SAP Contracts 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 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 28
Rank change year-on-year +6 -2 +17
Contract jobs citing SAP 234 326 431
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 7.77% 5.87% 7.43%
As % of the Vendors category 14.81% 12.38% 15.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 186 287
10th Percentile £205 £205 £205
25th Percentile £465 £408 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £586
Median % change year-on-year - -6.14% +17.20%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £685
90th Percentile £700 £765 £760
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 32 28
10th Percentile £19.74 £13.05 £22.11
25th Percentile £22.17 £25.21 £38.41
Median hourly rate £28.25 £55.80 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.37% +24.00% +13.92%
75th Percentile £51.56 £62.67 £47.50
90th Percentile £71.71 £80.00 £63.61
England median hourly rate £60.00 £26.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year +130.50% -42.16% +53.17%

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 1,580 2,634 2,867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.49% 47.39% 49.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,056 1,606 1,967
10th Percentile £250 £213 £205
25th Percentile £406 £378 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% - +2.56%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £609
90th Percentile £675 £688 £700
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 182 126
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.00 £18.08
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.24 £22.04
Median hourly rate £24.66 £48.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.42% +8.33% +130.53%
75th Percentile £59.44 £61.30 £63.00
90th Percentile £71.25 £65.00 £75.38
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the South East

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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 1 May 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 +12 113 £625 -6.19% 63
Berkshire +9 88 £650 -3.70% 47
Surrey +17 42 £487 +17.94% 23
West Sussex +5 30 £514 +5.98% 12
Hampshire -2 30 £571 -2.14% 37
Oxfordshire +8 16 £450 -10.00% 17
Buckinghamshire +6 11 £500 +11.11% 9
Kent -5 4 £205 - 15
East Sussex -4 2 - - 3
Home Counties - 2 £600 -
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 8 (3.42%) NetWeaver
2 6 (2.56%) SAP EP
3 3 (1.28%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
5 1 (0.43%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
5 1 (0.43%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (3.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.14%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 61 (26.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (5.56%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 9 (3.85%) SAP Hybris
4 8 (3.42%) SAP CO
4 8 (3.42%) SAP FI
4 8 (3.42%) SAP FI/CO
5 7 (2.99%) SAP BRIM
5 7 (2.99%) SAP CRM
5 7 (2.99%) SAP PSCD
6 4 (1.71%) SAP ECC
6 4 (1.71%) SAP ERP
6 4 (1.71%) SAP EWM
6 4 (1.71%) SAP GRC
6 4 (1.71%) SAP IBP
6 4 (1.71%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (1.71%) SAP SD
7 3 (1.28%) SAP HR
7 3 (1.28%) SAP IS-U
7 3 (1.28%) SAP MDG
7 3 (1.28%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 11 (4.70%) Azure
2 9 (3.85%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (1.71%) AWS
4 4 (1.71%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
5 3 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.28%) SaaS
6 2 (0.85%) Azure AKS
6 2 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.85%) PaaS
7 1 (0.43%) GCP
7 1 (0.43%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.28%) DHCP
1 3 (1.28%) DNS
1 3 (1.28%) iSCSI
1 3 (1.28%) LAN
1 3 (1.28%) RFID
2 2 (0.85%) Firewall
2 2 (0.85%) VPN
2 2 (0.85%) WAN
2 2 (0.85%) Wireless
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.43%) FTP
3 1 (0.43%) HTTP
3 1 (0.43%) Junos
3 1 (0.43%) SAN
3 1 (0.43%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
1 6 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.71%) Big Data
2 4 (1.71%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.71%) Metadata
2 4 (1.71%) Power BI
2 4 (1.71%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 3 (1.28%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.28%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.85%) MySQL
4 2 (0.85%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.85%) Redis
4 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
4 2 (0.85%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.85%) Sybase IQ
4 2 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (3.85%) JIRA
2 7 (2.99%) Git
3 4 (1.71%) ERwin
3 4 (1.71%) PowerDesigner
3 4 (1.71%) Selenium
4 3 (1.28%) SpecFlow
4 3 (1.28%) Toad
5 2 (0.85%) Subversion
5 2 (0.85%) TestRail
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Maven
General
1 121 (51.71%) Finance
2 84 (35.90%) Manufacturing
3 82 (35.04%) Social Skills
4 73 (31.20%) Public Sector
5 70 (29.91%) Telecoms
6 63 (26.92%) Electronics
6 63 (26.92%) Marketing
7 23 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (7.69%) Billing
9 14 (5.98%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.14%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.14%) Automotive
12 5 (2.14%) Retail
