SAP ERP Contracts

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP ERP over the 6 months leading up to 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 502 576
Rank change year-on-year -17 +74 +170
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 31 72 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.097% 0.17% 0.18%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.18% 2.29% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 44 69
10th Percentile £554 £429 £413
25th Percentile £600 £472 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £645 £520 £575
Median % change year-on-year +24.04% -9.57% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £700
90th Percentile £743 £673 £795
UK excluding London median daily rate £620 £601 £575
% change year-on-year +3.12% +4.57% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £19.74 -
25th Percentile - £29.78 £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 2,631 3,150 3,985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.27% 7.27% 7.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,486 1,853 2,247
10th Percentile £386 £363 £373
25th Percentile £456 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £671 £675 £678
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +2.38% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 116 62
10th Percentile £20.19 £16.21 £22.66
25th Percentile £30.25 £25.75 £39.56
Median hourly rate £57.50 £40.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.59% -19.35% +40.53%
75th Percentile £72.50 £58.94 £67.81
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £88.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £40.33 £55.00
% change year-on-year +48.79% -26.68% +69.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP.

Daily rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP.

Hourly rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Top 10 Contract 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 5 July 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 +17 25 £630 +21.15% 73
London +35 13 £630 +21.15% 32
UK excluding London +21 12 £620 +3.12% 46
Work from Home +19 9 £640 +16.36% 30
East of England - 7 £600 - 8
North of England -2 4 £640 +27.87% 15
North West +3 2 £640 - 14
Yorkshire -2 2 £523 +4.40% 1
Midlands +4 1 £675 - 11
West Midlands +2 1 £675 - 10

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 1 (3.23%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (3.23%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 12 (38.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (6.45%) SAP GRC
2 2 (6.45%) SAP PLM
2 2 (6.45%) Teamcenter
3 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (3.23%) SAP BPC
3 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) GitHub
4 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.23%) iPaaS
4 1 (3.23%) Power Automate
4 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 1 (3.23%) Veeva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.45%) SAP BW
1 2 (6.45%) SAP HANA
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.23%) GIS
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (3.23%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) LoadRunner
1 4 (12.90%) NeoLoad
2 3 (9.68%) JIRA
3 2 (6.45%) Jenkins
3 2 (6.45%) JMeter
General
1 14 (45.16%) Social Skills
2 8 (25.81%) Pharmaceutical
3 6 (19.35%) Manufacturing
4 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.90%) Local Government
6 3 (9.68%) Finance
7 2 (6.45%) Aerospace
7 2 (6.45%) French Language
7 2 (6.45%) Legal
7 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.23%) Automotive
8 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (3.23%) German Language
8 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.23%) Retail
8 1 (3.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (29.03%) SAP Manager
2 8 (25.81%) ERP Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (19.35%) Lead
4 5 (16.13%) Architect
5 4 (12.90%) HR Manager
5 4 (12.90%) SAP Delivery Manager
5 4 (12.90%) Test Leader
6 3 (9.68%) Enterprise Architect
6 3 (9.68%) SAP Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) Developer
7 2 (6.45%) ERP Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) ERP Implementation Manager
7 2 (6.45%) ERP Project Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Implementation Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
7 2 (6.45%) SAP Enterprise Architect
7 2 (6.45%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
1 2 (6.45%) SAP PI
2 1 (3.23%) jQuery
2 1 (3.23%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (3.23%) SailPoint
2 1 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (3.23%) Visualforce
2 1 (3.23%) XML
2 1 (3.23%) XSL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Life Science
2 4 (12.90%) FMCG
2 4 (12.90%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.45%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.23%) LIMS
4 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) ERP
2 14 (45.16%) Agile
2 14 (45.16%) Project Management
3 13 (41.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (25.81%) PRINCE2
5 7 (22.58%) Waterfall
6 6 (19.35%) Change Management
6 6 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (19.35%) Programme Management
7 5 (16.13%) Decision-Making
7 5 (16.13%) Risk Management
7 5 (16.13%) Test Management
8 4 (12.90%) Data Modelling
8 4 (12.90%) Information Management
8 4 (12.90%) Non-Functional Testing
8 4 (12.90%) Project Governance
8 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
8 4 (12.90%) SAP Implementation
8 4 (12.90%) Scrum
8 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) SQL
2 2 (6.45%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) Apex Code
3 1 (3.23%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) Groovy
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.23%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.23%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) PMI Certification
1 4 (12.90%) PMP
2 3 (9.68%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) CISM
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SAP Certification
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.68%) GxP
3 2 (6.45%) GRC
3 2 (6.45%) PMO
4 1 (3.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) IAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) HP ALM
1 1 (3.23%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (22.58%) Ariba
3 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
4 3 (9.68%) Salesforce
5 2 (6.45%) Concur
5 2 (6.45%) Oracle
5 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
6 1 (3.23%) ESRI
6 1 (3.23%) HP
6 1 (3.23%) LabVantage
6 1 (3.23%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (3.23%) Micro Focus
6 1 (3.23%) Siemens
6 1 (3.23%) SnapLogic