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 23 July 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
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 27 22
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 362 225 388
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.50% 6.59% 7.27%
As % of the Vendors category 12.76% 12.31% 15.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 132 205
10th Percentile £349 £213 £378
25th Percentile £463 £424 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £605
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.15% +16.61%
75th Percentile £650 £642 £735
90th Percentile £775 £700 £788
England median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 26
10th Percentile £18.27 - £20.67
25th Percentile £30.38 £14.75 £26.03
Median hourly rate £73.60 £19.91 £47.15
Median % change year-on-year +269.66% -57.77% -12.28%
75th Percentile £101.75 £31.28 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.75 £65.50 £62.05
England median hourly rate £31.86 £28.94 £33.00
% change year-on-year +10.10% -12.30% -32.65%

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 2,836 1,828 2,525
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.13% 53.51% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,820 1,201 1,510
10th Percentile £281 £213 £262
25th Percentile £424 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% -3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £605 £600 £618
90th Percentile £694 £650 £700
England median daily rate £510 £510 £520
% change year-on-year - -1.92% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 116 159
10th Percentile £16.50 £14.20 £13.80
25th Percentile £27.94 £15.13 £20.75
Median hourly rate £57.00 £19.46 £55.08
Median % change year-on-year +192.98% -64.68% +22.39%
75th Percentile £85.13 £40.39 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £77.38 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.71 £25.15 £27.00
% change year-on-year +41.99% -6.85% -28.00%

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 23 July 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 23 July 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 23 July 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 -17 155 £600 - 63
Berkshire +5 133 £638 -1.92% 29
West Sussex +2 61 £470 -7.16% 4
Surrey -9 61 £581 +10.67% 16
Hampshire +2 58 £525 +41.89% 8
Buckinghamshire -33 17 £314 -2.18% 8
Kent +10 10 £625 - 3
Oxfordshire -38 6 £540 +20.00% 26
Home Counties -2 1 - -
Middlesex - 1 - - 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 7 (1.93%) CMS
2 6 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.10%) NetWeaver
3 4 (1.10%) SAP EP
4 3 (0.83%) Confluence
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.28%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.28%) SAS
6 1 (0.28%) WebLogic
Applications
1 23 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 130 (35.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (8.56%) SAP PSCD
3 10 (2.76%) SAP BRIM
3 10 (2.76%) SAP Hybris
3 10 (2.76%) SAP Payroll
3 10 (2.76%) SAP SD
4 9 (2.49%) iTrent
4 9 (2.49%) SAP Business One
5 8 (2.21%) SAP ERP
5 8 (2.21%) SAP IBP
5 8 (2.21%) Teamcenter
6 7 (1.93%) SAP FI
7 6 (1.66%) SAP EWM
7 6 (1.66%) SAP MM
8 5 (1.38%) SAP HCM
8 5 (1.38%) SAP PP
9 4 (1.10%) Oracle Payables
9 4 (1.10%) SAP CRM
9 4 (1.10%) SAP FI-CA
9 4 (1.10%) SAP GTS
Cloud Services
1 33 (9.12%) SuccessFactors
2 30 (8.29%) Power Platform
3 28 (7.73%) Azure
4 12 (3.31%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 9 (2.49%) SaaS
6 7 (1.93%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.66%) GCP
8 5 (1.38%) Boomi
9 4 (1.10%) AWS
10 3 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.83%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.55%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.55%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.55%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.55%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
12 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.28%) iPaaS
12 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.28%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.28%) Broadband
1 1 (0.28%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.46%) Power BI
2 8 (2.21%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (2.21%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.66%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.66%) Tableau
4 5 (1.38%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.83%) GIS
5 3 (0.83%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.55%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.55%) QlikView
7 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.28%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.28%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.28%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.31%) JIRA
2 3 (0.83%) Toad
3 2 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.28%) Git
4 1 (0.28%) Hudson
4 1 (0.28%) Postman
4 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 113 (31.22%) Finance
2 105 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 42 (11.60%) Public Sector
