SAP Basis Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP Basis
England > South East

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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 165 214
Rank change year-on-year -11 +49 -
Contract jobs citing SAP Basis 2 15 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.052% 0.36% 0.037%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.31% 2.19% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £351
25th Percentile £463 - £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £455 £363
Median % change year-on-year +4.40% +25.52% -
75th Percentile £488 - £378
90th Percentile - - £384
England median daily rate £500 £455 £550
% change year-on-year +9.89% -17.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £61.60 -
England median hourly rate - £61.60 -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South East

SAP Basis falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 640 684 881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 16.69% 16.50% 16.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 461 446 523
10th Percentile £280 £325 £313
25th Percentile £375 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £575 £629 £625
90th Percentile £625 £671 £680
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 37
10th Percentile £18.95 £33.13 £50.00
25th Percentile £39.28 £59.55 £54.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £66.25 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile £81.00 - £78.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -15.38% +18.18% -15.38%

SAP Basis
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SAP Basis job vacancy trend in the South East

SAP Basis
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAP Basis.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAP Basis.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing SAP Basis

SAP Basis
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Basis within the South East region over the 6 months to 6 November 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
Berkshire -3 2 £475 +4.40%
Thames Valley -8 2 £475 +4.40%
SAP Basis
England

SAP Basis
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (100.00%) SAP MDG
1 2 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP Consultant
1 2 (100.00%) SAP MDG Consultant
2 1 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) BAPI
1 2 (100.00%) IDoc
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 2 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Master Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Validation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP