SAP Contract Job Trends in the North East

SAP
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 19 December 2025, 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
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 23 26
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +38
Contract jobs citing SAP 10 20 9
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 2.53% 6.62% 3.54%
As % of the Vendors category 8.47% 15.27% 6.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 14 7
10th Percentile - £305 -
25th Percentile £170 £313 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £175 £395 £550
Median % change year-on-year -55.70% -28.18% -
75th Percentile £578 £543 £669
90th Percentile £591 £609 £898
England median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -2.65%

All Vendors
North East

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 North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 118 131 136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 29.80% 43.38% 53.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 64 91
10th Percentile £180 £181 £163
25th Percentile £375 £325 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £470 £477
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% -1.47% -9.14%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £720
England median daily rate £510 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.86% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 9 4
10th Percentile - £42.90 -
25th Percentile £17.88 - £46.18
Median hourly rate £28.21 £46.18 £53.09
Median % change year-on-year -38.92% -13.02% +135.96%
75th Percentile £54.06 - £60.00
90th Percentile £55.00 - -
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% -31.11% +73.08%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the North East

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the North East over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the North East

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing SAP

SAP
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the North East region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Tyne and Wear -22 7 £175 -51.72% 6
SAP
England

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (10.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (60.00%) Electronics
2 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 6 (60.00%) Marketing
2 6 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 6 (60.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 5 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 5 (50.00%) IT Support
1 5 (50.00%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 2 (20.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) EDI Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) EDI Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP GRC Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Security Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) EDI
1 1 (10.00%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Android
1 5 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Programme Management
2 6 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (60.00%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) EAM
3 1 (10.00%) High Availability
3 1 (10.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) SAP Security
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (10.00%) Test Management
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Apple
1 5 (50.00%) Cisco
1 5 (50.00%) Dell
1 5 (50.00%) HP