SAP Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

SAP
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 6 October 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
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 28 23
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -3
Contract jobs citing SAP 342 164 187
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 6.89% 6.08% 6.97%
As % of the Vendors category 16.30% 12.20% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 81 129
10th Percentile £366 £260 £413
25th Percentile £425 £456 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.78% -4.00%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £725 £731
England median daily rate £558 £568 £575
% change year-on-year -1.67% -1.30% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 11 1
10th Percentile £14.12 £13.46 -
25th Percentile £14.56 £16.09 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.87 £17.89 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +32.52% -55.00%
75th Percentile £22.00 £24.26 £14.25
90th Percentile £29.63 £29.33 -
England median hourly rate £24.19 £22.41 £45.00
% change year-on-year +7.95% -50.21% +28.57%

All Vendors
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 2,098 1,344 1,234
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 42.26% 49.80% 46.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,258 873 784
10th Percentile £306 £239 £226
25th Percentile £402 £360 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £493
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% -3.55% +3.68%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £650 £688
England median daily rate £515 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +1.48% -3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 62 29
10th Percentile £13.37 £15.74 £13.37
25th Percentile £14.56 £18.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £19.29 £25.15 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.30% +47.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £27.46 £31.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £53.75 £50.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £25.92 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +3.06% -28.14% -20.16%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the Midlands

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the Midlands

SAP
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 within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 October 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
West Midlands 0 214 £500 -4.76% 162
East Midlands +20 121 £575 +6.98% 124
SAP
England

SAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (1.46%) Confluence
1 5 (1.46%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.17%) SAP EP
2 4 (1.17%) WebLogic
3 2 (0.58%) SAP Portal
4 1 (0.29%) Apache
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Mendix
4 1 (0.29%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 28 (8.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.46%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 96 (28.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (4.39%) SAP HR
3 13 (3.80%) SAP QM
4 12 (3.51%) SAP Payroll
5 11 (3.22%) SAP HCM
6 10 (2.92%) SAP ERP
7 9 (2.63%) SAP PSCD
8 8 (2.34%) SAP CRM
9 7 (2.05%) SAP EWM
9 7 (2.05%) SAP PM
10 6 (1.75%) SAP FI
10 6 (1.75%) SAP MM
11 5 (1.46%) NetSuite
11 5 (1.46%) SAP MDG
12 4 (1.17%) SAP CO
12 4 (1.17%) SAP FI/CO
13 3 (0.88%) iTrent
13 3 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
13 3 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
13 3 (0.88%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 52 (15.20%) SuccessFactors
2 21 (6.14%) Power Platform
3 18 (5.26%) Azure
4 8 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.05%) AWS
6 6 (1.75%) Entra ID
6 6 (1.75%) Snowflake
7 5 (1.46%) Azure Data Factory
7 5 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.46%) SaaS
7 5 (1.46%) Tricentis Tosca
8 4 (1.17%) Algolia
8 4 (1.17%) Matillion
8 4 (1.17%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 3 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.58%) Internet
2 1 (0.29%) Firewall
2 1 (0.29%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (6.14%) Power BI
2 12 (3.51%) SAP BW
3 8 (2.34%) SAP HANA
4 7 (2.05%) Tableau
5 6 (1.75%) Data Lake
6 5 (1.46%) BusinessObjects
6 5 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (1.17%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.17%) SAP Data Services
8 3 (0.88%) Delta Lake
8 3 (0.88%) Metadata
8 3 (0.88%) Power Query
9 2 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.58%) NoSQL
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.29%) GIS
10 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.29%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 16 (4.68%) JIRA
2 7 (2.05%) Hudson
3 5 (1.46%) Toad
4 1 (0.29%) Git
General
1 107 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 79 (23.10%) Finance
3 39 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.36%) Manufacturing
5 21 (6.14%) Retail
6 18 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.51%) Legal
9 11 (3.22%) Billing
9 11 (3.22%) General Ledger
10 10 (2.92%) Automotive
11 6 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.46%) Back Office
12 5 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.46%) Law
12 5 (1.46%) Marketing
12 5 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 71 (20.76%) Consultant
2 68 (19.88%) SAP Consultant
3 53 (15.50%) Analyst
4 31 (9.06%) Architect
5 29 (8.48%) Administrator
6 27 (7.89%) SAP Analyst
7 22 (6.43%) Senior
8 20 (5.85%) SAP Trainer
8 20 (5.85%) Trainer
9 19 (5.56%) Business Analyst
9 19 (5.56%) SAP Manager
10 17 (4.97%) SAP Administrator
10 17 (4.97%) SAP Architect
11 14 (4.09%) Project Manager
12 13 (3.80%) Lead
12 13 (3.80%) SAP Business Analyst
13 11 (3.22%) Cutover Manager
13 11 (3.22%) SAP Cutover Manager
14 10 (2.92%) Data Engineer
14 10 (2.92%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (5.26%) SAPUI5
2 15 (4.39%) SAP Fiori
3 11 (3.22%) SAP PI
4 10 (2.92%) REST
5 9 (2.63%) SOAP
5 9 (2.63%) XML
6 6 (1.75%) IDoc
6 6 (1.75%) JDBC
7 5 (1.46%) Middleware
7 5 (1.46%) Node.js
8 4 (1.17%) React
8 4 (1.17%) SailPoint
8 4 (1.17%) SAP CAF
9 3 (0.88%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.88%) SAP ALE
9 3 (0.88%) Web Dynpro
10 2 (0.58%) BAPI
10 2 (0.58%) JSON
10 2 (0.58%) SAP Business Workflow
10 2 (0.58%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 13 (3.80%) Data Structures
1 13 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (3.51%) Public Cloud
3 11 (3.22%) Onboarding
4 7 (2.05%) SCADA
5 5 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.88%) Cloud Native
6 3 (0.88%) IoT
6 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.58%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (0.58%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.58%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.58%) Life Science
7 2 (0.58%) Mobile App
7 2 (0.58%) Operational Technology
7 2 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.05%) Windows
2 5 (1.46%) Linux
2 5 (1.46%) SUSE
2 5 (1.46%) Unix
3 1 (0.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (21.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 65 (19.01%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (15.50%) ERP
4 44 (12.87%) Migration
5 43 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 39 (11.40%) Logistics
7 37 (10.82%) Validation
8 34 (9.94%) CRM
9 33 (9.65%) Analytics
10 32 (9.36%) User Acceptance Testing
11 29 (8.48%) Translating Business Requirements
12 27 (7.89%) Data Modelling
13 26 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (7.60%) Process Improvement
13 26 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (7.31%) Decision-Making
15 24 (7.02%) AI
16 23 (6.73%) Workshop Facilitation
17 21 (6.14%) Asset Management
17 21 (6.14%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (10.82%) ABAP
2 22 (6.43%) SQL
3 15 (4.39%) Java
4 5 (1.46%) Python
5 4 (1.17%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.58%) Bicep
7 1 (0.29%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (1.75%) Degree
4 6 (1.75%) ISEB
4 6 (1.75%) ISTQB
4 6 (1.75%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 5 (1.46%) PMI Certification
5 5 (1.46%) PMP
6 3 (0.88%) CCA
7 2 (0.58%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.58%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.58%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.29%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.29%) CSPO
8 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.14%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.75%) GDPR
2 6 (1.75%) QA
3 5 (1.46%) SLA
4 4 (1.17%) NCSC
5 3 (0.88%) PMO
6 2 (0.58%) GRC
6 2 (0.58%) IFRS
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.29%) GxP
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.29%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (1.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.60%) Oracle
3 18 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 13 (3.80%) Concur
5 11 (3.22%) Ariba
5 11 (3.22%) Workday
6 10 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 9 (2.63%) Informatica
7 9 (2.63%) webMethods
8 8 (2.34%) Databricks
9 7 (2.05%) MuleSoft
10 6 (1.75%) IBM
10 6 (1.75%) JD Edwards
11 5 (1.46%) MathWorks
11 5 (1.46%) Red Hat
11 5 (1.46%) Siemens
12 2 (0.58%) Dell
13 1 (0.29%) Cisco
13 1 (0.29%) ESRI
13 1 (0.29%) QAD