13 4 (1.71%) Agriculture
14 3 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.28%) Dutch Language
15 1 (0.43%) French Language
15 1 (0.43%) German Language
Job Titles
1 56 (23.93%) Consultant
2 48 (20.51%) SAP Consultant
3 42 (17.95%) Architect
4 21 (8.97%) Active Directory Architect
4 21 (8.97%) Lead
5 17 (7.26%) Project Manager
6 16 (6.84%) SAP Architect
7 14 (5.98%) Senior
8 13 (5.56%) SAP Manager
9 11 (4.70%) Developer
10 10 (4.27%) Integration Consultant
11 9 (3.85%) Analyst
11 9 (3.85%) SAP Integration Consultant
12 8 (3.42%) SAP Security Consultant
12 8 (3.42%) Security Consultant
12 8 (3.42%) Support Engineer
13 7 (2.99%) Desktop Engineer
13 7 (2.99%) SAP Functional Consultant
13 7 (2.99%) SAP Project Manager
13 7 (2.99%) SAP Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.26%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.99%) SAP PI
2 7 (2.99%) SAPUI5
3 5 (2.14%) Node.js
3 5 (2.14%) SAP Basis
4 4 (1.71%) Middleware
4 4 (1.71%) RESTful
4 4 (1.71%) XML
5 3 (1.28%) Gherkin
5 3 (1.28%) PySpark
5 3 (1.28%) React
6 2 (0.85%) Kafka
6 2 (0.85%) Laravel
6 2 (0.85%) Parceljs
6 2 (0.85%) Phalcon
6 2 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (0.85%) Symfony
6 2 (0.85%) Vue
6 2 (0.85%) Web Services
6 2 (0.85%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.98%) NHS
2 13 (5.56%) Life Science
3 11 (4.70%) Renewable Energy
4 9 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.28%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.28%) IoT
6 3 (1.28%) LIMS
7 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.85%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.85%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.85%) SCADA
7 2 (0.85%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.43%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.43%) FPGA
8 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.43%) Tandem
8 1 (0.43%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.81%) Windows
2 7 (2.99%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.85%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Unix
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (31.62%) Business Intelligence
2 67 (28.63%) Programme Management
3 62 (26.50%) Digital Marketing
4 54 (23.08%) Agile
5 36 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (13.68%) ERP
7 28 (11.97%) Identity Access Management
7 28 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
8 26 (11.11%) Migration
9 25 (10.68%) Test Automation
10 19 (8.12%) Change Management
11 17 (7.26%) Project Management
12 16 (6.84%) Risk Management
13 15 (6.41%) Business Transformation
13 15 (6.41%) Process Improvement
14 13 (5.56%) Data Migration
14 13 (5.56%) Project Delivery
14 13 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
15 12 (5.13%) Collaborative Working
15 12 (5.13%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.54%) PowerShell
2 22 (9.40%) ABAP
2 22 (9.40%) SQL
3 15 (6.41%) Java
4 11 (4.70%) Python
5 8 (3.42%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.71%) Bash
7 3 (1.28%) Perl
8 2 (0.85%) Bicep
8 2 (0.85%) PHP
9 1 (0.43%) ActionScript
9 1 (0.43%) ActionScript 2.0
9 1 (0.43%) C
9 1 (0.43%) C++
9 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.43%) R
9 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.43%) VB
9 1 (0.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 78 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 41 (17.52%) DV Cleared
3 36 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 17 (7.26%) Degree
5 13 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.56%) PMI Certification
6 6 (2.56%) PMP
7 5 (2.14%) SAP Certification
8 4 (1.71%) ISEB
8 4 (1.71%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 4 (1.71%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.28%) APMG
10 2 (0.85%) BC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) CRISC
11 1 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 1 (0.43%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.42%) QA
2 6 (2.56%) GRC
3 4 (1.71%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.71%) PMBOK
4 3 (1.28%) JSP 440
5 2 (0.85%) PMO
6 1 (0.43%) COBIT
6 1 (0.43%) COSO
6 1 (0.43%) GDPR
6 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.43%) ITGC
6 1 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
6 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.43%) SLA
System Software
1 21 (8.97%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.85%) NFS
2 2 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.85%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.71%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.85%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.85%) vRealize
2 2 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
3 1 (0.43%) Ansible
3 1 (0.43%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (8.97%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.41%) Salesforce
3 12 (5.13%) Ariba
4 10 (4.27%) Oracle
5 4 (1.71%) ServiceNow
6 3 (1.28%) Adobe
6 3 (1.28%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.28%) Cisco
6 3 (1.28%) Databricks
6 3 (1.28%) Dell
6 3 (1.28%) HP
6 3 (1.28%) IBM
6 3 (1.28%) webMethods
7 2 (0.85%) LogRhythm
7 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.85%) Sybase
7 2 (0.85%) Virgin Media
7 2 (0.85%) VMware
7 2 (0.85%) Zend
8 1 (0.43%) Alteryx