SAP Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in London

SAP Solution Architect
England > London

The median SAP Solution Architect daily rate in London is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 347 373 437
Rank change year-on-year +26 +64 +143
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 12 17 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.091% 0.11% 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.11% 0.090%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 9
10th Percentile £609 £478 £432
25th Percentile £622 £663 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £750 £720
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.17% -2.87%
75th Percentile £725 £875 £856
90th Percentile £845 £888 £900
England median daily rate £675 £674 £713
% change year-on-year +0.22% -5.47% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate - - £95.00
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - - £95.00

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 12,260 15,098 21,180
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.12% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,228 10,327 15,494
10th Percentile £325 £350 £356
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £684 £698
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.62% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 187 230
10th Percentile £17.04 £17.73 £18.15
25th Percentile £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £31.00 £33.50 £37.42
Median % change year-on-year -7.48% -10.48% +14.96%
75th Percentile £50.56 £55.00 £64.38
90th Percentile £66.54 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £43.86
% change year-on-year -45.54% +5.29% +66.34%

SAP Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured SAP Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Solutions Architect in London

SAP Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in London

SAP Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect in London over the 6 months to 4 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Solutions Architect in London

SAP Solutions Architect
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Solutions Architect job vacancies in London

SAP Solutions Architect
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect within the London region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
East London - 4 £688 -
South London - 2 - -
Central London +1 1 £650 -13.33% 4
SAP Solutions Architect
England

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 4 September 2025, SAP Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring SAP Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (91.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (66.67%) Finance
4 7 (58.33%) Migration
4 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
5 6 (50.00%) Data Migration
6 5 (41.67%) TOGAF
6 5 (41.67%) SAP Certification
6 5 (41.67%) Oracle
7 4 (33.33%) SAP BW
7 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 4 (33.33%) Concur
7 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
8 3 (25.00%) SAP HANA
8 3 (25.00%) Private Cloud
8 3 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (16.67%) ERP
9 2 (16.67%) CRM
9 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
9 2 (16.67%) Ariba
9 2 (16.67%) Change Management
9 2 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
9 2 (16.67%) SAP CO

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (8.33%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 11 (91.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (16.67%) SAP CO
2 2 (16.67%) SAP ERP
2 2 (16.67%) SAP FI
2 2 (16.67%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (8.33%) SAP GTS
3 1 (8.33%) SAP MDG
3 1 (8.33%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) SaaS
1 2 (16.67%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SAP BW
2 3 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
2 3 (25.00%) SAP HANA
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (66.67%) Finance
2 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Private Cloud
2 2 (16.67%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (8.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Migration
1 7 (58.33%) Technical Leadership
2 6 (50.00%) Data Migration
3 5 (41.67%) TOGAF
4 4 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
5 3 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (16.67%) Budgeting
6 2 (16.67%) Business Case
6 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
6 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (16.67%) SAP Security
6 2 (16.67%) Security Architecture
6 2 (16.67%) Validation
6 2 (16.67%) Zachman Framework
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SAP Certification
2 2 (16.67%) BC Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle Certification
2 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle
3 4 (33.33%) Concur
4 2 (16.67%) Ariba
5 1 (8.33%) Citrix