SAP Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 31 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 862 1,040 1,230
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.70% 5.13% 5.33%
As % of the Vendors category 13.61% 12.13% 12.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 479 570 781
10th Percentile £328 £288 £308
25th Percentile £466 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £750 £748
UK median daily rate £575 £563 £550
% change year-on-year +2.22% +2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 118 49
10th Percentile £21.12 £12.93 £22.13
25th Percentile £28.66 £15.10 £39.25
Median hourly rate £53.75 £24.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.11% -45.73% +87.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £44.77 £49.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £61.60 £66.21
UK median hourly rate £58.75 £26.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year +125.96% -42.22% +39.81%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,334 8,575 10,241
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.22% 42.32% 44.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,978 5,173 7,018
10th Percentile £213 £206 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £653 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 433 954 458
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.46 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% -42.77% +97.37%
75th Percentile £57.24 £58.24 £61.81
90th Percentile £71.00 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £21.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +18.60% -49.41% +97.67%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK excluding London

SAP
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 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
South East +11 236 £550 -4.35% 265
North of England +2 235 £530 +3.41% 163
North West +12 179 £530 +0.95% 117
Midlands -1 132 £541 +3.14% 153
East of England 0 107 £580 +10.48% 99
West Midlands -1 92 £550 +13.40% 101
South West +10 89 £500 -17.36% 53
Scotland +31 58 £600 +9.09% 45
Yorkshire -32 34 £425 -15.00% 38
East Midlands +4 33 £510 -11.30% 47
North East +7 19 £525 +34.62% 16
Wales +5 10 £460 -16.45% 17
Northern Ireland -15 4 £281 -29.75% 12
SAP
UK

SAP
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (2.32%) NetWeaver
2 11 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.81%) SAP EP
4 6 (0.70%) Confluence
4 6 (0.70%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.23%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.23%) Exchange Server 2013
6 2 (0.23%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.23%) SAS
6 2 (0.23%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.12%) CMS
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
7 1 (0.12%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 30 (3.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
3 8 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
4 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.81%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 258 (29.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 31 (3.60%) SAP CO
2 31 (3.60%) SAP FI
2 31 (3.60%) SAP HR
3 29 (3.36%) SAP FI/CO
3 29 (3.36%) SAP Payroll
4 25 (2.90%) SAP ERP
5 22 (2.55%) SAP PP
6 17 (1.97%) SAP SD
7 15 (1.74%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 14 (1.62%) Primavera
8 14 (1.62%) SAP MM
9 11 (1.28%) SAP EWM
9 11 (1.28%) SAP IBP
9 11 (1.28%) SAP PM
9 11 (1.28%) SAP PS
10 10 (1.16%) SAP CRM
11 9 (1.04%) SAP Hybris
11 9 (1.04%) SAP PSCD
11 9 (1.04%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 59 (6.84%) Azure
2 56 (6.50%) SuccessFactors
3 31 (3.60%) Power Platform
4 22 (2.55%) AWS
5 16 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (1.62%) GCP
8 11 (1.28%) Azure Data Factory
8 11 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 9 (1.04%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 8 (0.93%) Snowflake
11 7 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
12 6 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 6 (0.70%) Collibra
