SAP ERP Contract Job Trends

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP ERP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 513 487
Rank change year-on-year -79 -26 +90
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 67 44 83
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.73% 1.56% 2.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 33 52
10th Percentile £446 £442 £415
25th Percentile £500 £525 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £520
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +25.00% -9.57%
75th Percentile £678 £700 £638
90th Percentile £850 £750 £686
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £620 £600
% change year-on-year -17.34% +3.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £23.89 - -
25th Percentile £27.20 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £41.73 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP ERP 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 3,864 2,825 2,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.21% 8.59% 7.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,170 1,622 1,695
10th Percentile £358 £363 £356
25th Percentile £455 £450 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £663 £684
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 59 82
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.70 £22.98
25th Percentile £27.20 £27.06 £35.90
Median hourly rate £40.00 £41.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% -15.09%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.90 £78.50 £65.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £56.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.57% +24.44% -19.43%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP ERP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP ERP job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ERP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ERP

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ERP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP ERP

SAP ERP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP ERP over the 6 months to 8 August 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Top 13 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP ERP within the UK over the 6 months to 8 August 2026. 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 -92 53 £613 -4.30% 23
UK excluding London -84 29 £513 -17.34% 17
London -65 24 £675 - 8
Work from Home -66 14 £491 -22.12% 9
Midlands -40 12 £472 -8.37% 7
North of England -78 7 £534 -24.82% 2
East Midlands - 7 £650 - 1
North West -43 6 £534 -28.83% 1
South East -60 6 £551 +27.36% 5
West Midlands -50 5 £446 -13.35% 6
East of England -20 2 - - 2
South West - 2 £550 - 1
Yorkshire -40 1 - - 1

SAP ERP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.49%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.49%) CMS
1 1 (1.49%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (44.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.45%) iTrent
3 3 (4.48%) SAP FI
3 3 (4.48%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (4.48%) SAP SD
4 2 (2.99%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.99%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.99%) SAP IBP
4 2 (2.99%) Temenos T24
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (1.49%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (1.49%) SAP MII
5 1 (1.49%) SAP MRS
5 1 (1.49%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.49%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.49%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.49%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.46%) SaaS
2 4 (5.97%) Azure
2 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.97%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.48%) AWS
4 2 (2.99%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.49%) Boomi
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.49%) GCP
5 1 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.93%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.97%) SAP BW
2 4 (5.97%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (4.48%) Power BI
4 2 (2.99%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.99%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.49%) Big Data
5 1 (1.49%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.49%) GIS
5 1 (1.49%) Looker
5 1 (1.49%) MySQL
5 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Hudson
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) LSMW
General
1 29 (43.28%) Finance
2 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
3 13 (19.40%) Manufacturing
4 9 (13.43%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Legal
5 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 5 (7.46%) Automotive
7 4 (5.97%) Billing
7 4 (5.97%) Local Government
8 3 (4.48%) Banking
8 3 (4.48%) General Ledger
8 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.48%) Retail
8 3 (4.48%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.99%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
9 2 (2.99%) Law
10 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (20.90%) Analyst
1 14 (20.90%) Architect
2 13 (19.40%) Consultant
3 12 (17.91%) SAP Consultant
4 10 (14.93%) SAP Architect
5 8 (11.94%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (10.45%) ERP Architect
7 6 (8.96%) Business Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) Lead
7 6 (8.96%) SAP Analyst
7 6 (8.96%) SAP Manager
7 6 (8.96%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 4 (5.97%) Data Migration Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) ERP Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) Logistics Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) Migration Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.97%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
8 4 (5.97%) Senior
8 4 (5.97%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) Middleware
2 2 (2.99%) .NET
2 2 (2.99%) REST
2 2 (2.99%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (2.99%) XML
3 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.49%) IDoc
3 1 (1.49%) JSON
3 1 (1.49%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.49%) SOAP
3 1 (1.49%) Web Services
3 1 (1.49%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.46%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.97%) FMCG
2 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.99%) IoT
4 2 (2.99%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.49%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.49%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.49%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.49%) Life Science
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) ERP
2 27 (40.30%) Migration
3 22 (32.84%) Data Migration
4 18 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (22.39%) Logistics
6 11 (16.42%) Validation
7 10 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (13.43%) Data Cleansing
9 8 (11.94%) Analytics
9 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (10.45%) Data Extraction
10 7 (10.45%) Data Integration
10 7 (10.45%) Roadmaps
10 7 (10.45%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (8.96%) Agile
11 6 (8.96%) CRM
11 6 (8.96%) Data Mapping
11 6 (8.96%) Data Modelling
11 6 (8.96%) Requirements Gathering
11 6 (8.96%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) ABAP
2 2 (2.99%) C#
2 2 (2.99%) Java
2 2 (2.99%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) SQL
3 1 (1.49%) C++
3 1 (1.49%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.49%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (14.93%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.94%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.48%) CCA
3 3 (4.48%) Degree
4 2 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) HNC
5 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PMP
5 1 (1.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.48%) PMO
2 1 (1.49%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.49%) NIST
2 1 (1.49%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.43%) Ariba
3 5 (7.46%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) Concur
4 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.49%) Conga
6 1 (1.49%) ESRI
6 1 (1.49%) Infor
6 1 (1.49%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.49%) Planon
6 1 (1.49%) Planview
6 1 (1.49%) webMethods
6 1 (1.49%) Workday