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 11 September 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
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 29 16
Rank change year-on-year +2 -13 +9
Contract jobs citing SAP 409 205 402
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 6.15% 5.85% 8.62%
As % of the Vendors category 14.03% 11.35% 17.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 130 206
10th Percentile £369 £248 £381
25th Percentile £470 £421 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £522 £625
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% -16.48% +20.66%
75th Percentile £650 £647 £738
90th Percentile £788 £756 £794
England median daily rate £575 £563 £575
% change year-on-year +2.22% -2.17% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 20
10th Percentile £16.50 - £26.58
25th Percentile £25.77 £14.75 £29.56
Median hourly rate £64.30 £15.50 £60.80
Median % change year-on-year +314.84% -74.51% -4.25%
75th Percentile £101.94 £24.57 £61.60
90th Percentile £111.28 £30.25 £63.74
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.63 £38.50
% change year-on-year +32.57% -41.22% +3.29%

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 2,916 1,806 2,296
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.85% 51.53% 49.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 1,209 1,374
10th Percentile £280 £205 £255
25th Percentile £430 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.62% +3.75%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £633
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £501 £525
% change year-on-year +2.40% -4.67% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 107 123
10th Percentile £14.37 £14.20 £16.05
25th Percentile £16.63 £15.31 £27.25
Median hourly rate £38.25 £20.00 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +91.25% -65.13% +11.53%
75th Percentile £70.00 £38.42 £61.60
90th Percentile £93.25 £81.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £35.00
% change year-on-year +19.28% -28.14% -17.31%

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 11 September 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 11 September 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 11 September 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 -3 169 £600 +4.35% 70
Berkshire +16 145 £638 -1.92% 54
Hampshire +17 75 £525 +110.00% 23
Surrey -7 64 £581 +10.67% 35
West Sussex -1 61 £470 -8.57% 25
Buckinghamshire -31 20 £375 +41.78% 6
Kent - 20 £650 - 9
Oxfordshire -37 5 £540 +20.00% 10
Middlesex - 5 - - 3
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 9 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.47%) NetWeaver
3 4 (0.98%) SAP EP
4 3 (0.73%) ArcGIS
4 3 (0.73%) CMS
5 2 (0.49%) Confluence
6 1 (0.24%) FactoryTalk
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.24%) SAS
6 1 (0.24%) WebLogic
Applications
1 31 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (3.42%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 141 (34.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (7.82%) SAP PSCD
3 12 (2.93%) SAP BRIM
4 11 (2.69%) SAP Hybris
4 11 (2.69%) SAP Payroll
5 9 (2.20%) iTrent
5 9 (2.20%) SAP Business One
5 9 (2.20%) SAP SD
6 8 (1.96%) SAP FI
6 8 (1.96%) Teamcenter
7 7 (1.71%) SAP IBP
8 6 (1.47%) SAP ERP
8 6 (1.47%) SAP EWM
8 6 (1.47%) SAP MM
8 6 (1.47%) SAP PP
9 5 (1.22%) SAP HCM
10 4 (0.98%) SAP CRM
10 4 (0.98%) SAP FI-CA
10 4 (0.98%) SAP GTS
10 4 (0.98%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 40 (9.78%) Power Platform
2 35 (8.56%) SuccessFactors
3 26 (6.36%) Azure
4 13 (3.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 8 (1.96%) SaaS
6 7 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.22%) Boomi
9 4 (0.98%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (0.98%) SAP Fieldglass
10 3 (0.73%) GCP
10 3 (0.73%) Smartsheet
11 2 (0.49%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.49%) Google Workspace
11 2 (0.49%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
12 1 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.22%) Broadband
2 1 (0.24%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (8.56%) Power BI
2 7 (1.71%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (1.71%) SAP BW
2 7 (1.71%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.47%) Tableau
4 5 (1.22%) BusinessObjects
5 3 (0.73%) GIS
5 3 (0.73%) SAP HANA
6 2 (0.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.49%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.49%) QlikView
7 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.24%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) Tableau Desktop
7 1 (0.24%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 11 (2.69%) JIRA
2 2 (0.49%) Toad
3 1 (0.24%) Git
3 1 (0.24%) Hudson
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) Postman
3 1 (0.24%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.24%) TestRail
General
1 131 (32.03%) Finance
2 121 (29.58%) Social Skills
3 47 (11.49%) Manufacturing
4 45 (11.00%) Public Sector
5 41 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.65%) Aerospace
7 18 (4.40%) Legal
8 16 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
