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 30 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
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 23 31
Rank change year-on-year -12 +8 -4
Contract jobs citing SAP 301 219 316
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.01% 7.47% 5.63%
As % of the Vendors category 12.13% 14.09% 11.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 177 146 158
10th Percentile £355 £230 £205
25th Percentile £469 £462 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £548 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% -4.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £688
90th Percentile £771 £700 £765
England median daily rate £556 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -3.30% +2.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 34
10th Percentile £17.70 £19.23 £13.05
25th Percentile £26.91 £20.65 £26.03
Median hourly rate £52.74 £32.31 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +63.24% -42.10% +24.00%
75th Percentile £85.28 £64.38 £61.60
90th Percentile £109.93 £76.82 £80.00
England median hourly rate £29.75 £58.75 £26.03
% change year-on-year -49.36% +125.70% -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 2,482 1,554 2,638
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 41.33% 52.98% 47.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,684 1,045 1,575
10th Percentile £300 £222 £225
25th Percentile £413 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% - -
75th Percentile £600 £600 £608
90th Percentile £700 £660 £688
England median daily rate £505 £520 £518
% change year-on-year -2.88% +0.48% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 81 189
10th Percentile £15.55 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.56 £16.74
Median hourly rate £47.50 £24.66 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +92.62% -50.68% +11.11%
75th Percentile £83.75 £57.50 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £69.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £26.75 £22.90
% change year-on-year +21.50% +16.82% -42.10%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -14 135 £600 -5.66% 26
Berkshire +1 113 £638 -1.92% 21
West Sussex -3 52 £470 -8.56% 2
Surrey -9 48 £573 +14.60% 9
Hampshire -13 43 £578 +5.00% 10
Buckinghamshire -33 16 £375 +7.14% 2
Kent 0 10 £625 +204.88% 3
Oxfordshire -33 7 £540 +20.00% 5
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 (2.66%) CMS
2 4 (1.33%) NetWeaver
2 4 (1.33%) SAP EP
3 3 (1.00%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.33%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.33%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (7.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.66%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 107 (35.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (10.30%) SAP PSCD
3 12 (3.99%) SAP Hybris
3 12 (3.99%) SAP SD
4 11 (3.65%) SAP BRIM
4 11 (3.65%) SAP FI
5 10 (3.32%) SAP ERP
6 9 (2.99%) iTrent
7 8 (2.66%) SAP FI-CA
7 8 (2.66%) SAP IBP
8 7 (2.33%) SAP Business One
9 5 (1.66%) SAP HCM
9 5 (1.66%) SAP MDG
9 5 (1.66%) SAP MM
10 4 (1.33%) SAP CRM
10 4 (1.33%) SAP GTS
10 4 (1.33%) SAP R/3
10 4 (1.33%) SAP VC
11 3 (1.00%) SAP EWM
11 3 (1.00%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.63%) SuccessFactors
2 20 (6.64%) Azure
2 20 (6.64%) Power Platform
3 13 (4.32%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 9 (2.99%) SaaS
5 7 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.66%) Boomi
6 5 (1.66%) GCP
7 4 (1.33%) AWS
8 3 (1.00%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.66%) SAP Fieldglass
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Monitor
10 1 (0.33%) Salsify
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.33%) BGP
1 1 (0.33%) Ethernet VPN
1 1 (0.33%) Firewall
1 1 (0.33%) Junos
1 1 (0.33%) MQTT
1 1 (0.33%) OSPF
1 1 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.98%) Power BI
2 4 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.33%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.33%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (1.00%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 3 (1.00%) GIS
3 3 (1.00%) Tableau
4 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (0.66%) Qlik Sense
4 2 (0.66%) QlikView
4 2 (0.66%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.33%) Tableau Desktop
5 1 (0.33%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.99%) JIRA
2 1 (0.33%) Git
2 1 (0.33%) Hudson
2 1 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.33%) Postman
2 1 (0.33%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.33%) TestRail
2 1 (0.33%) Toad
General
1 99 (32.89%) Finance
2 95 (31.56%) Social Skills
3 36 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (6.31%) Billing
6 16 (5.32%) Telecoms
7 15 (4.98%) Manufacturing
8 10 (3.32%) General Ledger
9 7 (2.33%) Aerospace
