SAP Contracts 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 17 August 2025, 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
17 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 17 23
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 +34
Contract jobs citing SAP 237 395 435
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 6.65% 8.16% 7.81%
As % of the Vendors category 12.71% 16.82% 14.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 221 288
10th Percentile £255 £313 £205
25th Percentile £425 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £625 £515
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +21.36% -2.83%
75th Percentile £697 £735 £600
90th Percentile £711 £788 £706
England median daily rate £565 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 24 18
10th Percentile - £23.73 £19.38
25th Percentile £14.75 £27.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £15.50 £59.15 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -73.80% +10.05% +19.44%
75th Percentile £22.98 £61.60 £67.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £66.88 £78.25
England median hourly rate £22.77 £35.36 £43.58
% change year-on-year -35.62% -18.86% -3.16%

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 1,865 2,349 2,903
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 52.34% 48.54% 52.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,244 1,435 1,924
10th Percentile £209 £251 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £630 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 138 129
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £15.45
25th Percentile £14.75 £23.57 £18.08
Median hourly rate £18.87 £57.35 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -67.10% +27.44% +125.00%
75th Percentile £36.25 £61.53 £61.25
90th Percentile £72.25 £70.00 £70.26
England median hourly rate £25.15 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.17% -14.29% +55.56%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the South East

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the South East over the 6 months to 17 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the South East

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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 17 August 2025. 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 -11 125 £600 -11.11% 54
Berkshire -17 83 £650 -3.70% 30
Surrey +21 59 £525 +16.67% 23
Oxfordshire +12 28 £450 +5.88% 8
West Sussex +6 26 £515 -0.10% 9
Hampshire -34 17 £300 -53.85% 25
Buckinghamshire -1 15 £259 -29.52% 17
East Sussex 0 2 - - 6
Home Counties - 2 - -
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England

