SAP ERP Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SAP ERP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 166 182 211
Rank change year-on-year +16 +29 +43
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 6 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.17% 0.087% 0.11%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.13% 1.48% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 6
10th Percentile - £524 £491
25th Percentile - £536 £542
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £558 £688
Median % change year-on-year -37.22% -18.91% +37.50%
75th Percentile £474 £579 £806
90th Percentile £515 £592 £831
England median daily rate £615 £533 £575
% change year-on-year +15.49% -7.39% -8.00%

All Business Application Skills
South East

SAP ERP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 282 271 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 8.13% 5.87% 7.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 143 266
10th Percentile £350 £311 £400
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -1.41%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £670
90th Percentile £723 £761 £721
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - -0.05% -2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 24 2
10th Percentile £34.05 £25.05 £17.28
25th Percentile £36.66 £36.88 £24.81
Median hourly rate £41.00 £48.18 £37.38
Median % change year-on-year -14.90% +28.91% +64.87%
75th Percentile £44.86 £61.60 £49.94
90th Percentile £47.17 £65.70 £57.48
England median hourly rate £41.00 £42.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -3.53% -24.77% +32.92%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SAP ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SAP ERP in the South East

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP in the South East over the 6 months to 14 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in the South East

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP ERP
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 ERP within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Thames Valley +12 4 £350 -41.67% 1
Oxfordshire - 4 £350 -
West Sussex +3 2 £515 -
SAP ERP
England

SAP ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) SAP BW
General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) General Ledger
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Accountant
1 4 (66.67%) Systems Accountant
2 2 (33.33%) Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP BW Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ERP
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Accounts Payable
3 2 (33.33%) Accounts Receivable
3 2 (33.33%) Cost Centre Accounting
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Revenue Management
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) Financial Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (33.33%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCA
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) SAP