9 7 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 7 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.99%) Automotive
10 6 (1.99%) Legal
10 6 (1.99%) Military
11 5 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.66%) Marketing
12 4 (1.33%) Banking
12 4 (1.33%) Electronics
12 4 (1.33%) Retail
13 3 (1.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 82 (27.24%) Consultant
2 75 (24.92%) SAP Consultant
3 43 (14.29%) Senior
4 42 (13.95%) Analyst
4 42 (13.95%) Lead
5 31 (10.30%) Architect
6 24 (7.97%) Senior Manager
7 20 (6.64%) Data Migration Lead
8 18 (5.98%) Data Analyst
9 17 (5.65%) Category Manager
9 17 (5.65%) Functional Consultant
9 17 (5.65%) SAP Functional Consultant
9 17 (5.65%) Senior Category Manager
9 17 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
10 16 (5.32%) IT Manager
10 16 (5.32%) SAP Architect
11 15 (4.98%) IT Services Manager
11 15 (4.98%) Senior IT Manager
11 15 (4.98%) Senior Service Manager
12 13 (4.32%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.98%) Oracle Fusion
2 13 (4.32%) SAP Fiori
3 8 (2.66%) EDI
3 8 (2.66%) Middleware
4 7 (2.33%) SAPUI5
5 5 (1.66%) BAPI
5 5 (1.66%) SAP ALE
5 5 (1.66%) SAP PI
6 3 (1.00%) SOAP
7 2 (0.66%) IDoc
7 2 (0.66%) OAuth
7 2 (0.66%) REST
7 2 (0.66%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (0.33%) JWT
8 1 (0.33%) Node.js
8 1 (0.33%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.33%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.33%) React
8 1 (0.33%) SAML
8 1 (0.33%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.98%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (3.99%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.32%) Replication
4 9 (2.99%) FMCG
5 8 (2.66%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (2.33%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.66%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.66%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.00%) FPGA
9 3 (1.00%) NHS
9 3 (1.00%) Verilog
9 3 (1.00%) VHDL
9 3 (1.00%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.66%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.66%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.33%) Linux
1 4 (1.33%) VMS
2 3 (1.00%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (1.00%) Windows
3 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (24.92%) ERP
2 65 (21.59%) Migration
3 42 (13.95%) Data Migration
4 41 (13.62%) Stakeholder Management
5 36 (11.96%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (11.30%) Continuous Improvement
7 33 (10.96%) Process Improvement
8 31 (10.30%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (9.63%) Agile
10 27 (8.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 26 (8.64%) Project Management
12 25 (8.31%) Decision-Making
12 25 (8.31%) Validation
13 20 (6.64%) Logistics
13 20 (6.64%) User Acceptance Testing
14 19 (6.31%) Data Modelling
14 19 (6.31%) Workshop Facilitation
15 18 (5.98%) Revenue Management
16 17 (5.65%) Project Delivery
16 17 (5.65%) Supplier Relationship Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (3.32%) ABAP
2 6 (1.99%) SQL
3 5 (1.66%) Java
4 3 (1.00%) C
4 3 (1.00%) C++
4 3 (1.00%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.00%) Embedded C++
5 2 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.66%) Python
6 1 (0.33%) C#
6 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.33%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.33%) R
6 1 (0.33%) Tcl
6 1 (0.33%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 118 (39.20%) Security Cleared
2 95 (31.56%) SC Cleared
3 34 (11.30%) Degree
4 31 (10.30%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.98%) ACCA
6 17 (5.65%) CIMA
7 15 (4.98%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (1.99%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.99%) PMP
10 4 (1.33%) Azure Certification
11 3 (1.00%) Master's Degree
12 1 (0.33%) Computer Science Degree
12 1 (0.33%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIA
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIP
12 1 (0.33%) JNCIS
12 1 (0.33%) PgMP
12 1 (0.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.32%) Data Quality
1 10 (3.32%) PMO
1 10 (3.32%) QA
2 2 (0.66%) GDPR
3 1 (0.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.33%) IFRS
3 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (0.33%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.33%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.33%) MOM
Vendors
1 35 (11.63%) Oracle
2 30 (9.97%) Microsoft
3 28 (9.30%) Ariba
4 13 (4.32%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.99%) Workday
6 7 (2.33%) Baan
7 6 (1.99%) Sage
8 5 (1.66%) Callidus
8 5 (1.66%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.33%) Adobe
10 3 (1.00%) Concur
10 3 (1.00%) ESRI
10 3 (1.00%) IBM
10 3 (1.00%) Intel
10 3 (1.00%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.66%) Siemens
11 2 (0.66%) SYSPRO
12 1 (0.33%) Dell
12 1 (0.33%) HP
12 1 (0.33%) Juniper