9 15 (3.67%) Billing
9 15 (3.67%) Telecoms
10 14 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (3.18%) Automotive
12 9 (2.20%) General Ledger
13 8 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.96%) Retail
14 4 (0.98%) Banking
14 4 (0.98%) Military
15 3 (0.73%) Marketing
16 2 (0.49%) Aviation
16 2 (0.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 126 (30.81%) Consultant
2 106 (25.92%) SAP Consultant
3 57 (13.94%) Lead
4 50 (12.22%) Analyst
5 46 (11.25%) Senior
6 41 (10.02%) Architect
7 27 (6.60%) Senior Manager
8 25 (6.11%) Functional Consultant
9 24 (5.87%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (5.62%) SAP Architect
10 23 (5.62%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 23 (5.62%) SAP Manager
11 17 (4.16%) Data Migration Lead
12 16 (3.91%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.91%) Category Manager
12 16 (3.91%) Data Analyst
12 16 (3.91%) Senior Category Manager
13 15 (3.67%) IT Manager
13 15 (3.67%) IT Services Manager
13 15 (3.67%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.40%) Oracle Fusion
2 15 (3.67%) SAP Fiori
3 13 (3.18%) Middleware
4 12 (2.93%) SAP PI
5 11 (2.69%) EDI
6 10 (2.44%) REST
7 9 (2.20%) SOAP
8 7 (1.71%) SAPUI5
9 5 (1.22%) IDoc
10 4 (0.98%) JDBC
11 3 (0.73%) Node.js
11 3 (0.73%) React
11 3 (0.73%) Web Services
12 2 (0.49%) SAP ALE
12 2 (0.49%) XML
13 1 (0.24%) BAPI
13 1 (0.24%) JSON
13 1 (0.24%) OAuth
13 1 (0.24%) Visualforce
13 1 (0.24%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.16%) Greenfield Project
2 15 (3.67%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.69%) FMCG
3 11 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.44%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (1.71%) Public Cloud
5 7 (1.71%) Replication
6 6 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (1.47%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.47%) Management Information System
7 5 (1.22%) Social Media
8 4 (0.98%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (0.98%) Product Ownership
8 4 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.73%) Cloud Native
9 3 (0.73%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.73%) Life Science
9 3 (0.73%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.49%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.98%) Unix
1 4 (0.98%) VMS
1 4 (0.98%) Windows
2 2 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (0.49%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (23.47%) ERP
2 79 (19.32%) Stakeholder Management
3 70 (17.11%) Migration
4 57 (13.94%) Data Migration
5 50 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (11.74%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (11.00%) Business Intelligence
8 45 (11.00%) Process Improvement
9 39 (9.54%) Decision-Making
10 37 (9.05%) Workshop Facilitation
11 34 (8.31%) Validation
12 33 (8.07%) Agile
12 33 (8.07%) User Acceptance Testing
13 29 (7.09%) Logistics
14 28 (6.85%) Roadmaps
15 25 (6.11%) Source to Pay
16 24 (5.87%) Analytics
17 22 (5.38%) Data Modelling
17 22 (5.38%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 20 (4.89%) ABAP
2 19 (4.65%) SQL
3 12 (2.93%) Java
4 4 (0.98%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.73%) Python
5 3 (0.73%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.49%) C
6 2 (0.49%) C++
6 2 (0.49%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.49%) Embedded C++
6 2 (0.49%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.24%) R
7 1 (0.24%) VB
7 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 165 (40.34%) Security Cleared
2 113 (27.63%) SC Cleared
3 56 (13.69%) DV Cleared
4 32 (7.82%) Degree
5 18 (4.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (4.16%) ACCA
7 16 (3.91%) CIMA
8 9 (2.20%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.47%) PMI Certification
10 6 (1.47%) PMP
11 5 (1.22%) ISTQB
12 4 (0.98%) ISEB
12 4 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.98%) SAP Certification
13 3 (0.73%) CIPD
14 2 (0.49%) HNC
14 2 (0.49%) HND
14 2 (0.49%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.40%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.93%) PMO
3 5 (1.22%) GDPR
3 5 (1.22%) QA
4 4 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.73%) IFRS
6 2 (0.49%) GRC
6 2 (0.49%) ITGC
7 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.24%) GAAP
7 1 (0.24%) GxP
7 1 (0.24%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.49%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.49%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.24%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.24%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.24%) MOM
Vendors
1 57 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 53 (12.96%) Oracle
3 36 (8.80%) Ariba
4 15 (3.67%) Workday
5 12 (2.93%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.44%) Baan
7 6 (1.47%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.22%) Callidus
8 5 (1.22%) webMethods
9 4 (0.98%) Databricks
9 4 (0.98%) Google
9 4 (0.98%) Informatica
10 3 (0.73%) Adobe
10 3 (0.73%) Concur
10 3 (0.73%) ESRI
10 3 (0.73%) IBM
11 2 (0.49%) Intel
11 2 (0.49%) Sage
11 2 (0.49%) Siemens
11 2 (0.49%) SYSPRO