SAP Payroll Contracts

SAP Payroll Management (HR-PY)
UK

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 585 684
Rank change year-on-year +105 +99 +151
Contract jobs citing SAP Payroll 44 15 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.035% 0.054%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.83% 0.47% 0.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 18
10th Percentile £478 £463 £434
25th Percentile £508 £466 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £525 £579
Median % change year-on-year +2.29% -9.33% +7.72%
75th Percentile £581 £594 £618
90th Percentile £600 £635 £669
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -10.50% +3.45% +10.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 - -

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 2,410 3,211 3,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 8.22% 7.44% 6.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,361 1,862 2,202
10th Percentile £400 £363 £363
25th Percentile £475 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -
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% +3.13%
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 Payroll
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Payroll in the UK

SAP Payroll
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Payroll in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP Payroll in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Payroll in the UK

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Top 10 Contract 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 6 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 +90 37 £520 -5.45% 5
UK excluding London +77 29 £537 -10.50% 2
North of England +36 20 £600 -
North West - 20 £600 -
Work from Home +55 19 £520 +4.00% 5
Midlands +24 5 £520 +9.47% 2
South East +38 4 £537 -19.83%
London +37 4 £475 -5.00% 3
East Midlands - 4 £520 -
West Midlands +16 1 £850 +78.95% 2

SAP Payroll
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 36 (81.82%) SAP HR
2 9 (20.45%) SAP HCM
3 7 (15.91%) SAP CO
3 7 (15.91%) SAP FI
3 7 (15.91%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 8 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
General
1 29 (65.91%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (9.09%) Legal
3 4 (9.09%) Local Government
3 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.27%) Finance
4 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.27%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 29 (65.91%) Consultant
1 29 (65.91%) SAP Consultant
2 26 (59.09%) Payroll Consultant
2 26 (59.09%) SAP Payroll Consultant
3 19 (43.18%) HR Consultant
3 19 (43.18%) SAP HR Consultant
4 18 (40.91%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
5 7 (15.91%) Developer
5 7 (15.91%) SAP Developer
5 7 (15.91%) SAP HR Developer
6 2 (4.55%) ABAP Developer
6 2 (4.55%) HR Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Payroll Manager
6 2 (4.55%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.55%) SAP Manager
7 1 (2.27%) SAP HCM Consultant
7 1 (2.27%) SAP HR Project Manager
7 1 (2.27%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (2.27%) SAP Technical Consultant
7 1 (2.27%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.27%) Replication
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (34.09%) Test Scripting
2 12 (27.27%) Time Management
3 9 (20.45%) Requirements Analysis
4 7 (15.91%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (11.36%) System Testing
6 4 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (9.09%) Workflow
7 3 (6.82%) Incident Management
8 2 (4.55%) Knowledge Transfer
8 2 (4.55%) Project Management
8 2 (4.55%) Translating Business Requirements
9 1 (2.27%) Budget Management
9 1 (2.27%) Budgeting
9 1 (2.27%) Creative Thinking
9 1 (2.27%) Data Migration
9 1 (2.27%) Project Delivery
9 1 (2.27%) Requirements Gathering
9 1 (2.27%) Strategic Thinking
9 1 (2.27%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 10 (22.73%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 9 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 7 (15.91%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (4.55%) Degree
Vendors
1 44 (100.00%) SAP
2 6 (13.64%) Google
2 6 (13.64%) Workday
3 1 (2.27%) Ariba