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 15 October 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
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 30 22
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 403 205 351
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.12% 5.67% 8.18%
As % of the Vendors category 13.83% 10.83% 16.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 127 185
10th Percentile £308 £253 £400
25th Percentile £459 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £515 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -14.17% +15.83%
75th Percentile £650 £591 £725
90th Percentile £770 £705 £800
England median daily rate £563 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -2.17% - +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 14
10th Percentile £17.90 - £27.00
25th Percentile £46.74 £14.75 £36.97
Median hourly rate £97.23 £15.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +527.29% -74.84% -2.22%
75th Percentile £108.00 £28.38 -
90th Percentile £114.95 £32.10 £71.16
England median hourly rate £24.19 £22.32 £46.25
% change year-on-year +8.40% -51.75% -2.63%

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 2,913 1,893 2,109
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 44.20% 52.39% 49.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,730 1,274 1,296
10th Percentile £263 £205 £250
25th Percentile £424 £359 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -2.68% +1.13%
75th Percentile £612 £588 £626
90th Percentile £680 £650 £700
England median daily rate £517 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +1.90% -3.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 120 74
10th Percentile £14.05 £14.00 £16.66
25th Percentile £16.14 £15.55 £26.25
Median hourly rate £36.23 £20.38 £57.65
Median % change year-on-year +77.82% -64.66% +10.95%
75th Percentile £70.00 £34.83 £66.77
90th Percentile £88.00 £74.13 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.75 £25.04 £35.18
% change year-on-year +2.85% -28.83% -20.94%

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 15 October 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 15 October 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 15 October 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 -2 159 £575 +20.67% 27
Berkshire +16 126 £625 +1.63% 24
Hampshire +18 77 £525 +48.94% 9
Surrey -5 65 £581 +2.88% 9
West Sussex -5 65 £459 -10.44% 1
Buckinghamshire -17 28 £350 +30.60% 1
Kent - 25 £650 - 2
Oxfordshire -35 6 £540 +20.00% 8
Middlesex - 5 - -
East Sussex - 1 £581 - 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 10 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.99%) NetWeaver
3 3 (0.74%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.50%) CMS
4 2 (0.50%) Confluence
4 2 (0.50%) SAP EP
4 2 (0.50%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.25%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.25%) SAS
Applications
1 30 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 126 (31.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 33 (8.19%) SAP PSCD
3 18 (4.47%) SAP Hybris
4 17 (4.22%) SAP BRIM
5 16 (3.97%) Teamcenter
6 15 (3.72%) SAP FI
6 15 (3.72%) SAP Payroll
7 9 (2.23%) SAP HCM
8 8 (1.99%) SAP FI-CA
8 8 (1.99%) SAP MM
9 7 (1.74%) SAP MDG
9 7 (1.74%) SAP PP
10 6 (1.49%) SAP SD
11 5 (1.24%) SAP Business One
11 5 (1.24%) SAP ERP
12 4 (0.99%) SAP CRM
12 4 (0.99%) SAP GTS
12 4 (0.99%) SAP IBP
12 4 (0.99%) SAP Oil and Gas
12 4 (0.99%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 34 (8.44%) Power Platform
2 26 (6.45%) Azure
3 25 (6.20%) SuccessFactors
4 22 (5.46%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 8 (1.99%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (0.99%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (0.99%) SaaS
7 4 (0.99%) SAP Fieldglass
8 3 (0.74%) Boomi
8 3 (0.74%) Smartsheet
8 3 (0.74%) Tricentis Tosca
9 2 (0.50%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.50%) GCP
9 2 (0.50%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.50%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.25%) AWS
10 1 (0.25%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.24%) Broadband
2 1 (0.25%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (7.20%) Power BI
2 7 (1.74%) SAP Data Services
2 7 (1.74%) Tableau
3 6 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (1.49%) SAP BW
4 5 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.74%) GIS
7 2 (0.50%) Power Query
7 2 (0.50%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.25%) Metadata
8 1 (0.25%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.25%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (0.25%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.74%) Toad
3 1 (0.25%) Git
3 1 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.25%) Postman
3 1 (0.25%) Selenium
General
1 139 (34.49%) Finance
2 132 (32.75%) Social Skills
3 76 (18.86%) Manufacturing
4 48 (11.91%) Analytical Skills
5 47 (11.66%) Public Sector