12 6 (0.70%) GitHub
12 6 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
12 6 (0.70%) SaaS
13 5 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.58%) Entra ID
14 3 (0.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (5.10%) Broadband
2 10 (1.16%) HTTP
3 8 (0.93%) Firewall
4 7 (0.81%) VPN
5 4 (0.46%) DNS
5 4 (0.46%) LAN
6 3 (0.35%) DHCP
6 3 (0.35%) RFID
6 3 (0.35%) SAN
6 3 (0.35%) WAN
6 3 (0.35%) Wireless
7 2 (0.23%) IMAP
7 2 (0.23%) iSCSI
7 2 (0.23%) Skype
7 2 (0.23%) SMTP
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.12%) Cisco ISE
8 1 (0.12%) Junos
8 1 (0.12%) Network Security
8 1 (0.12%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.76%) SAP HANA
2 30 (3.48%) Power BI
3 24 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.74%) SAP BW
6 11 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
7 10 (1.16%) Metadata
8 9 (1.04%) GIS
8 9 (1.04%) Oracle Database
9 8 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
9 8 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
9 8 (0.93%) SAP Data Services
10 7 (0.81%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.81%) Delta Lake
10 7 (0.81%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.70%) SQL Server
12 4 (0.46%) Big Data
12 4 (0.46%) Tableau
13 3 (0.35%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 3 (0.35%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 26 (3.02%) JIRA
2 19 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 14 (1.62%) Git
4 10 (1.16%) GitLab
4 10 (1.16%) Gradle
4 10 (1.16%) JUnit
4 10 (1.16%) Liquibase
4 10 (1.16%) Mockito
5 8 (0.93%) Postman
6 7 (0.81%) Selenium
7 6 (0.70%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.58%) ERwin
8 5 (0.58%) NeoLoad
9 4 (0.46%) PowerDesigner
9 4 (0.46%) Toad
10 3 (0.35%) JMeter
10 3 (0.35%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.23%) NUnit
11 2 (0.23%) Subversion
11 2 (0.23%) TestRail
General
1 344 (39.91%) Finance
2 321 (37.24%) Social Skills
3 205 (23.78%) Manufacturing
4 147 (17.05%) Public Sector
5 134 (15.55%) Telecoms
6 133 (15.43%) Marketing
7 127 (14.73%) Electronics
8 104 (12.06%) Analytical Skills
9 68 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 51 (5.92%) General Ledger
11 24 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 24 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (2.67%) Local Government
12 23 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (2.20%) Automotive
13 19 (2.20%) Billing
13 19 (2.20%) Retail
14 15 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.62%) Banking
16 10 (1.16%) French Language
Job Titles
1 209 (24.25%) Consultant
2 181 (21.00%) SAP Consultant
3 103 (11.95%) Analyst
4 94 (10.90%) Lead
5 88 (10.21%) Senior
6 85 (9.86%) Developer
7 80 (9.28%) Architect
8 49 (5.68%) Senior Analyst
9 46 (5.34%) Financial Analyst
9 46 (5.34%) Project Manager
9 46 (5.34%) SAP Developer
10 44 (5.10%) Senior Financial Analyst
11 43 (4.99%) SAP Manager
12 34 (3.94%) ABAP Developer
12 34 (3.94%) SAP Analyst
13 33 (3.83%) SAP Architect
14 30 (3.48%) Business Analyst
15 23 (2.67%) SAP Project Manager
16 22 (2.55%) Payroll Consultant
16 22 (2.55%) SAP Payroll Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (6.38%) SAP Fiori
2 29 (3.36%) SAPUI5
3 25 (2.90%) SAP PI
4 21 (2.44%) Middleware
5 18 (2.09%) Kafka
5 18 (2.09%) Web Services
6 17 (1.97%) CSS
6 17 (1.97%) HTML
7 15 (1.74%) XML
8 14 (1.62%) .NET
8 14 (1.62%) IDoc
8 14 (1.62%) SOAP
9 13 (1.51%) BAPI
9 13 (1.51%) EDI
9 13 (1.51%) React
9 13 (1.51%) REST
10 11 (1.28%) OpenAPI
10 11 (1.28%) SAP Basis
10 11 (1.28%) Swagger
11 10 (1.16%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 55 (6.38%) Life Science
2 45 (5.22%) Social Media
3 34 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 22 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
4 22 (2.55%) Virtual Team
5 19 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.86%) Data Structures
7 14 (1.62%) IoT
7 14 (1.62%) NHS
8 12 (1.39%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.39%) Renewable Energy
9 11 (1.28%) FMCG
9 11 (1.28%) Onboarding
10 8 (0.93%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.93%) SCADA
