SAP Contract Job Trends in Essex

SAP
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Essex 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 1 January 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
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 18 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 +5 +23
Contract jobs citing SAP 5 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 4.42% 1.16% 3.49%
As % of the Vendors category 13.89% 2.27% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £448
25th Percentile - - £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +15.93%
75th Percentile - - £681
90th Percentile - - £723
East of England median daily rate £565 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +12.21% -4.10% -5.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £20.50 - £44.59
25th Percentile £20.51 - £45.66
Median hourly rate £22.04 - £51.63
75th Percentile £23.58 - £55.52
90th Percentile £23.60 - £55.54
East of England median hourly rate £18.43 £48.25 £47.75
% change year-on-year -61.80% +1.05% -12.63%

All Vendors
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36 44 61
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 31.86% 51.16% 35.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 24 39
10th Percentile £185 £180 £184
25th Percentile £204 £218 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £275 £450
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -38.89% -
75th Percentile £482 £350 £530
90th Percentile £507 £600 £615
East of England median daily rate £500 £488 £500
% change year-on-year +2.56% -2.50% +4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 12
10th Percentile - £21.00 £12.96
25th Percentile £12.75 £22.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.25 £25.00 £43.91
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -43.06% +109.07%
75th Percentile £23.56 £27.50 £53.25
90th Percentile £44.17 £29.00 £55.55
East of England median hourly rate £19.91 £20.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -0.45% -42.86% +35.27%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Essex

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAP

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing SAP

SAP
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Basildon -3 2 - -
Saffron Walden - 2 - -
SAP
East of England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Migration Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Asset Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (40.00%) Emotional Intelligence
2 2 (40.00%) High Availability
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) People Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Scrum
2 2 (40.00%) SDLC
2 2 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Orchard