.02%) Telecoms
8 147 (9.94%) Electronics
9 123 (8.32%) Pharmaceutical
10 73 (4.94%) Retail
11 51 (3.45%) Banking
12 41 (2.77%) Presentation Skills
13 37 (2.50%) Legal
14 35 (2.37%) Aerospace
14 35 (2.37%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
16 28 (1.89%) Automotive
17 23 (1.56%) Billing
18 20 (1.35%) Local Government
19 18 (1.22%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 400 (27.05%) Consultant
2 337 (22.79%) SAP Consultant
3 173 (11.70%) Architect
4 167 (11.29%) Lead
5 134 (9.06%) Analyst
6 101 (6.83%) SAP Manager
7 96 (6.49%) Project Manager
8 86 (5.81%) Developer
8 86 (5.81%) SAP Architect
9 82 (5.54%) Senior
10 64 (4.33%) Business Analyst
11 58 (3.92%) SAP Analyst
12 44 (2.97%) SAP Project Manager
12 44 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
13 38 (2.57%) SAP Developer
14 30 (2.03%) SAP FI Consultant
15 29 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
16 28 (1.89%) SAP CO Consultant
16 28 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
17 27 (1.83%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (4.94%) SAP Fiori
2 46 (3.11%) Web Services
3 32 (2.16%) Middleware
4 31 (2.10%) SAP PI
5 30 (2.03%) Kafka
6 26 (1.76%) REST
7 23 (1.56%) React
8 22 (1.49%) OpenAPI
8 22 (1.49%) Swagger
9 21 (1.42%) SOAP
9 21 (1.42%) Spring
9 21 (1.42%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.35%) .NET
10 20 (1.35%) BAPI
10 20 (1.35%) SAPUI5
10 20 (1.35%) XML
11 17 (1.15%) EDI
11 17 (1.15%) SAP Basis
12 16 (1.08%) VML
13 15 (1.01%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 65 (4.39%) Life Science
2 46 (3.11%) Management Information System
3 44 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
4 35 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 33 (2.23%) Data Structures
5 33 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
7 23 (1.56%) FMCG
8 22 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 21 (1.42%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.28%) Product Ownership
11 16 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
12 15 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
13 12 (0.81%) IoT
13 12 (0.81%) LIMS
14 10 (0.68%) e-Learning
14 10 (0.68%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 9 (0.61%) NHS
15 9 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.52%) Windows
2 24 (1.62%) Linux
3 11 (0.74%) Unix
4 8 (0.54%) Windows 10
5 5 (0.34%) VMS
6 2 (0.14%) Android
6 2 (0.14%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.14%) SUSE
6 2 (0.14%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.14%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (18.12%) Problem-Solving
2 251 (16.97%) Stakeholder Management
3 250 (16.90%) Migration
4 248 (16.77%) Agile
5 221 (14.94%) Business Intelligence
6 201 (13.59%) ERP
7 186 (12.58%) Programme Management
8 182 (12.31%) Project Management
9 151 (10.21%) Analytics
10 145 (9.80%) Digital Marketing
11 132 (8.92%) Data Migration
12 119 (8.05%) Project Delivery
13 117 (7.91%) Change Management
14 103 (6.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 102 (6.90%) User Acceptance Testing
16 101 (6.83%) Continuous Improvement
17 90 (6.09%) Logistics
18 89 (6.02%) Data Governance
19 87 (5.88%) Data Modelling
20 79 (5.34%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.18%) SQL
2 84 (5.68%) ABAP
3 63 (4.26%) Java
4 52 (3.52%) Python
5 45 (3.04%) PowerShell
6 30 (2.03%) JavaScript
7 24 (1.62%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.56%) C#
9 12 (0.81%) Bash
10 7 (0.47%) C++
10 7 (0.47%) Groovy
10 7 (0.47%) Kusto Query Language
10 7 (0.47%) R
10 7 (0.47%) VBA
11 6 (0.41%) C
11 6 (0.41%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.27%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.27%) Perl
12 4 (0.27%) PHP
13 3 (0.20%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 239 (16.16%) Security Cleared
2 194 (13.12%) SC Cleared
3 112 (7.57%) Degree
4 59 (3.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 40 (2.70%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.23%) SAP Certification
7 31 (2.10%) PMP
8 30 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
9 28 (1.89%) PMI Certification
10 24 (1.62%) Master's Degree
11 18 (1.22%) ACCA
12 17 (1.15%) CIMA
13 10 (0.68%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.61%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.61%) CISSP
15 7 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.41%) CESG Certified Professional
16 6 (0.41%) PhD
17 5 (0.34%) APMG
17 5 (0.34%) CLAS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.07%) Data Quality
2 35 (2.37%) QA
3 30 (2.03%) PMO
4 28 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 27 (1.83%) Accessibility
5 27 (1.83%) GDPR
6 20 (1.35%) IFRS
7 16 (1.08%) GRC
8 13 (0.88%) GxP
9 12 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.68%) IFRS 9
11 9 (0.61%) SLA
12 7 (0.47%) GAAP
12 7 (0.47%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.47%) NIST
13 6 (0.41%) RMADS
14 4 (0.27%) Basel III
14 4 (0.27%) ITGC
14 4 (0.27%) PMBOK
15 3 (0.20%) APQC
System Software
1 37 (2.50%) Active Directory
2 28 (1.89%) Docker
3 5 (0.34%) IAG
4 3 (0.20%) Firmware
4 3 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.20%) vSphere
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.14%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 20 (1.35%) Terraform
2 8 (0.54%) Ansible
2 8 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.41%) HP ALM
4 5 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 5 (0.34%) Oracle RMAN
4 5 (0.34%) Puppet
5 3 (0.20%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.14%) Argo
6 2 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.14%) McAfee ePO
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.14%) Norton AntiVirus
6 2 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.14%) Salt
6 2 (0.14%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.068%) MIIS
7 1 (0.068%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.068%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 139 (9.40%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.71%) Ariba
3 99 (6.69%) Oracle
4 78 (5.27%) Salesforce
5 41 (2.77%) ServiceNow
6 34 (2.30%) Workday
7 31 (2.10%) Adobe
8 26 (1.76%) Google
9 21 (1.42%) Databricks
10 16 (1.08%) Sitecore
11 14 (0.95%) Concur
11 14 (0.95%) Informatica
12 12 (0.81%) HP
13 8 (0.54%) Dell
13 8 (0.54%) Hyperion
13 8 (0.54%) Splunk
13 8 (0.54%) webMethods
14 7 (0.47%) Anaplan
14 7 (0.47%) OpenText
14 7 (0.47%) Qualtrics