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 23 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
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 28 38
Rank change year-on-year -8 +10 -7
Contract jobs citing SAP 237 213 275
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 4.95% 6.79% 4.99%
As % of the Vendors category 10.36% 13.49% 10.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 125 168
10th Percentile £386 £243 £200
25th Percentile £470 £435 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £512
Median % change year-on-year +0.82% +7.42% -12.63%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £632
90th Percentile £760 £700 £700
England median daily rate £560 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +1.82% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 25
10th Percentile £20.29 £23.24 £13.05
25th Percentile £20.50 £25.75 £18.58
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 £65.25
90th Percentile - £73.41 £82.67
England median hourly rate £23.83 £57.50 £32.12
% change year-on-year -58.57% +79.04% -28.63%

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 2,287 1,579 2,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 47.80% 50.37% 49.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,627 1,015 1,716
10th Percentile £263 £248 £205
25th Percentile £413 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% +4.50% -2.20%
75th Percentile £600 £618 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 56 158
10th Percentile £12.50 £18.35 £13.05
25th Percentile £16.28 £24.01 £18.67
Median hourly rate £25.72 £28.38 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.37% -40.25% +5.56%
75th Percentile £66.88 £62.81 £62.89
90th Percentile £88.00 £73.13 £76.53
England median hourly rate £23.83 £31.00 £26.66
% change year-on-year -23.15% +16.28% -19.21%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 -36 78 £591 -1.50% 20
West Sussex 0 71 £513 -0.42% 2
Berkshire -37 49 £608 -2.80% 12
Surrey +14 45 £588 +197.47% 15
Hampshire -35 30 £703 +21.03% 8
Buckinghamshire -1 20 £420 -16.00% 6
Oxfordshire -11 9 £500 -11.11% 3
Kent -5 7 £475 +131.71% 4
East Sussex - 2 - - 1
Home Counties -2 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 7 (2.95%) CMS
2 5 (2.11%) NetWeaver
3 3 (1.27%) MS Project Server
3 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.84%) Confluence
4 2 (0.84%) SAP EP
5 1 (0.42%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.42%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 20 (8.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (6.33%) Microsoft Project
3 9 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 74 (31.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (11.39%) SAP PSCD
3 20 (8.44%) SAP Hybris
4 18 (7.59%) SAP BRIM
4 18 (7.59%) SAP FI
5 14 (5.91%) SAP ERP
5 14 (5.91%) SAP Payroll
6 8 (3.38%) SAP FI-CA
6 8 (3.38%) SAP MDG
7 7 (2.95%) SAP CO
7 7 (2.95%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (2.95%) SAP HCM
7 7 (2.95%) SAP HR
8 5 (2.11%) Primavera
8 5 (2.11%) SAP R/3
9 4 (1.69%) SAP PM
10 3 (1.27%) SAP MDG-F
10 3 (1.27%) SAP MDG-S
10 3 (1.27%) SAP MM
10 3 (1.27%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 20 (8.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 17 (7.17%) Azure
3 15 (6.33%) AWS
4 13 (5.49%) SuccessFactors
5 10 (4.22%) GCP
6 4 (1.69%) SaaS
6 4 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
7 3 (1.27%) GitHub
7 3 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 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 10 (4.22%) SAP Data Services
2 9 (3.80%) SAP HANA
3 8 (3.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 3 (1.27%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (1.27%) MySQL
4 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.84%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 2 (0.84%) Power BI
6 1 (0.42%) GIS
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 7 (2.95%) JIRA
2 5 (2.11%) Toad
3 3 (1.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.27%) JUnit
3 3 (1.27%) Storybook
4 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
General
1 82 (34.60%) Finance
2 75 (31.65%) Social Skills
3 49 (20.68%) Public Sector
4 39 (16.46%) Manufacturing
5 37 (15.61%) Telecoms
6 35 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (11.39%) Billing
