SAP Contracts in the North of England

SAP
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 25 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +8 +36
Contract jobs citing SAP 249 289 304
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 7.56% 6.06% 5.22%
As % of the Vendors category 14.83% 14.15% 13.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 142 165
10th Percentile £328 £400 £350
25th Percentile £500 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £513 £540
Median % change year-on-year +3.41% -5.09% +2.86%
75th Percentile £586 £585 £600
90th Percentile £688 £725 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 19 3
10th Percentile £40.45 £11.11 £26.37
25th Percentile £50.00 £13.75 £26.55
Median hourly rate £60.00 £24.19 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +148.04% -12.67% +84.67%
75th Percentile £86.00 £34.66 £36.90
90th Percentile - £51.20 £41.80
England median hourly rate £60.00 £26.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year +130.50% -42.16% +53.17%

All Vendors
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,679 2,042 2,322
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 50.96% 42.83% 39.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,078 1,194 1,581
10th Percentile £230 £250 £248
25th Percentile £363 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £564 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 212 66
10th Percentile £17.44 £10.95 £15.00
25th Percentile £21.24 £12.53 £19.77
Median hourly rate £32.50 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +116.67% -57.14% +96.52%
75th Percentile £59.65 £21.08 £49.05
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.15 £54.88
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the North of England

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the North of England

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the North of England

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the North of England

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the North of England

SAP
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 within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North West +13 191 £530 +0.95% 135
Yorkshire -35 33 £381 -21.39% 43
North East +10 21 £515 +32.05% 8
SAP
England

