SAP HCM Contract Job Trends in the North West

SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring SAP HCM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 124 147
Rank change year-on-year -7 +23 +36
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.091% 0.041% 0.035%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.93% 0.55% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £510 £615 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £630 £360
Median % change year-on-year -17.62% +75.00% -
75th Percentile £529 £645 £365
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £525 £543 £491
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.58% -0.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
England median hourly rate £86.00 - -

All Business Application Skills
North West

SAP HCM 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 216 181 186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 9.84% 7.46% 6.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 138 99 113
10th Percentile £415 £408 £340
25th Percentile £463 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £604 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.75% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £697 £645 £575
90th Percentile £750 £690 £656
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -3.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 16 3
10th Percentile - £35.36 -
25th Percentile £12.82 £37.00 -
Median hourly rate £16.96 £40.33 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -57.94% +34.42% -6.04%
75th Percentile £49.16 £43.58 £42.93
90th Percentile £87.13 £46.18 £50.68
England median hourly rate £42.75 £40.33 £56.49
% change year-on-year +6.01% -28.62% +25.53%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

SAP HCM job vacancy trend in the North West

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP HCM
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

SAP HCM
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 HCM within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Cheshire -20 1 - - 4
Cumbria - 1 £519 -
SAP HCM
England

SAP HCM
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 (50.00%) SAP Payroll
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) IDoc
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Implementation
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP