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 24 June 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
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 25 23
Rank change year-on-year -7 -2 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 318 210 371
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.13% 6.89% 6.50%
As % of the Vendors category 12.33% 12.90% 13.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 130 184
10th Percentile £355 £209 £205
25th Percentile £469 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £537 £583
Median % change year-on-year +1.40% -7.89% +8.47%
75th Percentile £648 £638 £696
90th Percentile £733 £700 £765
England median daily rate £560 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.61% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 11 36
10th Percentile £17.17 £14.75 £14.53
25th Percentile £27.84 £16.48 £26.03
Median hourly rate £64.30 £21.39 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +200.61% -61.67% +24.00%
75th Percentile £95.66 £45.53 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.48 £70.00 £80.00
England median hourly rate £31.50 £50.49 £27.33
% change year-on-year -37.61% +84.75% -39.27%

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 2,580 1,628 2,670
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.61% 53.38% 46.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,062 1,564
10th Percentile £289 £221 £247
25th Percentile £414 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £511
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.15% +2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £656 £700
England median daily rate £506 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -1.27% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 181 99 199
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.21
25th Percentile £21.35 £15.31 £17.36
Median hourly rate £47.54 £21.39 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +122.25% -57.22% +11.11%
75th Percentile £85.25 £46.30 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.72 £70.00
England median hourly rate £34.38 £26.75 £24.43
% change year-on-year +28.50% +9.50% -34.85%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 24 June 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 -18 134 £575 -4.17% 31
Berkshire +5 114 £638 -1.92% 16
West Sussex -2 54 £470 -8.56% 6
Hampshire -4 53 £563 +2.27% 11
Surrey -11 53 £581 +12.83% 13
Buckinghamshire -37 14 £365 +8.79% 11
Kent +9 10 £625 +204.88%
Oxfordshire -41 7 £540 +20.00% 4
Home Counties -3 1 - -
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 (2.52%) CMS
2 4 (1.26%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.26%) SAP EP
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) MS Project Server
3 2 (0.63%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) FactoryTalk
Applications
1 22 (6.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.20%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.89%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.94%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 117 (36.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (10.38%) SAP PSCD
3 13 (4.09%) SAP BRIM
3 13 (4.09%) SAP Hybris
4 10 (3.14%) SAP ERP
4 10 (3.14%) SAP SD
5 9 (2.83%) iTrent
5 9 (2.83%) SAP Payroll
6 8 (2.52%) SAP Business One
6 8 (2.52%) SAP FI
6 8 (2.52%) SAP IBP
7 6 (1.89%) SAP FI-CA
8 5 (1.57%) SAP MM
9 4 (1.26%) SAP CRM
9 4 (1.26%) SAP GTS
9 4 (1.26%) SAP HCM
9 4 (1.26%) SAP VC
10 3 (0.94%) Oracle Receivables
10 3 (0.94%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.94%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 31 (9.75%) SuccessFactors
2 25 (7.86%) Power Platform
3 23 (7.23%) Azure
4 15 (4.72%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 9 (2.83%) SaaS
6 7 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.89%) GCP
8 5 (1.57%) Boomi
9 4 (1.26%) AWS
10 3 (0.94%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.63%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.63%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.63%) SAP Fieldglass
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.31%) iPaaS
12 1 (0.31%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.31%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.31%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.23%) Power BI
2 5 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (1.26%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (1.26%) Tableau
4 3 (0.94%) GIS
5 2 (0.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.63%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
5 2 (0.63%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 2 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.63%) QlikView
5 2 (0.63%) SAP BW
5 2 (0.63%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.31%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.31%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.89%) JIRA
2 2 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.63%) Toad
3 1 (0.31%) Git
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) Postman