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.01%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.61%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 99 (39.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (8.43%) SAP HR
3 20 (8.03%) SAP Payroll
4 17 (6.83%) SAP PP
5 10 (4.02%) SAP CO
5 10 (4.02%) SAP FI
5 10 (4.02%) SAP FI/CO
6 8 (3.21%) SAP SD
7 6 (2.41%) Primavera
7 6 (2.41%) SAP APO
7 6 (2.41%) SAP PS
8 5 (2.01%) SAP ERP
8 5 (2.01%) SAP LE
9 4 (1.61%) SAP EWM
9 4 (1.61%) SAP MM
10 2 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
10 2 (0.80%) SAP EHS
11 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
11 1 (0.40%) SAP QM
11 1 (0.40%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (10.44%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (5.62%) Azure
3 10 (4.02%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.01%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (2.01%) Snowflake
5 3 (1.20%) AWS
5 3 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.80%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (0.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.80%) Boomi
6 2 (0.80%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.80%) Kong
7 1 (0.40%) Anthropic Claude
7 1 (0.40%) Azure AI
7 1 (0.40%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.40%) GCP
7 1 (0.40%) Google Gemini
7 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.40%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.40%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.61%) HTTP
2 2 (0.80%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.43%) SAP HANA
2 10 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (4.02%) Relational Database
3 9 (3.61%) Power BI
4 6 (2.41%) Data Lake
5 5 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.61%) Metadata
7 3 (1.20%) GIS
8 2 (0.80%) Metadata Repository
8 2 (0.80%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.40%) Data Hub
9 1 (0.40%) Data Vault
9 1 (0.40%) Delta Lake
9 1 (0.40%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.40%) Parquet
9 1 (0.40%) SAP BW
9 1 (0.40%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (4.02%) Gradle
1 10 (4.02%) Jenkins
1 10 (4.02%) JUnit
1 10 (4.02%) Liquibase
1 10 (4.02%) Mockito
2 9 (3.61%) GitLab
3 8 (3.21%) Git
4 6 (2.41%) JIRA
5 2 (0.80%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.80%) REST Assured
5 2 (0.80%) Selenium
6 1 (0.40%) JIRA Agile
General
1 81 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 67 (26.91%) Manufacturing
3 53 (21.29%) Finance
4 31 (12.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 30 (12.05%) Analytical Skills
6 25 (10.04%) Marketing
6 25 (10.04%) Public Sector
7 19 (7.63%) Electronics
7 19 (7.63%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.02%) Aerospace
9 9 (3.61%) French Language
10 7 (2.81%) Automotive
11 5 (2.01%) Legal
11 5 (2.01%) Retail
12 4 (1.61%) Law
13 2 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Local Government
14 1 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 73 (29.32%) Consultant
2 64 (25.70%) SAP Consultant
3 47 (18.88%) Developer
4 30 (12.05%) SAP Developer
5 24 (9.64%) ABAP Developer
6 23 (9.24%) Lead
7 16 (6.43%) Analyst
8 15 (6.02%) Architect
8 15 (6.02%) Project Manager
9 13 (5.22%) SAP PP Consultant
10 12 (4.82%) Business Analyst
10 12 (4.82%) Payroll Consultant
10 12 (4.82%) SAP Architect
10 12 (4.82%) SAP Payroll Consultant
11 11 (4.42%) SAP Manager
11 11 (4.42%) SAP QM Consultant
12 10 (4.02%) Senior
12 10 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.61%) Lead Consultant
13 9 (3.61%) SAP HR Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (6.83%) SAP Fiori
2 13 (5.22%) Middleware
2 13 (5.22%) SAPUI5
3 12 (4.82%) Web Services
4 10 (4.02%) BAPI
4 10 (4.02%) Kafka
4 10 (4.02%) OpenAPI
4 10 (4.02%) React
4 10 (4.02%) Spring
4 10 (4.02%) Spring Boot
4 10 (4.02%) Swagger
5 8 (3.21%) SAP PI
6 7 (2.81%) XML
7 5 (2.01%) CSS
7 5 (2.01%) HTML
7 5 (2.01%) IDoc
7 5 (2.01%) Node.js
7 5 (2.01%) REST
7 5 (2.01%) SOAP
8 4 (1.61%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 12 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (4.42%) Data Structures
2 11 (4.42%) Life Science
3 10 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 10 (4.02%) Virtual Team
4 6 (2.41%) Industry 4.0
4 6 (2.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 6 (2.41%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.20%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.80%) Cloud Native
7 2 (0.80%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.80%) Tandem
7 2 (0.80%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.40%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.40%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.40%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.80%) Linux
1 2 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Alpine Linux
2 1 (0.40%) Windows
2 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (19.68%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (17.67%) Agile
3 40 (16.06%) Migration
4 39 (15.66%) Project Management
5 30 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (11.24%) Quality Management
6 28 (11.24%) Roadmaps
7 27 (10.84%) Change Management
7 27 (10.84%) Data Migration
8 26 (10.44%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (9.64%) Process Improvement
10 21 (8.43%) Time Management
11 20 (8.03%) Data Modelling
11 20 (8.03%) ERP
11 20 (8.03%) Programme Management
12 19 (7.63%) Analytics
12 19 (7.63%) DevOps
12 19 (7.63%) Digital Marketing
13 18 (7.23%) Decision-Making
13 18 (7.23%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.65%) ABAP
2 19 (7.63%) SQL
3 18 (7.23%) Java
4 10 (4.02%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.01%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.20%) Python
7 2 (0.80%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.80%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.40%) Bash
8 1 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (23.69%) Security Cleared
2 54 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.85%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (11.65%) Degree
5 13 (5.22%) Master's Degree
6 8 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.41%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.20%) CIMA
8 3 (1.20%) PMP
8 3 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.80%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.40%) ACCA
10 1 (0.40%) CBAP
10 1 (0.40%) CIPD
10 1 (0.40%) MBA
10 1 (0.40%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.62%) QA
2 9 (3.61%) Data Quality
3 5 (2.01%) PMO
4 2 (0.80%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.80%) GDPR
4 2 (0.80%) WCAG
5 1 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (5.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (2.41%) MOM
2 5 (2.01%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.01%) Terraform
3 2 (0.80%) Grafana
3 2 (0.80%) Prometheus
3 2 (0.80%) WSUS
4 1 (0.40%) Ansible
Vendors
1 19 (7.63%) Ariba
2 8 (3.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (2.81%) Google
3 7 (2.81%) Workday
4 6 (2.41%) Rockwell
4 6 (2.41%) Siemens
5 5 (2.01%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.20%) Concur
6 3 (1.20%) Dell
7 2 (0.80%) Anaplan
7 2 (0.80%) ESRI
7 2 (0.80%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.80%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.80%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.40%) Databricks
8 1 (0.40%) Hitachi
8 1 (0.40%) Oracle
8 1 (0.40%) Pega
8 1 (0.40%) Splunk
8 1 (0.40%) TOWER Software