SAP Contracts in the North West

SAP
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 14 27 51
Rank change year-on-year +13 +24 +15
Contract jobs citing SAP 191 166 129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 9.71% 6.03% 4.04%
As % of the Vendors category 18.26% 15.15% 10.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 89 63
10th Percentile £457 £413 £325
25th Percentile £500 £463 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £599 £585 £581
90th Percentile £688 £728 £688
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 13 3
10th Percentile £40.45 £15.62 £26.37
25th Percentile £50.00 £24.19 £26.55
Median hourly rate £60.00 £32.12 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +86.83% +15.94% +84.67%
75th Percentile £86.00 £44.07 £36.90
90th Percentile - £57.80 £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 West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,046 1,096 1,290
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.15% 39.78% 40.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 675 645 866
10th Percentile £250 £269 £288
25th Percentile £393 £394 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £587
90th Percentile £650 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 54 149 57
10th Percentile £16.43 £10.95 £15.41
25th Percentile £24.46 £12.00 £22.41
Median hourly rate £32.50 £16.06 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +102.37% -57.17% +97.73%
75th Percentile £60.00 £26.39 £49.40
90th Percentile £86.00 £46.18 £54.57
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the North West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the North West

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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 within the North West 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
Cheshire -2 69 £550 +4.76% 24
Manchester +11 58 £530 -8.42% 70
Lancashire +11 28 £538 +26.59% 46
Cumbria +4 7 £600 +4.35% 6
Merseyside -5 1 £513 +44.88% 10
SAP
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (2.62%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.52%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (2.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (2.09%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 77 (40.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (10.99%) SAP HR
3 20 (10.47%) SAP Payroll
4 9 (4.71%) SAP PP
5 6 (3.14%) Primavera
5 6 (3.14%) SAP APO
5 6 (3.14%) SAP CO
5 6 (3.14%) SAP FI
5 6 (3.14%) SAP FI/CO
5 6 (3.14%) SAP PS
6 5 (2.62%) SAP LE
7 4 (2.09%) SAP EWM
8 3 (1.57%) SAP MM
9 2 (1.05%) SAP EHS
9 2 (1.05%) SAP ERP
9 2 (1.05%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.52%) Maximo
10 1 (0.52%) SAP PM
10 1 (0.52%) SAP QM
10 1 (0.52%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.57%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (3.66%) Azure
3 6 (3.14%) Power Platform
4 5 (2.62%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (2.62%) Snowflake
5 2 (1.05%) Boomi
6 1 (0.52%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (0.52%) AWS
6 1 (0.52%) Azure AI
6 1 (0.52%) GCP
6 1 (0.52%) Google Gemini
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.52%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.09%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.85%) SAP HANA
2 10 (5.24%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (5.24%) Relational Database
3 6 (3.14%) Data Lake
4 5 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.62%) Power BI
5 2 (1.05%) Metadata
6 1 (0.52%) Neo4j
6 1 (0.52%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.52%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.24%) Gradle
1 10 (5.24%) Jenkins
1 10 (5.24%) JUnit
1 10 (5.24%) Liquibase
1 10 (5.24%) Mockito
2 6 (3.14%) JIRA
3 5 (2.62%) GitLab
4 4 (2.09%) Git
5 1 (0.52%) JIRA Agile
General
1 66 (34.55%) Social Skills
2 53 (27.75%) Manufacturing
3 37 (19.37%) Finance
4 30 (15.71%) Pharmaceutical
5 22 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (8.38%) Marketing
7 12 (6.28%) Public Sector
8 10 (5.24%) Aerospace
8 10 (5.24%) Electronics
8 10 (5.24%) Telecoms
9 6 (3.14%) Automotive
10 5 (2.62%) Legal
11 3 (1.57%) Law
11 3 (1.57%) Retail
12 2 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.52%) French Language
13 1 (0.52%) Local Government
13 1 (0.52%) Military
13 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 57 (29.84%) Consultant
2 48 (25.13%) SAP Consultant
3 39 (20.42%) Developer
4 28 (14.66%) SAP Developer
5 22 (11.52%) ABAP Developer
6 16 (8.38%) Lead
7 13 (6.81%) Analyst
8 12 (6.28%) Architect
8 12 (6.28%) Payroll Consultant
8 12 (6.28%) SAP Payroll Consultant
9 10 (5.24%) Business Analyst
9 10 (5.24%) SAP Architect
10 9 (4.71%) HR Consultant
10 9 (4.71%) Lead Consultant
10 9 (4.71%) SAP HR Consultant
10 9 (4.71%) SAP Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.71%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (4.19%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.19%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
12 7 (3.66%) SAP HR Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.38%) SAP Fiori
2 13 (6.81%) Middleware
2 13 (6.81%) SAPUI5
3 12 (6.28%) Web Services
4 10 (5.24%) BAPI
4 10 (5.24%) Kafka
4 10 (5.24%) OpenAPI
4 10 (5.24%) React
4 10 (5.24%) Spring
4 10 (5.24%) Spring Boot
4 10 (5.24%) Swagger
5 8 (4.19%) SAP PI
6 7 (3.66%) XML
7 5 (2.62%) IDoc
7 5 (2.62%) REST
7 5 (2.62%) SOAP
8 4 (2.09%) JDBC
8 4 (2.09%) JMS
8 4 (2.09%) SAP Core Interface
8 4 (2.09%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.76%) Life Science
2 10 (5.24%) Virtual Team
3 6 (3.14%) Industry 4.0
3 6 (3.14%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 5 (2.62%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
5 4 (2.09%) Legacy Applications
5 4 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.57%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.05%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.05%) Tandem
7 2 (1.05%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.52%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.52%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.52%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.52%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
1 1 (0.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (20.42%) Agile
2 31 (16.23%) Project Management
3 29 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (14.14%) Roadmaps
5 25 (13.09%) Migration
5 25 (13.09%) Quality Management
6 20 (10.47%) Process Improvement
6 20 (10.47%) Time Management
7 17 (8.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (8.38%) Analytics
8 16 (8.38%) Logistics
9 14 (7.33%) Data Modelling
10 13 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
10 13 (6.81%) Data Migration
10 13 (6.81%) Decision-Making
10 13 (6.81%) DevOps
10 13 (6.81%) ERP
10 13 (6.81%) User Acceptance Testing
11 12 (6.28%) Software Engineering
11 12 (6.28%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 32 (16.75%) ABAP
2 15 (7.85%) Java
3 10 (5.24%) SQL
3 10 (5.24%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.57%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.52%) Python
5 1 (0.52%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (28.27%) Security Cleared
2 49 (25.65%) SC Cleared
3 30 (15.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 20 (10.47%) Degree
5 12 (6.28%) Master's Degree
6 6 (3.14%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (3.14%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.57%) TOGAF Certification
8 2 (1.05%) CIMA
8 2 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.05%) PMP
9 1 (0.52%) CIPD
9 1 (0.52%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.28%) QA
2 5 (2.62%) PMO
3 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.05%) GDPR
5 1 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (5.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (3.14%) MOM
2 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (6.81%) Ariba
2 7 (3.66%) Google
2 7 (3.66%) Workday
3 6 (3.14%) Rockwell
3 6 (3.14%) Siemens
4 5 (2.62%) MuleSoft
5 3 (1.57%) Concur
5 3 (1.57%) Dell
6 2 (1.05%) Anaplan
6 2 (1.05%) Hyperion
6 2 (1.05%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.52%) Databricks
7 1 (0.52%) Hitachi
7 1 (0.52%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle
7 1 (0.52%) Pega
7 1 (0.52%) Splunk
7 1 (0.52%) TOWER Software