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 14 November 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
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 24 30
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +8
Contract jobs citing SAP 252 319 360
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.34% 7.70% 6.72%
As % of the Vendors category 12.09% 15.46% 12.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 155 178 225
10th Percentile £257 £402 £205
25th Percentile £425 £481 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £518
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +15.83% -2.72%
75th Percentile £644 £724 £616
90th Percentile £724 £788 £690
England median daily rate £565 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -1.31% +4.09% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 18
10th Percentile - £25.90 £20.63
25th Percentile £14.75 £27.85 £22.35
Median hourly rate £22.00 £59.15 £63.15
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% -6.33% +40.32%
75th Percentile £83.80 £62.28 £67.75
90th Percentile £90.09 £76.13 £78.25
England median hourly rate £22.63 £35.36 £49.00
% change year-on-year -36.00% -27.84% +8.89%

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 2,085 2,063 2,836
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.49% 49.82% 52.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,305 1,788
10th Percentile £208 £252 £205
25th Percentile £380 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £599 £625 £605
90th Percentile £650 £688 £679
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 149 70 123
10th Percentile £13.50 £17.49 £15.60
25th Percentile £15.50 £24.18 £21.03
Median hourly rate £20.00 £56.75 £51.42
Median % change year-on-year -64.75% +10.36% +104.49%
75th Percentile £33.05 £65.14 £66.34
90th Percentile £81.00 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.00 £33.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.93% -24.16% +73.08%

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 14 November 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 14 November 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 14 November 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 -20 108 £550 -8.68% 48
Berkshire -30 66 £650 +4.00% 27
West Sussex +2 54 £513 -0.49% 18
Surrey +29 53 £582 +29.28% 15
Hampshire -34 26 £420 -37.78% 31
Buckinghamshire +16 23 £410 +70.66% 13
Oxfordshire +2 18 £400 -5.88% 8
Kent 0 3 - - 5
East Sussex - 2 - - 1
Home Counties - 2 £700 -
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 5 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.79%) CMS
2 2 (0.79%) NetWeaver
3 1 (0.40%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.78%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 86 (34.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (6.75%) SAP Payroll
3 13 (5.16%) SAP ERP
3 13 (5.16%) SAP FI
4 12 (4.76%) SAP HR
4 12 (4.76%) SAP PSCD
5 11 (4.37%) SAP BRIM
5 11 (4.37%) SAP CO
5 11 (4.37%) SAP Hybris
6 10 (3.97%) SAP FI/CO
6 10 (3.97%) SAP HCM
7 9 (3.57%) SAP EWM
8 8 (3.17%) SAP WM
9 6 (2.38%) SAP MDG
9 6 (2.38%) SAP MM
9 6 (2.38%) SAP Oil and Gas
9 6 (2.38%) SAP PM
10 5 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
10 5 (1.98%) NetSuite
11 4 (1.59%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 17 (6.75%) Power Platform
2 16 (6.35%) Azure
3 13 (5.16%) AWS
4 11 (4.37%) SaaS
4 11 (4.37%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 10 (3.97%) SuccessFactors
6 8 (3.17%) GCP
7 5 (1.98%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (1.59%) Tricentis Tosca
9 3 (1.19%) GitHub
9 3 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.79%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.79%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.40%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.40%) OCI
11 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.19%) VPN
2 2 (0.79%) BGP
2 2 (0.79%) Firewall
2 2 (0.79%) Junos
2 2 (0.79%) OSPF
3 1 (0.40%) DHCP
3 1 (0.40%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.35%) Power BI
2 11 (4.37%) SAP HANA
3 7 (2.78%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 7 (2.78%) SAP Data Services
4 3 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.19%) MySQL
4 3 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.19%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (1.19%) Tableau
5 2 (0.79%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.79%) Tableau Desktop
5 2 (0.79%) Tableau Server
6 1 (0.40%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.40%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.40%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.40%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 9 (3.57%) JIRA
2 4 (1.59%) Toad
3 3 (1.19%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.19%) JUnit
3 3 (1.19%) Storybook
