SAP Contracts in the South West

SAP
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 13 May 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 47 51
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 -23
Contract jobs citing SAP 87 123 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 5.18% 3.86% 4.12%
As % of the Vendors category 11.57% 9.66% 10.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 87 115
10th Percentile £315 £227 £413
25th Percentile £355 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £605 £775 £675
90th Percentile £669 £788 £775
England median daily rate £574 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +4.32% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 13 3
10th Percentile £28.55 - -
25th Percentile £61.25 £37.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +39.06% -
75th Percentile - £60.25 £44.28
90th Percentile - £61.25 £47.11
England median hourly rate £60.00 £26.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year +130.50% -42.16% +53.17%

All Vendors
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 752 1,273 1,411
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 44.82% 39.99% 39.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 808 1,059
10th Percentile £218 £193 £250
25th Percentile £382 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £514 £503 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -4.24% +10.53%
75th Percentile £608 £613 £627
90th Percentile £688 £725 £713
England median daily rate £525 £518 £535
% change year-on-year +1.35% -3.18% +1.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 181 79
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £17.31
25th Percentile £18.51 £36.25 £44.27
Median hourly rate £36.00 £47.50 £60.70
Median % change year-on-year -24.21% -21.75% +32.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.75
England median hourly rate £26.39 £22.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +17.30% -40.00% +75.32%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the South West over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Bristol +3 35 £475 -16.67% 25
Gloucestershire +38 33 £455 -4.21% 20
Wiltshire +9 14 £550 -26.67% 7
Somerset -4 1 £250 -57.45% 18
SAP
England

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (10.34%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.45%) Confluence
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) MS Project Server
3 1 (1.15%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 9 (10.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (9.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.60%) Primavera
3 2 (2.30%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 2 (2.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (1.15%) NetSuite
4 1 (1.15%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.15%) SAP CCM
4 1 (1.15%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.84%) Azure
2 15 (17.24%) AWS
3 11 (12.64%) GCP
4 7 (8.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (4.60%) SuccessFactors
7 2 (2.30%) Apple Pay
7 2 (2.30%) Google Pay
7 2 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Event Grid
8 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
8 1 (1.15%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.15%) iPaaS
8 1 (1.15%) SaaS
8 1 (1.15%) Serverless
8 1 (1.15%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Firewall
2 2 (2.30%) VPN
3 1 (1.15%) DNS
3 1 (1.15%) LAN
3 1 (1.15%) Network Security
3 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.15%) WAN
3 1 (1.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (16.09%) SAP HANA
2 7 (8.05%) Power BI
3 3 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (3.45%) SAP BW
4 1 (1.15%) Metadata
4 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (3.45%) JIRA
2 2 (2.30%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.30%) NUnit
3 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.15%) GCC
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) GitLab
3 1 (1.15%) Postman
3 1 (1.15%) Selenium
3 1 (1.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (52.87%) Finance
2 36 (41.38%) Manufacturing
3 35 (40.23%) Social Skills
4 33 (37.93%) Electronics
4 33 (37.93%) Marketing
5 32 (36.78%) Public Sector
5 32 (36.78%) Telecoms
6 18 (20.69%) Local Government
7 11 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (9.20%) Banking
9 5 (5.75%) Aerospace
10 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.30%) General Ledger
11 2 (2.30%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.30%) Legal
11 2 (2.30%) Multimedia
12 1 (1.15%) Automotive
12 1 (1.15%) Billing
12 1 (1.15%) Italian Language
12 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (11.49%) Project Manager
2 9 (10.34%) Analyst
2 9 (10.34%) Developer
2 9 (10.34%) Lead
3 8 (9.20%) Consultant
3 8 (9.20%) Support Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Applications Support
4 7 (8.05%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Developer
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Engineer
4 7 (8.05%) C# Developer
4 7 (8.05%) SAP Consultant
4 7 (8.05%) Senior
5 6 (6.90%) Applications Developer
5 6 (6.90%) C# Application Developer
5 6 (6.90%) SAP Manager
5 6 (6.90%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Data Analyst
6 5 (5.75%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (12.64%) .NET
2 7 (8.05%) CSS
2 7 (8.05%) HTML
3 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.45%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (2.30%) Playwright
5 1 (1.15%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.15%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.15%) Gherkin
5 1 (1.15%) OpenAPI
5 1 (1.15%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.15%) Swagger
5 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.60%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.45%) e-Learning
4 2 (2.30%) Digital Wallet
4 2 (2.30%) FMCG
4 2 (2.30%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (2.30%) Replication
4 2 (2.30%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.15%) NHS
5 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.15%) Photography
5 1 (1.15%) PKI
5 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.15%) Social Media
5 1 (1.15%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.30%) Linux
3 1 (1.15%) Android
3 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.15%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (45.98%) Business Intelligence
2 34 (39.08%) Programme Management
3 32 (36.78%) Digital Marketing
4 22 (25.29%) ERP
5 18 (20.69%) Change Management
5 18 (20.69%) Project Management
6 15 (17.24%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (16.09%) Agile
8 12 (13.79%) CI/CD
9 11 (12.64%) Performance Tuning
9 11 (12.64%) Service Management
9 11 (12.64%) Software Delivery
9 11 (12.64%) Test Automation
10 10 (11.49%) Continuous Improvement
10 10 (11.49%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (11.49%) Software Engineering
10 10 (11.49%) TDD
10 10 (11.49%) User Experience
11 9 (10.34%) Continuous Delivery
11 9 (10.34%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.49%) C#
2 8 (9.20%) JavaScript
3 6 (6.90%) SQL
4 5 (5.75%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.30%) Bash
5 2 (2.30%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 18 (20.69%) Security Cleared
2 14 (16.09%) SC Cleared
3 10 (11.49%) Degree
4 7 (8.05%) Azure Certification
4 7 (8.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.75%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.30%) ACCA
6 2 (2.30%) CIMA
7 1 (1.15%) CESG Certified Professional
7 1 (1.15%) CISSP
7 1 (1.15%) CLAS
7 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.15%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.60%) IFRS
2 3 (3.45%) Basel III
2 3 (3.45%) IFRS 17
2 3 (3.45%) IFRS 9
2 3 (3.45%) PMO
3 2 (2.30%) QA
4 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.15%) GAAP
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.15%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.15%) RMADS
4 1 (1.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (4.60%) Docker
2 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Terraform
2 2 (2.30%) Ansible
2 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.30%) Puppet
3 1 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 17 (19.54%) Ariba
2 10 (11.49%) Google
3 9 (10.34%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.60%) Oracle
5 3 (3.45%) Apple
6 2 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.15%) Citrix
7 1 (1.15%) Dell
7 1 (1.15%) HP
7 1 (1.15%) IFS
7 1 (1.15%) Infor
7 1 (1.15%) Splunk
7 1 (1.15%) VMware