SAP Implementation Contracts

SAP Implementation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SAP Implementation skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP Implementation over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 527 601
Rank change year-on-year +57 +74 +175
Contract jobs citing SAP Implementation 50 55 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.13% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.19% 0.15% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 27 43
10th Percentile £450 £365 £403
25th Percentile £459 £488 £491
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% -8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £666 £700 £756
90th Percentile £736 £732 £846
UK excluding London median daily rate £585 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +6.36% -6.82% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SAP Implementation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

SAP Implementation
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Implementation in the UK

SAP Implementation
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Implementation in the UK

SAP Implementation
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Implementation over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Implementation in the UK

SAP Implementation
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Implementation in the UK

SAP Implementation
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Implementation within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +56 39 £550 +4.76% 29
UK excluding London +61 22 £585 +6.36% 20
London +43 16 £550 +5.26% 10
Work from Home +30 14 £575 +9.52% 8
Midlands +26 9 £625 +31.58% 2
North of England +19 9 £540 -7.69% 11
North West +17 6 £588 +0.43% 10
West Midlands +15 6 £588 +23.68% 2
East Midlands - 3 £750 -
South East +43 2 £554 +0.68% 6
North East - 2 £535 -
South West +46 1 £660 +38.95% 1
East of England +28 1 - - 1
Yorkshire +6 1 £650 - 2

SAP Implementation
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:

Applications
1 1 (2.00%) AutoCAD
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (2.00%) PTC Creo
1 1 (2.00%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (46.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (10.00%) SAP ERP
3 3 (6.00%) SAP FI
4 2 (4.00%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 2 (4.00%) SAP CO
4 2 (4.00%) SAP EWM
4 2 (4.00%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.00%) SAP GRC
5 1 (2.00%) SAP BPC
5 1 (2.00%) SAP CX
5 1 (2.00%) SAP EHS
5 1 (2.00%) SAP HCM
5 1 (2.00%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (2.00%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (2.00%) SAP PLM
5 1 (2.00%) SAP POS DM
5 1 (2.00%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.00%) SAP Retail
5 1 (2.00%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (2.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 1 (2.00%) Tricentis Tosca
2 1 (2.00%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.00%) SAP BW
1 2 (4.00%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.00%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Postman
3 1 (2.00%) LoadRunner
General
1 27 (54.00%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.00%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (22.00%) Manufacturing
4 10 (20.00%) Finance
5 6 (12.00%) Retail
6 4 (8.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.00%) Pharmaceutical
7 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.00%) German Language
8 2 (4.00%) Publishing
9 1 (2.00%) Dutch Language
9 1 (2.00%) French Language
9 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Legal
9 1 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (26.00%) SAP Manager
2 9 (18.00%) Analyst
3 8 (16.00%) Consultant
3 8 (16.00%) Lead
3 8 (16.00%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (12.00%) Business Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Retail Business Analyst
5 5 (10.00%) Project Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Developer
6 4 (8.00%) SAP Analyst
6 4 (8.00%) SAP Architect
6 4 (8.00%) SAP Developer
6 4 (8.00%) SAP Project Manager
6 4 (8.00%) Senior
7 2 (4.00%) Implementation Specialist
7 2 (4.00%) SAP Programme Manager
7 2 (4.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.00%) SAP Test Manager
7 2 (4.00%) Senior Implementation Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.00%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (4.00%) BAPI
2 2 (4.00%) IDoc
2 2 (4.00%) REST
2 2 (4.00%) RESTful
2 2 (4.00%) SAP PI
2 2 (4.00%) SAP Smart Forms
2 2 (4.00%) SOAP
2 2 (4.00%) Web Services
3 1 (2.00%) Middleware
3 1 (2.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.00%) Life Science
3 2 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.00%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.00%) Replication
4 1 (2.00%) Tandem
4 1 (2.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (38.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 15 (30.00%) ERP
2 15 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (30.00%) Project Management
3 14 (28.00%) Agile
4 8 (16.00%) Change Management
4 8 (16.00%) Migration
5 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (14.00%) Waterfall
6 5 (10.00%) Risk Management
6 5 (10.00%) Roadmaps
7 4 (8.00%) Analytics
7 4 (8.00%) Data Migration
7 4 (8.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 4 (8.00%) Process Improvement
7 4 (8.00%) Requirements Analysis
8 3 (6.00%) Coaching
8 3 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (6.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) ABAP
1 2 (4.00%) COBOL
2 1 (2.00%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 6 (12.00%) SAP Certification
3 3 (6.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (6.00%) PMI Certification
3 3 (6.00%) PMP
3 3 (6.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (4.00%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (2.00%) CISM
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.00%) GRC
1 2 (4.00%) PMO
2 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.00%) GDPR
2 1 (2.00%) GxP
2 1 (2.00%) QA
2 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) IAG
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (12.00%) Ariba
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.00%) Adobe
3 2 (4.00%) MuleSoft
3 2 (4.00%) Remedy
4 1 (2.00%) Concur
4 1 (2.00%) Micro Focus
4 1 (2.00%) Oracle