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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 484 565
Rank change year-on-year -31 +81 +122
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 69 77 57
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.21% 0.12%
As % of the Business Applications category 2.23% 2.85% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 46 33
10th Percentile £388 £381 £373
25th Percentile £512 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +2.38% -15.32%
75th Percentile £744 £614 £650
90th Percentile £750 £638 £793
UK excluding London median daily rate £595 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +10.19% +2.86% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.04
Median hourly rate - £35.36 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year - -42.77% -
75th Percentile - - £62.54
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £35.36 £61.79
% change year-on-year - -42.77% -

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 3,095 2,700 3,718
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.59% 7.41% 8.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,782 1,448 2,084
10th Percentile £358 £363 £365
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £650 £655 £666
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £525
% change year-on-year +4.76% - -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 63 85
10th Percentile £18.72 £23.78 £30.96
25th Percentile £28.36 £35.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -20.34% +28.39%
75th Percentile £81.00 £64.55 £80.00
90th Percentile £91.55 £80.75 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.48 £41.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year +14.40% -26.54% +41.23%

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 29 November 2025.

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 14 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 29 November 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 -33 51 £670 +24.65% 13
UK excluding London -33 31 £595 +10.19% 12
Work from Home +19 30 £673 +12.08% 6
London +10 16 £675 +27.06% 1
South East +13 14 £515 -7.62% 5
Midlands -33 8 £634 +17.36% 4
North of England -42 8 £670 +34.00%
Yorkshire -24 5 £633 +26.50%
East Midlands -11 4 £825 +37.50% 1
West Midlands -26 4 £515 -4.63% 3
North West -29 3 £750 +50.00%
South West -6 1 - - 1
Wales - 1 £325 -
East of England - 1 £675 - 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 4 (5.80%) Confluence
2 1 (1.45%) Apache
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.45%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.45%) CMS
2 1 (1.45%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (7.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 33 (47.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.25%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (4.35%) Salesforce CRM
3 3 (4.35%) SAP PP
4 2 (2.90%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (2.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (2.90%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (2.90%) Primavera
4 2 (2.90%) SAP MDG
5 1 (1.45%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.70%) Azure
1 6 (8.70%) SaaS
2 4 (5.80%) AWS
2 4 (5.80%) Power Platform
2 4 (5.80%) SuccessFactors
3 2 (2.90%) Azure API Management
3 2 (2.90%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (2.90%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.80%) Power BI
1 4 (5.80%) SAP BW
2 2 (2.90%) GIS
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (2.90%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.45%) EDMS
3 1 (1.45%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.45%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.45%) RDBMS
3 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 2 (2.90%) LSMW
2 2 (2.90%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (1.45%) Zephyr
General
1 35 (50.72%) Social Skills
2 31 (44.93%) Finance
3 13 (18.84%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (18.84%) Public Sector
4 10 (14.49%) Manufacturing
5 5 (7.25%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (5.80%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (5.80%) General Ledger
6 4 (5.80%) Local Government
6 4 (5.80%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.90%) Billing
8 1 (1.45%) French Language
8 1 (1.45%) German Language
8 1 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Legal
8 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.45%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) SAP Manager
2 9 (13.04%) Project Manager
3 7 (10.14%) Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Consultant
3 7 (10.14%) Designer
3 7 (10.14%) Lead
3 7 (10.14%) Senior
3 7 (10.14%) Solutions Architect
3 7 (10.14%) Solutions Designer
4 6 (8.70%) ERP Manager
4 6 (8.70%) Programme Manager
4 6 (8.70%) SAP Programme Manager
5 5 (7.25%) ERP Project Manager
5 5 (7.25%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (7.25%) Senior Manager
5 5 (7.25%) Senior Project Manager
6 4 (5.80%) SAP BW Consultant
6 4 (5.80%) SAP Project Manager
6 4 (5.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 4 (5.80%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.25%) Web Services
2 3 (4.35%) jQuery
2 3 (4.35%) XML
2 3 (4.35%) XSL
3 1 (1.45%) Kafka
3 1 (1.45%) Middleware
3 1 (1.45%) REST
3 1 (1.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.14%) Public Cloud
2 6 (8.70%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (5.80%) Virtual Team
4 3 (4.35%) Data Structures
5 2 (2.90%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.45%) IoT
6 1 (1.45%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.45%) Windows
1 1 (1.45%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (100.00%) ERP
2 20 (28.99%) Migration
3 16 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (18.84%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (18.84%) Workshop Facilitation
5 11 (15.94%) Data Migration
5 11 (15.94%) Project Management
6 10 (14.49%) CRM
6 10 (14.49%) Programme Governance
6 10 (14.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (13.04%) Project Delivery
7 9 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
7 9 (13.04%) SAP Implementation
8 8 (11.59%) Change Management
9 7 (10.14%) Agile
10 6 (8.70%) Analytics
10 6 (8.70%) Validation
11 5 (7.25%) Business Case
11 5 (7.25%) Data Cleansing
11 5 (7.25%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.49%) SQL
2 4 (5.80%) ABAP
3 3 (4.35%) C#
3 3 (4.35%) Java
3 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.45%) Python
4 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Degree
2 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 7 (10.14%) SAP Certification
4 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
5 5 (7.25%) PMP
6 4 (5.80%) CCA
7 3 (4.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (4.35%) PMI Certification
8 2 (2.90%) ACCA
8 2 (2.90%) CIMA
8 2 (2.90%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) QA
2 4 (5.80%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.35%) PMO
4 2 (2.90%) GxP
5 1 (1.45%) NIST
5 1 (1.45%) NIST 800
Systems Management
1 1 (1.45%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 69 (100.00%) SAP
2 10 (14.49%) Oracle
3 6 (8.70%) Sage
4 5 (7.25%) Microsoft
5 4 (5.80%) Ariba
6 3 (4.35%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.90%) Concur
7 2 (2.90%) ESRI
8 1 (1.45%) Databricks
8 1 (1.45%) HP