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 11 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 563 475 522
Rank change year-on-year -88 +47 +76
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 62 44 60
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.15% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.81% 1.80% 1.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 34 32
10th Percentile £451 £488 £401
25th Percentile £500 £591 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £645 £510
Median % change year-on-year -8.14% +26.41% -7.23%
75th Percentile £694 £695 £631
90th Percentile £735 £709 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £650 £501
% change year-on-year -21.15% +29.87% -11.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile £29.84 - -
25th Percentile £33.65 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £13.05
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 - £13.05

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 3,425 2,451 3,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.19% 8.34% 7.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,945 1,385 1,892
10th Percentile £363 £400 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £787
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £545 £525
% change year-on-year -3.67% +3.81% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 51 117
10th Percentile £25.92 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £68.75 £79.13 £58.00
90th Percentile £88.23 £86.00 £63.97
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.47 £60.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -5.88% +49.39% -18.86%

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 11 May 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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -108 47 £593 -7.42% 18
UK excluding London -87 29 £513 -21.15% 14
Work from Home -21 21 £663 +5.16% 8
London -47 17 £625 -0.79% 4
South East -49 12 £656 -5.15% 4
Midlands -61 9 £413 -29.79% 4
North of England -67 6 £488 -3.94% 5
West Midlands -60 5 £413 -29.79% 4
North West -40 4 £475 -25.78% 2
East Midlands - 4 - -
Yorkshire -53 2 £500 +33.33% 3
South West -35 1 - - 1
East of England -38 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 (1.61%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.61%) CMS
Business Applications
1 34 (54.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (6.45%) Temenos T24
3 3 (4.84%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (3.23%) SAP FI
4 2 (3.23%) SAP MDG
4 2 (3.23%) SAP PP
4 2 (3.23%) SAP SD
5 1 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (1.61%) iTrent
5 1 (1.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (1.61%) SAP CO
5 1 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.61%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.61%) SAP MDG-F
5 1 (1.61%) SAP MRS
5 1 (1.61%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.61%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) SaaS
2 4 (6.45%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.84%) AWS
4 2 (3.23%) Azure
4 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.61%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.61%) Boomi
5 1 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.61%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.61%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.61%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (1.61%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.23%) SAP Data Services
1 2 (3.23%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (1.61%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.61%) GIS
2 1 (1.61%) Looker
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.61%) Power BI
2 1 (1.61%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.23%) LSMW
2 1 (1.61%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.61%) Hudson
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Postman
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
General
1 26 (41.94%) Finance
2 23 (37.10%) Social Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Manufacturing
4 9 (14.52%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.68%) Legal
5 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.45%) Banking
7 3 (4.84%) Billing
7 3 (4.84%) Local Government
8 2 (3.23%) Automotive
8 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Law
8 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.23%) Retail
9 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (24.19%) Architect
2 12 (19.35%) Analyst
3 10 (16.13%) SAP Manager
3 10 (16.13%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (14.52%) Business Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Consultant
5 8 (12.90%) SAP Architect
6 7 (11.29%) Lead
6 7 (11.29%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
7 6 (9.68%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (8.06%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Change Manager
9 4 (6.45%) Designer
9 4 (6.45%) ERP Architect
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Solutions Architect
9 4 (6.45%) Solutions Designer
10 3 (4.84%) Data Migration Lead
10 3 (4.84%) ERP Manager
10 3 (4.84%) SAP Data Migration Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.84%) Middleware
1 3 (4.84%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.61%) .NET
2 1 (1.61%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.61%) ADO
2 1 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.84%) FMCG
2 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.84%) Public Cloud
3 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.23%) IoT
3 2 (3.23%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.61%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.61%) Life Science
4 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) ERP
2 31 (50.00%) Migration
3 18 (29.03%) Data Migration
4 17 (27.42%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (17.74%) Logistics
5 11 (17.74%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (16.13%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (14.52%) Problem-Solving
7 9 (14.52%) Validation
8 8 (12.90%) Change Management
8 8 (12.90%) Data Cleansing
8 8 (12.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (11.29%) Data Mapping
10 6 (9.68%) Agile
10 6 (9.68%) Data Integration
10 6 (9.68%) Project Delivery
10 6 (9.68%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (8.06%) Roadmaps
11 5 (8.06%) SAP Implementation
11 5 (8.06%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.61%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 4 (6.45%) Degree
2 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
3 3 (4.84%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.06%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.84%) PMO
3 1 (1.61%) GxP
3 1 (1.61%) NIST
3 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 7 (11.29%) Sage
3 6 (9.68%) Ariba
4 3 (4.84%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.23%) Oracle
5 2 (3.23%) Temenos
6 1 (1.61%) Concur
6 1 (1.61%) Conga
6 1 (1.61%) ESRI
6 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.61%) Planon
6 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.61%) Workday