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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 609 513 497
Rank change year-on-year -96 -16 +78
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 66 39 77
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.12% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.72% 1.41% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 29 48
10th Percentile £448 £495 £430
25th Percentile £500 £600 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £670 £535
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +25.23% -6.96%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £638
90th Percentile £850 £750 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £670 £603
% change year-on-year -20.71% +11.20% +4.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £27.14 - -
25th Percentile £33.65 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £42.30 - -
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 3,842 2,773 2,959
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.24% 8.46% 7.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,152 1,600 1,735
10th Percentile £356 £363 £363
25th Percentile £455 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £663 £675
90th Percentile £744 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 60 83
10th Percentile £18.75 £18.28 £23.20
25th Percentile £28.50 £27.23 £36.43
Median hourly rate £47.50 £44.75 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.15% -0.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £71.91 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.80 £82.75 £65.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £58.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year -31.91% +30.56% -18.18%

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 31 July 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 31 July 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 31 July 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 -103 52 £625 -4.58% 17
UK excluding London -67 29 £531 -20.71% 13
London -60 23 £675 +3.45% 6
Work from Home -44 14 £500 -21.88% 4
Midlands -41 12 £472 -30.09% 5
South East -58 7 £589 +68.32% 5
East Midlands - 7 £650 -
North of England -71 6 £534 -24.82% 2
North West -53 5 £534 -28.83% 1
West Midlands -57 5 £446 -33.89% 5
East of England -23 2 - - 1
South West - 2 £550 -
Yorkshire -52 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 (1.52%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.52%) CMS
1 1 (1.52%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (45.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.61%) iTrent
3 3 (4.55%) SAP FI
3 3 (4.55%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (4.55%) SAP SD
4 2 (3.03%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.03%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (3.03%) SAP IBP
4 2 (3.03%) Temenos T24
5 1 (1.52%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (1.52%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.52%) SAP EWM
5 1 (1.52%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.52%) SAP HR
5 1 (1.52%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.52%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (1.52%) SAP MII
5 1 (1.52%) SAP MRS
5 1 (1.52%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.58%) SaaS
2 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
2 4 (6.06%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.55%) Azure
4 2 (3.03%) AWS
4 2 (3.03%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.52%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.15%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.06%) SAP BW
2 4 (6.06%) SAP Data Services
3 3 (4.55%) Power BI
4 2 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.03%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (1.52%) Big Data
5 1 (1.52%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.52%) GIS
5 1 (1.52%) Looker
5 1 (1.52%) MySQL
5 1 (1.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Hudson
2 1 (1.52%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) LSMW
General
1 29 (43.94%) Finance
2 20 (30.30%) Social Skills
3 12 (18.18%) Manufacturing
4 9 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.09%) Legal
5 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.06%) Automotive
6 4 (6.06%) Billing
6 4 (6.06%) Local Government
7 3 (4.55%) Banking
7 3 (4.55%) General Ledger
7 3 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.55%) Retail
7 3 (4.55%) Telecoms
8 2 (3.03%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.03%) Law
9 1 (1.52%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Analyst
1 14 (21.21%) Architect
2 13 (19.70%) Consultant
3 12 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
4 10 (15.15%) SAP Architect
5 9 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) ERP Architect
6 6 (9.09%) Lead
6 6 (9.09%) SAP Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) SAP Manager
6 6 (9.09%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 4 (6.06%) Data Migration Specialist
7 4 (6.06%) ERP Specialist
7 4 (6.06%) Logistics Analyst
7 4 (6.06%) Migration Specialist
7 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
7 4 (6.06%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
7 4 (6.06%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
7 4 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) Middleware
2 2 (3.03%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.52%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.52%) IDoc
3 1 (1.52%) REST
3 1 (1.52%) SAP ALE
3 1 (1.52%) Web Services
3 1 (1.52%) XML
3 1 (1.52%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Public Cloud
2 4 (6.06%) FMCG
2 4 (6.06%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (4.55%) Product Ownership
4 2 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.03%) IoT
4 2 (3.03%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.52%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.52%) Life Science
5 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.52%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.52%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) ERP
2 28 (42.42%) Migration
3 22 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 18 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (22.73%) Logistics
6 11 (16.67%) Validation
7 9 (13.64%) Data Cleansing
7 9 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.12%) Analytics
8 8 (12.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (10.61%) Data Extraction
9 7 (10.61%) Data Integration
9 7 (10.61%) Roadmaps
9 7 (10.61%) Workshop Facilitation
10 6 (9.09%) Agile
10 6 (9.09%) CRM
10 6 (9.09%) Data Mapping
10 6 (9.09%) Data Modelling
10 6 (9.09%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.06%) ABAP
2 2 (3.03%) SQL
3 1 (1.52%) C#
3 1 (1.52%) Java
3 1 (1.52%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.52%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (15.15%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.12%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.55%) CCA
3 3 (4.55%) Degree
4 2 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.52%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.52%) PMP
5 1 (1.52%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.55%) PMO
2 1 (1.52%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.52%) NIST
2 1 (1.52%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 66 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.64%) Ariba
3 5 (7.58%) Oracle
4 3 (4.55%) Concur
4 3 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.03%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.52%) Conga
6 1 (1.52%) ESRI
6 1 (1.52%) Infor
6 1 (1.52%) Planon
6 1 (1.52%) Planview
6 1 (1.52%) Sage
6 1 (1.52%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.52%) Workday