SAP Contract Job Trends in Southampton

SAP
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Southampton 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 December 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
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +6 +4 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 6 4 1
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.59% 2.60% 0.60%
As % of the Vendors category 12.00% 7.14% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £270 - -
25th Percentile £300 - £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +167.61%
75th Percentile £354 - £513
90th Percentile £356 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £688 £650 £625
% change year-on-year +5.77% +4.00% +15.74%

All Vendors
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 50 56 87
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 29.94% 36.36% 51.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 34 66
10th Percentile £224 £237 £297
25th Percentile £352 £352 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £394 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% -25.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £528 £636
90th Percentile £615 £635 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £541
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.62% +3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £15.70 - -
25th Percentile £18.25 - £27.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 - £33.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +48.89%
75th Percentile £27.50 - £45.00
90th Percentile - - £54.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £22.00 £62.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -64.80% +21.55% +75.38%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

SAP job vacancy trend in Southampton

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAP

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing SAP

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) SAP MM
1 3 (50.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (83.33%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 3 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Games
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Project Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Project Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Administrator
2 1 (16.67%) Project Support Officer
2 1 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SAP WM Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) BAPI
1 3 (50.00%) SAP ALE
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) FMCG
2 1 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (33.33%) Kaizen
2 2 (33.33%) Logistics
2 2 (33.33%) SIPOC
2 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 2 (33.33%) Supply Chain Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
3 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supply Chain Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
1 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft