SAP Contract Job Trends

SAP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of SAP products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SAP over the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within SAP SE.

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,783 2,134 2,540
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.07% 6.46% 6.75%
As % of the Vendors category 12.20% 13.56% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,074 1,194
10th Percentile £360 £361 £400
25th Percentile £459 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £541 £575
% change year-on-year -0.28% -5.83% +7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 122 68
10th Percentile £14.63 £15.50 £15.92
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.20 £26.50
Median hourly rate £24.19 £22.63 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -48.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £40.18 £35.44 £61.60
90th Percentile £84.13 £65.25 £65.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.10 £22.32 £35.18
% change year-on-year +7.98% -36.57% +17.27%

All Vendors
UK

SAP falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,820 15,743 16,754
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.56% 47.68% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,785 9,682 9,864
10th Percentile £310 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,386 808 607
10th Percentile £13.91 £14.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.25 £17.79 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £25.11 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.44% -22.74% -23.98%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +12.68% -29.00% -28.83%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 7 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 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 within the UK over the 6 months to 7 October 2026. 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 -9 2,202 £558 -1.24% 2,331
UK excluding London 0 1,406 £540 -0.28% 1,526
Work from Home -12 781 £550 -1.79% 888
London -28 774 £600 +3.27% 899
South East +1 388 £539 +4.71% 410
North of England -13 355 £525 -12.50% 362
Midlands +6 343 £550 +4.76% 264
North West -8 249 £550 -12.00% 203
West Midlands +1 216 £500 -4.76% 149
East of England 0 166 £566 -2.41% 176
East Midlands +17 120 £587 +9.12% 115
Yorkshire +1 99 £500 -2.44% 118
South West -46 75 £525 -4.55% 117
Scotland -10 49 £533 +25.41% 86
Wales +17 44 £550 +123.35% 68
North East -41 6 £303 -44.42% 42
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 50

