SAP ERP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP ERP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 371 404
Rank change year-on-year +60 +33 +56
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 25 28 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.79% 2.42% 4.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 17 46
10th Percentile £441 £420 £381
25th Percentile £600 £475 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £501 £550
Median % change year-on-year +29.87% -9.00% +20.55%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £600
90th Percentile £696 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £635 £510 £550
% change year-on-year +24.45% -7.23% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £13.05 -
UK median hourly rate - £13.05 -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP ERP falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring business application skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 896 1,159 1,349
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.02% 5.58% 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 528 736 928
10th Percentile £363 £300 £325
25th Percentile £462 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £529
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.66% +0.67%
75th Percentile £630 £630 £657
90th Percentile £697 £725 £727
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 94 30
10th Percentile £22.33 £14.71 £22.56
25th Percentile £52.81 £21.63 £40.81
Median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -10.71% +108.29%
75th Percentile £81.25 £57.45 £69.69
90th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £85.13
UK median hourly rate £60.00 £43.75 £47.50
% change year-on-year +37.14% -7.89% +35.71%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SAP ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP ERP in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK excluding London

SAP ERP
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 ERP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
East of England +35 9 £625 -10.71% 17
Midlands +21 5 £588 -17.54% 23
North of England +13 5 £508 +1.40% 27
West Midlands +13 5 £588 -17.54% 12
South East +44 4 £692 +45.66% 29
Yorkshire +2 3 £375 -25.07% 8
South West +47 2 £664 +18.57% 12
North West +17 2 £640 +60.00% 17
SAP ERP
UK

SAP ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (68.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (16.00%) SAP EWM
2 4 (16.00%) SAP GRC
3 3 (12.00%) SAP GTS
3 3 (12.00%) SAP MDG
4 2 (8.00%) SAP CO
5 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (4.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) Azure Data Factory
2 2 (8.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 2 (8.00%) GitHub
2 2 (8.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) Azure API Management
3 1 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.00%) iPaaS
3 1 (4.00%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SAP HANA
2 2 (8.00%) Metadata
2 2 (8.00%) Metadata Repository
2 2 (8.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) SAP BW
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.00%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) LoadRunner
1 4 (16.00%) NeoLoad
2 2 (8.00%) Jenkins
2 2 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (8.00%) JMeter
2 2 (8.00%) Postman
General
1 12 (48.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (24.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.00%) Automotive
5 3 (12.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.00%) Local Government
6 1 (4.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (24.00%) Consultant
1 6 (24.00%) SAP Consultant
2 5 (20.00%) Lead
3 4 (16.00%) SAP Security Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Security Consultant
3 4 (16.00%) Test Leader
4 3 (12.00%) Architect
4 3 (12.00%) SAP Engineer
4 3 (12.00%) SAP Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Software Engineer
5 2 (8.00%) ABAP Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Developer
5 2 (8.00%) ERP Manager
5 2 (8.00%) ERP Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Project Manager
5 2 (8.00%) Report Specialist
5 2 (8.00%) SAP CO Consultant
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Developer
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (8.00%) BAPI
2 2 (8.00%) IDoc
2 2 (8.00%) REST
2 2 (8.00%) RESTful
2 2 (8.00%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (8.00%) SOAP
2 2 (8.00%) Web Services
3 1 (4.00%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (4.00%) Middleware
3 1 (4.00%) SailPoint
3 1 (4.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (4.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) FMCG
1 4 (16.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) ERP
2 6 (24.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (20.00%) Agile
3 5 (20.00%) Test Management
3 5 (20.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (16.00%) Business Transformation
4 4 (16.00%) Data Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (16.00%) Non-Functional Testing
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) SAP Security
5 3 (12.00%) Application Security
5 3 (12.00%) Cloud Security
5 3 (12.00%) Data Management
5 3 (12.00%) Data Security
5 3 (12.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (12.00%) Identity Access Management
5 3 (12.00%) Regulatory Compliance
5 3 (12.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (24.00%) ABAP
2 5 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (8.00%) COBOL
3 2 (8.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (4.00%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (16.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (12.00%) Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.00%) GRC
2 3 (12.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.00%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) HP ALM
1 1 (4.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (12.00%) Ariba
4 2 (8.00%) Adobe
4 2 (8.00%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (4.00%) Concur
5 1 (4.00%) ESRI
5 1 (4.00%) HP
5 1 (4.00%) Micro Focus
5 1 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (4.00%) SnapLogic