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 October 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 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 22 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 +6 +24
Contract jobs citing SAP 201 351 388
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.61% 8.23% 7.05%
As % of the Vendors category 10.73% 16.75% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 183 246
10th Percentile £251 £400 £229
25th Percentile £415 £463 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £518
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +15.83% -2.72%
75th Percentile £597 £725 £613
90th Percentile £710 £800 £688
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 19
10th Percentile - £27.00 £20.75
25th Percentile £14.75 £36.97 £21.71
Median hourly rate £15.50 £61.60 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -74.84% -2.22% +40.00%
75th Percentile £28.38 - £67.75
90th Percentile £32.10 £71.16 £78.00
England median hourly rate £22.32 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year -48.99% -7.89% +5.56%

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 1,874 2,096 2,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.29% 49.16% 52.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,261 1,284 1,882
10th Percentile £204 £250 £205
25th Percentile £358 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £508
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +0.89% +1.60%
75th Percentile £588 £627 £606
90th Percentile £650 £700 £687
England median daily rate £507 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.43% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 74 132
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.66 £15.28
25th Percentile £15.52 £26.25 £19.44
Median hourly rate £20.38 £57.65 £51.96
Median % change year-on-year -64.66% +10.95% +136.18%
75th Percentile £34.83 £66.77 £66.25
90th Percentile £74.88 £70.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.11 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.26% -21.35% +82.68%

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 October 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 October 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 October 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 -18 90 £477 -21.17% 60
Berkshire -30 56 £615 -3.15% 44
Surrey +25 50 £565 -7.57% 20
West Sussex +2 35 £513 +11.41% 25
Hampshire -33 23 £353 -47.78% 33
Buckinghamshire +4 17 £268 -27.07% 13
Oxfordshire +4 16 £450 +5.88% 4
Home Counties - 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 4 (1.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.99%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 68 (33.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (6.97%) SAP HCM
3 13 (6.47%) SAP HR
4 12 (5.97%) SAP Payroll
5 10 (4.98%) SAP CO
5 10 (4.98%) SAP PSCD
6 9 (4.48%) SAP BRIM
6 9 (4.48%) SAP EWM
6 9 (4.48%) SAP FI
6 9 (4.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 9 (4.48%) SAP Hybris
7 8 (3.98%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 7 (3.48%) SAP ERP
8 7 (3.48%) SAP MM
8 7 (3.48%) SAP WM
9 5 (2.49%) NetSuite
10 4 (1.99%) Dynamics CRM
10 4 (1.99%) SAP APO
10 4 (1.99%) SAP IBP
10 4 (1.99%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 16 (7.96%) Power Platform
2 10 (4.98%) Azure
2 10 (4.98%) SaaS
3 9 (4.48%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 8 (3.98%) SuccessFactors
5 7 (3.48%) AWS
6 5 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (2.49%) GCP
7 2 (1.00%) iPaaS
7 2 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.50%) OCI
8 1 (0.50%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.50%) BGP
1 1 (0.50%) Firewall
1 1 (0.50%) Junos
1 1 (0.50%) OSPF
1 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.46%) Power BI
2 5 (2.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 5 (2.49%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.49%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (1.49%) Tableau
4 2 (1.00%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.00%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (1.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.00%) Tableau Desktop
4 2 (1.00%) Tableau Server
5 1 (0.50%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.50%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.50%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 5 (2.49%) JIRA
General
1 78 (38.81%) Finance
1 78 (38.81%) Social Skills
2 48 (23.88%) Manufacturing
3 27 (13.43%) Telecoms
4 26 (12.94%) Public Sector
5 25 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (6.97%) Aerospace
7 13 (6.47%) Electronics
7 13 (6.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (4.98%) Billing
9 8 (3.98%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.48%) Automotive
10 7 (3.48%) Marketing
10 7 (3.48%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.99%) French Language
12 5 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.49%) German Language
13 3 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.49%) Legal
13 3 (1.49%) Retail
Job Titles
1 72 (35.82%) Consultant
2 66 (32.84%) SAP Consultant
3 28 (13.93%) Lead
4 18 (8.96%) Analyst
5 14 (6.97%) Architect
5 14 (6.97%) Senior
6 13 (6.47%) Project Manager
7 11 (5.47%) HR Consultant
7 11 (5.47%) Payroll Consultant
7 11 (5.47%) SAP HCM Consultant
7 11 (5.47%) SAP HR Consultant
7 11 (5.47%) SAP Manager
7 11 (5.47%) SAP Payroll Consultant
8 10 (4.98%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
9 9 (4.48%) IT Support
10 8 (3.98%) Functional Consultant
10 8 (3.98%) SAP Architect
10 8 (3.98%) SAP Functional Consultant
11 7 (3.48%) Customer Service Advisor
11 7 (3.48%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.46%) SAP Fiori
2 5 (2.49%) BAPI
2 5 (2.49%) SAP PI
3 3 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
3 3 (1.49%) SAP ALE
3 3 (1.49%) SAP Basis
3 3 (1.49%) Visualforce
3 3 (1.49%) Web Services
4 2 (1.00%) IDoc
5 1 (0.50%) .NET
5 1 (0.50%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.50%) Blazor
5 1 (0.50%) EDI
5 1 (0.50%) Middleware
5 1 (0.50%) Node.js
5 1 (0.50%) OAuth
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.50%) RESTful
5 1 (0.50%) SAP TM
5 1 (0.50%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 8 (3.98%) Life Science
2 7 (3.48%) Renewable Energy
3 6 (2.99%) Augmented Reality
3 6 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.49%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.49%) FMCG
5 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.00%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.00%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.50%) IoT
7 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 1 (0.50%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.49%) Windows
2 1 (0.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (20.40%) Migration
2 40 (19.90%) ERP
3 36 (17.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 27 (13.43%) Agile
5 24 (11.94%) Data Migration
5 24 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (10.95%) Workflow
7 21 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (9.95%) Decision-Making
9 18 (8.96%) Workshop Facilitation
10 17 (8.46%) CRM
11 16 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 16 (7.96%) Time Management
12 15 (7.46%) Procure-to-Pay
13 14 (6.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (6.97%) Project Management
14 13 (6.47%) Analytics
15 12 (5.97%) Customer Service
15 12 (5.97%) Revenue Management
15 12 (5.97%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.97%) ABAP
2 13 (6.47%) SQL
3 3 (1.49%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.49%) Python
4 2 (1.00%) Java
5 1 (0.50%) C#
5 1 (0.50%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.50%) Korn
5 1 (0.50%) Perl
5 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 54 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 44 (21.89%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (5.97%) Degree
5 7 (3.48%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.99%) SAP Certification
7 4 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.00%) ACCA
8 2 (1.00%) CCA
8 2 (1.00%) CIMA
8 2 (1.00%) PMP
8 2 (1.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
8 2 (1.00%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
9 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.50%) JNCIA
9 1 (0.50%) JNCIP
9 1 (0.50%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.48%) QA
2 4 (1.99%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.99%) PMO
3 2 (1.00%) GDPR
3 2 (1.00%) GRC
3 2 (1.00%) PMBOK
4 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
System Software
1 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 25 (12.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (8.96%) Oracle
2 18 (8.96%) Salesforce
3 9 (4.48%) Ariba
4 8 (3.98%) ServiceNow
5 4 (1.99%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.99%) Workday
6 2 (1.00%) Hyperion
7 1 (0.50%) Adobe
7 1 (0.50%) Cisco
7 1 (0.50%) Google
7 1 (0.50%) Juniper
7 1 (0.50%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (0.50%) Siemens