11 7 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
12 6 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
13 5 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
13 5 (0.58%) Industry 4.0
Operating Systems
1 52 (6.03%) Windows
2 14 (1.62%) Linux
3 13 (1.51%) Windows 10
4 6 (0.70%) Unix
5 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.12%) Alpine Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Android
6 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (18.91%) Business Intelligence
2 157 (18.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 141 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
4 139 (16.13%) Agile
4 139 (16.13%) Programme Management
5 125 (14.50%) Digital Marketing
6 117 (13.57%) Migration
7 106 (12.30%) ERP
8 94 (10.90%) Project Management
9 73 (8.47%) Analytics
9 73 (8.47%) Change Management
10 68 (7.89%) Data Migration
11 63 (7.31%) Procure-to-Pay
12 60 (6.96%) Root Cause Analysis
13 55 (6.38%) Accounts Payable
14 48 (5.57%) Data Modelling
14 48 (5.57%) Process Improvement
15 44 (5.10%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (5.10%) Logistics
15 44 (5.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 80 (9.28%) ABAP
2 73 (8.47%) SQL
3 40 (4.64%) Java
4 34 (3.94%) PowerShell
5 29 (3.36%) Python
6 28 (3.25%) JavaScript
7 13 (1.51%) C#
7 13 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.93%) COBOL
9 7 (0.81%) Bash
10 6 (0.70%) Bicep
10 6 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
11 5 (0.58%) Groovy
12 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.46%) Perl
12 4 (0.46%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.46%) R
13 3 (0.35%) C++
14 2 (0.23%) PHP
14 2 (0.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 174 (20.19%) Security Cleared
2 124 (14.39%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.54%) Degree
4 50 (5.80%) ACCA
4 50 (5.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (5.80%) CIMA
5 48 (5.57%) DV Cleared
6 25 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.97%) SAP Certification
8 11 (1.28%) Master's Degree
9 10 (1.16%) PMP
10 9 (1.04%) Azure Certification
10 9 (1.04%) PMI Certification
11 6 (0.70%) CCA
11 6 (0.70%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.58%) ISEB
12 5 (0.58%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 4 (0.46%) APMG
13 4 (0.46%) DBS Check
14 3 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 24 (2.78%) QA
3 17 (1.97%) PMO
4 13 (1.51%) GDPR
5 9 (1.04%) GRC
5 9 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 8 (0.93%) IFRS
7 4 (0.46%) GAAP
7 4 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.46%) JSP 440
7 4 (0.46%) PMBOK
7 4 (0.46%) SLA
8 3 (0.35%) Accessibility
8 3 (0.35%) Basel III
8 3 (0.35%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.35%) GxP
8 3 (0.35%) IFRS 17
8 3 (0.35%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.12%) MIL-STD-1553
9 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 17 (1.97%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.12%) NFS
4 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.12%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (1.39%) Terraform
2 11 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.46%) Ansible
4 3 (0.35%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.23%) Grafana
5 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
5 2 (0.23%) Puppet
6 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.12%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.12%) SCCM
6 1 (0.12%) SCOM
6 1 (0.12%) vRealize
6 1 (0.12%) vRealize Orchestrator
6 1 (0.12%) WSUS
Vendors
1 70 (8.12%) Microsoft
2 64 (7.42%) Ariba
3 29 (3.36%) Oracle
4 23 (2.67%) Salesforce
5 22 (2.55%) Google
6 18 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 10 (1.16%) Databricks
7 10 (1.16%) Workday
8 9 (1.04%) Dell
8 9 (1.04%) HP
9 7 (0.81%) Adobe
9 7 (0.81%) Informatica
10 6 (0.70%) Concur
11 5 (0.58%) Anaplan
11 5 (0.58%) Hyperion
12 4 (0.46%) Cisco
12 4 (0.46%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.46%) VMware
12 4 (0.46%) webMethods
13 3 (0.35%) SnapLogic