SAP ERP Contracts

SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP ERP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP ERP over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 514 604
Rank change year-on-year +51 +90 +130
Contract jobs citing SAP ERP 45 64 112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.15% 0.19%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.87% 1.98% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 32 72
10th Percentile £475 £401 £416
25th Percentile £575 £445 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £510 £550
Median % change year-on-year +25.43% -7.23% +6.80%
75th Percentile £694 £659 £626
90th Percentile £709 £748 £674
UK excluding London median daily rate £650 £501 £558
% change year-on-year +29.87% -10.22% +22.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate - £13.05 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year - -86.26% -
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
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 2,410 3,234 3,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 7.45% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,360 1,876 2,202
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% - -
75th Percentile £669 £688 £685
90th Percentile £788 £775 £794
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £525 £536
% change year-on-year +4.76% -2.10% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 111 56
10th Percentile £22.27 £14.71 £21.25
25th Percentile £39.06 £21.25 £29.21
Median hourly rate £60.00 £41.23 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +45.53% -13.20% +35.71%
75th Percentile £77.50 £59.50 £64.06
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £80.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £60.00 £42.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year +41.18% -13.27% +113.04%

SAP ERP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP ERP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP.

Daily rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP ERP over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP ERP.

Hourly rate trend for SAP ERP in the UK

SAP ERP
Top 12 Contract 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 7 May 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 +57 40 £640 +16.36% 47
UK excluding London +51 25 £650 +29.87% 33
London +47 15 £630 +14.55% 18
Work from Home +28 11 £630 +19.94% 45
East of England +36 9 £625 -10.71% 5
Midlands +21 5 £588 -17.54% 8
West Midlands +17 5 £588 -17.54% 5
North of England +12 5 £508 +1.40% 6
South East +31 4 £692 +45.66% 11
Yorkshire +10 3 £375 -25.07%
North West +16 2 £640 +60.00% 6
South West - 2 £664 - 3

SAP ERP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.22%) CMS
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (2.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 20 (44.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (11.11%) SAP GRC
3 4 (8.89%) SAP EWM
4 3 (6.67%) SAP GTS
4 3 (6.67%) SAP MDG
5 2 (4.44%) SAP CO
6 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (2.22%) SAP APO
6 1 (2.22%) SAP BPC
6 1 (2.22%) SAP PLM
6 1 (2.22%) Teamcenter
6 1 (2.22%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 9 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (6.67%) Azure
3 2 (4.44%) AWS
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
3 2 (4.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 2 (4.44%) GitHub
3 2 (4.44%) OCI
3 2 (4.44%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.22%) Azure API Management
4 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.22%) iPaaS
4 1 (2.22%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.22%) SaaS
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Intranet
1 1 (2.22%) S/MIME
1 1 (2.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) SAP HANA
2 3 (6.67%) SAP BW
3 2 (4.44%) Metadata
3 2 (4.44%) Metadata Repository
3 2 (4.44%) MongoDB
3 2 (4.44%) Power BI
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (4.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.22%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (2.22%) GIS
4 1 (2.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 4 (8.89%) LoadRunner
1 4 (8.89%) NeoLoad
2 3 (6.67%) JIRA
3 2 (4.44%) Jenkins
3 2 (4.44%) JMeter
3 2 (4.44%) Postman
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.00%) Finance
3 8 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (13.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 5 (11.11%) Local Government
5 5 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 4 (8.89%) Automotive
7 2 (4.44%) Aerospace
7 2 (4.44%) Legal
7 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (2.22%) French Language
8 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (22.22%) Consultant
2 8 (17.78%) Architect
2 8 (17.78%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (17.78%) SAP Manager
3 7 (15.56%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (15.56%) ERP Manager
4 6 (13.33%) Lead
5 5 (11.11%) SAP Delivery Manager
6 4 (8.89%) HR Manager
6 4 (8.89%) SAP Security Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Security Consultant
6 4 (8.89%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.89%) Test Leader
7 3 (6.67%) Developer
7 3 (6.67%) ERP Consultant
7 3 (6.67%) SAP Architect
7 3 (6.67%) SAP Engineer
7 3 (6.67%) Software Engineer
8 2 (4.44%) ERP Project Manager
8 2 (4.44%) SAP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.44%) .NET
2 2 (4.44%) BAPI
2 2 (4.44%) IDoc
2 2 (4.44%) Kafka
2 2 (4.44%) Middleware
2 2 (4.44%) REST
2 2 (4.44%) RESTful
2 2 (4.44%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (4.44%) SOAP
2 2 (4.44%) Web Services
3 1 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (2.22%) React
3 1 (2.22%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.22%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.22%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Life Science
2 4 (8.89%) FMCG
2 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.44%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) ERP
2 14 (31.11%) Project Management
2 14 (31.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 11 (24.44%) Agile
4 7 (15.56%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (15.56%) Programme Management
5 6 (13.33%) Waterfall
6 5 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 5 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 5 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
6 5 (11.11%) SAP Security
6 5 (11.11%) Test Management
7 4 (8.89%) Application Security
7 4 (8.89%) Change Management
7 4 (8.89%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.89%) Data Modelling
7 4 (8.89%) Information Management
7 4 (8.89%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (8.89%) Risk Management
7 4 (8.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) ABAP
2 5 (11.11%) SQL
3 2 (4.44%) COBOL
3 2 (4.44%) Java
3 2 (4.44%) PL/SQL
3 2 (4.44%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.22%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 4 (8.89%) Degree
2 4 (8.89%) DV Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) CISM
4 1 (2.22%) CISSP
4 1 (2.22%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.22%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.22%) PMP
4 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SAP Certification
4 1 (2.22%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.11%) GRC
2 4 (8.89%) Accessibility
2 4 (8.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (4.44%) GxP
3 2 (4.44%) PMO
4 1 (2.22%) GDPR
4 1 (2.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (2.22%) IAG
1 1 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 45 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (13.33%) Ariba
2 6 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (11.11%) Oracle
4 3 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe
5 2 (4.44%) Concur
5 2 (4.44%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (4.44%) ServiceNow
6 1 (2.22%) ESRI
6 1 (2.22%) HP
6 1 (2.22%) Micro Focus
6 1 (2.22%) Siemens
6 1 (2.22%) SnapLogic
6 1 (2.22%) VMware
6 1 (2.22%) Workday