SAP Certification Contracts

SAP Certification
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SAP Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 468 540 665
Rank change year-on-year +72 +125 +172
Contract jobs citing SAP Certification 51 60 48
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.14% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.57% 0.45% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 43 28
10th Percentile £480 £335 £415
25th Percentile £511 £429 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £530 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% +0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £613
90th Percentile £825 £750 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £688 £601 £575
% change year-on-year +14.49% +4.43% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 £83.50 -
Median hourly rate £62.50 £85.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.47% - -
75th Percentile £63.75 £86.50 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

SAP Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 8,989 13,363 16,304
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.75% 30.65% 27.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,678 8,219 10,866
10th Percentile £288 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £707 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £501 £530 £530
% change year-on-year -5.57% - +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 516 1,077 849
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.87 £15.25
25th Percentile £22.00 £17.88 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.72 £40.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.79% -25.93% +29.75%
75th Percentile £66.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £80.34 £75.25 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £40.94 £49.57
% change year-on-year +9.92% -17.41% +55.44%

SAP Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Certification in the UK

SAP Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Certification.

Daily rate trend for SAP Certification in the UK

SAP Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Certification over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Certification in the UK

SAP Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Certification.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Certification in the UK

SAP Certification
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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
England +48 39 £625 +8.70% 23
London +32 20 £613 +16.67% 12
UK excluding London +43 17 £688 +14.49% 8
Work from Home +26 15 £600 +20.00% 16
North of England +33 6 - -
Midlands +25 6 £750 +7.14% 1
North West +16 6 - -
South East +39 5 £605 +23.47% 7
West Midlands +17 3 - - 1
East Midlands - 3 £750 -

SAP Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (1.96%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 40 (78.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (17.65%) SAP FI
3 7 (13.73%) SAP CO
3 7 (13.73%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (7.84%) SAP MDG
4 4 (7.84%) SAP MDG-S
4 4 (7.84%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 3 (5.88%) SAP CAR
5 3 (5.88%) SAP EWM
5 3 (5.88%) SAP PS
5 3 (5.88%) SAP Retail
6 2 (3.92%) SAP HCM
6 2 (3.92%) SAP PP
7 1 (1.96%) SAP ERP
7 1 (1.96%) SAP FI-FM
7 1 (1.96%) SAP MM
7 1 (1.96%) SAP PM
7 1 (1.96%) SAP SCM
7 1 (1.96%) SAP Travel Management
7 1 (1.96%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (5.88%) AWS
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (1.96%) Vertex AI
3 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.88%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (19.61%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.96%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.96%) DTS
2 1 (1.96%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.96%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.92%) JIRA
2 1 (1.96%) LSMW
General
1 34 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 20 (39.22%) Finance
3 12 (23.53%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (15.69%) Manufacturing
4 8 (15.69%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (9.80%) Retail
6 3 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (3.92%) Automotive
8 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.96%) French Language
8 1 (1.96%) Front Office
8 1 (1.96%) General Ledger
8 1 (1.96%) Law
8 1 (1.96%) Marketing
8 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (33.33%) Consultant
2 16 (31.37%) SAP Consultant
3 9 (17.65%) Architect
4 7 (13.73%) SAP Architect
5 5 (9.80%) Developer
5 5 (9.80%) Lead
5 5 (9.80%) SAP Developer
5 5 (9.80%) SAP Manager
5 5 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.84%) SAP CO Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) SAP FI Consultant
6 4 (7.84%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (5.88%) ABAP Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Functional Consultant
7 3 (5.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 3 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
7 3 (5.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 2 (3.92%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (3.92%) SAP EWM Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) BAPI
1 3 (5.88%) EDI
1 3 (5.88%) IDoc
1 3 (5.88%) J2EE
1 3 (5.88%) JDBC
1 3 (5.88%) REST
1 3 (5.88%) SAP PI
1 3 (5.88%) SOAP
1 3 (5.88%) XSLT
2 2 (3.92%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.96%) Middleware
3 1 (1.96%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.96%) SAP TM
3 1 (1.96%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Virtual Team
2 4 (7.84%) Reference Data
3 2 (3.92%) Life Science
3 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Blog
4 1 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.96%) IoT
4 1 (1.96%) Wiki
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (31.37%) Project Management
3 14 (27.45%) Project Delivery
4 13 (25.49%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (21.57%) Migration
6 9 (17.65%) Agile
7 8 (15.69%) Requirements Gathering
8 7 (13.73%) Data Migration
8 7 (13.73%) Knowledge Transfer
8 7 (13.73%) Translating Business Requirements
9 6 (11.76%) Roadmaps
9 6 (11.76%) SAP Implementation
10 5 (9.80%) Change Management
10 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (9.80%) TOGAF
10 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
11 4 (7.84%) Data Architecture
11 4 (7.84%) Data Governance
11 4 (7.84%) Process Improvement
11 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) ABAP
2 3 (5.88%) Groovy
2 3 (5.88%) Java
2 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.96%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 11 (21.57%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) TOGAF Certification
3 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.88%) PMP
3 3 (5.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
4 2 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) GAAP
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) GRC
3 1 (1.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (7.84%) BiZZdesign
3 3 (5.88%) Ariba
4 1 (1.96%) Concur
4 1 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft