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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 501 475
Rank change year-on-year -115 -26 +91
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 64 50 97
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.12% 0.15% 0.26%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.66% 1.75% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 36 58
10th Percentile £484 £350 £421
25th Percentile £525 £512 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £591 £650 £545
Median % change year-on-year -9.04% +19.27% -5.22%
75th Percentile £703 £741 £629
90th Percentile £850 £827 £647
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £589 £600
% change year-on-year -6.62% -1.83% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile £19.24 - -
25th Percentile £21.35 - -
Median hourly rate £33.65 - £35.36
75th Percentile £40.00 - -
90th Percentile £40.58 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.65 - £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 3,850 2,864 2,782
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.05% 8.65% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,093 1,627 1,491
10th Percentile £363 £359 £361
25th Percentile £463 £450 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £656 £674 £675
90th Percentile £775 £754 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -0.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 50 73
10th Percentile £15.00 £12.98 £25.08
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.18 £35.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -21.69% -26.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.44 £61.60
90th Percentile £90.50 £85.10 £67.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.87 £38.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year -0.36% -5.77% -28.62%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -114 48 £625 -2.34% 71
UK excluding London -79 30 £550 -6.62% 53
Work from Home -63 18 £590 -9.26% 22
London -82 17 £800 +18.52% 23
North of England -66 12 £570 -17.99% 4
Midlands -40 10 £481 -24.06% 15
North West -44 10 £591 -14.93% 1
East Midlands -11 6 £650 -21.21% 6
South East -70 5 £581 +66.07% 6
West Midlands -45 4 £430 -16.50% 9
East of England -35 2 - - 11
Yorkshire - 2 £550 - 2
South West - 1 £550 - 6

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 2 (3.13%) NetWeaver
2 1 (1.56%) CMS
2 1 (1.56%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 29 (45.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (12.50%) SAP HR
3 7 (10.94%) iTrent
3 7 (10.94%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (4.69%) SAP FI
4 3 (4.69%) SAP PSCD
5 2 (3.13%) SAP Business One
5 2 (3.13%) SAP EHS
5 2 (3.13%) SAP FI-CA
5 2 (3.13%) SAP HCM
5 2 (3.13%) SAP MRS
5 2 (3.13%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.56%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (1.56%) SAP EWM
6 1 (1.56%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.56%) SAP MII
6 1 (1.56%) SAP PS
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Travel Management
6 1 (1.56%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.69%) Azure
3 2 (3.13%) SaaS
3 2 (3.13%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.56%) AWS
4 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (1.56%) Boomi
4 1 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.56%) GCP
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.56%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.56%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.56%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (15.63%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (6.25%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) SAP BW
3 3 (4.69%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (3.13%) GIS
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (3.13%) Tableau
5 1 (1.56%) Big Data
5 1 (1.56%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.56%) Looker
5 1 (1.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Hudson
2 1 (1.56%) JIRA
General
1 23 (35.94%) Social Skills
2 18 (28.13%) Finance
3 15 (23.44%) Manufacturing
4 10 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Automotive
6 5 (7.81%) Public Sector
7 4 (6.25%) Local Government
8 3 (4.69%) General Ledger
8 3 (4.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
9 2 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.56%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.56%) Banking
10 1 (1.56%) Billing
10 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (28.13%) Consultant
2 14 (21.88%) Analyst
3 13 (20.31%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (12.50%) Architect
4 8 (12.50%) Senior
5 7 (10.94%) Payroll Consultant
5 7 (10.94%) SAP Analyst
6 6 (9.38%) Business Analyst
7 5 (7.81%) HR Consultant
7 5 (7.81%) Lead
7 5 (7.81%) SAP Architect
8 4 (6.25%) Data Migration Specialist
8 4 (6.25%) ERP Specialist
8 4 (6.25%) Logistics Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) Migration Specialist
8 4 (6.25%) SAP Business Analyst
8 4 (6.25%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
8 4 (6.25%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
8 4 (6.25%) SAP HR Consultant
8 4 (6.25%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.25%) Middleware
2 3 (4.69%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (3.13%) .NET
3 2 (3.13%) SAPUI5
3 2 (3.13%) XML
4 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.56%) IDoc
4 1 (1.56%) JSON
4 1 (1.56%) REST
4 1 (1.56%) SAP ALE
4 1 (1.56%) SOAP
4 1 (1.56%) Web Services
4 1 (1.56%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Replication
2 5 (7.81%) Public Cloud
3 4 (6.25%) FMCG
4 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.56%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.56%) IoT
6 1 (1.56%) Life Science
6 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (100.00%) ERP
2 22 (34.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (32.81%) Migration
4 16 (25.00%) Data Migration
5 14 (21.88%) Logistics
6 10 (15.63%) CRM
6 10 (15.63%) Validation
7 9 (14.06%) Requirements Workshops
8 8 (12.50%) Data Extraction
8 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
9 7 (10.94%) Agile
9 7 (10.94%) GAP Analysis
9 7 (10.94%) Procure-to-Pay
9 7 (10.94%) Time Management
10 6 (9.38%) Analytics
10 6 (9.38%) Data Cleansing
10 6 (9.38%) Knowledge Transfer
10 6 (9.38%) Translating Business Requirements
10 6 (9.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) ABAP
2 4 (6.25%) Java
3 2 (3.13%) C#
3 2 (3.13%) Python
3 2 (3.13%) SQL
4 1 (1.56%) C++
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.81%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (6.25%) Degree
5 3 (4.69%) CCA
6 1 (1.56%) HNC
6 1 (1.56%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.56%) PMP
6 1 (1.56%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) COSHH
1 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
1 2 (3.13%) PMO
2 1 (1.56%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (9.38%) Ariba
2 6 (9.38%) Oracle
3 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.69%) Concur
5 2 (3.13%) ESRI
5 2 (3.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.56%) Conga
6 1 (1.56%) Infor
6 1 (1.56%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.56%) Planview
6 1 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.56%) webMethods
6 1 (1.56%) Workday