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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 482 528
Rank change year-on-year -67 +46 +78
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 67 45 63
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.15% 0.15%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.97% 1.87% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 35 32
10th Percentile £459 £475 £401
25th Percentile £500 £575 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £640 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +25.43% -7.23%
75th Percentile £694 £694 £659
90th Percentile £750 £709 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £589 £650 £501
% change year-on-year -9.36% +29.87% -10.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
Median hourly rate £40.00 - £13.05
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 3,407 2,412 3,228
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.22% 8.23% 7.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,944 1,360 1,871
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.87% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £650 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £548 £525
% change year-on-year -4.11% +4.29% -2.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 50 117
10th Percentile £21.83 £22.27 £14.71
25th Percentile £34.01 £38.58 £21.25
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £68.75 £77.50 £58.00
90th Percentile £87.80 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £56.50 £60.00 £40.16
% change year-on-year -5.83% +49.39% -18.04%

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 4 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
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 4 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 -97 49 £595 -7.03% 20
UK excluding London -92 31 £589 -9.36% 17
Work from Home -16 25 £663 +5.16% 7
London -48 17 £625 -0.79% 3
South East -46 13 £663 -4.25% 3
Midlands -68 8 £413 -29.79% 6
North of England -59 7 £500 -1.48% 7
North West -35 4 £475 -25.78% 2
West Midlands -62 4 £413 -29.79% 6
East Midlands - 4 - -
Yorkshire -47 3 £548 +46.00% 5
South West -34 2 - -
East of England -44 1 - - 2

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 (1.49%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.49%) CMS
Business Applications
1 36 (53.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.46%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (5.97%) SAP PP
3 4 (5.97%) Temenos T24
4 3 (4.48%) SAP MDG
5 2 (2.99%) SAP FI
5 2 (2.99%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (1.49%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (1.49%) iTrent
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (1.49%) SAP CO
6 1 (1.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (1.49%) SAP IBP
6 1 (1.49%) SAP MDG-F
6 1 (1.49%) SAP MRS
6 1 (1.49%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.49%) SAP SCM
6 1 (1.49%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) SaaS
2 4 (5.97%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (4.48%) AWS
4 2 (2.99%) Azure
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (1.49%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.49%) Boomi
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.49%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.49%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.49%) Tricentis Tosca
5 1 (1.49%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.48%) SAP Data Services
2 2 (2.99%) Semantic Layer
3 1 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.49%) GIS
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (4.48%) LSMW
2 1 (1.49%) Cucumber
2 1 (1.49%) Hudson
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Postman
2 1 (1.49%) Selenium
General
1 28 (41.79%) Finance
2 25 (37.31%) Social Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.93%) Manufacturing
5 6 (8.96%) Legal
5 6 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.97%) Banking
7 3 (4.48%) Billing
7 3 (4.48%) Local Government
7 3 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.99%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.99%) Law
8 2 (2.99%) Retail
9 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.49%) Automotive
9 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (22.39%) Architect
2 12 (17.91%) SAP Manager
3 11 (16.42%) Analyst
4 10 (14.93%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (11.94%) Business Analyst
5 8 (11.94%) Consultant
5 8 (11.94%) Project Manager
5 8 (11.94%) SAP Architect
6 7 (10.45%) Designer
6 7 (10.45%) Lead
6 7 (10.45%) SAP Consultant
6 7 (10.45%) Solutions Designer
7 5 (7.46%) ERP Manager
7 5 (7.46%) ERP Project Manager
7 5 (7.46%) SAP Analyst
7 5 (7.46%) SAP Project Manager
8 4 (5.97%) Change Manager
8 4 (5.97%) ERP Architect
8 4 (5.97%) SAP Business Analyst
8 4 (5.97%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.48%) Middleware
1 3 (4.48%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.49%) .NET
2 1 (1.49%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.49%) ADO
2 1 (1.49%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.48%) FMCG
2 3 (4.48%) IoT
2 3 (4.48%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.48%) Public Cloud
3 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.99%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.49%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.49%) Life Science
4 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) ERP
2 35 (52.24%) Migration
3 19 (28.36%) Data Migration
4 18 (26.87%) Stakeholder Management
5 14 (20.90%) Workshop Facilitation
6 12 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (16.42%) Requirements Gathering
8 10 (14.93%) Logistics
8 10 (14.93%) Validation
9 9 (13.43%) Data Cleansing
9 9 (13.43%) Project Delivery
10 8 (11.94%) Change Management
10 8 (11.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 7 (10.45%) Data Mapping
11 7 (10.45%) SAP Implementation
12 6 (8.96%) Agile
12 6 (8.96%) Data Integration
13 5 (7.46%) Data Governance
13 5 (7.46%) Risk Assessment
13 5 (7.46%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.49%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (10.45%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.96%) Degree
3 5 (7.46%) SAP Certification
3 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.46%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) PMO
3 2 (2.99%) GxP
3 2 (2.99%) NIST
3 2 (2.99%) NIST 800
4 1 (1.49%) QA
Vendors
1 67 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (14.93%) Sage
3 6 (8.96%) Ariba
4 3 (4.48%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.99%) Oracle
5 2 (2.99%) Temenos
6 1 (1.49%) Concur
6 1 (1.49%) Conga
6 1 (1.49%) ESRI
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft
6 1 (1.49%) Planon
6 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.49%) Workday