SAP Basis Contract Job Trends in the North of England

SAP Basis
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring SAP Basis skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 201 163 183
Rank change year-on-year -38 +20 +60
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 5 1 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.11% 0.028% 0.064%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.48% 0.15% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £500
75th Percentile £575 - £588
90th Percentile - - £625
England median daily rate £500 £530 £600
% change year-on-year -5.66% -11.67% +0.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £52.75 - -
25th Percentile £53.88 - -
Median hourly rate £56.50 - -
75th Percentile £57.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £56.50 £58.30 -
% change year-on-year -3.09% - -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
North of England

SAP Basis falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 1,034 649 1,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 22.12% 18.19% 21.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 742 413 774
10th Percentile £350 £356 £363
25th Percentile £400 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £496 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -0.77% -5.88%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £656 £650
England median daily rate £513 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.82% - -4.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 13 37
10th Percentile £48.55 £28.40 £42.55
25th Percentile £52.50 - -
Median hourly rate £57.50 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +24.51% - -1.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £87.50 £62.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £100.93 £69.25
England median hourly rate £61.00 £62.50 £52.50
% change year-on-year -2.40% +19.05% -19.23%

SAP Basis
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

SAP Basis job vacancy trend in the North of England

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP Basis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP Basis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 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
Yorkshire - 4 - - 5
North East - 1 £550 -
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 5 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Azure
1 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (60.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Publishing
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
1 4 (80.00%) SAP Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Basis Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Taxonomies
2 3 (60.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) BPMN
1 4 (80.00%) Data Pipeline
2 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (60.00%) Data Governance
2 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (40.00%) Internal Audit
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (20.00%) Proactive Monitoring
4 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (80.00%) Okta