SAP Contract Job Trends in Macclesfield

SAP
Cheshire > Macclesfield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Macclesfield 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 2 February 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
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 1 2 2
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP 17 28 78
As % of all contract jobs in Macclesfield 58.62% 45.90% 62.90%
As % of the Vendors category 68.00% 60.87% 78.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 65
10th Percentile - £451 £463
25th Percentile - - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £566 £666 £538
90th Percentile £600 £699 £556
Cheshire median daily rate £675 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +22.73% +4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £17.38 - -
Median hourly rate £17.75 - -
75th Percentile £18.13 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.00 £86.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -45.35% +222.58% +24.00%

All Vendors
Macclesfield

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 Macclesfield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 25 46 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Macclesfield 86.21% 75.41% 80.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 29 79
10th Percentile - £450 £333
25th Percentile - £486 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +31.25%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £538
90th Percentile £600 £690 £550
Cheshire median daily rate £450 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 7
10th Percentile £17.67 £17.55 £16.69
25th Percentile £18.12 £21.05 £17.26
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.09 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -14.58% +24.66% -
75th Percentile - £24.18 -
90th Percentile - - £17.74
Cheshire median hourly rate £20.00 £24.18 £17.72
% change year-on-year -17.29% +36.46% +1.58%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Macclesfield

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Macclesfield

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing SAP

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Macclesfield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Macclesfield citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Macclesfield 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (94.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (23.53%) SAP PM
3 2 (11.76%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
General
1 12 (70.59%) Social Skills
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 8 (47.06%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Consultant
1 4 (23.53%) Lead
1 4 (23.53%) Process Consultant
2 3 (17.65%) Lean Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Process Mapping Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Six Sigma Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Business Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Business Process Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support
4 1 (5.88%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (5.88%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Supply Chain Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
1 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 12 (70.59%) Lean Six Sigma
2 12 (70.59%) Six Sigma
3 11 (64.71%) Process Improvement
4 10 (58.82%) ERP
4 10 (58.82%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (58.82%) Roadmaps
5 9 (52.94%) Business Process Mapping
5 9 (52.94%) Coaching
5 9 (52.94%) Strategic Roadmap
5 9 (52.94%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (35.29%) Supply Chain Planning
7 5 (29.41%) Asset Management
7 5 (29.41%) SAP Implementation
8 4 (23.53%) Migration
8 4 (23.53%) Proactive Monitoring
9 3 (17.65%) Process Management
10 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 1 (5.88%) ITSM
11 1 (5.88%) Programme Management
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
1 1 (5.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Apple
1 1 (5.88%) Ariba
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
1 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow