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 27 August 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 27 15
Rank change year-on-year -4 -12 +10
Contract jobs citing SAP 390 221 402
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.88% 6.24% 8.40%
As % of the Vendors category 13.49% 12.06% 17.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 142 221
10th Percentile £369 £255 £320
25th Percentile £470 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £625
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -16.00% +20.66%
75th Percentile £650 £700 £735
90th Percentile £788 £723 £788
England median daily rate £575 £565 £575
% change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 22
10th Percentile £18.09 - £26.03
25th Percentile £29.44 £14.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £73.60 £15.50 £59.15
Median % change year-on-year +374.84% -73.80% -6.11%
75th Percentile £101.94 £24.57 £61.60
90th Percentile £111.28 £30.25 £62.41
England median hourly rate £30.00 £22.63 £35.36
% change year-on-year +32.57% -36.00% -16.12%

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 2,892 1,832 2,334
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 43.59% 51.74% 48.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,803 1,225 1,402
10th Percentile £281 £208 £254
25th Percentile £425 £365 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.50% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £610 £600 £634
90th Percentile £700 £650 £700
England median daily rate £513 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 116 133
10th Percentile £15.14 £14.20 £14.50
25th Percentile £19.16 £15.13 £26.03
Median hourly rate £50.99 £18.94 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year +169.30% -66.98% +19.60%
75th Percentile £77.50 £42.06 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £72.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £32.00 £25.15 £29.77
% change year-on-year +27.24% -15.52% -28.27%

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 27 August 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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -15 166 £600 -7.34% 83
Berkshire +3 144 £638 -1.92% 57
Hampshire +17 72 £525 +110.00% 33
Surrey -9 62 £581 +10.57% 30
West Sussex 0 56 £470 -8.56% 10
Buckinghamshire -33 18 £375 +44.79% 12
Kent - 15 £650 - 15
Oxfordshire -41 5 £540 +20.00% 14
Middlesex - 3 - - 6
Home Counties 0 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 (2.31%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.77%) CMS
2 3 (0.77%) NetWeaver
2 3 (0.77%) SAP EP
3 2 (0.51%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.51%) Confluence
4 1 (0.26%) FactoryTalk
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.26%) SAS
4 1 (0.26%) WebLogic
Applications
1 29 (7.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.33%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 135 (34.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 29 (7.44%) SAP PSCD
3 11 (2.82%) SAP Payroll
4 10 (2.56%) SAP SD
5 9 (2.31%) iTrent
5 9 (2.31%) SAP BRIM
5 9 (2.31%) SAP Business One
6 8 (2.05%) SAP Hybris
6 8 (2.05%) Teamcenter
7 7 (1.79%) SAP FI
7 7 (1.79%) SAP IBP
7 7 (1.79%) SAP MM
8 6 (1.54%) SAP EWM
8 6 (1.54%) SAP PP
9 5 (1.28%) SAP MDG
10 4 (1.03%) SAP ERP
10 4 (1.03%) SAP GTS
10 4 (1.03%) SAP HCM
10 4 (1.03%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 4 (1.03%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 37 (9.49%) Power Platform
2 34 (8.72%) SuccessFactors
3 26 (6.67%) Azure
4 10 (2.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 8 (2.05%) SaaS
6 7 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (1.28%) Boomi
8 4 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.77%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.77%) GCP
9 3 (0.77%) SAP Fieldglass
9 3 (0.77%) Smartsheet
10 2 (0.51%) Copilot Studio
10 2 (0.51%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.51%) Google Workspace
10 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.51%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.26%) AWS
11 1 (0.26%) iPaaS
11 1 (0.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.77%) Broadband
2 1 (0.26%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (8.21%) Power BI
2 7 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (1.79%) SAP BW
2 7 (1.79%) SAP Data Services
3 6 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.54%) Tableau
4 5 (1.28%) BusinessObjects
5 4 (1.03%) GIS
6 3 (0.77%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.51%) Qlik Sense
7 2 (0.51%) QlikView
8 1 (0.26%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.26%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.26%) Metadata
8 1 (0.26%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.26%) Semantic Layer
8 1 (0.26%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.26%) Tableau Desktop
8 1 (0.26%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 10 (2.56%) JIRA
2 2 (0.51%) Toad
3 1 (0.26%) Git
3 1 (0.26%) Hudson
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.26%) Postman
3 1 (0.26%) TestDirector
3 1 (0.26%) TestRail
General
1 120 (30.77%) Finance
2 112 (28.72%) Social Skills
3 43 (11.03%) Public Sector
4 41 (10.51%) Manufacturing
5 37 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (4.87%) Aerospace
6 19 (4.87%) Legal
7 13 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 13 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (3.08%) Automotive
8 12 (3.08%) Billing
8 12 (3.08%) Telecoms
9 10 (2.56%) General Ledger
10 8 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.05%) Retail
11 5 (1.28%) Military
12 4 (1.03%) Banking
13 3 (0.77%) Marketing
14 2 (0.51%) Aviation
14 2 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 120 (30.77%) Consultant
2 102 (26.15%) SAP Consultant
3 55 (14.10%) Lead
4 46 (11.79%) Analyst
5 45 (11.54%) Senior
6 39 (10.00%) Architect
7 26 (6.67%) Senior Manager
8 24 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
9 23 (5.90%) SAP Manager
10 21 (5.38%) SAP Architect
11 20 (5.13%) Functional Consultant
11 20 (5.13%) SAP Functional Consultant
12 17 (4.36%) Data Migration Lead
13 16 (4.10%) Category Manager
13 16 (4.10%) Data Analyst
13 16 (4.10%) Senior Category Manager
14 15 (3.85%) Financial Analyst
14 15 (3.85%) IT Services Manager
14 15 (3.85%) Senior IT Manager
14 15 (3.85%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (4.62%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (3.08%) SAP Fiori
3 11 (2.82%) EDI
3 11 (2.82%) Middleware
3 11 (2.82%) SAP PI
4 9 (2.31%) REST
4 9 (2.31%) SOAP
5 5 (1.28%) IDoc
6 4 (1.03%) JDBC
6 4 (1.03%) SAPUI5
7 3 (0.77%) Node.js
7 3 (0.77%) React
7 3 (0.77%) SAP ALE
8 2 (0.51%) Web Services
8 2 (0.51%) XML
9 1 (0.26%) BAPI
9 1 (0.26%) JSON
9 1 (0.26%) OAuth
9 1 (0.26%) Visualforce
9 1 (0.26%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.82%) FMCG
3 11 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
5 8 (2.05%) Replication
6 7 (1.79%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.54%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.28%) Data Structures
8 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.28%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.77%) FPGA
10 3 (0.77%) Learning Management System
10 3 (0.77%) Life Science
10 3 (0.77%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.77%) Verilog
10 3 (0.77%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.03%) Unix
1 4 (1.03%) VMS
1 4 (1.03%) Windows
2 3 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (22.82%) ERP
2 71 (18.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 67 (17.18%) Migration
4 54 (13.85%) Data Migration
5 48 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 48 (12.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 47 (12.05%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (11.28%) Process Improvement
8 42 (10.77%) Business Intelligence
9 37 (9.49%) Decision-Making
10 33 (8.46%) Agile
11 30 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
11 30 (7.69%) Validation
12 29 (7.44%) Workshop Facilitation
13 28 (7.18%) Logistics
14 26 (6.67%) Data Modelling
15 25 (6.41%) Roadmaps
16 23 (5.90%) Source to Pay
17 22 (5.64%) Project Management
18 21 (5.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.62%) SQL
2 17 (4.36%) ABAP
3 9 (2.31%) Java
4 4 (1.03%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (0.77%) C
5 3 (0.77%) C++
5 3 (0.77%) Embedded C
5 3 (0.77%) Embedded C++
5 3 (0.77%) Python
5 3 (0.77%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.51%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.26%) R
7 1 (0.26%) VB
7 1 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 158 (40.51%) Security Cleared
2 105 (26.92%) SC Cleared
3 56 (14.36%) DV Cleared
4 32 (8.21%) Degree
5 17 (4.36%) ACCA
6 16 (4.10%) CIMA
7 15 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.31%) Azure Certification
9 7 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 6 (1.54%) PMP
11 5 (1.28%) ISTQB
11 5 (1.28%) PMI Certification
12 4 (1.03%) ISEB
12 4 (1.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 3 (0.77%) CIPD
13 3 (0.77%) SAP Certification
14 2 (0.51%) HNC
14 2 (0.51%) HND
14 2 (0.51%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (4.10%) Data Quality
2 11 (2.82%) PMO
3 6 (1.54%) QA
4 4 (1.03%) GDPR
4 4 (1.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (0.77%) IFRS
6 2 (0.51%) GRC
6 2 (0.51%) ITGC
7 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) GxP
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (0.51%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.26%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.26%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.26%) MOM
Vendors
1 53 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 51 (13.08%) Oracle
3 32 (8.21%) Ariba
4 15 (3.85%) Workday
5 14 (3.59%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.56%) Baan
7 6 (1.54%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.28%) Callidus
8 5 (1.28%) webMethods
9 4 (1.03%) Databricks
9 4 (1.03%) ESRI
9 4 (1.03%) Google
9 4 (1.03%) Informatica
10 3 (0.77%) Adobe
10 3 (0.77%) Concur
10 3 (0.77%) Intel
10 3 (0.77%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.51%) IBM
11 2 (0.51%) Siemens
11 2 (0.51%) SYSPRO