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 26 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 585 499 513
Rank change year-on-year -86 +14 +75
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 68 32 75
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.89% 1.29% 2.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 24 44
10th Percentile £463 £533 £429
25th Percentile £500 £597 £472
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £635 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.36% +22.12% -8.77%
75th Percentile £694 £700 £638
90th Percentile £850 £743 £673
UK excluding London median daily rate £551 £600 £601
% change year-on-year -8.20% -0.21% +4.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile £32.38 - -
25th Percentile - - £13.05
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £35.36
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £43.45 - -
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 3,606 2,479 3,194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.09% 8.20% 7.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,027 1,406 1,884
10th Percentile £358 £386 £363
25th Percentile £450 £458 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -
75th Percentile £650 £673 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £534 £525
% change year-on-year -1.59% +1.62% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 60 121
10th Percentile £21.25 £20.47 £15.43
25th Percentile £30.66 £32.25 £22.33
Median hourly rate £53.00 £58.75 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.79% +46.88% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.91 £73.13 £56.49
90th Percentile £90.50 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.93 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -13.45% +50.00% -25.46%

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 26 June 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 26 June 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 26 June 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 -97 54 £650 +3.17% 16
UK excluding London -94 32 £551 -8.20% 14
London -57 22 £675 +7.14% 4
Work from Home -45 19 £663 +5.16% 2
Midlands -53 12 £472 -30.09% 5
South East - 10 £656 - 6
North of England -64 7 £488 -3.94% 1
West Midlands -54 6 £446 -33.89% 3
East Midlands - 6 £650 - 2
North West -40 5 £475 -25.78%
East of England -33 2 - - 1
Yorkshire -48 2 £500 +33.33% 1
South West - 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 (1.47%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.47%) CMS
1 1 (1.47%) SAS
Business Applications
1 29 (42.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (10.29%) iTrent
3 4 (5.88%) Temenos T24
4 3 (4.41%) SAP PSCD
4 3 (4.41%) SAP SD
5 2 (2.94%) SAP FI
5 2 (2.94%) Workday HCM
6 1 (1.47%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (1.47%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (1.47%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.47%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.47%) SAP HCM
6 1 (1.47%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.47%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.47%) SAP MDG
6 1 (1.47%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (1.47%) SAP MII
6 1 (1.47%) SAP MRS
6 1 (1.47%) SAP PP
6 1 (1.47%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) SaaS
1 5 (7.35%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (4.41%) AWS
2 3 (4.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.94%) Azure
3 2 (2.94%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.47%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.47%) Boomi
4 1 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.47%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (1.47%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.47%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (14.71%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.88%) SAP BW
2 4 (5.88%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (2.94%) Power BI
3 2 (2.94%) Semantic Layer
4 1 (1.47%) Big Data
4 1 (1.47%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.47%) GIS
4 1 (1.47%) Looker
4 1 (1.47%) MySQL
4 1 (1.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Hudson
2 1 (1.47%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.47%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) LSMW
2 1 (1.47%) Postman
2 1 (1.47%) Selenium
General
1 30 (44.12%) Finance
2 22 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.18%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.29%) Public Sector
5 6 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.82%) Legal
6 4 (5.88%) Banking
6 4 (5.88%) Billing
6 4 (5.88%) Local Government
7 3 (4.41%) Automotive
7 3 (4.41%) General Ledger
7 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 2 (2.94%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.94%) Law
8 2 (2.94%) Retail
9 1 (1.47%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (26.47%) Architect
2 13 (19.12%) Consultant
3 12 (17.65%) Analyst
3 12 (17.65%) SAP Consultant
3 12 (17.65%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (16.18%) SAP Architect
5 8 (11.76%) Lead
6 7 (10.29%) Business Analyst
6 7 (10.29%) SAP Manager
7 6 (8.82%) ERP Architect
7 6 (8.82%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 5 (7.35%) Project Manager
8 5 (7.35%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (5.88%) Data Migration Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) ERP Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) Migration Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
9 4 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
10 3 (4.41%) SAP Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.88%) Middleware
2 2 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.47%) .NET
3 1 (1.47%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.47%) ADO
3 1 (1.47%) REST
3 1 (1.47%) Web Services
3 1 (1.47%) XML
3 1 (1.47%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.35%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (7.35%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.88%) FMCG
3 3 (4.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.94%) IoT
4 2 (2.94%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.47%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.47%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.47%) Life Science
5 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.47%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (100.00%) ERP
2 31 (45.59%) Migration
3 21 (30.88%) Data Migration
4 17 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (19.12%) Logistics
6 10 (14.71%) Validation
7 8 (11.76%) Data Cleansing
7 8 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (11.76%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (10.29%) Analytics
8 7 (10.29%) Data Extraction
8 7 (10.29%) Data Mapping
8 7 (10.29%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (8.82%) Agile
9 6 (8.82%) Data Integration
9 6 (8.82%) Test Automation
9 6 (8.82%) User Acceptance Testing
10 5 (7.35%) Data Modelling
10 5 (7.35%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) ABAP
2 2 (2.94%) SQL
3 1 (1.47%) C#
3 1 (1.47%) Java
3 1 (1.47%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.47%) MATLAB
3 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Security Cleared
2 9 (13.24%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.41%) CCA
4 2 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.94%) Degree
5 1 (1.47%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.47%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) Data Quality
1 3 (4.41%) PMO
2 1 (1.47%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.47%) NIST
2 1 (1.47%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 68 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (13.24%) Ariba
3 5 (7.35%) Oracle
4 4 (5.88%) Concur
4 4 (5.88%) Sage
5 3 (4.41%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.94%) Microsoft
6 2 (2.94%) Temenos
6 2 (2.94%) Workday
7 1 (1.47%) Conga
7 1 (1.47%) ESRI
7 1 (1.47%) Infor
7 1 (1.47%) Planon
7 1 (1.47%) ServiceNow