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 4 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
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 22 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 +5 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 291 237 327
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 5.00% 7.90% 5.92%
As % of the Vendors category 11.73% 15.00% 12.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 154 187
10th Percentile £357 £205 £205
25th Percentile £470 £466 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -6.14%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £774 £700 £765
England median daily rate £575 £560 £550
% change year-on-year +2.68% +1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 10 32
10th Percentile £17.97 £19.74 £13.05
25th Percentile £21.18 £22.17 £25.21
Median hourly rate £31.38 £28.25 £55.80
Median % change year-on-year +11.06% -49.37% +24.00%
75th Percentile £80.08 £51.56 £62.67
90th Percentile £95.47 £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 2,480 1,580 2,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 42.60% 52.65% 46.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,724 1,057 1,596
10th Percentile £300 £250 £213
25th Percentile £413 £406 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £515 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.42% +2.93% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £600
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 91 183
10th Percentile £13.48 £14.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £16.95 £17.06
Median hourly rate £47.54 £24.66 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.78% -53.03% +16.67%
75th Percentile £87.00 £59.44 £61.30
90th Percentile £88.00 £71.25 £67.02
England median hourly rate £30.96 £27.13 £22.50
% change year-on-year +14.15% +20.56% -43.75%

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 4 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 4 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 4 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 -25 124 £625 - 46
Berkshire -12 102 £650 - 37
West Sussex 0 64 £483 -6.03% 9
Surrey -9 45 £550 +11.79% 22
Hampshire -20 35 £628 +10.08% 20
Buckinghamshire -26 16 £388 -22.50% 4
Kent -3 10 £625 +204.88% 11
Oxfordshire -29 7 £520 +15.56% 6
Home Counties -2 2 £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 8 (2.75%) CMS
1 8 (2.75%) NetWeaver
2 5 (1.72%) SAP EP
3 3 (1.03%) MS Project Server
4 2 (0.69%) Confluence
4 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.34%) FactoryTalk
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 28 (9.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (3.78%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.34%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 93 (31.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (10.65%) SAP PSCD
3 14 (4.81%) SAP FI
3 14 (4.81%) SAP Hybris
4 13 (4.47%) SAP ERP
5 12 (4.12%) SAP BRIM
6 9 (3.09%) SAP FI-CA
6 9 (3.09%) SAP SD
7 8 (2.75%) iTrent
8 7 (2.41%) SAP Business One
8 7 (2.41%) SAP MDG
8 7 (2.41%) SAP Payroll
9 5 (1.72%) SAP CRM
9 5 (1.72%) SAP IBP
9 5 (1.72%) SAP R/3
10 4 (1.37%) SAP HCM
10 4 (1.37%) SAP MM
11 3 (1.03%) SAP EWM
11 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-F
11 3 (1.03%) SAP MDG-S
Cloud Services
1 27 (9.28%) SuccessFactors
2 19 (6.53%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 12 (4.12%) Azure
5 9 (3.09%) SaaS
6 5 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (1.72%) GCP
7 4 (1.37%) AWS
7 4 (1.37%) Boomi
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.34%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.69%) BGP
1 2 (0.69%) Firewall
1 2 (0.69%) Junos
1 2 (0.69%) OSPF
1 2 (0.69%) VPN
2 1 (0.34%) Ethernet VPN
2 1 (0.34%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.84%) Power BI
2 8 (2.75%) SAP Data Services
3 7 (2.41%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 4 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.37%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (1.03%) GIS
5 3 (1.03%) Tableau
6 2 (0.69%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.69%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (0.69%) Qlik Sense
6 2 (0.69%) QlikView
6 2 (0.69%) SAP BW
6 2 (0.69%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.34%) Oracle BI Publisher
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 5 (1.72%) JIRA
2 1 (0.34%) Hudson
2 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (0.34%) TestDirector
2 1 (0.34%) TestRail
2 1 (0.34%) Toad
General
1 86 (29.55%) Finance
2 81 (27.84%) Social Skills
3 46 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (14.43%) Public Sector
5 22 (7.56%) Billing
5 22 (7.56%) Telecoms
