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 7 April 2026, 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
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 25 29
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 276 228 316
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.91% 7.64% 5.63%
As % of the Vendors category 11.08% 14.51% 11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 147 194
10th Percentile £400 £262 £205
25th Percentile £483 £484 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.14%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £669
90th Percentile £774 £700 £765
England median daily rate £575 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 33
10th Percentile £17.97 £19.57 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.50 £26.03
Median hourly rate £31.38 £29.00 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +8.19% -48.03% +24.00%
75th Percentile £87.59 £58.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £90.09 £73.41 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.00 £58.75 £26.35
% change year-on-year -57.45% +123.00% -41.46%

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 2,492 1,571 2,696
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.29% 52.61% 48.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 1,051 1,644
10th Percentile £306 £246 £213
25th Percentile £414 £408 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £608 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.94% -4.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 87 185
10th Percentile £13.95 £14.20 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.56 £16.95 £18.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +50.04% -48.08% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.19 £62.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.88 £66.21
England median hourly rate £27.00 £29.00 £23.11
% change year-on-year -6.90% +25.50% -39.19%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

SAP job vacancy trend 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 7 April 2026.

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 7 April 2026.

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 7 April 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
Thames Valley -25 103 £600 -4.84% 42
Berkshire -27 77 £703 +8.08% 32
West Sussex +1 66 £503 -2.33% 4
Surrey 0 48 £601 +22.12% 31
Hampshire -24 38 £659 +12.09% 8
Buckinghamshire -20 17 £420 -16.00% 7
Oxfordshire -20 9 £500 -11.11% 4
Kent -6 7 £475 +131.71% 4
East Sussex +1 2 - -
Home Counties -2 2 £700 +16.67%
SAP
England

SAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.90%) NetWeaver
2 7 (2.54%) CMS
3 5 (1.81%) SAP EP
4 3 (1.09%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.72%) Confluence
5 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.36%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (7.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.71%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.26%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 83 (30.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (9.78%) SAP PSCD
3 18 (6.52%) SAP Hybris
4 16 (5.80%) SAP BRIM
4 16 (5.80%) SAP FI
5 14 (5.07%) SAP ERP
6 9 (3.26%) SAP FI-CA
7 8 (2.90%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (2.54%) SAP MDG
9 6 (2.17%) SAP SD
10 5 (1.81%) iTrent
10 5 (1.81%) Primavera
10 5 (1.81%) SAP CRM
10 5 (1.81%) SAP R/3
11 4 (1.45%) SAP CO
11 4 (1.45%) SAP EWM
11 4 (1.45%) SAP FI/CO
11 4 (1.45%) SAP HCM
11 4 (1.45%) SAP IBP
11 4 (1.45%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 26 (9.42%) SuccessFactors
2 19 (6.88%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 12 (4.35%) Azure
4 10 (3.62%) AWS
5 8 (2.90%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.54%) GCP
6 7 (2.54%) SaaS
7 4 (1.45%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.09%) GitHub
8 3 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.36%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.09%) VPN
2 2 (0.72%) BGP
2 2 (0.72%) Firewall
2 2 (0.72%) Junos
2 2 (0.72%) OSPF
3 1 (0.36%) DHCP
3 1 (0.36%) DNS
3 1 (0.36%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.62%) SAP Data Services
2 8 (2.90%) Power BI
2 8 (2.90%) SAP HANA
3 6 (2.17%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.45%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.09%) GIS
5 3 (1.09%) MySQL
5 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.72%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.72%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.72%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.72%) QlikView
6 2 (0.72%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.36%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (2.90%) JIRA
2 5 (1.81%) Toad
3 3 (1.09%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.09%) JUnit
3 3 (1.09%) Storybook
4 1 (0.36%) Hudson
4 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.36%) TestDirector
General
1 88 (31.88%) Social Skills
2 86 (31.16%) Finance
3 50 (18.12%) Public Sector
4 42 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (12.32%) Telecoms
6 26 (9.42%) Billing
6 26 (9.42%) Manufacturing
7 18 (6.52%) Marketing
8 17 (6.16%) Electronics
9 10 (3.62%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.81%) Military
11 5 (1.81%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.45%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.45%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.09%) Banking
13 3 (1.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.09%) Legal
13 3 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 60 (21.74%) Consultant
2 57 (20.65%) SAP Consultant
3 50 (18.12%) Lead
4 31 (11.23%) Analyst
5 29 (10.51%) Senior
6 24 (8.70%) Architect
7 21 (7.61%) Data Migration Lead
8 18 (6.52%) SAP Architect
9 14 (5.07%) Data Analyst
10 13 (4.71%) Functional Consultant
10 13 (4.71%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 12 (4.35%) Finance Manager
11 12 (4.35%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.62%) Project Manager
12 10 (3.62%) SAP Data Migration Lead
12 10 (3.62%) SAP Manager
13 8 (2.90%) Developer
13 8 (2.90%) Oracle Specialist
13 8 (2.90%) Project Planner
13 8 (2.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.99%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (3.62%) Web Services
3 8 (2.90%) BAPI
4 7 (2.54%) SAPUI5
5 6 (2.17%) SAP PI
6 5 (1.81%) XML
7 4 (1.45%) SAP ALE
7 4 (1.45%) SAP Smart Forms
8 3 (1.09%) CSS
8 3 (1.09%) HTML
8 3 (1.09%) JWT
8 3 (1.09%) OAuth
8 3 (1.09%) React
8 3 (1.09%) RESTful
8 3 (1.09%) SAML
8 3 (1.09%) SOAP
8 3 (1.09%) Spring
8 3 (1.09%) Spring Boot
8 3 (1.09%) Vitest
9 2 (0.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.71%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.62%) Replication
4 9 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.54%) NHS
7 6 (2.17%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.81%) Product Ownership
9 4 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.09%) FMCG
10 3 (1.09%) FPGA
10 3 (1.09%) Tandem
10 3 (1.09%) Verilog
10 3 (1.09%) VHDL
11 2 (0.72%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.72%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.72%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.90%) Windows
2 6 (2.17%) Linux
2 6 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.09%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.72%) SUSE
4 2 (0.72%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.36%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (21.74%) Migration
2 49 (17.75%) ERP
3 36 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 34 (12.32%) Data Migration
5 32 (11.59%) Stakeholder Management
6 28 (10.14%) Agile
7 26 (9.42%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (9.42%) Project Management
8 23 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (8.33%) Workshop Facilitation
9 21 (7.61%) Revenue Management
10 20 (7.25%) Process Improvement
11 19 (6.88%) Data Modelling
12 18 (6.52%) DevOps
12 18 (6.52%) Digital Marketing
12 18 (6.52%) Programme Management
13 17 (6.16%) Data Cleansing
14 16 (5.80%) Data Analysis
14 16 (5.80%) Project Delivery
14 16 (5.80%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.16%) ABAP
2 13 (4.71%) SQL
3 12 (4.35%) Java
4 3 (1.09%) C
4 3 (1.09%) C++
4 3 (1.09%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.09%) Embedded C++
4 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.09%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.72%) Python
6 1 (0.36%) C#
6 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.36%) R
6 1 (0.36%) Tcl
6 1 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 106 (38.41%) Security Cleared
2 78 (28.26%) SC Cleared
3 38 (13.77%) DV Cleared
4 29 (10.51%) Degree
5 15 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (2.90%) ACCA
6 8 (2.90%) CIMA
7 7 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (2.54%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.09%) PMP
10 2 (0.72%) ISEB
10 2 (0.72%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.72%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.72%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.72%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.72%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.36%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.35%) PMO
3 8 (2.90%) QA
4 2 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.36%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 31 (11.23%) Oracle
2 20 (7.25%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.35%) Ariba
4 8 (2.90%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.90%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.54%) Sage
6 5 (1.81%) Workday
7 4 (1.45%) Callidus
8 3 (1.09%) Adobe
8 3 (1.09%) ESRI
8 3 (1.09%) IBM
8 3 (1.09%) Intel
8 3 (1.09%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.72%) Cisco
9 2 (0.72%) Juniper
9 2 (0.72%) SYSPRO
9 2 (0.72%) webMethods
10 1 (0.36%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.36%) Infor
10 1 (0.36%) MapR