SAP HR Contract Job Trends

SAP Human Resources (HR)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP HR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 465 562
Rank change year-on-year -149 +97 +63
Contract jobs citing SAP HR 20 54 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.18% 0.062%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.57% 2.20% 0.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 19 13
10th Percentile £323 £455 £463
25th Percentile £473 £483 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £711 £529 £575
Median % change year-on-year +34.40% -8.00% -0.69%
75th Percentile £755 £556 £656
90th Percentile - £585 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £520 £550
% change year-on-year -9.62% -5.45% -10.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 0
Median hourly rate - £86.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £86.00 -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP HR 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 3,539 2,450 3,183
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 7.05% 8.27% 7.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,989 1,379 1,853
10th Percentile £363 £397 £355
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% - -
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £533 £525
% change year-on-year -1.41% +1.43% -1.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 59 124
10th Percentile £22.81 £19.64 £14.71
25th Percentile £31.50 £32.25 £21.81
Median hourly rate £53.00 £60.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% +50.00% -18.37%
75th Percentile £71.91 £73.75 £56.70
90th Percentile £90.40 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £53.75 £60.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -10.42% +50.00% -24.65%

SAP HR
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP HR relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SAP HR job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP HR
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP HR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP HR

SAP HR
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP HR over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP HR in the UK

SAP HR
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP HR.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SAP HR

SAP HR
Top 8 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 HR within the UK over the 6 months to 16 June 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 -139 17 £711 +34.40% 1
Work from Home -40 11 £737 +33.79% 1
London -79 9 £724 +60.83%
UK excluding London -125 7 £470 -9.62% 1
Midlands -57 4 £350 -24.32%
West Midlands -58 3 £325 -29.73%
South East -59 3 £493 -8.19% 1
East Midlands -23 1 £800 +53.85%

SAP HR
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:

Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) SAP HCM
2 4 (20.00%) SAP Payroll
2 4 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (10.00%) SAP PSCD
4 1 (5.00%) SAP ERP
4 1 (5.00%) SAP EWM
4 1 (5.00%) SAP GRC
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 11 (55.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Advertising
4 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Local Government
4 1 (5.00%) Military
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Consultant
1 11 (55.00%) SAP Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) ABAP Developer
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
2 3 (15.00%) Developer
2 3 (15.00%) HR Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) SAP Developer
2 3 (15.00%) SAP HCM Consultant
2 3 (15.00%) SAP HR Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) IT Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
3 2 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.00%) SAP Technical Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Security Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Middleware
1 2 (10.00%) SAP Fiori
1 2 (10.00%) SAPUI5
1 2 (10.00%) Web Dynpro
2 1 (5.00%) IDoc
2 1 (5.00%) REST
2 1 (5.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (5.00%) SOAP
2 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (15.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Agile
5 2 (10.00%) CRM
5 2 (10.00%) ERP
5 2 (10.00%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (10.00%) Regression Testing
5 2 (10.00%) Revenue Management
5 2 (10.00%) Time Management
5 2 (10.00%) Workflow
6 1 (5.00%) Architectural Patterns
6 1 (5.00%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.00%) End-to-End Testing
6 1 (5.00%) Integration Patterns
6 1 (5.00%) Roadmaps
6 1 (5.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 5 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 10 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GRC
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (20.00%) Ariba
3 2 (10.00%) Adobe
4 1 (5.00%) Concur
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle