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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 470 531
Rank change year-on-year -79 +61 +132
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 59 62 62
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.20% 0.14%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.91% 2.57% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 43 27
10th Percentile £465 £370 £400
25th Percentile £525 £495 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £663 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.42% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £725 £675 £593
90th Percentile £750 £707 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £663 £600 £513
% change year-on-year +10.42% +17.07% -9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £13.05
75th Percentile - - £50.17
90th Percentile - - £62.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £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 3,093 2,410 3,537
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.61% 7.90% 7.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,751 1,318 2,017
10th Percentile £358 £380 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £660 £675
90th Percentile £745 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £525
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 100 57 119
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £16.09
25th Percentile £33.75 £35.00 £22.33
Median hourly rate £55.75 £60.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% +26.32% +27.35%
75th Percentile £70.94 £80.75 £60.13
90th Percentile £90.09 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -5.83% +26.32% +27.35%

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 23 February 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
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 23 February 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 -87 44 £663 +10.42% 20
UK excluding London -68 32 £663 +10.42% 15
Work from Home +5 25 £673 +12.08% 11
South East -20 14 £663 -1.85% 6
London -46 10 £663 +6.00% 6
Midlands -56 9 £583 +7.87% 1
North of England -49 7 £573 +52.67% 8
Yorkshire -52 6 £595 +58.67% 1
West Midlands -60 5 £413 -23.61% 1
East Midlands -25 4 £825 +37.50%
South West -24 1 - -
North West -32 1 £475 -23.39% 7
Wales - 1 £325 -

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 (1.69%) Apache
1 1 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.69%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.69%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.69%) CMS
1 1 (1.69%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 30 (50.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (8.47%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (5.08%) SAP PP
3 3 (5.08%) Temenos T24
4 2 (3.39%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (3.39%) Primavera
4 2 (3.39%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (3.39%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.69%) SAP IBP
5 1 (1.69%) SAP SCM
5 1 (1.69%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.17%) Azure
2 5 (8.47%) AWS
3 4 (6.78%) SaaS
3 4 (6.78%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.39%) Azure API Management
4 2 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.39%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.69%) Boomi
5 1 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.69%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.69%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.08%) GIS
2 2 (3.39%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.69%) EDMS
3 1 (1.69%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.69%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.69%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.69%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.39%) LSMW
1 2 (3.39%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.69%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.69%) JIRA
2 1 (1.69%) Postman
2 1 (1.69%) Selenium
General
1 30 (50.85%) Social Skills
2 20 (33.90%) Finance
3 14 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
5 7 (11.86%) Manufacturing
6 5 (8.47%) Local Government
7 4 (6.78%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (5.08%) Banking
9 2 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (3.39%) Legal
9 2 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.69%) Law
Job Titles
1 14 (23.73%) SAP Manager
2 11 (18.64%) Architect
3 8 (13.56%) Lead
3 8 (13.56%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (11.86%) Designer
4 7 (11.86%) Solutions Designer
5 6 (10.17%) Analyst
5 6 (10.17%) Programme Manager
5 6 (10.17%) Project Manager
5 6 (10.17%) SAP Programme Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Business Analyst
6 5 (8.47%) SAP Project Manager
6 5 (8.47%) Senior
7 4 (6.78%) Change Manager
7 4 (6.78%) Consultant
7 4 (6.78%) ERP Manager
7 4 (6.78%) ERP Project Manager
7 4 (6.78%) SAP Architect
8 3 (5.08%) Implementation Manager
8 3 (5.08%) SAP Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.47%) Web Services
2 2 (3.39%) jQuery
2 2 (3.39%) REST
2 2 (3.39%) XML
2 2 (3.39%) XSL
3 1 (1.69%) ADO
3 1 (1.69%) Kafka
3 1 (1.69%) Middleware
3 1 (1.69%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Public Cloud
2 5 (8.47%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (6.78%) Virtual Team
4 2 (3.39%) FMCG
4 2 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.39%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.69%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.69%) IoT
5 1 (1.69%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 1 (1.69%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.69%) Windows
1 1 (1.69%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) ERP
2 25 (42.37%) Migration
3 14 (23.73%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (23.73%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (20.34%) Workshop Facilitation
5 11 (18.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (16.95%) Data Migration
6 10 (16.95%) Project Delivery
7 9 (15.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (15.25%) SAP Implementation
8 7 (11.86%) Agile
8 7 (11.86%) Change Management
9 6 (10.17%) CRM
9 6 (10.17%) DevOps
9 6 (10.17%) Validation
10 5 (8.47%) Data Integration
10 5 (8.47%) Decision-Making
10 5 (8.47%) Programme Governance
10 5 (8.47%) Project Management
10 5 (8.47%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.08%) SQL
2 2 (3.39%) C#
2 2 (3.39%) Java
2 2 (3.39%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.69%) Python
3 1 (1.69%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (20.34%) Degree
2 6 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.47%) SAP Certification
4 4 (6.78%) SC Cleared
5 3 (5.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.39%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.78%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.08%) PMO
2 3 (5.08%) QA
3 2 (3.39%) GxP
4 1 (1.69%) NIST
4 1 (1.69%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 59 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (16.95%) Sage
3 5 (8.47%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.47%) Oracle
4 3 (5.08%) ESRI
4 3 (5.08%) Salesforce
5 2 (3.39%) Ariba
5 2 (3.39%) Temenos
6 1 (1.69%) Concur
6 1 (1.69%) Databricks
6 1 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.69%) Workday