SAP R/3 Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP R/3
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring SAP R/3 skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 386 - 411
Rank change year-on-year - - +90
Contract jobs citing SAP R/3 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.006% - 0.010%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.083% - 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
UK median daily rate £400 - -

All Business Application Skills
UK excluding London

SAP R/3 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 1,210 960 1,424
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 7.17% 5.80% 6.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 765 548 862
10th Percentile £359 £325 £363
25th Percentile £450 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £716 £714 £688
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 52 66
10th Percentile £12.82 £25.50 £31.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £40.33 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% -28.62% +41.23%
75th Percentile £81.00 £59.96 £64.57
90th Percentile £90.09 £67.35 £88.75
UK median hourly rate £38.75 £40.91 £56.49
% change year-on-year -5.29% -27.58% +25.53%

SAP R/3
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP R/3 relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP R/3 job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP R/3
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP R/3.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP R/3

SAP R/3
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP R/3.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing SAP R/3

SAP R/3
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 R/3 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 November 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 - 1 £400 - 2
SAP R/3
UK

SAP R/3
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (100.00%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) General Ledger
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Accountant
1 1 (100.00%) Project Accountant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Cash Management
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ACCA
1 1 (100.00%) CIMA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) SAP