SAP Implementation Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Implementation
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP Implementation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP Implementation 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 314 375 408
Rank change year-on-year +61 +33 +68
Contract jobs citing SAP Implementation 22 24 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.17% 0.12% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.14% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 12 32
10th Percentile £473 £463 £383
25th Percentile £515 £472 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% -6.82% +7.32%
75th Percentile £675 £611 £811
90th Percentile £825 £733 £828
UK median daily rate £555 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

SAP Implementation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,543 17,602 21,544
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.42% 84.74% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,249 10,520 14,947
10th Percentile £235 £250 £255
25th Percentile £375 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 825 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.33 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.28 £16.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £72.98
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

SAP Implementation
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Implementation in the UK excluding London

SAP Implementation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Implementation in the UK excluding London

SAP Implementation
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP Implementation in the UK excluding London

SAP Implementation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Implementation in the UK excluding London

SAP Implementation
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 Implementation 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
Midlands +26 9 £625 +31.58% 2
North of England +19 9 £540 -7.69% 11
North West +17 6 £588 +0.43% 10
West Midlands +15 6 £588 +23.68% 2
East Midlands - 3 £750 -
South East +43 2 £554 +0.68% 6
North East - 2 £535 -
South West +46 1 £660 +38.95% 1
East of England +28 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +6 1 £650 - 2
SAP Implementation
UK

SAP Implementation
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 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (36.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (9.09%) SAP CO
2 2 (9.09%) SAP ERP
2 2 (9.09%) SAP FI
2 2 (9.09%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (4.55%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (4.55%) SAP BPC
3 1 (4.55%) SAP HCM
3 1 (4.55%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (4.55%) SAP PP
3 1 (4.55%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.55%) Azure
1 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (4.55%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (4.55%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (4.55%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
1 2 (9.09%) Postman
2 1 (4.55%) LoadRunner
General
1 12 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 7 (31.82%) Manufacturing
3 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) General Ledger
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) SAP Manager
2 4 (18.18%) Consultant
2 4 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
3 3 (13.64%) Senior
4 2 (9.09%) ABAP Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Implementation Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Architect
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Developer
4 2 (9.09%) SAP Solutions Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Senior Implementation Specialist
4 2 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.55%) PMO Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Change Manager
5 1 (4.55%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
5 1 (4.55%) SAP Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) BAPI
1 2 (9.09%) IDoc
1 2 (9.09%) REST
1 2 (9.09%) RESTful
1 2 (9.09%) SAP PI
1 2 (9.09%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (9.09%) SOAP
1 2 (9.09%) Web Services
2 1 (4.55%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Replication
2 1 (4.55%) Tandem
2 1 (4.55%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (27.27%) Agile
4 5 (22.73%) ERP
4 5 (22.73%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Process Improvement
5 4 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 3 (13.64%) Analytics
6 3 (13.64%) Change Management
6 3 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 3 (13.64%) Migration
6 3 (13.64%) Project Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Risk Management
6 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
6 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (13.64%) Technology Transformation
7 2 (9.09%) Decision-Making
7 2 (9.09%) Intelligent Automation
7 2 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (9.09%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) ABAP
1 2 (9.09%) COBOL
2 1 (4.55%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP Certification
2 3 (13.64%) Degree
3 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (9.09%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Master's Degree
4 1 (4.55%) MBA
4 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
4 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
1 1 (4.55%) QA
Vendors
1 22 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.09%) Adobe
3 2 (9.09%) MuleSoft
4 1 (4.55%) Ariba
4 1 (4.55%) Micro Focus
4 1 (4.55%) Oracle