SAP Administrator Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Administrator daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 358 348 399
Rank change year-on-year -10 +51 +99
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Administrator 35 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.19% 0.060% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.065% 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 1
10th Percentile £347 £214 -
25th Percentile £438 £216 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £238 £375
Median % change year-on-year +110.53% -36.67% -
75th Percentile £525 £266 £388
90th Percentile £602 £271 -
UK median daily rate £500 £250 £375
% change year-on-year +100.00% -33.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 1
10th Percentile £19.07 £24.04 -
25th Percentile £20.61 £24.10 -
Median hourly rate £22.63 £24.19 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% -30.89% -
75th Percentile - £29.60 -
90th Percentile £36.58 £32.84 -
UK median hourly rate £22.63 £24.19 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.45% -30.89% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 16,356 13,848 18,397
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 92.36% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,052 8,265 12,022
10th Percentile £210 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £489 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.20% -
75th Percentile £575 £591 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,646 795 1,208
10th Percentile £13.85 £15.41 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.30 £18.35
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -27.78% +80.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.08 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £34.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -25.00% -23.60% +48.33%

SAP Administrator
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Administrator' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP Administrator job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Administrator in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Administrator job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Administrator in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Administrator in the UK excluding London

SAP Administrator
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Administrator within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
North of England -36 21 £678 +171.30% 11
North West -17 17 £678 +171.30% 2
East of England - 8 £500 - 1
Yorkshire - 4 - - 9
South West - 3 - - 1
South East - 2 £347 - 3
Midlands - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - -
SAP Administrator
UK

SAP Administrator Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, SAP Administrator contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Administrator in the job title.

1 35 (100.00%) SAP
2 24 (68.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (65.71%) Microsoft
4 22 (62.86%) Change Management
5 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
6 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
7 8 (22.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 8 (22.86%) SAP Security
8 7 (20.00%) SAP Basis
9 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (14.29%) IT Governance
10 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
10 5 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
10 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
10 5 (14.29%) SDLC
11 4 (11.43%) Azure
11 4 (11.43%) BPMN
11 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (11.43%) Data Pipeline
11 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
11 4 (11.43%) Okta
11 4 (11.43%) Performance Tuning
11 4 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
12 3 (8.57%) Data Governance
12 3 (8.57%) Incident Response
12 3 (8.57%) Linux
12 3 (8.57%) NetWeaver
12 3 (8.57%) Problem Management
12 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
12 3 (8.57%) SaaS

SAP Administrator Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 3 (8.57%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.86%) CMS
Applications
1 24 (68.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (31.43%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (14.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.57%) SAP IBP
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Azure
1 4 (11.43%) Entra ID
2 3 (8.57%) SaaS
3 1 (2.86%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) SAP BW
1 3 (8.57%) SAP HANA
2 2 (5.71%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (5.71%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
3 1 (2.86%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (2.86%) Tableau
3 1 (2.86%) Tableau Desktop
3 1 (2.86%) Tableau Server
General
1 8 (22.86%) Aerospace
1 8 (22.86%) Aviation
2 2 (5.71%) Law
2 2 (5.71%) Publishing
3 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Finance
3 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (2.86%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (20.00%) SAP Basis
2 3 (8.57%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.86%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Taxonomies
2 3 (8.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Linux
1 3 (8.57%) Unix
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (62.86%) Change Management
2 8 (22.86%) SAP Security
3 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 5 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 5 (14.29%) SDLC
5 4 (11.43%) BPMN
5 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (11.43%) Data Pipeline
5 4 (11.43%) Performance Tuning
6 3 (8.57%) Data Governance
6 3 (8.57%) Incident Response
6 3 (8.57%) Problem Management
6 3 (8.57%) Roadmaps
6 3 (8.57%) Vulnerability Management
7 2 (5.71%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (5.71%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (5.71%) Internal Audit
8 1 (2.86%) Production Planning
8 1 (2.86%) Task Automation
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Security Cleared
2 8 (22.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) GRC
1 1 (2.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (100.00%) SAP
2 23 (65.71%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.43%) Okta
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow