SAP HCM Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP HCM skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 354 372 389
Rank change year-on-year +18 +17 +104
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 16 2 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.10% 0.011% 0.16%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.46% 0.19% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 2 19
10th Percentile £472 - £447
25th Percentile £513 £555 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £491
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.15% -0.89%
75th Percentile £538 £565 £635
90th Percentile £594 - £670
UK median daily rate £531 £543 £491
% change year-on-year -2.12% +10.58% -0.89%

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP HCM 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 1,099 1,058 1,390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.12% 5.90% 6.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 666 626 838
10th Percentile £360 £318 £350
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £725 £689
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 63 62
10th Percentile £12.82 £30.00 £32.61
25th Percentile £20.37 £37.52 £49.00
Median hourly rate £47.48 £45.00 £55.71
Median % change year-on-year +5.50% -19.22% +59.16%
75th Percentile £72.50 £61.60 £68.13
90th Percentile £80.50 £65.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £36.48 £45.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year -18.93% -18.18% +22.22%

SAP HCM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM in the UK excluding London

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP HCM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP HCM

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP HCM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP HCM in the UK excluding London

SAP HCM
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP HCM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP HCM

SAP HCM
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 HCM within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 September 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
South East - 14 £525 - 5
Midlands -17 1 £580 +3.57%
North West - 1 £519 -
North of England - 1 £519 -
East Midlands - 1 £580 -
SAP HCM
UK

SAP HCM
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 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) SAP PS
1 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (12.50%) SAP HR
2 2 (12.50%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (6.25%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) Smartsheet
General
1 11 (68.75%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Consultant
1 15 (93.75%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (75.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) HR Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Payroll Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) SAP HR Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) HR Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.25%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
4 1 (6.25%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) SAP PS Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Support
4 1 (6.25%) SAP Support Consultant
4 1 (6.25%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) IDoc
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (50.00%) Time Management
2 8 (50.00%) Workflow
3 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
3 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (6.25%) Budget Management
4 1 (6.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
4 1 (6.25%) Migration
4 1 (6.25%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
2 10 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 8 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
4 1 (6.25%) PMP
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 16 (100.00%) SAP
2 2 (12.50%) Ariba
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) Workday