6 20 (6.87%) Manufacturing
7 10 (3.44%) Marketing
8 9 (3.09%) Electronics
9 8 (2.75%) General Ledger
9 8 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.06%) Military
11 5 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.37%) Legal
12 4 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (1.03%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.03%) Automotive
13 3 (1.03%) Banking
13 3 (1.03%) Retail
Job Titles
1 67 (23.02%) Consultant
2 62 (21.31%) SAP Consultant
3 52 (17.87%) Lead
4 39 (13.40%) Analyst
5 28 (9.62%) Senior
6 26 (8.93%) Architect
6 26 (8.93%) Data Migration Lead
7 18 (6.19%) Data Analyst
8 16 (5.50%) SAP Architect
9 14 (4.81%) Functional Consultant
9 14 (4.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
10 13 (4.47%) Finance Manager
10 13 (4.47%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (4.12%) SAP Manager
12 10 (3.44%) Financial Analyst
12 10 (3.44%) Senior Analyst
12 10 (3.44%) Senior Manager
12 10 (3.44%) Transformation Manager
13 9 (3.09%) Project Manager
13 9 (3.09%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.09%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (2.75%) EDI
2 8 (2.75%) SAPUI5
3 6 (2.06%) SAP PI
4 5 (1.72%) BAPI
5 4 (1.37%) Middleware
5 4 (1.37%) SAP ALE
5 4 (1.37%) Web Services
6 3 (1.03%) JWT
6 3 (1.03%) OAuth
6 3 (1.03%) SAML
6 3 (1.03%) SOAP
7 2 (0.69%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.69%) Web Dynpro
8 1 (0.34%) IDoc
8 1 (0.34%) REST
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Smart Forms
8 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.15%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (4.47%) Onboarding
3 10 (3.44%) Replication
4 9 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (2.75%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.41%) FMCG
7 6 (2.06%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.72%) NHS
8 5 (1.72%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.03%) FPGA
9 3 (1.03%) Verilog
9 3 (1.03%) VHDL
9 3 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.69%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 2 (0.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (1.37%) Linux
2 3 (1.03%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (1.03%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.34%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (24.74%) Migration
2 71 (24.40%) ERP
3 44 (15.12%) Data Migration
4 38 (13.06%) Business Intelligence
5 32 (11.00%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (11.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 29 (9.97%) Agile
6 29 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 28 (9.62%) Process Improvement
7 28 (9.62%) Project Management
8 22 (7.56%) User Acceptance Testing
9 21 (7.22%) Data Modelling
9 21 (7.22%) Revenue Management
10 20 (6.87%) Logistics
10 20 (6.87%) Workshop Facilitation
11 18 (6.19%) Project Delivery
12 17 (5.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (5.84%) Validation
13 16 (5.50%) Data Analysis
14 15 (5.15%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (5.15%) ABAP
2 9 (3.09%) SQL
3 5 (1.72%) Java
4 3 (1.03%) C
4 3 (1.03%) C++
4 3 (1.03%) Embedded C
4 3 (1.03%) Embedded C++
5 2 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.69%) 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%) VB
Qualifications
1 113 (38.83%) Security Cleared
2 88 (30.24%) SC Cleared
3 38 (13.06%) DV Cleared
4 26 (8.93%) Degree
5 16 (5.50%) ACCA
6 15 (5.15%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (5.15%) CIMA
7 7 (2.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.72%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.37%) PMP
10 2 (0.69%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.69%) JNCIP
10 2 (0.69%) JNCIS
10 2 (0.69%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.34%) CCA
11 1 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
11 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.34%) PgMP
11 1 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.47%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.12%) PMO
2 12 (4.12%) QA
3 2 (0.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.34%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 1 (0.34%) CEMLI
1 1 (0.34%) HP ALM
1 1 (0.34%) MOM
Vendors
1 28 (9.62%) Microsoft
1 28 (9.62%) Oracle
2 12 (4.12%) Salesforce
3 10 (3.44%) Ariba
4 8 (2.75%) Workday
5 7 (2.41%) Baan
5 7 (2.41%) Sage
6 6 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 5 (1.72%) Callidus
8 4 (1.37%) Adobe
9 3 (1.03%) ESRI
9 3 (1.03%) IBM
9 3 (1.03%) Intel
9 3 (1.03%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.69%) Cisco
10 2 (0.69%) Juniper
10 2 (0.69%) SYSPRO
11 1 (0.34%) AVEVA
11 1 (0.34%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.34%) MapR