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 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
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 20 28
Rank change year-on-year -13 +8 +2
Contract jobs citing SAP 293 236 315
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.97% 7.95% 5.76%
As % of the Vendors category 11.91% 15.08% 12.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 153 173
10th Percentile £362 £206 £205
25th Percentile £470 £466 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -4.35% +2.22%
75th Percentile £672 £650 £688
90th Percentile £774 £700 £765
England median daily rate £560 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -2.61% +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 10 33
10th Percentile £17.70 £19.74 £13.05
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.17 £26.03
Median hourly rate £33.25 £28.25 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +17.70% -49.37% +24.00%
75th Percentile £80.06 £51.56 £62.47
90th Percentile £97.62 £71.71 £80.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £60.00 £26.03
% change year-on-year -50.00% +130.50% -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 2,461 1,565 2,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.77% 52.75% 46.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,699 1,044 1,559
10th Percentile £300 £222 £213
25th Percentile £413 £400 £396
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.49% +1.50% -
75th Percentile £610 £600 £600
90th Percentile £700 £663 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.45% -2.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 87 182
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £26.40 £16.95 £16.81
Median hourly rate £47.54 £24.66 £48.75
Median % change year-on-year +92.78% -49.42% +8.33%
75th Percentile £85.44 £58.72 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.25 £66.82
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £22.50
% change year-on-year +22.87% +17.56% -43.11%

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 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 15 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 15 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 -21 127 £600 -4.00% 41
Berkshire -7 107 £650 - 29
West Sussex -1 61 £483 -6.03% 4
Surrey -9 43 £550 +11.11% 17
Hampshire -16 39 £628 +10.08% 17
Buckinghamshire -33 15 £375 -16.67% 6
Kent -1 10 £625 +204.88% 7
Oxfordshire -28 6 £520 +15.56% 9
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 25 (8.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.41%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 98 (33.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (10.92%) SAP PSCD
3 13 (4.44%) SAP Hybris
4 12 (4.10%) SAP FI
5 11 (3.75%) SAP BRIM
5 11 (3.75%) SAP ERP
6 10 (3.41%) SAP SD
7 9 (3.07%) iTrent
7 9 (3.07%) SAP FI-CA
8 7 (2.39%) SAP Business One
8 7 (2.39%) SAP MDG
9 6 (2.05%) SAP IBP
10 5 (1.71%) SAP CRM
10 5 (1.71%) SAP MM
10 5 (1.71%) SAP Payroll
11 4 (1.37%) SAP HCM
11 4 (1.37%) SAP R/3
12 3 (1.02%) SAP EWM
12 3 (1.02%) SAP QM
13 2 (0.68%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.22%) SuccessFactors
2 20 (6.83%) Power Platform
3 16 (5.46%) Azure
4 14 (4.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 9 (3.07%) SaaS
6 7 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.71%) Boomi
7 5 (1.71%) GCP
8 4 (1.37%) AWS
9 3 (1.02%) Smartsheet
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 5 (1.71%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.02%) GIS
5 3 (1.02%) Tableau
6 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.68%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.68%) QlikView
6 2 (0.68%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.34%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.34%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.34%) Tableau Desktop
7 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 85 (29.01%) Social Skills
3 40 (13.65%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (12.97%) Public Sector
5 21 (7.17%) Billing
6 18 (6.14%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.80%) Manufacturing
8 9 (3.07%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.05%) Marketing
11 6 (2.05%) Military
12 5 (1.71%) Electronics
13 4 (1.37%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.37%) Automotive
13 4 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.37%) Legal
13 4 (1.37%) Retail
14 3 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 74 (25.26%) Consultant
2 68 (23.21%) SAP Consultant
3 50 (17.06%) Lead
4 41 (13.99%) Analyst
5 32 (10.92%) Senior
6 28 (9.56%) Architect
7 26 (8.87%) Data Migration Lead
8 19 (6.48%) Data Analyst
9 17 (5.80%) Functional Consultant
9 17 (5.80%) SAP Architect
9 17 (5.80%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 14 (4.78%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.78%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (4.44%) SAP Manager
12 12 (4.10%) Finance Manager
12 12 (4.10%) Financial Analyst
13 10 (3.41%) Project Manager
13 10 (3.41%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (3.41%) Senior Financial Analyst
13 10 (3.41%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.10%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.73%) EDI
2 8 (2.73%) SAPUI5
3 6 (2.05%) Middleware
3 6 (2.05%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.05%) SAP PI
4 5 (1.71%) BAPI
4 5 (1.71%) SAP ALE
5 3 (1.02%) SOAP
6 2 (0.68%) IDoc
6 2 (0.68%) OAuth
6 2 (0.68%) REST
6 2 (0.68%) Web Dynpro
7 1 (0.34%) JSON
7 1 (0.34%) Node.js
7 1 (0.34%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.34%) React
7 1 (0.34%) Swagger
7 1 (0.34%) Web Services
7 1 (0.34%) XML
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 6 (2.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.05%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.05%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.02%) FPGA
9 3 (1.02%) NHS
9 3 (1.02%) Verilog
9 3 (1.02%) VHDL
9 3 (1.02%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.68%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.68%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.68%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (0.68%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Linux
2 3 (1.02%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (1.02%) Windows
3 2 (0.68%) VMS
3 2 (0.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (25.94%) ERP
2 71 (24.23%) Migration
3 46 (15.70%) Data Migration
4 35 (11.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (11.60%) Business Intelligence
5 34 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (10.58%) Continuous Improvement
7 29 (9.90%) Agile
7 29 (9.90%) Process Improvement
8 28 (9.56%) Project Management
9 22 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (6.83%) Data Modelling
10 20 (6.83%) Revenue Management
10 20 (6.83%) User Acceptance Testing
11 19 (6.48%) Logistics
11 19 (6.48%) Workshop Facilitation
12 18 (6.14%) Validation
13 16 (5.46%) Data Analysis
13 16 (5.46%) DevOps
13 16 (5.46%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.10%) ABAP
2 7 (2.39%) SQL
3 5 (1.71%) 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
1 120 (40.96%) Security Cleared
2 91 (31.06%) SC Cleared
3 37 (12.63%) DV Cleared
4 27 (9.22%) 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%) Master's Degree
10 5 (1.71%) PMP
11 2 (0.68%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.34%) CCA
12 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.34%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.34%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.34%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.34%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 11 (3.75%) QA
3 10 (3.41%) PMO
4 2 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.34%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.34%) MOM
Vendors
1 30 (10.24%) Oracle
2 29 (9.90%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.46%) 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%) 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%) AVEVA
12 1 (0.34%) HubSpot
12 1 (0.34%) MapR
12 1 (0.34%) Splunk