8 20 (8.44%) Marketing
9 19 (8.02%) Electronics
10 14 (5.91%) Aerospace
11 11 (4.64%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (1.27%) Banking
15 3 (1.27%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.27%) Legal
16 2 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
17 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 1 (0.42%) Retail
Job Titles
1 54 (22.78%) Consultant
2 51 (21.52%) SAP Consultant
3 45 (18.99%) Lead
4 20 (8.44%) Architect
5 18 (7.59%) Senior
6 17 (7.17%) Analyst
7 14 (5.91%) Data Migration Lead
7 14 (5.91%) Functional Consultant
7 14 (5.91%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 13 (5.49%) SAP Architect
8 13 (5.49%) Solutions Architect
9 10 (4.22%) SAP Data Migration Lead
10 9 (3.80%) Developer
11 8 (3.38%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
11 8 (3.38%) Oracle Specialist
11 8 (3.38%) Project Manager
11 8 (3.38%) Project Planner
11 8 (3.38%) SAP Manager
12 7 (2.95%) Engagement Manager
12 7 (2.95%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.17%) SAP Fiori
2 13 (5.49%) Web Services
3 10 (4.22%) BAPI
4 5 (2.11%) XML
5 4 (1.69%) SAP Smart Forms
5 4 (1.69%) SAPUI5
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%) SAP PI
6 3 (1.27%) Spring
6 3 (1.27%) Spring Boot
6 3 (1.27%) Vitest
7 2 (0.84%) SAP ALE
7 2 (0.84%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.49%) Onboarding
2 9 (3.80%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (3.38%) NHS
4 7 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.11%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.27%) Tandem
7 2 (0.84%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.84%) Clustering
7 2 (0.84%) CMDB
7 2 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (0.84%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.84%) Replication
8 1 (0.42%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.42%) Augmented Reality
8 1 (0.42%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.42%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.06%) Windows
2 6 (2.53%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.69%) Linux
4 2 (0.84%) SUSE
4 2 (0.84%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.52%) Migration
2 35 (14.77%) Business Intelligence
3 34 (14.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (13.08%) ERP
5 26 (10.97%) Agile
6 24 (10.13%) Data Migration
6 24 (10.13%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (9.28%) Project Management
8 21 (8.86%) DevOps
8 21 (8.86%) Revenue Management
8 21 (8.86%) Workshop Facilitation
9 20 (8.44%) Digital Marketing
9 20 (8.44%) Programme Management
10 19 (8.02%) Workflow
11 16 (6.75%) Project Planning
12 15 (6.33%) User Acceptance Testing
13 14 (5.91%) Budgeting and Forecasting
13 14 (5.91%) Data Cleansing
13 14 (5.91%) Procure-to-Pay
14 13 (5.49%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (6.33%) ABAP
2 13 (5.49%) SQL
3 9 (3.80%) 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 79 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 58 (24.47%) SC Cleared
3 23 (9.70%) Degree
4 19 (8.02%) DV Cleared
5 11 (4.64%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (2.53%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.27%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.84%) ACCA
9 2 (0.84%) CIMA
9 2 (0.84%) ISEB
9 2 (0.84%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.84%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.84%) PMP
9 2 (0.84%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.64%) QA
2 9 (3.80%) PMO
3 8 (3.38%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.84%) GDPR
4 2 (0.84%) SLA
5 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
System Software
1 2 (0.84%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 24 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.70%) Oracle
3 13 (5.49%) Ariba
4 11 (4.64%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.11%) Sage
6 4 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.27%) Adobe
7 3 (1.27%) Cisco
7 3 (1.27%) IBM
7 3 (1.27%) Juniper
7 3 (1.27%) Workday
8 2 (0.84%) webMethods
9 1 (0.42%) Concur
9 1 (0.42%) ESRI
9 1 (0.42%) HP
9 1 (0.42%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.42%) MapR
9 1 (0.42%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) Siemens