SAP Contracts in Preston

SAP
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Preston 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 28 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 2 18
Rank change year-on-year -1 +16 0
DemandTrendContract jobs citing SAP 20 16 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 25.32% 37.21% 3.53%
As % of the Vendors category 39.22% 50.00% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 10 1
10th Percentile £460 £561 -
25th Percentile £535 £563 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year +0.08% +41.06% -
75th Percentile £635 £627 £438
90th Percentile £663 £634 -
Lancashire median daily rate £600 £615 £400
% change year-on-year -2.44% +53.75% -42.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £23.15
25th Percentile - - £25.83
Median hourly rate - - £31.76
75th Percentile - - £39.13
90th Percentile - - £42.69
Lancashire median hourly rate - £35.36 £31.76
% change year-on-year - +11.34% -

All Vendors
Preston

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 Preston.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 51 32 54
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 64.56% 74.42% 63.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 20 16
10th Percentile £260 £400 £356
25th Percentile £409 £500 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £580 £431
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +34.49% +81.58%
75th Percentile £630 £636 £482
90th Percentile £680 £795 £558
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 33
10th Percentile £23.32 £15.66 £20.58
25th Percentile £26.88 £15.92 £21.36
Median hourly rate £40.83 £21.05 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +93.92% -50.46% +12.43%
75th Percentile £47.12 £25.98 £49.52
90th Percentile £60.39 £27.19 £74.38
Lancashire median hourly rate £51.16 £35.36 £46.03
% change year-on-year +44.68% -23.18% +41.65%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in Preston

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Preston over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Preston

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing SAP

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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 2 (10.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (5.00%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 12 (60.00%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (15.00%) AWS
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
2 3 (15.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.00%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA Agile
General
1 3 (15.00%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (15.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Finance
2 2 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (10.00%) Marketing
2 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
3 1 (5.00%) Avionics
3 1 (5.00%) Military
3 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Consultant
2 5 (25.00%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Integration Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) SAP Engineer
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Recruitment Consultant
6 1 (5.00%) Administrator
6 1 (5.00%) Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Data Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Administrator
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Architect
6 1 (5.00%) SAP BW Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Systems Administrator
6 1 (5.00%) webMethods Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (5.00%) IDoc
2 1 (5.00%) JMS
2 1 (5.00%) JSON
2 1 (5.00%) SOAP
2 1 (5.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 5 (25.00%) DevOps
3 4 (20.00%) ERP
3 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (15.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (10.00%) Data Management
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Recruitment Marketing
5 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.00%) Budget Responsibility
6 1 (5.00%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (5.00%) DAMA
6 1 (5.00%) DAMA DMBOK
6 1 (5.00%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.00%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (5.00%) Programme Governance
6 1 (5.00%) Source to Pay
6 1 (5.00%) Systems Engineering
6 1 (5.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (10.00%) Degree
4 2 (10.00%) Master's Degree
5 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (5.00%) PMP
5 1 (5.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Axway
3 2 (10.00%) Oracle
4 1 (5.00%) Ariba
4 1 (5.00%) Dell
4 1 (5.00%) IBM
4 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.00%) Software AG
4 1 (5.00%) Splunk
4 1 (5.00%) webMethods