SAP Support Contracts

SAP Support
UK

The median SAP Support daily rate in the UK is £411, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 566 694
Rank change year-on-year +54 +128 +133
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Support 8 16 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.037% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.040% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 6 16
10th Percentile £368 £463 £306
25th Percentile £394 £550 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £700 £375
Median % change year-on-year -41.25% +86.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £514 £750 £466
90th Percentile £587 - £588
UK excluding London median daily rate £411 £750 £375
% change year-on-year -45.17% +100.00% -23.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £58.39 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £58.39 -

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 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

SAP Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP Support in the UK

SAP Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Support in the UK

SAP Support
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for SAP Support in the UK

SAP Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Support in the UK

SAP Support
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Support 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 +52 8 £411 -45.17% 6
UK excluding London +58 4 £411 -45.17% 7
London +39 3 £488 -25.00%
Work from Home +38 3 £400 -42.86% 5
South East - 2 £411 - 3
South West +44 1 £400 -
West Midlands - 1 £550 - 1
Midlands - 1 £550 - 3

SAP Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SAP Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Ariba
3 3 (37.50%) SAP FI
3 3 (37.50%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (37.50%) SAP CO
4 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
5 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
5 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (12.50%) Concur
5 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery Management
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) ITIL
5 1 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) SLA
5 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification

SAP Support 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (37.50%) SAP CO
2 3 (37.50%) SAP FI
2 3 (37.50%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (12.50%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (12.50%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP HANA
General
1 5 (62.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
3 1 (12.50%) Contract Management
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
3 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
3 1 (12.50%) ITIL
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) DBS Check
1 1 (12.50%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) Ariba
3 1 (12.50%) Concur