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 May 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 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 21 32
Rank change year-on-year -11 +11 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP 293 234 307
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.92% 7.87% 5.62%
As % of the Vendors category 11.87% 14.81% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 150 164
10th Percentile £361 £209 £205
25th Percentile £470 £466 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +3.37%
75th Percentile £656 £650 £688
90th Percentile £774 £700 £765
England median daily rate £560 £575 £560
% change year-on-year -2.61% +2.68% +1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 10 32
10th Percentile £17.30 £19.74 £13.05
25th Percentile £26.81 £22.17 £25.21
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.25 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +94.69% -49.37% +24.00%
75th Percentile £85.09 £51.56 £61.60
90th Percentile £106.90 £71.71 £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £58.75 £26.03
% change year-on-year -48.94% +125.70% -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 2,469 1,580 2,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.49% 53.11% 46.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,707 1,056 1,549
10th Percentile £300 £220 £213
25th Percentile £413 £381 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £609 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £501 £523 £515
% change year-on-year -4.21% +1.46% -3.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 86 182
10th Percentile £15.08 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £23.47 £16.95 £16.25
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -48.08% +5.56%
75th Percentile £83.56 £58.39 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £70.63 £67.02
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -40.00%

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 21 May 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 May 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 May 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 -15 133 £600 -4.84% 34
Berkshire -4 112 £644 -0.96% 24
West Sussex -1 57 £483 -6.03% 6
Surrey -14 41 £525 +5.53% 17
Hampshire -17 39 £626 +9.73% 11
Buckinghamshire -32 15 £375 -6.25% 6
Kent 0 10 £625 +204.88% 8
Oxfordshire -30 7 £540 +20.00% 6
Home Counties -2 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 (2.73%) CMS
2 6 (2.05%) NetWeaver
3 5 (1.71%) SAP EP
4 3 (1.02%) MS Project Server
5 2 (0.68%) Confluence
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.34%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.34%) SharePoint
Applications
1 23 (7.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (2.73%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 101 (34.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (9.90%) SAP PSCD
3 12 (4.10%) SAP SD
4 11 (3.75%) SAP FI
4 11 (3.75%) SAP Hybris
5 10 (3.41%) SAP BRIM
5 10 (3.41%) SAP ERP
6 9 (3.07%) iTrent
7 8 (2.73%) SAP FI-CA
7 8 (2.73%) SAP IBP
8 7 (2.39%) SAP Business One
9 6 (2.05%) SAP MDG
10 5 (1.71%) SAP CRM
10 5 (1.71%) SAP MM
11 4 (1.37%) SAP GTS
11 4 (1.37%) SAP HCM
11 4 (1.37%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (1.37%) SAP R/3
11 4 (1.37%) SAP VC
12 3 (1.02%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 28 (9.56%) SuccessFactors
2 20 (6.83%) Azure
2 20 (6.83%) Power Platform
3 12 (4.10%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 9 (3.07%) SaaS
5 7 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.05%) GCP
7 5 (1.71%) AWS
7 5 (1.71%) Boomi
8 3 (1.02%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.68%) SAP Fieldglass
10 1 (0.34%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.34%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.34%) BGP
1 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (0.34%) Firewall
1 1 (0.34%) Junos
1 1 (0.34%) MQTT
1 1 (0.34%) OSPF
1 1 (0.34%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.14%) Power BI
2 6 (2.05%) SAP Data Services
3 4 (1.37%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (1.02%) GIS
4 3 (1.02%) Tableau
5 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
5 2 (0.68%) QlikView
5 2 (0.68%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.05%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Git
2 1 (0.34%) Hudson
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.34%) Postman
2 1 (0.34%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.34%) TestRail
2 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 87 (29.69%) Finance
2 86 (29.35%) Social Skills
3 37 (12.63%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.95%) Public Sector
5 19 (6.48%) Billing