General
1 100 (39.68%) Finance
2 95 (37.70%) Social Skills
3 63 (25.00%) Manufacturing
4 42 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 41 (16.27%) Telecoms
6 33 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (9.92%) Electronics
8 19 (7.54%) Marketing
9 15 (5.95%) Aerospace
10 13 (5.16%) Pharmaceutical
11 12 (4.76%) Billing
12 10 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (2.38%) French Language
14 4 (1.59%) Automotive
15 3 (1.19%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (1.19%) Legal
16 2 (0.79%) German Language
Job Titles
1 68 (26.98%) Consultant
2 62 (24.60%) SAP Consultant
3 37 (14.68%) Lead
4 24 (9.52%) Analyst
5 20 (7.94%) Architect
6 19 (7.54%) Senior
7 13 (5.16%) SAP Architect
8 12 (4.76%) Project Manager
9 11 (4.37%) Developer
9 11 (4.37%) Payroll Consultant
9 11 (4.37%) SAP Payroll Consultant
9 11 (4.37%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (3.97%) HR Consultant
10 10 (3.97%) SAP HR Consultant
10 10 (3.97%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
10 10 (3.97%) SAP Manager
11 8 (3.17%) Administrator
11 8 (3.17%) Functional Consultant
11 8 (3.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 8 (3.17%) SAP HCM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.14%) SAP Fiori
2 11 (4.37%) Web Services
3 8 (3.17%) BAPI
4 4 (1.59%) RESTful
4 4 (1.59%) SAP PI
4 4 (1.59%) XML
5 3 (1.19%) CSS
5 3 (1.19%) HTML
5 3 (1.19%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.19%) React
5 3 (1.19%) SAP ALE
5 3 (1.19%) SAP Smart Forms
5 3 (1.19%) Spring
5 3 (1.19%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.19%) Visualforce
5 3 (1.19%) Vitest
6 2 (0.79%) IDoc
6 2 (0.79%) OAuth
6 2 (0.79%) SAP Basis
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.57%) Onboarding
2 7 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
2 7 (2.78%) Life Science
3 6 (2.38%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (2.38%) NHS
3 6 (2.38%) Renewable Energy
4 5 (1.98%) Legacy Systems
5 4 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.19%) FMCG
6 3 (1.19%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.19%) Tandem
7 2 (0.79%) Clustering
7 2 (0.79%) CMDB
7 2 (0.79%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.79%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.79%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.40%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.76%) Windows
2 4 (1.59%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.19%) Linux
4 2 (0.79%) SUSE
4 2 (0.79%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (19.84%) Migration
2 47 (18.65%) ERP
3 38 (15.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
5 33 (13.10%) Agile
6 27 (10.71%) Data Migration
7 26 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
8 23 (9.13%) Programme Management
9 22 (8.73%) Workshop Facilitation
10 21 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 21 (8.33%) Workflow
11 19 (7.54%) Digital Marketing
12 18 (7.14%) CRM
13 17 (6.75%) Project Management
13 17 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (6.35%) User Acceptance Testing
15 14 (5.56%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (5.56%) DevOps
15 14 (5.56%) Procure-to-Pay
15 14 (5.56%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.73%) SQL
2 15 (5.95%) ABAP
3 9 (3.57%) Java
4 4 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.19%) Apex Code
5 3 (1.19%) Python
5 3 (1.19%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.40%) C#
6 1 (0.40%) Korn
6 1 (0.40%) Perl
6 1 (0.40%) R
Qualifications
1 75 (29.76%) Security Cleared
2 58 (23.02%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.94%) Degree
4 16 (6.35%) DV Cleared
5 12 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.38%) SAP Certification
8 3 (1.19%) ACCA
8 3 (1.19%) CIMA
8 3 (1.19%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.79%) CCA
9 2 (0.79%) ISEB
9 2 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.79%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.79%) JNCIA
9 2 (0.79%) JNCIP
9 2 (0.79%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.79%) PMP
9 2 (0.79%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.79%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.97%) QA
2 8 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.17%) PMO
3 2 (0.79%) GDPR
3 2 (0.79%) GRC
3 2 (0.79%) PMBOK
3 2 (0.79%) SLA
4 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (0.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 29 (11.51%) Oracle
2 28 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.35%) Salesforce
4 9 (3.57%) ServiceNow
5 8 (3.17%) Ariba
6 4 (1.59%) Workday
7 2 (0.79%) Atlassian
7 2 (0.79%) Cisco
7 2 (0.79%) Hyperion
7 2 (0.79%) Juniper
7 2 (0.79%) webMethods
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe
8 1 (0.40%) Google
8 1 (0.40%) HP
8 1 (0.40%) PeopleSoft
8 1 (0.40%) Sage
8 1 (0.40%) Siemens