SAP HCM Contracts

SAP Human Capital Management (SAP HCM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP HCM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP HCM 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 480 551 667
Rank change year-on-year +71 +116 +142
Contract jobs citing SAP HCM 28 27 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.096% 0.062% 0.083%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.16% 0.83% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 34
10th Percentile £480 £455 £406
25th Percentile £509 £481 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £560 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.11% -0.44% +11.39%
75th Percentile £577 £662 £651
90th Percentile £581 £701 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £560 £575
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.61% +15.00%

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP HCM 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 HCM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP HCM in the UK

SAP HCM
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP HCM 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 +69 23 £525 -6.25% 14
London +62 14 £510 -12.45% 9
Work from Home +28 9 £537 -18.00% 19
UK excluding London +45 6 £537 -4.11% 6
South East +37 5 £537 -19.83% 2
Midlands +20 1 £850 +51.79% 3
West Midlands +16 1 £850 +51.79% 3

SAP HCM
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:

Business Applications
1 9 (32.14%) SAP Payroll
2 5 (17.86%) SAP HR
3 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (3.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) GitLab
General
1 12 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Legal
3 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Italian Language
4 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.57%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Consultant
1 16 (57.14%) SAP Consultant
2 13 (46.43%) SAP HCM Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) Payroll Consultant
3 5 (17.86%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) HR Consultant
4 4 (14.29%) SAP HR Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) Lead
5 3 (10.71%) Migration Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 3 (10.71%) SAP Manager
5 3 (10.71%) SAP Migration Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Lead Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 2 (7.14%) Senior
7 1 (3.57%) Analyst
7 1 (3.57%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.57%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) IDoc
1 1 (3.57%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.57%) PMI
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Linux
1 1 (3.57%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Time Management
2 8 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (28.57%) Workflow
3 5 (17.86%) Data Migration
3 5 (17.86%) Migration
4 3 (10.71%) Agile
4 3 (10.71%) ERP
4 3 (10.71%) Incident Management
4 3 (10.71%) Project Management
4 3 (10.71%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (10.71%) User Stories
5 2 (7.14%) CI/CD
5 2 (7.14%) DevOps
5 2 (7.14%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.14%) Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.14%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (3.57%) Containerisation
6 1 (3.57%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) ABAP
2 1 (3.57%) Bash
2 1 (3.57%) Python
2 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (17.86%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (7.14%) SAP Certification
4 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.57%) Degree
4 1 (3.57%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.57%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (3.57%) Ansible
1 1 (3.57%) Argo
1 1 (3.57%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Databricks
2 1 (3.57%) Workday