SAP Engineer Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP Engineer
England > South East

The median SAP Engineer daily rate in the South East is £634, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 153 210
Rank change year-on-year -45 +57 -
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Engineer 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.036% 0.067% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.072% 0.019%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £558 - -
25th Percentile £578 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year +40.82% - -
75th Percentile £667 - -
90th Percentile £674 - -
England median daily rate £650 £575 -
% change year-on-year +13.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the South East with a recognized job title 5,016 2,763 5,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.43% 92.75% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,159 1,827 3,160
10th Percentile £300 £245 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £613 £610 £613
90th Percentile £700 £667 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 453 152 448
10th Percentile £15.30 £16.95 £12.85
25th Percentile £19.34 £22.98 £18.32
Median hourly rate £47.50 £43.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -2.78% -
75th Percentile £81.05 £63.94 £62.47
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £40.92 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +18.60% +6.15% -23.85%

SAP Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

SAP Engineer job vacancy trend in the South East

SAP Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Engineer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Engineer job vacancies in the South East

SAP Engineer
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 Engineer within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 March 2026. 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
Surrey -13 2 £634 +40.82% 1
SAP Engineer
England

SAP Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 March 2026, SAP Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring SAP Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) ABAP
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) OOP
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Security

SAP Engineer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) SAP ERP
1 1 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
1 1 (50.00%) SAP PI
1 1 (50.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Debt
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Servant Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow