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 27 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
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 23 24
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 322 214 370
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.16% 6.95% 6.50%
As % of the Vendors category 12.28% 12.99% 13.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 194 133 185
10th Percentile £355 £217 £243
25th Percentile £464 £425 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £537 £585
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -8.21% +10.38%
75th Percentile £647 £638 £716
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 10 33
10th Percentile £17.17 £14.75 £17.32
25th Percentile £27.84 £16.04 £26.03
Median hourly rate £64.30 £24.95 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +157.77% -55.30% +24.00%
75th Percentile £95.66 £52.14 £61.60
90th Percentile £110.48 £71.71 £77.75
England median hourly rate £31.50 £50.00 £26.35
% change year-on-year -37.00% +89.79% -41.46%

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 2,623 1,648 2,669
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.02% 53.52% 46.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,718 1,076 1,560
10th Percentile £282 £220 £250
25th Percentile £415 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £688 £656 £700
England median daily rate £508 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -0.98% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 101 194
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.20 £12.08
25th Percentile £21.35 £15.38 £17.61
Median hourly rate £47.54 £22.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +111.29% -52.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £85.00 £46.30 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £69.65 £70.00
England median hourly rate £35.00 £27.13 £24.50
% change year-on-year +29.03% +10.71% -34.67%

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 27 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 27 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 27 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 -18 137 £575 -4.17% 22
Berkshire +2 115 £619 -4.81% 7
West Sussex -3 54 £470 -8.56% 7
Surrey -8 54 £581 +11.73% 7
Hampshire -4 52 £563 +2.27% 10
Buckinghamshire -36 16 £375 +16.82% 10
Kent +6 10 £625 +204.88%
Oxfordshire -40 7 £540 +20.00% 5
Home Counties -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 8 (2.48%) CMS
2 4 (1.24%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.24%) SAP EP
3 2 (0.62%) Confluence
3 2 (0.62%) MS Project Server
3 2 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.62%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.31%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.31%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (6.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 117 (36.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (10.25%) SAP PSCD
3 13 (4.04%) SAP BRIM
3 13 (4.04%) SAP Hybris
4 10 (3.11%) SAP ERP
4 10 (3.11%) SAP SD
5 9 (2.80%) iTrent
5 9 (2.80%) SAP Payroll
6 8 (2.48%) SAP Business One
6 8 (2.48%) SAP FI
6 8 (2.48%) SAP IBP
7 6 (1.86%) SAP FI-CA
8 5 (1.55%) SAP MM
9 4 (1.24%) SAP CRM
9 4 (1.24%) SAP GTS
9 4 (1.24%) SAP HCM
9 4 (1.24%) SAP VC
10 3 (0.93%) Oracle Payables
10 3 (0.93%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.93%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 30 (9.32%) SuccessFactors
2 26 (8.07%) Power Platform
3 23 (7.14%) Azure
4 15 (4.66%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 9 (2.80%) SaaS
6 7 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.86%) GCP
8 5 (1.55%) Boomi
9 4 (1.24%) AWS
10 3 (0.93%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.62%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.62%) 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 24 (7.45%) Power BI
2 7 (2.17%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (1.55%) Tableau
5 3 (0.93%) GIS
6 2 (0.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 2 (0.62%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.62%) QlikView
6 2 (0.62%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.62%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.86%) JIRA
2 2 (0.62%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (0.62%) 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 (32.92%) Finance
2 99 (30.75%) Social Skills
3 44 (13.66%) Public Sector
4 32 (9.94%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.21%) Billing
6 16 (4.97%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.66%) Manufacturing
8 14 (4.35%) Legal
9 10 (3.11%) General Ledger
10 9 (2.80%) Aerospace
11 7 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.86%) Automotive
12 6 (1.86%) Military