6 15 (5.12%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.12%) Telecoms
7 9 (3.07%) General Ledger
8 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.05%) Aerospace
10 6 (2.05%) Automotive
10 6 (2.05%) Military
11 5 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.71%) Legal
11 5 (1.71%) Marketing
12 4 (1.37%) Electronics
12 4 (1.37%) Retail
13 3 (1.02%) Banking
13 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 75 (25.60%) Consultant
2 69 (23.55%) SAP Consultant
3 51 (17.41%) Lead
4 41 (13.99%) Analyst
5 34 (11.60%) Senior
6 32 (10.92%) Architect
7 26 (8.87%) Data Migration Lead
8 18 (6.14%) Data Analyst
8 18 (6.14%) SAP Architect
9 17 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (5.12%) Functional Consultant
10 15 (5.12%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 15 (5.12%) Senior Manager
11 14 (4.78%) SAP Manager
12 13 (4.44%) Financial Analyst
13 11 (3.75%) Finance Manager
13 11 (3.75%) Project Manager
14 10 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (3.41%) Senior Financial Analyst
14 10 (3.41%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.78%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.73%) EDI
2 8 (2.73%) Middleware
2 8 (2.73%) SAPUI5
3 7 (2.39%) Oracle Fusion
4 6 (2.05%) SAP PI
5 5 (1.71%) BAPI
5 5 (1.71%) SAP ALE
6 3 (1.02%) SOAP
7 2 (0.68%) IDoc
7 2 (0.68%) OAuth
7 2 (0.68%) REST
7 2 (0.68%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (0.34%) JWT
8 1 (0.34%) Node.js
8 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.34%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.34%) React
8 1 (0.34%) SAML
8 1 (0.34%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.14%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.41%) Replication
4 9 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.73%) FMCG
6 7 (2.39%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.71%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.71%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.71%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) FPGA
8 3 (1.02%) NHS
8 3 (1.02%) Verilog
8 3 (1.02%) VHDL
8 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.68%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.68%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Linux
1 4 (1.37%) VMS
2 3 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (1.02%) Windows
3 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.94%) ERP
2 72 (24.57%) Migration
3 48 (16.38%) Data Migration
4 40 (13.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (10.92%) Business Intelligence
6 32 (10.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (10.24%) Process Improvement
8 29 (9.90%) Agile
9 26 (8.87%) Project Management
10 25 (8.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (6.83%) Data Modelling
11 20 (6.83%) Logistics
11 20 (6.83%) User Acceptance Testing
12 18 (6.14%) Revenue Management
12 18 (6.14%) Validation
13 17 (5.80%) Workshop Facilitation
14 16 (5.46%) DevOps
14 16 (5.46%) Project Delivery
15 15 (5.12%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.10%) ABAP
2 7 (2.39%) SQL
3 6 (2.05%) Java
4 3 (1.02%) C
4 3 (1.02%) C++
4 3 (1.02%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.02%) Embedded C++
5 2 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.68%) Python
6 1 (0.34%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.34%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.34%) R
6 1 (0.34%) Tcl
6 1 (0.34%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 119 (40.61%) Security Cleared
2 90 (30.72%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.63%) DV Cleared
4 25 (8.53%) Degree
5 18 (6.14%) ACCA
6 17 (5.80%) CIMA
7 15 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (2.05%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.71%) PMP
11 4 (1.37%) Master's Degree
12 3 (1.02%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.68%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.34%) CCA
14 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
14 1 (0.34%) JNCIA
14 1 (0.34%) JNCIP
14 1 (0.34%) JNCIS
14 1 (0.34%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.75%) QA
3 9 (3.07%) PMO
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) IFRS
5 1 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.34%) MOM
Vendors
1 31 (10.58%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.90%) Oracle
3 19 (6.48%) Ariba
4 13 (4.44%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.07%) Workday
6 7 (2.39%) Baan
7 6 (2.05%) Sage
7 6 (2.05%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.71%) Callidus
9 4 (1.37%) Adobe
10 3 (1.02%) Concur
10 3 (1.02%) ESRI
10 3 (1.02%) IBM
10 3 (1.02%) Intel
10 3 (1.02%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.68%) Siemens
11 2 (0.68%) SYSPRO
12 1 (0.34%) Informatica
12 1 (0.34%) JDA
12 1 (0.34%) Juniper