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 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 359 380
Rank change year-on-year +40 +21 +97
Contract jobs citing SAP Implementation 19 19 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.093% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.11% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 12 33
10th Percentile £465 £463 £413
25th Percentile £497 £472 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -8.33% +42.86%
75th Percentile £661 £611 £811
90th Percentile £685 £733 £826
UK median daily rate £550 £585 £600
% change year-on-year -5.98% -2.50% +9.09%

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 11,628 17,095 20,472
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.68% 83.93% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,259 10,219 14,066
10th Percentile £234 £250 £260
25th Percentile £375 £377 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.63%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 824 2,090 1,248
10th Percentile £14.06 £12.37 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.19 £15.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £37.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.38% +7.86% +75.00%
75th Percentile £62.24 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.63
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £36.00 £36.00
% change year-on-year -23.61% - +40.19%

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 24 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 24 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
North of England +17 9 £540 -7.69% 6
Midlands +11 7 £550 +15.79% 5
West Midlands +13 6 £588 +23.68% 5
North West +12 6 £588 +0.43% 5
North East - 2 £535 -
South West +42 1 £660 +38.95%
South East +41 1 £523 -5.00% 10
East of England +23 1 - -
Yorkshire +10 1 £650 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £475 -
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 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (42.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (10.53%) SAP ERP
2 2 (10.53%) SAP PP
3 1 (5.26%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (5.26%) SAP BPC
3 1 (5.26%) SAP CO
3 1 (5.26%) SAP FI
3 1 (5.26%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (5.26%) SAP HCM
3 1 (5.26%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (5.26%) SAP QM
3 1 (5.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) Azure
1 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
1 2 (10.53%) Postman
2 1 (5.26%) LoadRunner
General
1 11 (57.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Manufacturing
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) General Ledger
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) SAP Manager
2 3 (15.79%) Consultant
2 3 (15.79%) SAP Consultant
3 2 (10.53%) ABAP Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Lead
3 2 (10.53%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Architect
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Developer
3 2 (10.53%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Analytics Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.26%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) SAP Test Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Service Transition Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) BAPI
1 2 (10.53%) IDoc
1 2 (10.53%) REST
1 2 (10.53%) RESTful
1 2 (10.53%) SAP PI
1 2 (10.53%) SAP Smart Forms
1 2 (10.53%) SOAP
1 2 (10.53%) Web Services
2 1 (5.26%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (10.53%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Replication
2 1 (5.26%) Tandem
2 1 (5.26%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) Process Improvement
4 4 (21.05%) Project Management
4 4 (21.05%) Waterfall
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 3 (15.79%) Quality Management
5 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Technology Transformation
6 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (10.53%) Intelligent Automation
6 2 (10.53%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Roadmaps
6 2 (10.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) ABAP
1 2 (10.53%) COBOL
2 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (10.53%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) MBA
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
3 1 (5.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
1 1 (5.26%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe
3 2 (10.53%) MuleSoft
4 1 (5.26%) Ariba
4 1 (5.26%) Micro Focus
4 1 (5.26%) Oracle