12 6 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.86%) Retail
13 4 (1.24%) Banking
14 3 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.62%) Marketing
15 2 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 93 (28.88%) Consultant
2 78 (24.22%) SAP Consultant
3 45 (13.98%) Analyst
3 45 (13.98%) Lead
4 43 (13.35%) Senior
5 32 (9.94%) Architect
6 25 (7.76%) Senior Manager
7 21 (6.52%) Functional Consultant
7 21 (6.52%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 20 (6.21%) Data Migration Lead
9 19 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
10 18 (5.59%) Data Analyst
11 17 (5.28%) Category Manager
11 17 (5.28%) Senior Category Manager
12 16 (4.97%) IT Manager
12 16 (4.97%) SAP Manager
13 15 (4.66%) IT Services Manager
13 15 (4.66%) Senior IT Manager
13 15 (4.66%) Senior Service Manager
14 14 (4.35%) SAP Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.66%) Oracle Fusion
2 14 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
3 10 (3.11%) EDI
4 9 (2.80%) Middleware
5 7 (2.17%) SAPUI5
6 5 (1.55%) BAPI
6 5 (1.55%) SAP PI
7 3 (0.93%) REST
7 3 (0.93%) SAP ALE
8 2 (0.62%) IDoc
8 2 (0.62%) Node.js
8 2 (0.62%) React
8 2 (0.62%) SOAP
8 2 (0.62%) 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 (5.59%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (3.73%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.80%) FMCG
3 9 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.48%) Replication
5 7 (2.17%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.17%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.17%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.55%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.93%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.93%) FPGA
8 3 (0.93%) Verilog
8 3 (0.93%) VHDL
8 3 (0.93%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.62%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.62%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.62%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 2 (0.62%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.24%) VMS
2 3 (0.93%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (0.93%) Linux
3 2 (0.62%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (25.16%) ERP
2 67 (20.81%) Migration
3 48 (14.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 45 (13.98%) Data Migration
5 39 (12.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 38 (11.80%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (11.18%) Business Intelligence
8 34 (10.56%) Process Improvement
9 29 (9.01%) Decision-Making
9 29 (9.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 28 (8.70%) Agile
11 27 (8.39%) Validation
12 26 (8.07%) User Acceptance Testing
13 25 (7.76%) Project Management
14 22 (6.83%) Data Modelling
15 21 (6.52%) Logistics
15 21 (6.52%) Revenue Management
15 21 (6.52%) Workshop Facilitation
16 18 (5.59%) Data Analysis
17 17 (5.28%) Source to Pay
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.35%) ABAP
2 10 (3.11%) SQL
3 5 (1.55%) Java
4 3 (0.93%) C
4 3 (0.93%) C++
4 3 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (0.93%) Embedded C
4 3 (0.93%) Embedded C++
4 3 (0.93%) PL/SQL
4 3 (0.93%) Python
5 2 (0.62%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.31%) R
6 1 (0.31%) VB
6 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 123 (38.20%) Security Cleared
2 96 (29.81%) SC Cleared
3 32 (9.94%) Degree
3 32 (9.94%) DV Cleared
4 17 (5.28%) ACCA
5 16 (4.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (4.97%) CIMA
6 7 (2.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (1.86%) PMI Certification
7 6 (1.86%) PMP
8 5 (1.55%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.31%) CISA
10 1 (0.31%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.31%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.31%) PgMP
10 1 (0.31%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.11%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.80%) PMO
2 9 (2.80%) QA
3 3 (0.93%) GDPR
3 3 (0.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.62%) ITGC
5 1 (0.31%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.31%) GRC
5 1 (0.31%) GxP
5 1 (0.31%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 2 (0.62%) CEMLI
2 1 (0.31%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.31%) MOM
Vendors
1 42 (13.04%) Oracle
2 30 (9.32%) Microsoft
3 28 (8.70%) Ariba
4 13 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 11 (3.42%) Workday
6 9 (2.80%) Baan
7 6 (1.86%) Sage
8 5 (1.55%) Callidus
8 5 (1.55%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.24%) Adobe
9 4 (1.24%) Concur
9 4 (1.24%) Google
10 3 (0.93%) ESRI
10 3 (0.93%) IBM
10 3 (0.93%) Informatica
10 3 (0.93%) Intel
10 3 (0.93%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.62%) Siemens
11 2 (0.62%) SYSPRO
12 1 (0.31%) JDA