4 35 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.35%) Manufacturing
6 18 (4.97%) Aerospace
7 16 (4.42%) Legal
8 15 (4.14%) Billing
9 12 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.04%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.76%) General Ledger
12 8 (2.21%) Retail
13 7 (1.93%) Automotive
14 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.38%) Military
16 4 (1.10%) Banking
17 3 (0.83%) Marketing
17 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
18 2 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
18 2 (0.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 107 (29.56%) Consultant
2 92 (25.41%) SAP Consultant
3 50 (13.81%) Lead
4 47 (12.98%) Analyst
5 42 (11.60%) Senior
6 35 (9.67%) Architect
7 25 (6.91%) Senior Manager
8 20 (5.52%) Data Migration Lead
8 20 (5.52%) SAP Manager
8 20 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
9 19 (5.25%) Data Analyst
9 19 (5.25%) Functional Consultant
9 19 (5.25%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 16 (4.42%) Category Manager
10 16 (4.42%) IT Manager
10 16 (4.42%) Senior Category Manager
11 15 (4.14%) IT Services Manager
11 15 (4.14%) Project Manager
11 15 (4.14%) Senior IT Manager
11 15 (4.14%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.97%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (3.59%) SAP Fiori
2 13 (3.59%) SAP PI
3 11 (3.04%) EDI
4 10 (2.76%) Middleware
5 9 (2.49%) REST
6 8 (2.21%) SOAP
7 6 (1.66%) SAPUI5
8 5 (1.38%) IDoc
9 4 (1.10%) JDBC
10 3 (0.83%) BAPI
10 3 (0.83%) Node.js
10 3 (0.83%) React
10 3 (0.83%) SAP ALE
11 2 (0.55%) XML
12 1 (0.28%) JSON
12 1 (0.28%) OAuth
12 1 (0.28%) OAuth2
12 1 (0.28%) Web Dynpro
12 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (4.97%) Greenfield Project
2 17 (4.70%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (2.49%) FMCG
5 8 (2.21%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.21%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.21%) Replication
6 7 (1.93%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.38%) Data Structures
8 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.83%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.83%) FPGA
9 3 (0.83%) Verilog
9 3 (0.83%) VHDL
9 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.55%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.55%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.55%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.10%) Unix
1 4 (1.10%) VMS
1 4 (1.10%) Windows
2 3 (0.83%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (23.48%) ERP
2 73 (20.17%) Migration
3 58 (16.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (14.64%) Data Migration
5 43 (11.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (11.60%) Process Improvement
7 40 (11.05%) Business Intelligence
8 38 (10.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 36 (9.94%) Agile
10 32 (8.84%) Decision-Making
11 31 (8.56%) User Acceptance Testing
11 31 (8.56%) Validation
12 26 (7.18%) Project Management
13 25 (6.91%) Data Modelling
14 24 (6.63%) Logistics
14 24 (6.63%) Workshop Facilitation
15 20 (5.52%) Project Delivery
16 19 (5.25%) Data Analysis
17 18 (4.97%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.97%) ABAP
2 16 (4.42%) SQL
3 10 (2.76%) Java
4 4 (1.10%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.83%) C
5 3 (0.83%) C++
5 3 (0.83%) Embedded C
5 3 (0.83%) Embedded C++
5 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.83%) Python
5 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.28%) R
6 1 (0.28%) VB
6 1 (0.28%) VBA
Qualifications
1 150 (41.44%) Security Cleared
2 109 (30.11%) SC Cleared
3 47 (12.98%) DV Cleared
4 31 (8.56%) Degree
5 17 (4.70%) ACCA
6 16 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (4.42%) CIMA
7 9 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 7 (1.93%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 7 (1.93%) PMP
9 6 (1.66%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.38%) ISTQB
11 4 (1.10%) ISEB
11 4 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 2 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.28%) APMG
13 1 (0.28%) CISA
13 1 (0.28%) Computer Science Degree
13 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.76%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.49%) PMO
2 9 (2.49%) QA
3 4 (1.10%) GDPR
3 4 (1.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.55%) IFRS
4 2 (0.55%) ITGC
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) GAAP
5 1 (0.28%) GRC
5 1 (0.28%) GxP
5 1 (0.28%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.55%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.28%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.28%) MOM
Vendors
1 52 (14.36%) Oracle
2 43 (11.88%) Microsoft
3 28 (7.73%) Ariba
4 15 (4.14%) Workday
5 14 (3.87%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.76%) Baan
7 7 (1.93%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.38%) Callidus
8 5 (1.38%) webMethods
9 4 (1.10%) Adobe
9 4 (1.10%) Concur
9 4 (1.10%) Google
9 4 (1.10%) Informatica
9 4 (1.10%) Sage
10 3 (0.83%) ESRI
10 3 (0.83%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) Intel
10 3 (0.83%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.55%) Siemens
11 2 (0.55%) SYSPRO