SAP ERP Contract Job Trends in the North West

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SAP ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 118 139
Rank change year-on-year -37 +21 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 1 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.035% 0.096% 0.072%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.40% 0.94% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £610 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £620 £400
Median % change year-on-year -23.39% +55.00% +27.49%
75th Percentile £488 £630 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £663 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +10.42% +9.09% -

All Business Application Skills
North West

SAP ERP 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 North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 247 213 208
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 8.75% 10.24% 7.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 120 146
10th Percentile £350 £350 £394
25th Percentile £425 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.67% +0.90% +16.67%
75th Percentile £700 £645 £552
90th Percentile £716 £700 £610
England median daily rate £550 £570 £550
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 8
10th Percentile £28.65 £55.73 £14.13
25th Percentile £36.58 £60.00 £26.03
Median hourly rate £49.15 £86.00 £35.62
Median % change year-on-year -42.85% +141.47% +9.58%
75th Percentile £75.43 - £51.75
90th Percentile £86.00 - £62.66
England median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +27.35%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SAP ERP job vacancy trend in the North West

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP ERP
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the North West region over the 6 months to 28 February 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
Manchester - 1 £475 - 5
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Manager
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Manager
1 1 (100.00%) ERP Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Cutover Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SAP Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contingency Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Cutover Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP