SAP Payroll Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring SAP Payroll skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 106 133
Rank change year-on-year -70 +27 +39
Contract jobs citing SAP Payroll 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.077% 0.32% 0.036%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.12% 5.00% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £505 -
25th Percentile £313 £510 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% +9.47% -17.96%
75th Percentile £338 £681 £488
90th Percentile - £803 -
England median daily rate £525 £520 £500
% change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -13.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £78.35 - -
25th Percentile £79.25 - -
Median hourly rate £82.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.75 - -
90th Percentile £85.05 - -
England median hourly rate £84.50 £86.00 -
% change year-on-year -1.74% - -

All Business Application Skills
Midlands

SAP Payroll falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 267 120 181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 6.90% 6.37% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 73 116
10th Percentile £381 £375 £325
25th Percentile £413 £459 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £588 £638
90th Percentile £700 £638 £713
England median daily rate £540 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -6.17% +4.55% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 11
10th Percentile £39.55 - -
25th Percentile £53.88 - £14.71
Median hourly rate £80.50 £23.60 £24.65
Median % change year-on-year +241.10% -4.26% -58.92%
75th Percentile £84.25 - £27.86
90th Percentile £84.85 - £28.75
England median hourly rate £55.72 £60.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -7.13% +33.33% +2.27%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SAP Payroll job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Payroll.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Payroll

SAP Payroll
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Payroll.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing SAP Payroll

SAP Payroll
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Payroll within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
East Midlands -37 2 - -
West Midlands -59 1 £325 -58.40% 2
SAP Payroll
England

SAP Payroll
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP HCM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Functional Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Data Integration
2 2 (66.67%) Integration Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) SAP Implementation
2 2 (66.67%) Time Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Document Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) ABAP
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) SAP