SAP Payroll Contract Job Trends

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SAP Payroll skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 519 532 576
Rank change year-on-year +13 +44 +195
Contract jobs citing SAP Payroll 62 32 36
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.093% 0.081%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.96% 1.25% 0.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 16 13
10th Percentile - £505 £295
25th Percentile £513 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £655 £575
Median % change year-on-year -17.56% +13.91% +16.16%
75th Percentile £619 £731 £669
90th Percentile £713 £734 £670
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £655 £600
% change year-on-year -18.02% +9.17% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £35.28 - -
25th Percentile £62.75 - -
Median hourly rate £70.50 £86.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% - -
75th Percentile £83.25 - -
90th Percentile £84.90 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £51.48 £86.00 -
% change year-on-year -40.14% - -

All Business Application Skills
UK

SAP Payroll 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 3,163 2,558 3,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.68% 7.40% 8.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,826 1,371 2,012
10th Percentile £358 £363 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
75th Percentile £659 £665 £665
90th Percentile £760 £758 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -1.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 56 85
10th Percentile £18.87 £22.27 £30.00
25th Percentile £30.13 £31.06 £49.00
Median hourly rate £41.86 £45.59 £56.49
Median % change year-on-year -8.19% -19.30% +51.45%
75th Percentile £79.63 £67.63 £80.00
90th Percentile £90.09 £80.75 £89.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £54.50 £46.18 £56.49
% change year-on-year +18.02% -18.25% +51.45%

SAP Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Payroll job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP Payroll
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Payroll over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAP Payroll
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Payroll over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Top 12 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 Payroll within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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 -12 53 £539 -17.79% 5
UK excluding London -22 39 £537 -18.02% 5
Work from Home +28 26 £565 +8.65% 3
South East - 20 £525 - 1
London +4 13 £600 -5.18% 1
East of England - 9 £675 -
North West -15 7 £600 -
North of England -32 7 £600 -
Midlands -48 2 £553 -22.46% 4
East Midlands -21 1 £580 +11.54%
West Midlands -44 1 £525 -26.32% 4
Scotland - 1 £550 -

SAP Payroll
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 1 (1.61%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 18 (29.03%) SAP HCM
2 14 (22.58%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.61%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (35.48%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (1.61%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.06%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.61%) JIRA
General
1 21 (33.87%) Social Skills
2 13 (20.97%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (14.52%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.29%) Manufacturing
5 6 (9.68%) Local Government
6 5 (8.06%) Retail
7 3 (4.84%) Legal
8 2 (3.23%) Aviation
9 1 (1.61%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.61%) Finance
9 1 (1.61%) Law
9 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (54.84%) Consultant
2 31 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
3 17 (27.42%) Payroll Consultant
3 17 (27.42%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 13 (20.97%) HR Consultant
4 13 (20.97%) SAP HR Consultant
4 13 (20.97%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 11 (17.74%) SAP Functional Consultant
6 10 (16.13%) Functional Consultant
7 9 (14.52%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
7 9 (14.52%) Oracle Specialist
8 8 (12.90%) SAP HCM Consultant
9 5 (8.06%) SAP Manager
10 4 (6.45%) Payroll Manager
11 3 (4.84%) Lead
11 3 (4.84%) Project Manager
11 3 (4.84%) SAP Project Manager
12 2 (3.23%) SAP Support
12 2 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
12 2 (3.23%) Support Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) SOAP
1 7 (11.29%) Web Services
1 7 (11.29%) XML
2 1 (1.61%) RESTful
2 1 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 12 (19.35%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.26%) Time Management
2 14 (22.58%) Migration
3 12 (19.35%) User Acceptance Testing
4 9 (14.52%) Data Migration
4 9 (14.52%) Process Improvement
4 9 (14.52%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (12.90%) Project Management
6 7 (11.29%) Data Modelling
6 7 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (11.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (11.29%) Requirements Workshops
6 7 (11.29%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (9.68%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (8.06%) Agile
8 5 (8.06%) Data Integration
8 5 (8.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (6.45%) Data Cleansing
9 4 (6.45%) ERP
9 4 (6.45%) Integration Testing
9 4 (6.45%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.97%) ABAP
2 1 (1.61%) Java
2 1 (1.61%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.52%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.06%) DBS Check
4 3 (4.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.23%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.61%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (1.61%) GDPR
2 1 (1.61%) SLA
Vendors
1 62 (100.00%) SAP
2 14 (22.58%) Oracle
3 5 (8.06%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.61%) Ariba
4 1 (1.61%) Kronos
4 1 (1.61%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.61%) Workday