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 28 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 562 483 532
Rank change year-on-year -79 +49 +76
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 62 42 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.88% 1.77% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 32 27
10th Percentile £461 £453 £400
25th Percentile £500 £519 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £656 £640 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.54% +21.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £696 £696 £625
90th Percentile £750 £709 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £629 £658 £501
% change year-on-year -4.45% +31.47% -9.00%
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 3,306 2,375 3,427
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.44% 8.17% 7.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,878 1,331 2,023
10th Percentile £363 £381 £375
25th Percentile £450 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +3.64% -
75th Percentile £650 £659 £669
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 127 57 115
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.27 £15.76
25th Percentile £33.75 £40.00 £21.25
Median hourly rate £54.00 £60.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £68.75 £80.75 £60.13
90th Percentile £88.30 £86.00 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -5.83% +50.00% -18.37%

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 28 March 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 12 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 28 March 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 -104 47 £600 -7.69% 22
UK excluding London -85 34 £629 -4.45% 19
Work from Home -15 24 £670 +6.35% 16
South East -42 15 £663 -4.25% 9
London -55 12 £600 -4.76% 4
Midlands -72 9 £438 -25.53% 3
North of England -63 8 £573 +52.67% 5
Yorkshire -50 7 £595 +58.67% 2
West Midlands -58 5 £438 -25.53% 1
East Midlands - 4 - - 2
South West -24 2 - - 1
North West -38 1 £475 - 3

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 29 (46.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (8.06%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (6.45%) SAP PP
3 4 (6.45%) Temenos T24
4 3 (4.84%) SAP MDG
5 2 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.61%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (1.61%) Primavera
6 1 (1.61%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.61%) SAP FI
6 1 (1.61%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.61%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.61%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (1.61%) SAP SCM
6 1 (1.61%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.61%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.68%) AWS
1 6 (9.68%) Azure
2 4 (6.45%) SaaS
3 2 (3.23%) Azure API Management
3 2 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.23%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.61%) Boomi
4 1 (1.61%) SAP Fieldglass
4 1 (1.61%) Snowflake
4 1 (1.61%) Tricentis Tosca
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) GIS
1 3 (4.84%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.84%) LSMW
2 1 (1.61%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.61%) Hudson
2 1 (1.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.61%) Postman
2 1 (1.61%) Selenium
General
1 26 (41.94%) Social Skills
2 24 (38.71%) Finance
3 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (9.68%) Legal
4 6 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 5 (8.06%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.45%) Banking
6 4 (6.45%) Local Government
7 3 (4.84%) Billing
8 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.23%) Law
8 2 (3.23%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.61%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (22.58%) SAP Manager
2 13 (20.97%) Architect
3 10 (16.13%) Lead
3 10 (16.13%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (14.52%) Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Business Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Designer
6 7 (11.29%) Solutions Designer
7 6 (9.68%) Project Manager
7 6 (9.68%) SAP Architect
7 6 (9.68%) SAP Project Manager
8 5 (8.06%) Consultant
8 5 (8.06%) ERP Manager
8 5 (8.06%) ERP Project Manager
8 5 (8.06%) SAP Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) Change Manager
9 4 (6.45%) ERP Architect
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (6.45%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) Web Services
2 2 (3.23%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.61%) ADO
3 1 (1.61%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.84%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (4.84%) Product Ownership
1 3 (4.84%) Public Cloud
2 2 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.23%) FMCG
2 2 (3.23%) IoT
2 2 (3.23%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.23%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.61%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (1.61%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) ERP
2 27 (43.55%) Migration
3 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (20.97%) Workshop Facilitation
6 12 (19.35%) Data Migration
6 12 (19.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (14.52%) Project Delivery
8 7 (11.29%) Change Management
8 7 (11.29%) Data Cleansing
8 7 (11.29%) Roadmaps
8 7 (11.29%) SAP Implementation
8 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 7 (11.29%) Validation
9 6 (9.68%) DevOps
10 5 (8.06%) Data Modelling
10 5 (8.06%) Logistics
10 5 (8.06%) Project Management
10 5 (8.06%) Risk Assessment
10 5 (8.06%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Degree
2 9 (14.52%) Security Cleared
3 6 (9.68%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) SAP Certification
5 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.23%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.84%) PMO
2 3 (4.84%) QA
3 2 (3.23%) GxP
3 2 (3.23%) NIST
3 2 (3.23%) NIST 800
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (16.13%) Sage
3 3 (4.84%) Ariba
3 3 (4.84%) ESRI
4 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.23%) Oracle
4 2 (3.23%) Temenos
5 1 (1.61%) Concur
5 1 (1.61%) Planon
5 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.61%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.61%) Workday