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.27%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.84%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.42%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 74 (31.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (7.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 11 (4.64%) SAP HCM
4 10 (4.22%) SAP EWM
4 10 (4.22%) SAP HR
4 10 (4.22%) SAP Payroll
5 9 (3.80%) SAP CO
5 9 (3.80%) SAP FI
5 9 (3.80%) SAP FI/CO
6 6 (2.53%) SAP ERP
6 6 (2.53%) SAP WM
7 5 (2.11%) SAP BRIM
7 5 (2.11%) SAP Hybris
7 5 (2.11%) SAP IBP
7 5 (2.11%) SAP PSCD
8 4 (1.69%) NetSuite
8 4 (1.69%) SAP APO
8 4 (1.69%) SAP MM
8 4 (1.69%) SAP PM
8 4 (1.69%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.91%) Power Platform
2 11 (4.64%) SaaS
3 6 (2.53%) SuccessFactors
4 5 (2.11%) Azure
4 5 (2.11%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 4 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.27%) AWS
7 2 (0.84%) GCP
7 2 (0.84%) iPaaS
7 2 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.42%) OCI
8 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.42%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.84%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.49%) Power BI
2 5 (2.11%) SAP HANA
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.27%) SAP BW
4 3 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (0.84%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.84%) Tableau
6 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.42%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
6 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.42%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.42%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.42%) Sybase IQ
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Desktop
6 1 (0.42%) Tableau Server
Development Applications
1 6 (2.53%) JIRA
2 3 (1.27%) Git
2 3 (1.27%) Selenium
3 1 (0.42%) Toad
General
1 102 (43.04%) Finance
2 86 (36.29%) Social Skills
3 69 (29.11%) Manufacturing
4 46 (19.41%) Telecoms
5 43 (18.14%) Public Sector
6 35 (14.77%) Electronics
7 30 (12.66%) Marketing
8 26 (10.97%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.64%) Billing
11 10 (4.22%) Automotive
12 7 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (2.53%) French Language
14 5 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (2.11%) Retail
15 4 (1.69%) Aerospace
16 3 (1.27%) German Language
16 3 (1.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
17 2 (0.84%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 78 (32.91%) Consultant
2 68 (28.69%) SAP Consultant
3 38 (16.03%) Architect
4 21 (8.86%) Lead
5 20 (8.44%) Active Directory Architect
6 18 (7.59%) Analyst
6 18 (7.59%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.33%) SAP Manager
8 14 (5.91%) Integration Consultant
9 13 (5.49%) SAP Integration Consultant
10 12 (5.06%) SAP Architect
11 10 (4.22%) Senior
12 9 (3.80%) Applications Support
12 9 (3.80%) IT Support
12 9 (3.80%) Payroll Consultant
12 9 (3.80%) SAP Payroll Consultant
13 8 (3.38%) Developer
13 8 (3.38%) SAP EWM Consultant
13 8 (3.38%) SAP HCM Consultant
13 8 (3.38%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (5.49%) SAP Fiori
2 7 (2.95%) SAP PI
3 5 (2.11%) Middleware
4 4 (1.69%) Node.js
4 4 (1.69%) SAP Basis
5 3 (1.27%) BAPI
5 3 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
5 3 (1.27%) SAP ALE
5 3 (1.27%) Visualforce
6 2 (0.84%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.42%) .NET
7 1 (0.42%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.42%) Blazor
7 1 (0.42%) EDI
7 1 (0.42%) OAuth
7 1 (0.42%) RESTful
7 1 (0.42%) SAP TM
7 1 (0.42%) WebAssembly
7 1 (0.42%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.17%) Life Science
2 16 (6.75%) Renewable Energy
3 8 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.11%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
6 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.84%) FMCG
7 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (0.84%) IoT
7 2 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.84%) LIMS
7 2 (0.84%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.84%) NHS
7 2 (0.84%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.42%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.42%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (26.16%) Agile
2 44 (18.57%) ERP
3 41 (17.30%) Migration
4 39 (16.46%) Business Intelligence
5 37 (15.61%) Programme Management
6 36 (15.19%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (12.66%) Digital Marketing
8 29 (12.24%) Problem-Solving
9 24 (10.13%) Identity Access Management
9 24 (10.13%) Time Management
10 20 (8.44%) Test Automation
11 18 (7.59%) Decision-Making
12 17 (7.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 16 (6.75%) Analytics
13 16 (6.75%) CRM
13 16 (6.75%) Data Migration
14 15 (6.33%) API Management
14 15 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (6.33%) User Acceptance Testing
14 15 (6.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 24 (10.13%) PowerShell
2 19 (8.02%) ABAP
3 16 (6.75%) SQL
4 10 (4.22%) Python
5 9 (3.80%) Java
6 4 (1.69%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.69%) Perl
7 3 (1.27%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.27%) Bash
8 1 (0.42%) C#
8 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.42%) Korn
8 1 (0.42%) R
8 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 74 (31.22%) Security Cleared
2 45 (18.99%) SC Cleared
3 29 (12.24%) DV Cleared
4 19 (8.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 14 (5.91%) Degree
6 6 (2.53%) SAP Certification
7 5 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.69%) PMP
9 3 (1.27%) ACCA
9 3 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.84%) CCA
10 2 (0.84%) CIMA
10 2 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.42%) ISEB
11 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 1 (0.42%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.53%) PMBOK
2 4 (1.69%) PMO
3 3 (1.27%) QA
4 2 (0.84%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.84%) GRC
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 20 (8.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 25 (10.55%) Salesforce
2 24 (10.13%) Microsoft
3 17 (7.17%) Oracle
4 8 (3.38%) Ariba
5 6 (2.53%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.11%) Atlassian
7 4 (1.69%) Adobe
8 2 (0.84%) Hyperion
8 2 (0.84%) Workday
9 1 (0.42%) Google
9 1 (0.42%) PeopleSoft
9 1 (0.42%) Sybase
9 1 (0.42%) webMethods