3 1 (0.31%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.31%) TestRail
General
1 106 (33.33%) Finance
2 98 (30.82%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.84%) Public Sector
4 31 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.29%) Billing
6 16 (5.03%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.40%) Legal
7 14 (4.40%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.14%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.52%) Aerospace
10 7 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.89%) Automotive
11 6 (1.89%) Military
11 6 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.89%) Retail
12 4 (1.26%) Banking
13 3 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.63%) Marketing
14 2 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 92 (28.93%) Consultant
2 78 (24.53%) SAP Consultant
3 45 (14.15%) Analyst
3 45 (14.15%) Lead
4 43 (13.52%) Senior
5 31 (9.75%) Architect
6 25 (7.86%) Senior Manager
7 21 (6.60%) Functional Consultant
7 21 (6.60%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 20 (6.29%) Data Migration Lead
9 19 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.66%) Data Analyst
11 17 (5.35%) Category Manager
11 17 (5.35%) Senior Category Manager
12 16 (5.03%) IT Manager
13 15 (4.72%) IT Services Manager
13 15 (4.72%) SAP Manager
13 15 (4.72%) Senior IT Manager
13 15 (4.72%) Senior Service Manager
14 14 (4.40%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.40%) SAP Fiori
3 10 (3.14%) EDI
4 9 (2.83%) Middleware
5 7 (2.20%) SAPUI5
6 5 (1.57%) BAPI
6 5 (1.57%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.94%) REST
7 3 (0.94%) SAP ALE
8 2 (0.63%) IDoc
8 2 (0.63%) Node.js
8 2 (0.63%) React
8 2 (0.63%) SOAP
8 2 (0.63%) Web Dynpro
9 1 (0.31%) JSON
9 1 (0.31%) OAuth
9 1 (0.31%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.31%) OpenAPI
9 1 (0.31%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.66%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.83%) FMCG
3 9 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.52%) Replication
5 7 (2.20%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.20%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.20%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.57%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.94%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.94%) FPGA
8 3 (0.94%) Verilog
8 3 (0.94%) VHDL
8 3 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.63%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.63%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.26%) VMS
2 3 (0.94%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (0.94%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (25.16%) ERP
2 66 (20.75%) Migration
3 49 (15.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 44 (13.84%) Data Migration
5 38 (11.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (11.01%) Business Intelligence
8 33 (10.38%) Process Improvement
9 29 (9.12%) Decision-Making
10 28 (8.81%) Agile
10 28 (8.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 27 (8.49%) Validation
12 26 (8.18%) User Acceptance Testing
13 25 (7.86%) Project Management
14 21 (6.60%) Logistics
14 21 (6.60%) Revenue Management
14 21 (6.60%) Workshop Facilitation
15 20 (6.29%) Data Modelling
16 18 (5.66%) Data Analysis
17 17 (5.35%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.40%) ABAP
2 8 (2.52%) SQL
3 5 (1.57%) Java
4 3 (0.94%) C
4 3 (0.94%) C++
4 3 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.94%) Embedded C
4 3 (0.94%) Embedded C++
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
5 2 (0.63%) Python
5 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.31%) R
6 1 (0.31%) VB
6 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 120 (37.74%) Security Cleared
2 96 (30.19%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.06%) Degree
4 31 (9.75%) DV Cleared
5 17 (5.35%) ACCA
6 16 (5.03%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (5.03%) CIMA
7 7 (2.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (1.89%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.89%) PMP
9 5 (1.57%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.31%) PgMP
11 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.14%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.83%) PMO
2 9 (2.83%) QA
3 3 (0.94%) GDPR
4 2 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) GxP
5 1 (0.31%) IFRS
5 1 (0.31%) ITGC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.63%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.31%) MOM
Vendors
1 40 (12.58%) Oracle
2 31 (9.75%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.81%) Ariba
4 13 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.14%) Workday
6 9 (2.83%) Baan
7 6 (1.89%) Sage
8 5 (1.57%) Callidus
8 5 (1.57%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.26%) Adobe
9 4 (1.26%) Concur
9 4 (1.26%) Google
10 3 (0.94%) ESRI
10 3 (0.94%) IBM
10 3 (0.94%) Intel
10 3 (0.94%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.63%) Siemens
11 2 (0.63%) SYSPRO
12 1 (0.31%) AVEVA
12 1 (0.31%) Splunk