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 9 February 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
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 28 36
Rank change year-on-year -9 +8 -6
Contract jobs citing SAP 236 212 285
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.08% 6.75% 5.18%
As % of the Vendors category 10.60% 13.49% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 151 120 177
10th Percentile £360 £291 £202
25th Percentile £469 £450 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £514
Median % change year-on-year - +7.10% -12.22%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £638
90th Percentile £760 £700 £709
England median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -0.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 23
10th Percentile £20.29 £23.24 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.75 £22.31
Median hourly rate £35.00 £30.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -51.45% +37.31%
75th Percentile £90.09 £58.75 £64.27
90th Percentile - £77.30 £83.56
England median hourly rate £23.83 £57.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -58.57% +91.67% -33.33%

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 2,226 1,571 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.88% 49.98% 50.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,607 1,001 1,741
10th Percentile £255 £246 £205
25th Percentile £409 £409 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £600
90th Percentile £676 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 49 160
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.50 £13.05
25th Percentile £15.75 £24.18 £19.74
Median hourly rate £22.50 £30.41 £47.70
Median % change year-on-year -26.01% -36.24% +9.65%
75th Percentile £62.81 £63.75 £63.29
90th Percentile £89.88 £75.44 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £30.62 £28.50
% change year-on-year -22.18% +7.42% -12.31%

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -32 75 £600 -4.00% 22
West Sussex 0 74 £505 -1.94% 3
Berkshire -40 47 £648 +3.60% 15
Surrey +12 42 £583 +195.38% 18
Hampshire -40 32 £688 +12.24% 13
Buckinghamshire +5 18 £450 -18.18% 3
Oxfordshire -6 10 £450 -20.00% 5
Kent -7 7 £475 +131.71% 5
East Sussex - 2 - - 1
Home Counties -3 1 £700 +16.67%
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 5 (2.12%) NetWeaver
1 5 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.69%) CMS
3 3 (1.27%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.85%) Confluence
4 2 (0.85%) SAP EP
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (8.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.36%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 69 (29.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (11.44%) SAP PSCD
3 20 (8.47%) SAP Hybris
4 18 (7.63%) SAP BRIM
5 17 (7.20%) SAP FI
6 14 (5.93%) SAP Payroll
7 13 (5.51%) SAP ERP
8 8 (3.39%) SAP FI-CA
8 8 (3.39%) SAP MDG
9 7 (2.97%) SAP CO
9 7 (2.97%) SAP HCM
9 7 (2.97%) SAP HR
10 6 (2.54%) SAP FI/CO
11 5 (2.12%) Primavera
11 5 (2.12%) SAP WM
12 4 (1.69%) SAP PM
13 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
13 3 (1.27%) SAP MDG-F
13 3 (1.27%) SAP MM
13 3 (1.27%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 18 (7.63%) Azure
3 16 (6.78%) AWS
4 13 (5.51%) SuccessFactors
5 11 (4.66%) GCP
6 5 (2.12%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
8 3 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.27%) GitHub
8 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.27%) SaaS
9 2 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.42%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.69%) VPN
2 3 (1.27%) BGP
2 3 (1.27%) Firewall
2 3 (1.27%) Junos
2 3 (1.27%) OSPF
3 1 (0.42%) DHCP
3 1 (0.42%) DNS
3 1 (0.42%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.66%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
2 10 (4.24%) SAP Data Services
3 9 (3.81%) SAP HANA
4 5 (2.12%) Power BI
5 4 (1.69%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (1.27%) MySQL
6 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.85%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau Desktop
7 2 (0.85%) Tableau Server
8 1 (0.42%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 7 (2.97%) JIRA
2 5 (2.12%) Toad
3 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.27%) JUnit
3 3 (1.27%) Storybook
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 81 (34.32%) Finance
1 81 (34.32%) Social Skills
2 51 (21.61%) Public Sector
3 44 (18.64%) Manufacturing
4 38 (16.10%) Telecoms
