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 22 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 551 472 532
Rank change year-on-year -79 +60 +88
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 59 46 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.16% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.81% 1.91% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 33 26
10th Percentile £446 £376 £400
25th Percentile £500 £519 £480
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £630 £538
Median % change year-on-year +3.17% +17.21% -2.27%
75th Percentile £695 £694 £638
90th Percentile £750 £709 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £650 £507
% change year-on-year -8.46% +28.33% -7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £13.05
75th Percentile - - £50.17
90th Percentile - - £62.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £13.05

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 3,262 2,406 3,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.43% 8.15% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 1,344 2,010
10th Percentile £360 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £468 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £659 £669
90th Percentile £738 £788 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 124 55 117
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.92
25th Percentile £33.75 £39.06 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +45.53% -12.74%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £87.85 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 22 March 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
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 22 March 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 -112 44 £600 -4.76% 23
UK excluding London -63 32 £595 -8.46% 19
Work from Home -20 21 £670 +6.35% 15
South East -40 14 £663 -4.25% 8
London -52 12 £600 -4.38% 4
North of England -72 8 £573 +52.67% 5
Yorkshire -52 7 £595 +58.67% 1
Midlands -57 7 £438 -25.53% 4
West Midlands -67 5 £438 -25.53% 1
South West -34 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 2 - - 3
North West -27 1 £475 - 4
Wales - 1 £325 -

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 (1.69%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.69%) CMS
Business Applications
1 27 (45.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (8.47%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (6.78%) SAP PP
3 4 (6.78%) Temenos T24
4 3 (5.08%) SAP MDG
5 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.69%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (1.69%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (1.69%) Primavera
6 1 (1.69%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.69%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (1.69%) SAP SCM
6 1 (1.69%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) AWS
1 6 (10.17%) Azure
2 4 (6.78%) SaaS
3 2 (3.39%) Azure API Management
3 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.39%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.69%) Boomi
4 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.69%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (1.69%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) GIS
1 3 (5.08%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (5.08%) LSMW
2 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.69%) Hudson
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.69%) Postman
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 27 (45.76%) Social Skills
2 22 (37.29%) Finance
3 13 (22.03%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.47%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.78%) Banking
6 4 (6.78%) Legal
6 4 (6.78%) Local Government
7 3 (5.08%) Billing
7 3 (5.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.39%) Law
8 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.69%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.69%) Retail
Job Titles
1 13 (22.03%) SAP Manager
2 12 (20.34%) Architect
3 10 (16.95%) Lead
4 9 (15.25%) Analyst
4 9 (15.25%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (13.56%) Business Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Designer
6 7 (11.86%) Project Manager
6 7 (11.86%) Solutions Designer
7 6 (10.17%) SAP Project Manager
8 5 (8.47%) ERP Manager
8 5 (8.47%) ERP Project Manager
8 5 (8.47%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) SAP Architect
9 4 (6.78%) Change Manager
9 4 (6.78%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (6.78%) Senior
10 3 (5.08%) Consultant
10 3 (5.08%) Data Migration Lead
10 3 (5.08%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.78%) Web Services
2 1 (1.69%) ADO
2 1 (1.69%) REST
2 1 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.78%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (5.08%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.08%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.39%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.39%) FMCG
3 2 (3.39%) IoT
3 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.39%) Taxonomies
3 2 (3.39%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.69%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
1 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) ERP
2 28 (47.46%) Migration
3 15 (25.42%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (22.03%) Workshop Facilitation
5 12 (20.34%) Data Migration
6 10 (16.95%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (15.25%) Project Delivery
8 7 (11.86%) Change Management
8 7 (11.86%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (11.86%) Roadmaps
8 7 (11.86%) SAP Implementation
8 7 (11.86%) Validation
9 6 (10.17%) DevOps
9 6 (10.17%) Project Management
9 6 (10.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (8.47%) Agile
10 5 (8.47%) Data Mapping
10 5 (8.47%) Data Modelling
10 5 (8.47%) Risk Assessment
Qualifications
1 11 (18.64%) Degree
2 9 (15.25%) Security Cleared
3 6 (10.17%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.47%) SAP Certification
5 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
1 4 (6.78%) PMO
2 3 (5.08%) QA
3 2 (3.39%) GxP
3 2 (3.39%) NIST
3 2 (3.39%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (16.95%) Sage
3 4 (6.78%) Ariba
4 3 (5.08%) ESRI
4 3 (5.08%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.39%) Oracle
5 2 (3.39%) Temenos
6 1 (1.69%) Concur
6 1 (1.69%) Planon
6 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.69%) Workday