SAP Contract Job Trends in the South East

SAP
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 13 September 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
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 17 25
Rank change year-on-year -11 +8 +32
Contract jobs citing SAP 208 396 423
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.96% 8.54% 7.49%
As % of the Vendors category 11.56% 17.26% 14.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 203 282
10th Percentile £248 £370 £205
25th Percentile £421 £469 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £600 £518
Median % change year-on-year -14.17% +15.83% -1.33%
75th Percentile £611 £738 £600
90th Percentile £756 £798 £699
England median daily rate £555 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -3.48% +4.55% -2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 20 17
10th Percentile - £26.58 £20.50
25th Percentile £14.75 £29.56 £21.05
Median hourly rate £15.50 £60.80 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -74.51% -4.25% +41.11%
75th Percentile £24.57 £61.60 £67.75
90th Percentile £30.25 £63.74 £78.50
England median hourly rate £22.63 £36.93 £37.28
% change year-on-year -38.72% -0.93% -17.17%

All Vendors
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,799 2,294 2,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 51.58% 49.45% 52.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,208 1,385 1,945
10th Percentile £205 £254 £205
25th Percentile £363 £405 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +3.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 121 135
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £14.88 £27.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.10% +9.24% +162.50%
75th Percentile £35.89 £61.60 £64.13
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -28.14% -16.97% +76.31%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the South East

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the South East

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 13 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the South East

SAP
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 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 -16 104 £550 -13.39% 98
Berkshire -24 66 £650 -3.70% 72
Surrey +21 53 £525 -4.55% 26
West Sussex +3 30 £514 +5.44% 7
Oxfordshire +11 21 £450 +5.88% 7
Hampshire -34 18 £250 -61.54% 30
Buckinghamshire +5 16 £265 -28.03% 23
Home Counties - 1 - -
SAP
England

SAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.48%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 11 (5.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.96%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 68 (32.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (6.73%) SAP HCM
3 12 (5.77%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 11 (5.29%) SAP EWM
5 10 (4.81%) SAP CO
5 10 (4.81%) SAP HR
5 10 (4.81%) SAP Payroll
6 9 (4.33%) SAP FI
6 9 (4.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 9 (4.33%) SAP PSCD
7 8 (3.85%) SAP BRIM
7 8 (3.85%) SAP Hybris
7 8 (3.85%) SAP WM
8 6 (2.88%) SAP ERP
9 5 (2.40%) NetSuite
9 5 (2.40%) SAP IBP
10 4 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
10 4 (1.92%) SAP APO
10 4 (1.92%) SAP MM
11 3 (1.44%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.69%) Power Platform
2 11 (5.29%) SaaS
3 8 (3.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 5 (2.40%) Azure
4 5 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (1.92%) SuccessFactors
6 3 (1.44%) AWS
7 2 (0.96%) GCP
7 2 (0.96%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.48%) OCI
8 1 (0.48%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.48%) Smartsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.21%) Power BI
2 4 (1.92%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.44%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.44%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.96%) Tableau
5 1 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.48%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.48%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.48%) QlikView
5 1 (0.48%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.48%) Sybase IQ
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.48%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 5 (2.40%) JIRA
General
1 81 (38.94%) Social Skills
2 80 (38.46%) Finance
3 44 (21.15%) Manufacturing
4 30 (14.42%) Telecoms
5 29 (13.94%) Public Sector
6 25 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
7 17 (8.17%) Electronics
8 11 (5.29%) Billing
8 11 (5.29%) Marketing
8 11 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.85%) Automotive
11 6 (2.88%) Aerospace
11 6 (2.88%) French Language
12 5 (2.40%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.44%) German Language
13 3 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.44%) Retail
14 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 83 (39.90%) Consultant
2 76 (36.54%) SAP Consultant
3 21 (10.10%) Architect
4 19 (9.13%) Lead
5 18 (8.65%) Analyst
6 14 (6.73%) Integration Consultant
7 13 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 13 (6.25%) SAP Integration Consultant
8 11 (5.29%) SAP HCM Consultant
9 10 (4.81%) IT Support
9 10 (4.81%) SAP Architect
9 10 (4.81%) Senior
10 9 (4.33%) Payroll Consultant
10 9 (4.33%) SAP Payroll Consultant
11 8 (3.85%) Developer
11 8 (3.85%) Functional Consultant
11 8 (3.85%) SAP EWM Consultant
11 8 (3.85%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 8 (3.85%) SAP Manager
12 7 (3.37%) Customer Service Advisor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.29%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.40%) SAP PI
3 4 (1.92%) Node.js
4 3 (1.44%) BAPI
4 3 (1.44%) Lightning Web Components
4 3 (1.44%) SAP ALE
4 3 (1.44%) Visualforce
5 2 (0.96%) Middleware
5 2 (0.96%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.48%) .NET
6 1 (0.48%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.48%) Blazor
6 1 (0.48%) EDI
6 1 (0.48%) OAuth
6 1 (0.48%) RESTful
6 1 (0.48%) SAP TM
6 1 (0.48%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 12 (5.77%) Life Science
2 11 (5.29%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (2.88%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (2.88%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.44%) FMCG
5 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.44%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (0.96%) IoT
7 1 (0.48%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.48%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Smart Meter
7 1 (0.48%) Tandem
7 1 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.88%) Windows
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.67%) Agile
2 36 (17.31%) Migration
3 35 (16.83%) ERP
4 34 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.58%) Business Intelligence
7 21 (10.10%) Time Management
8 19 (9.13%) Decision-Making
9 18 (8.65%) Workshop Facilitation
10 17 (8.17%) Data Migration
11 16 (7.69%) CRM
11 16 (7.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (7.21%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (7.21%) Programme Management
12 15 (7.21%) Workflow
13 14 (6.73%) Analytics
13 14 (6.73%) API Management
14 12 (5.77%) Customer Service
14 12 (5.77%) Project Management
14 12 (5.77%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.17%) SQL
2 16 (7.69%) ABAP
3 6 (2.88%) Java
3 6 (2.88%) Python
4 5 (2.40%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.92%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.92%) Perl
6 3 (1.44%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.48%) C#
7 1 (0.48%) Korn
7 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 61 (29.33%) Security Cleared
2 45 (21.63%) SC Cleared
3 19 (9.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (6.73%) DV Cleared
5 13 (6.25%) Degree
6 7 (3.37%) SAP Certification
7 3 (1.44%) ACCA
7 3 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) PMP
8 2 (0.96%) CCA
8 2 (0.96%) CIMA
8 2 (0.96%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.96%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (0.96%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
9 1 (0.48%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.88%) QA
2 4 (1.92%) PMBOK
2 4 (1.92%) PMO
3 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.96%) GRC
System Software
1 5 (2.40%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 26 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.10%) Salesforce
3 14 (6.73%) Oracle
4 8 (3.85%) Ariba
5 6 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.40%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.92%) Adobe
8 2 (0.96%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.96%) Workday
9 1 (0.48%) Google
9 1 (0.48%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.48%) Siemens
9 1 (0.48%) Sybase