SAP Solutions Architect Contracts

SAP Solution Architect
UK

The median SAP Solution Architect daily rate in the UK is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 484 539 644
Rank change year-on-year +55 +105 +132
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Solutions Architect 46 61 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 23 41
10th Percentile £550 £500 £538
25th Percentile £561 £550 £585
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £665 £700
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -5.00% +3.70%
75th Percentile £850 £750 £813
90th Percentile £893 £875 £838
UK excluding London median daily rate £593 £675 £680
% change year-on-year -12.22% -0.74% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £92.50
Median hourly rate - - £95.00
75th Percentile - - £97.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 26,887 40,034 55,895
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 92.76% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,565 26,064 39,048
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £406 £409 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.97% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £740 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,046 2,665 1,566
10th Percentile £14.08 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.11
Median hourly rate £28.88 £36.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.89% -18.89% +90.68%
75th Percentile £62.50 £61.30 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £40.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -30.00% -4.76% +115.16%

SAP Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Solutions Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect over the 6 months to 5 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Solutions Architect in the UK

SAP Solutions Architect
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Solutions Architect within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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 27 £596 -11.67% 13
Work from Home +37 16 £813 +20.37% 6
London +51 14 £875 +14.75% 4
UK excluding London +45 13 £593 -12.22% 9
North of England +29 9 £571 -0.65% 1
North West +22 9 £571 - 1
South East +42 3 £750 +20.00% 6
Midlands +18 1 - - 1
West Midlands +17 1 - - 1

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2025, SAP Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 32 (69.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
4 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (32.61%) Finance
6 12 (26.09%) TOGAF
7 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
8 9 (19.57%) Migration
9 8 (17.39%) Manufacturing
9 8 (17.39%) ERP
9 8 (17.39%) Middleware
9 8 (17.39%) Ariba
9 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (15.22%) Agile
11 6 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification
11 6 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
11 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (13.04%) SAP HANA
11 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (10.87%) Public Cloud
12 5 (10.87%) MuleSoft
12 5 (10.87%) Analytics
12 5 (10.87%) SuccessFactors
12 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
12 5 (10.87%) QA
12 5 (10.87%) Technical Architecture
13 4 (8.70%) Release Management
13 4 (8.70%) SAP QM
13 4 (8.70%) SAP FI
13 4 (8.70%) Validation

SAP Solutions Architect Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.35%) MTS
Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (69.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (8.70%) SAP FI
2 4 (8.70%) SAP QM
3 3 (6.52%) SAP CO
3 3 (6.52%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (4.35%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (4.35%) SAP MDG
4 2 (4.35%) SAP MDG-S
4 2 (4.35%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 2 (4.35%) SAP PS
4 2 (4.35%) SAP SCM
5 1 (2.17%) SAP FI-AP
5 1 (2.17%) SAP FI-FM
5 1 (2.17%) SAP GTS
5 1 (2.17%) SAP IS-U
5 1 (2.17%) SAP MM
5 1 (2.17%) SAP PP
5 1 (2.17%) SAP Retail
5 1 (2.17%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (6.52%) AWS
3 1 (2.17%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (2.17%) JIRA
General
1 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 15 (32.61%) Finance
3 8 (17.39%) Manufacturing
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (6.52%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Automotive
6 2 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Retail
7 1 (2.17%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (17.39%) Middleware
2 4 (8.70%) SAP PI
3 1 (2.17%) EDIFACT
3 1 (2.17%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.17%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Public Cloud
2 4 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (6.52%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.35%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.35%) Reference Data
4 2 (4.35%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.17%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (26.09%) TOGAF
3 11 (23.91%) Roadmaps
4 9 (19.57%) Migration
5 8 (17.39%) ERP
5 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (15.22%) Agile
7 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (10.87%) Analytics
8 5 (10.87%) Decision-Making
8 5 (10.87%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (8.70%) Batch Management
9 4 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Architecture
9 4 (8.70%) Release Management
9 4 (8.70%) Validation
10 3 (6.52%) Business Strategy
10 3 (6.52%) Impact Assessments
10 3 (6.52%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) TOGAF Certification
2 3 (6.52%) SAP Certification
2 3 (6.52%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.52%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.35%) Degree
4 1 (2.17%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) QA
2 2 (4.35%) PMO
3 1 (2.17%) GAAP
Vendors
1 46 (100.00%) SAP
2 8 (17.39%) Ariba
3 5 (10.87%) MuleSoft
4 3 (6.52%) Concur
5 2 (4.35%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (2.17%) Salesforce