5 35 (14.83%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (11.44%) Billing
7 22 (9.32%) Electronics
8 21 (8.90%) Marketing
9 14 (5.93%) Aerospace
10 11 (4.66%) Pharmaceutical
11 10 (4.24%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (1.27%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.27%) Legal
15 2 (0.85%) Banking
15 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 56 (23.73%) Consultant
2 53 (22.46%) SAP Consultant
3 43 (18.22%) Lead
4 19 (8.05%) Architect
4 19 (8.05%) Senior
5 16 (6.78%) Analyst
6 14 (5.93%) Functional Consultant
6 14 (5.93%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 13 (5.51%) SAP Architect
8 12 (5.08%) Solutions Architect
9 11 (4.66%) Data Migration Lead
10 10 (4.24%) SAP Data Migration Lead
11 9 (3.81%) Developer
11 9 (3.81%) Project Manager
12 8 (3.39%) Administrator
12 8 (3.39%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
12 8 (3.39%) Oracle Specialist
12 8 (3.39%) Project Planner
12 8 (3.39%) SAP Manager
13 7 (2.97%) Engagement Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (6.78%) SAP Fiori
2 13 (5.51%) Web Services
3 10 (4.24%) BAPI
4 5 (2.12%) XML
5 4 (1.69%) SAP Smart Forms
6 3 (1.27%) CSS
6 3 (1.27%) HTML
6 3 (1.27%) JWT
6 3 (1.27%) OAuth
6 3 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (1.27%) React
6 3 (1.27%) RESTful
6 3 (1.27%) SAML
6 3 (1.27%) SAPUI5
6 3 (1.27%) Spring
6 3 (1.27%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.27%) Vitest
7 2 (0.85%) IDoc
7 2 (0.85%) SAP PI
7 2 (0.85%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.51%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.81%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.39%) NHS
4 7 (2.97%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.27%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.27%) Tandem
7 2 (0.85%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.85%) Clustering
7 2 (0.85%) CMDB
7 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.85%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.85%) FMCG
7 2 (0.85%) Replication
8 1 (0.42%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.51%) Windows
2 6 (2.54%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) SUSE
4 2 (0.85%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (19.49%) Migration
2 38 (16.10%) Business Intelligence
3 34 (14.41%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (13.14%) ERP
5 27 (11.44%) Agile
6 26 (11.02%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (9.32%) Project Management
8 21 (8.90%) Data Migration
8 21 (8.90%) Digital Marketing
8 21 (8.90%) Programme Management
8 21 (8.90%) Revenue Management
8 21 (8.90%) Workshop Facilitation
9 20 (8.47%) Workflow
10 19 (8.05%) DevOps
11 16 (6.78%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 15 (6.36%) Project Planning
12 15 (6.36%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (5.93%) Logistics
13 14 (5.93%) Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (5.51%) Resource Allocation
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.78%) SQL
2 14 (5.93%) ABAP
3 9 (3.81%) Java
4 3 (1.27%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.27%) TypeScript
5 1 (0.42%) C#
5 1 (0.42%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.42%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.42%) Python
5 1 (0.42%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 81 (34.32%) Security Cleared
2 58 (24.58%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.17%) Degree
4 18 (7.63%) DV Cleared
5 10 (4.24%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.54%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.85%) ACCA
9 2 (0.85%) CIMA
9 2 (0.85%) ISEB
9 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.85%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.85%) PMP
9 2 (0.85%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.85%) SAP Certification
9 2 (0.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 2 (0.85%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.51%) QA
2 9 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 9 (3.81%) PMO
3 2 (0.85%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) SLA
4 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 25 (10.59%) Microsoft
1 25 (10.59%) Oracle
2 12 (5.08%) Ariba
3 10 (4.24%) ServiceNow
4 5 (2.12%) Sage
5 3 (1.27%) Adobe
5 3 (1.27%) Cisco
5 3 (1.27%) Juniper
5 3 (1.27%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.27%) Workday
6 2 (0.85%) webMethods
7 1 (0.42%) Concur
7 1 (0.42%) HP
7 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.42%) Siemens