6 24 (5.96%) Aerospace
7 19 (4.71%) Billing
7 19 (4.71%) Legal
7 19 (4.71%) Telecoms
8 17 (4.22%) Influencing Skills
9 16 (3.97%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.23%) Automotive
11 12 (2.98%) General Ledger
12 10 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
13 9 (2.23%) Retail
14 6 (1.49%) Banking
15 5 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.74%) Marketing
17 2 (0.50%) Aviation
18 1 (0.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 135 (33.50%) Consultant
2 113 (28.04%) SAP Consultant
3 47 (11.66%) Lead
4 43 (10.67%) Architect
5 41 (10.17%) Analyst
6 36 (8.93%) Functional Consultant
7 34 (8.44%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 34 (8.44%) Senior
8 30 (7.44%) Solutions Architect
9 24 (5.96%) Senior Manager
10 20 (4.96%) SAP Architect
11 19 (4.71%) Business Analyst
12 17 (4.22%) Category Manager
12 17 (4.22%) SAP Manager
13 16 (3.97%) Senior Category Manager
14 15 (3.72%) IT Manager
14 15 (3.72%) IT Services Manager
14 15 (3.72%) Senior IT Manager
14 15 (3.72%) Senior Service Manager
15 13 (3.23%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (4.71%) Oracle Fusion
2 18 (4.47%) Middleware
3 13 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
4 10 (2.48%) REST
4 10 (2.48%) SAP PI
5 9 (2.23%) SOAP
6 8 (1.99%) EDI
7 4 (0.99%) IDoc
7 4 (0.99%) JDBC
7 4 (0.99%) SAPUI5
8 3 (0.74%) Node.js
8 3 (0.74%) React
8 3 (0.74%) Web Services
8 3 (0.74%) XML
9 1 (0.25%) BAPI
9 1 (0.25%) JSON
9 1 (0.25%) OAuth
9 1 (0.25%) SAP ALE
9 1 (0.25%) SAP Basis
9 1 (0.25%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.47%) Onboarding
2 12 (2.98%) Greenfield Project
3 10 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (2.23%) FMCG
5 8 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (1.99%) Data Structures
5 8 (1.99%) Management Information System
6 6 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 5 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (1.24%) Social Media
8 4 (0.99%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (0.99%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.74%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.74%) Life Science
9 3 (0.74%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.50%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.50%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.50%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.24%) Windows
2 4 (0.99%) Unix
2 4 (0.99%) VMS
3 1 (0.25%) Linux
3 1 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (27.54%) Stakeholder Management
2 89 (22.08%) ERP
3 65 (16.13%) Migration
4 54 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
5 51 (12.66%) Data Migration
6 50 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 46 (11.41%) Decision-Making
8 45 (11.17%) Process Improvement
9 44 (10.92%) Validation
10 43 (10.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 41 (10.17%) Workshop Facilitation
12 40 (9.93%) Business Intelligence
13 38 (9.43%) User Acceptance Testing
14 33 (8.19%) Agile
15 31 (7.69%) Logistics
16 30 (7.44%) Project Delivery
17 28 (6.95%) Roadmaps
18 27 (6.70%) Source to Pay
19 24 (5.96%) Analytics
19 24 (5.96%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 23 (5.71%) SQL
2 19 (4.71%) ABAP
3 11 (2.73%) Java
4 4 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.74%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.50%) Python
7 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.25%) VBA
Qualifications
1 153 (37.97%) Security Cleared
2 97 (24.07%) SC Cleared
3 53 (13.15%) DV Cleared
4 26 (6.45%) Degree
5 24 (5.96%) ACCA
6 23 (5.71%) CIMA
7 17 (4.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.23%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.49%) PMP
10 5 (1.24%) ISEB
10 5 (1.24%) ISTQB
10 5 (1.24%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 5 (1.24%) PMI Certification
10 5 (1.24%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.74%) APMG
11 3 (0.74%) CIPD
12 2 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.50%) HNC
12 2 (0.50%) HND
12 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (4.71%) Data Quality
2 10 (2.48%) PMO
3 8 (1.99%) GDPR
4 4 (0.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.74%) QA
6 2 (0.50%) GRC
6 2 (0.50%) IFRS
6 2 (0.50%) ITGC
6 2 (0.50%) SLA
7 1 (0.25%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.25%) GAAP
7 1 (0.25%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.50%) IAG
2 1 (0.25%) Corosync
2 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.25%) MOM
1 1 (0.25%) Pacemaker
Vendors
1 57 (14.14%) Microsoft
2 46 (11.41%) Oracle
3 33 (8.19%) Ariba
4 11 (2.73%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.23%) Workday
6 8 (1.99%) Baan
7 6 (1.49%) Informatica
7 6 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 6 (1.49%) webMethods
8 5 (1.24%) Databricks
9 4 (0.99%) Concur
9 4 (0.99%) Google
10 3 (0.74%) ESRI
10 3 (0.74%) IBM
10 3 (0.74%) Siemens
11 2 (0.50%) Adobe
12 1 (0.25%) AVEVA
12 1 (0.25%) Dell
12 1 (0.25%) Facebook
12 1 (0.25%) Splunk