SAP Payroll Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring SAP Payroll skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 - 205
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Contract jobs citing SAP Payroll 20 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.46% - 0.099%
As % of the Business Applications category 4.63% - 1.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 4
10th Percentile £511 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £669
Median % change year-on-year - - +35.23%
75th Percentile £538 - £670
90th Percentile £540 - £670
England median daily rate £537 £655 £575
% change year-on-year -18.02% +13.91% +16.16%

All Business Application Skills
South East

SAP Payroll 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 432 227 379
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 9.93% 6.05% 7.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 129 247
10th Percentile £401 £420 £402
25th Percentile £506 £513 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £582 £600 £530
Median % change year-on-year -3.04% +13.21% -2.65%
75th Percentile £664 £650 £643
90th Percentile £760 £713 £710
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -2.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 13
10th Percentile £18.50 £31.17 £55.60
25th Percentile £43.43 - £60.82
Median hourly rate £81.00 £35.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +131.43% -44.00% +38.75%
75th Percentile £90.09 £59.76 £70.50
90th Percentile - £74.88 £90.25
England median hourly rate £54.00 £41.50 £56.89
% change year-on-year +30.12% -27.05% +62.54%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SAP Payroll job vacancy trend in the South East

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP Payroll
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP Payroll
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 Payroll within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
West Sussex - 19 £525 -
Surrey - 1 - -
SAP Payroll
England

SAP Payroll
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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (50.00%) SAP HR
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Payroll
2 1 (5.00%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 2 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Consultant
1 11 (55.00%) Payroll Consultant
1 11 (55.00%) SAP Consultant
1 11 (55.00%) SAP Payroll Consultant
2 10 (50.00%) HR Consultant
2 10 (50.00%) SAP HR Consultant
2 10 (50.00%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 8 (40.00%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
3 8 (40.00%) Oracle Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Support
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Support Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Support Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (5.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (5.00%) Migration
1 1 (5.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (5.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (45.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (45.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Microsoft