SAP Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

SAP
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Sheffield 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 20 October 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
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 55 31
Rank change year-on-year -11 -24 -
Contract jobs citing SAP 12 3 18
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 1.90% 0.71% 4.77%
As % of the Vendors category 3.44% 1.23% 12.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 17
10th Percentile £342 - -
25th Percentile £394 £544 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £587
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -4.25% -
75th Percentile £700 £581 -
90th Percentile £770 - £588
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £563 £561
% change year-on-year -11.11% +0.27% +36.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.00 - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.00 - -

All Vendors
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 349 243 142
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 55.31% 57.58% 37.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 131 83
10th Percentile £306 £250 £329
25th Percentile £400 £475 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £535 £587
Median % change year-on-year -9.72% -8.93% +16.56%
75th Percentile £538 £597 £628
90th Percentile £632 £650 £705
South Yorkshire median daily rate £480 £534 £556
% change year-on-year -10.11% -3.87% +13.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 2
10th Percentile - £14.18 £18.65
25th Percentile £15.00 £18.81 £18.88
Median hourly rate £18.87 £21.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +7.69% +26.83%
75th Percentile - £41.88 £19.88
90th Percentile - - £19.95
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £18.87 £21.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -10.14% +7.69% +25.81%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Sheffield

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Sheffield over the 6 months to 20 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Sheffield

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SAP

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Confluence
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Power Query
2 1 (8.33%) QlikView
2 1 (8.33%) Redis
2 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 5 (41.67%) Finance
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) SAP Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Data Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Excel Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) Identity and Access Management Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Identity Management Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Lead Security Architect
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Lead
4 1 (8.33%) PMO Specialist
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) SAP Financial Architect
4 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) SailPoint
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) JMS
2 1 (8.33%) Kafka
2 1 (8.33%) LDAP
2 1 (8.33%) OAuth
2 1 (8.33%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (8.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Migration
2 6 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 6 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (33.33%) Agile
4 3 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 3 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (16.67%) Business Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
5 2 (16.67%) Test Strategy
5 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (8.33%) Change Control
6 1 (8.33%) Programme Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 1 (8.33%) Security Operations
6 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Identification
6 1 (8.33%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) ANSI SQL
2 1 (8.33%) C#
2 1 (8.33%) Java
2 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) SAP Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 1 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Azure Certification
2 1 (8.33%) CISM
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Master's Degree
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (8.33%) NIST
1 1 (8.33%) PMO
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Sage
1 2 (16.67%) Xero
2 1 (8.33%) Cognos
2 1 (8.33%) Google
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (8.33%) Salesforce