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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 496 477 589
Rank change year-on-year -19 +112 +150
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 51 92 73
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.24% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.82% 3.29% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 56 51
10th Percentile £380 £425 £363
25th Percentile £514 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £545 £575
Median % change year-on-year +18.35% -5.22% -7.26%
75th Percentile £738 £628 £710
90th Percentile £826 £653 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £575
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate - £35.36 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year - -62.78% -
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £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 2,800 2,793 3,617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.57% 7.34% 7.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,584 1,511 2,018
10th Percentile £360 £363 £357
25th Percentile £450 £458 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £663 £688 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £528 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -1.40% +1.90% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 79 68
10th Percentile £13.59 £24.90 £22.06
25th Percentile £25.25 £35.18 £46.75
Median hourly rate £33.49 £45.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -18.18% +22.22%
75th Percentile £62.81 £61.60 £64.06
90th Percentile £72.50 £66.30 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
% change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +67.39%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP ERP 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 16 September 2025.

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 12 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 16 September 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 -22 41 £630 +18.31% 28
UK excluding London -17 22 £600 - 21
Work from Home +35 20 £640 +6.67% 17
London +16 15 £663 +27.40% 15
Midlands -13 7 £515 -9.65% 4
South East +22 6 £350 -37.22% 9
East of England - 6 £600 -
North of England -18 5 £670 +34.00% 1
East Midlands -2 4 £825 +37.50% 3
North West -13 4 £695 +39.00% 1
West Midlands -15 3 £515 -4.63% 1
Yorkshire -17 1 £670 +34.00%

SAP ERP
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 4 (7.84%) Confluence
2 1 (1.96%) Apache
2 1 (1.96%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.96%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (1.96%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (9.80%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.96%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 22 (43.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (5.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (3.92%) SAP PLM
3 2 (3.92%) Teamcenter
4 1 (1.96%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (1.96%) Primavera
4 1 (1.96%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) Power Platform
1 4 (7.84%) SaaS
1 4 (7.84%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (3.92%) Azure
2 2 (3.92%) GitHub
3 1 (1.96%) Azure API Management
3 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.96%) iPaaS
3 1 (1.96%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (1.96%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) Power BI
1 4 (7.84%) SAP BW
2 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (3.92%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (1.96%) EDMS
3 1 (1.96%) GIS
3 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.96%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.96%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.96%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.96%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (13.73%) JIRA
2 4 (7.84%) LoadRunner
2 4 (7.84%) NeoLoad
3 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
3 2 (3.92%) JMeter
4 1 (1.96%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (1.96%) Zephyr
General
1 25 (49.02%) Finance
2 22 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 11 (21.57%) Manufacturing
4 10 (19.61%) Public Sector
5 9 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (7.84%) General Ledger
6 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Billing
7 2 (3.92%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.92%) Legal
7 2 (3.92%) Local Government
8 1 (1.96%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.96%) Automotive
8 1 (1.96%) French Language
8 1 (1.96%) German Language
8 1 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Retail
8 1 (1.96%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (15.69%) Architect
1 8 (15.69%) SAP Manager
2 6 (11.76%) Consultant
2 6 (11.76%) Lead
2 6 (11.76%) Programme Manager
2 6 (11.76%) Project Manager
2 6 (11.76%) SAP Programme Manager
3 5 (9.80%) SAP Architect
3 5 (9.80%) SAP Consultant
3 5 (9.80%) Solutions Architect
4 4 (7.84%) Accountant
4 4 (7.84%) Developer
4 4 (7.84%) ERP Manager
4 4 (7.84%) SAP BW Consultant
4 4 (7.84%) Senior
4 4 (7.84%) Systems Accountant
4 4 (7.84%) Test Leader
5 3 (5.88%) ERP Architect
5 3 (5.88%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 3 (5.88%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) jQuery
1 3 (5.88%) Middleware
1 3 (5.88%) XML
1 3 (5.88%) XSL
2 1 (1.96%) Kafka
2 1 (1.96%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.96%) REST
2 1 (1.96%) SAP PI
2 1 (1.96%) SOAP
2 1 (1.96%) Visualforce
2 1 (1.96%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) Life Science
1 5 (9.80%) Public Cloud
2 4 (7.84%) FMCG
2 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.88%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.96%) LIMS
5 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing Execution System
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) ERP
2 11 (21.57%) Agile
3 10 (19.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 9 (17.65%) CRM
4 9 (17.65%) Programme Governance
4 9 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (15.69%) Project Management
6 7 (13.73%) Analytics
6 7 (13.73%) Migration
7 6 (11.76%) Change Management
7 6 (11.76%) Data Migration
8 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.80%) Test Management
8 5 (9.80%) TOGAF
8 5 (9.80%) Validation
8 5 (9.80%) Waterfall
8 5 (9.80%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (7.84%) Accounts Payable
9 4 (7.84%) Accounts Receivable
9 4 (7.84%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (21.57%) SQL
2 4 (7.84%) ABAP
2 4 (7.84%) Java
3 3 (5.88%) C#
3 3 (5.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.96%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.96%) Groovy
4 1 (1.96%) Python
4 1 (1.96%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (9.80%) Degree
1 5 (9.80%) Security Cleared
2 4 (7.84%) CCA
2 4 (7.84%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.88%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.88%) PMP
4 2 (3.92%) ACCA
4 2 (3.92%) CIMA
4 2 (3.92%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (3.92%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 3 (5.88%) GxP
1 3 (5.88%) QA
2 2 (3.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 51 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (19.61%) Oracle
3 6 (11.76%) Ariba
4 5 (9.80%) Salesforce
5 4 (7.84%) Microsoft
6 2 (3.92%) Concur
7 1 (1.96%) Databricks
7 1 (1.96%) ESRI
7 1 (1.96%) HP
7 1 (1.96%) LabVantage
7 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.96%) Siemens
7 1 (1.96%) SnapLogic