SAP Contracts in Northern Ireland

SAP
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Northern Ireland 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 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 21 24
Rank change year-on-year -11 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 7 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 2.52% 4.67% 2.96%
As % of the Vendors category 5.66% 9.46% 8.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £126 £91 £240
25th Percentile £146 £95 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £223 £105 £350
Median % change year-on-year +112.38% -70.00% -30.00%
75th Percentile £336 £148 £425
90th Percentile £434 £172 £470
UK median daily rate £570 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -0.87% +4.55% -1.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £17.00 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -29.69% - -
UK median hourly rate £26.36 £36.93 £48.25
% change year-on-year -28.64% -23.46% +7.22%

All Vendors
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 106 74 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 44.54% 49.33% 33.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 34 24
10th Percentile £200 £146 £164
25th Percentile £309 £183 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £413
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +9.09% -13.16%
75th Percentile £526 £575 £500
90th Percentile £588 £643 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £523 £525
% change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 0
10th Percentile £12.31 £12.25 -
25th Percentile £12.57 £21.19 -
Median hourly rate £13.60 £24.18 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.76% - -
75th Percentile £15.88 £31.88 -
90th Percentile £23.63 £40.25 -
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £29.00 £39.60
% change year-on-year -13.28% -26.77% +80.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in Northern Ireland.

Daily rate trend for SAP in Northern Ireland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Northern Ireland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in Northern Ireland.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
County Antrim -14 4 £281 +167.62% 17
County Down - 1 £115 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SAP IS-U
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (16.67%) Google Workspace
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Billing
3 2 (33.33%) Electronics
3 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Buyer
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Executive
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service Executive
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
1 1 (16.67%) Functional Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Installation Technician
1 1 (16.67%) IT Support
1 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) SAP Functional Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Management
2 1 (16.67%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (16.67%) ERP
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
2 1 (16.67%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Google