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 21 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
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 22 27
Rank change year-on-year -13 +5 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 286 234 329
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.00% 7.82% 5.91%
As % of the Vendors category 11.58% 14.91% 12.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 153 194
10th Percentile £365 £205 £205
25th Percentile £475 £470 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -6.14%
75th Percentile £678 £650 £687
90th Percentile £774 £700 £765
England median daily rate £573 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.18% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 9 31
10th Percentile £17.97 £19.57 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.50 £24.39
Median hourly rate £31.00 £29.00 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -48.03% +24.00%
75th Percentile £78.92 £58.75 £62.88
90th Percentile £90.09 £73.41 £80.00
England median hourly rate £25.54 £60.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -57.43% +130.50% -42.16%

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 2,470 1,569 2,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.16% 52.40% 47.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,733 1,053 1,623
10th Percentile £306 £248 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +2.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 163 90 182
10th Percentile £13.18 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £19.88 £16.95 £17.03
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -48.08% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.63 £59.78 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.09 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.35% +27.78% -43.75%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -33 111 £600 -4.00% 65
Berkshire -22 85 £703 +8.08% 51
West Sussex 0 64 £483 -6.18% 6
Surrey -5 46 £583 +21.28% 24
Hampshire -19 37 £644 +10.80% 9
Buckinghamshire -17 17 £445 -11.00% 7
Kent +1 11 £625 +204.88% 10
Oxfordshire -23 9 £500 +5.26% 10
East Sussex +4 2 - - 1
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 (2.80%) CMS
1 8 (2.80%) NetWeaver
2 5 (1.75%) SAP EP
3 3 (1.05%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.70%) Confluence
4 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.35%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.35%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.35%) WebLogic
Applications
1 27 (9.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.70%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.35%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 92 (32.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (9.44%) SAP PSCD
3 15 (5.24%) SAP FI
4 14 (4.90%) SAP ERP
4 14 (4.90%) SAP Hybris
5 12 (4.20%) SAP BRIM
6 9 (3.15%) SAP FI-CA
7 8 (2.80%) iTrent
7 8 (2.80%) SAP Payroll
8 7 (2.45%) SAP Business One
8 7 (2.45%) SAP MDG
9 6 (2.10%) SAP SD
10 5 (1.75%) SAP CRM
10 5 (1.75%) SAP R/3
11 4 (1.40%) Primavera
11 4 (1.40%) SAP EWM
11 4 (1.40%) SAP HCM
11 4 (1.40%) SAP IBP
11 4 (1.40%) SAP PM
12 3 (1.05%) SAP MDG-F
Cloud Services
1 28 (9.79%) SuccessFactors
2 15 (5.24%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 12 (4.20%) Azure
3 12 (4.20%) Power Platform
4 9 (3.15%) AWS
5 8 (2.80%) GCP
6 7 (2.45%) SaaS
7 4 (1.40%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.05%) Boomi
8 3 (1.05%) GitHub
8 3 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.70%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.05%) VPN
2 2 (0.70%) BGP
2 2 (0.70%) Firewall
2 2 (0.70%) Junos
2 2 (0.70%) OSPF
3 1 (0.35%) DHCP
3 1 (0.35%) DNS
3 1 (0.35%) Ethernet VPN
3 1 (0.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.20%) Power BI
2 8 (2.80%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (2.10%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 5 (1.75%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.40%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.05%) GIS
6 3 (1.05%) MySQL
6 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.70%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.70%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.70%) QlikView
7 2 (0.70%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.35%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (3.15%) JIRA
2 5 (1.75%) Toad
3 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.05%) JUnit
3 3 (1.05%) Storybook
4 1 (0.35%) Hudson
4 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.35%) TestDirector
4 1 (0.35%) TestRail
General
1 88 (30.77%) Finance
2 86 (30.07%) Social Skills
3 45 (15.73%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (15.73%) Public Sector
4 28 (9.79%) Telecoms
5 27 (9.44%) Manufacturing
6 22 (7.69%) Billing
7 16 (5.59%) Marketing
8 15 (5.24%) Electronics
9 9 (3.15%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.80%) General Ledger
11 6 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.75%) Military
12 5 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.05%) Banking
13 3 (1.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.70%) Legal
15 1 (0.35%) Advertising
15 1 (0.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (19.58%) Consultant
2 53 (18.53%) SAP Consultant
3 50 (17.48%) Lead
4 37 (12.94%) Analyst
5 29 (10.14%) Senior
6 26 (9.09%) Architect
7 25 (8.74%) Data Migration Lead
8 18 (6.29%) SAP Architect
9 16 (5.59%) Data Analyst
10 13 (4.55%) Finance Manager
10 13 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
11 11 (3.85%) SAP Manager
12 10 (3.50%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (3.50%) Functional Consultant
12 10 (3.50%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 10 (3.50%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.50%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (3.15%) SAP Data Migration Lead
13 9 (3.15%) Senior Financial Analyst
14 8 (2.80%) Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.80%) SAP Fiori
1 8 (2.80%) SAPUI5
1 8 (2.80%) Web Services
2 7 (2.45%) BAPI
3 6 (2.10%) SAP PI
4 5 (1.75%) EDI
4 5 (1.75%) XML
5 4 (1.40%) SAP ALE
6 3 (1.05%) CSS
6 3 (1.05%) HTML
6 3 (1.05%) JWT
6 3 (1.05%) OAuth
6 3 (1.05%) React
6 3 (1.05%) RESTful
6 3 (1.05%) SAML
6 3 (1.05%) SAP Smart Forms
6 3 (1.05%) SOAP
6 3 (1.05%) Spring
6 3 (1.05%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.05%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.59%) Greenfield Project
1 16 (5.59%) Onboarding
2 10 (3.50%) Replication
3 9 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.45%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.45%) NHS
6 6 (2.10%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.40%) FMCG
9 3 (1.05%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.05%) FPGA
9 3 (1.05%) Verilog
9 3 (1.05%) VHDL
9 3 (1.05%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.70%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.70%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.45%) Windows
2 6 (2.10%) Windows 10
3 5 (1.75%) Linux
4 3 (1.05%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.35%) SUSE
5 1 (0.35%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.35%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (24.13%) Migration
2 62 (21.68%) ERP
3 42 (14.69%) Data Migration
4 37 (12.94%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (11.19%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 28 (9.79%) Process Improvement
7 28 (9.79%) Project Management
8 27 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (9.09%) Agile
10 23 (8.04%) User Acceptance Testing
11 22 (7.69%) Data Modelling
12 21 (7.34%) Revenue Management
13 19 (6.64%) Data Analysis
13 19 (6.64%) Workshop Facilitation
14 18 (6.29%) Project Delivery
15 17 (5.94%) DevOps
16 16 (5.59%) Digital Marketing
16 16 (5.59%) Programme Management
17 15 (5.24%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 17 (5.94%) ABAP
2 14 (4.90%) SQL
3 12 (4.20%) Java
4 3 (1.05%) C
4 3 (1.05%) C++
4 3 (1.05%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.05%) Embedded C++
4 3 (1.05%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.70%) Python
6 1 (0.35%) C#
6 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.35%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.35%) R
6 1 (0.35%) Tcl
6 1 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 109 (38.11%) Security Cleared
2 81 (28.32%) SC Cleared
3 41 (14.34%) DV Cleared
4 30 (10.49%) Degree
5 17 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (5.24%) ACCA
6 15 (5.24%) CIMA
7 7 (2.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (2.45%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.40%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.05%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.05%) PMP
10 2 (0.70%) ISEB
10 2 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.70%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.70%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.70%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.70%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.35%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 13 (4.55%) PMO
2 11 (3.85%) QA
3 2 (0.70%) SLA
4 1 (0.35%) IFRS
System Software
1 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.35%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.35%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.35%) MOM
Vendors
1 34 (11.89%) Oracle
2 25 (8.74%) Microsoft
3 13 (4.55%) Ariba
4 8 (2.80%) Salesforce
4 8 (2.80%) Workday
5 7 (2.45%) Sage
6 6 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.75%) Callidus
8 4 (1.40%) Adobe
8 4 (1.40%) Baan
9 3 (1.05%) ESRI
9 3 (1.05%) IBM
9 3 (1.05%) Intel
9 3 (1.05%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.70%) Cisco
10 2 (0.70%) HP
10 2 (0.70%) Juniper
10 2 (0.70%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.70%) webMethods
11 1 (0.35%) HubSpot