SAP
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 35 (1.26%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.93%) Confluence
3 19 (0.68%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.18%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.14%) Apache
7 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.14%) SugarCRM
7 4 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.072%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.072%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.072%) SAS
9 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 153 (5.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 72 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
4 32 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) Windchill
7 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.036%) CATIA
8 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1,087 (39.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 135 (4.85%) SAP FI
3 85 (3.05%) SAP CO
3 85 (3.05%) SAP Payroll
4 78 (2.80%) SAP HCM
5 76 (2.73%) SAP FI/CO
6 66 (2.37%) SAP HR
6 66 (2.37%) SAP SD
7 64 (2.30%) SAP ERP
7 64 (2.30%) SAP MM
8 54 (1.94%) SAP PSCD
9 52 (1.87%) SAP GRC
10 49 (1.76%) SAP BRIM
11 47 (1.69%) SAP PP
12 43 (1.55%) SAP MDG
13 40 (1.44%) SAP EWM
13 40 (1.44%) SAP PM
14 32 (1.15%) SAP FI-CA
15 31 (1.11%) SAP QM
15 31 (1.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 277 (9.95%) SuccessFactors
2 222 (7.98%) Azure
3 125 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 100 (3.59%) AWS
5 61 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (2.19%) SaaS
6 60 (2.16%) GCP
7 35 (1.26%) Boomi
8 32 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (1.08%) Entra ID
10 29 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
11 28 (1.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 21 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (0.72%) Snowflake
14 19 (0.68%) GitHub
15 17 (0.61%) Tricentis Tosca
16 15 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
16 15 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.54%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.50%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) HTTP
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
3 4 (0.14%) VPN
4 3 (0.11%) Firewall
4 3 (0.11%) Network Security
5 2 (0.072%) Internet
5 2 (0.072%) LAN
5 2 (0.072%) SSL
5 2 (0.072%) WAN
6 1 (0.036%) DNS
6 1 (0.036%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.036%) MQTT
6 1 (0.036%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.036%) Wireless
6 1 (0.036%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 106 (3.81%) Power BI
2 95 (3.41%) SAP HANA
3 59 (2.12%) SAP BW
4 44 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.55%) BusinessObjects
6 38 (1.37%) Tableau
7 34 (1.22%) SQL Server
8 22 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
9 18 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.50%) GIS
11 14 (0.50%) Metadata
11 14 (0.50%) Oracle Database
12 12 (0.43%) Power Query
13 10 (0.36%) Delta Lake
13 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
14 8 (0.29%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
16 6 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 120 (4.31%) JIRA
2 19 (0.68%) Git
3 15 (0.54%) Hudson
3 15 (0.54%) Postman
4 12 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
6 7 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.25%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.25%) Toad
7 6 (0.22%) LSMW
7 6 (0.22%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.18%) JMeter
8 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.18%) Selenium
9 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
10 2 (0.072%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.072%) Maven
10 2 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.072%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 897 (32.23%) Finance
2 770 (27.67%) Social Skills
3 416 (14.95%) Manufacturing
4 290 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (5.14%) Public Sector
5 143 (5.14%) Retail
6 120 (4.31%) Billing
7 86 (3.09%) Legal
8 82 (2.95%) Aerospace
9 76 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
11 66 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
12 57 (2.05%) Banking
13 54 (1.94%) General Ledger
14 43 (1.55%) Automotive
15 38 (1.37%) Aviation
15 38 (1.37%) Telecoms
16 32 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
17 28 (1.01%) Law
18 24 (0.86%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 640 (23.00%) Consultant
2 534 (19.19%) SAP Consultant
3 365 (13.12%) Architect
4 318 (11.43%) Lead
5 307 (11.03%) Analyst
6 244 (8.77%) Senior
7 191 (6.86%) SAP Manager
8 188 (6.76%) SAP Architect
9 154 (5.53%) Project Manager
10 148 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
11 132 (4.74%) Business Analyst
12 123 (4.42%) Administrator
13 122 (4.38%) SAP Analyst
14 95 (3.41%) Developer
15 87 (3.13%) Functional Consultant
16 77 (2.77%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 77 (2.77%) SAP Project Manager
17 72 (2.59%) SAP Solutions Architect
18 62 (2.23%) Senior Consultant
19 53 (1.90%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (5.32%) SAP Fiori
2 111 (3.99%) Middleware
3 97 (3.49%) REST
4 78 (2.80%) SOAP
5 55 (1.98%) SAPUI5
6 53 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 49 (1.76%) XML
8 43 (1.55%) SAP Basis
8 43 (1.55%) SAP PI
9 41 (1.47%) Web Services
10 35 (1.26%) BAPI
11 34 (1.22%) JSON
12 31 (1.11%) IDoc
13 29 (1.04%) EDI
14 24 (0.86%) OAuth
15 20 (0.72%) SAP ALE
16 19 (0.68%) Kafka
16 19 (0.68%) Node.js
17 17 (0.61%) OAuth2
18 16 (0.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 108 (3.88%) Onboarding
2 91 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
3 77 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 74 (2.66%) Public Cloud
5 65 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
6 61 (2.19%) FMCG
7 58 (2.08%) Product Ownership
8 56 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
9 51 (1.83%) Management Information System
10 44 (1.58%) Life Science
11 32 (1.15%) Replication
12 31 (1.11%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (0.90%) Private Cloud
15 21 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (0.61%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (0.54%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.47%) Learning Management System
18 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.29%) Linux
2 33 (1.19%) Windows
3 21 (0.75%) Unix
4 9 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.32%) SUSE
5 7 (0.25%) VMS
6 4 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 764 (27.45%) Stakeholder Management
2 622 (22.35%) ERP
3 505 (18.15%) Migration
4 370 (13.30%) Problem-Solving
5 369 (13.26%) User Acceptance Testing
6 307 (11.03%) Data Migration
7 272 (9.77%) Validation
8 269 (9.67%) Agile
9 248 (8.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 246 (8.84%) Analytics
11 245 (8.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 245 (8.80%) Logistics
12 210 (7.55%) Workshop Facilitation
13 196 (7.04%) Roadmaps
14 182 (6.54%) Project Delivery
15 175 (6.29%) Process Improvement
15 175 (6.29%) System Integration Testing
16 167 (6.00%) Decision-Making
17 162 (5.82%) Project Management
18 158 (5.68%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 142 (5.10%) SQL
2 140 (5.03%) ABAP
3 67 (2.41%) Python
4 53 (1.90%) Java
5 26 (0.93%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Groovy
9 5 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.18%) Korn
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.14%) Bicep
10 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.072%) Perl
12 2 (0.072%) VBA
Qualifications
1 447 (16.06%) Security Cleared
2 347 (12.47%) SC Cleared
3 160 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
4 134 (4.81%) Degree
5 50 (1.80%) DV Cleared
6 44 (1.58%) ACCA
7 42 (1.51%) CIMA
8 40 (1.44%) PMI Certification
8 40 (1.44%) PMP
9 29 (1.04%) SAP Certification
10 17 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (0.57%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.57%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.43%) ISEB
13 11 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 10 (0.36%) CIPD
14 10 (0.36%) HNC
15 9 (0.32%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.29%) APMG
16 8 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (6.22%) Data Quality
2 86 (3.09%) PMO
3 75 (2.69%) QA
4 64 (2.30%) GDPR
5 49 (1.76%) GRC
6 41 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (0.57%) IFRS
8 14 (0.50%) GxP
9 13 (0.47%) SLA
10 12 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.36%) NIST
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 6 (0.22%) GMP
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.14%) COSHH
16 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 17 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.50%) IAG
3 6 (0.22%) Corosync
4 5 (0.18%) Docker
5 4 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (0.25%) Pacemaker
3 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.14%) Control-M
4 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.072%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.072%) MOM
7 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.036%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.036%) QRadar
7 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 310 (11.14%) Microsoft
2 273 (9.81%) Ariba
3 272 (9.77%) Oracle
4 110 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 105 (3.77%) Workday
6 83 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 54 (1.94%) Concur
8 44 (1.58%) Databricks
9 43 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 40 (1.44%) IBM
11 31 (1.11%) Siemens
12 30 (1.08%) Google
13 26 (0.93%) Adobe
14 24 (0.86%) Informatica
15 17 (0.61%) Red Hat
15 17 (0.61%) Sage
16 16 (0.57%) Dell
17 15 (0.54%) JD Edwards
17 15 (0.54%) OpenText
18 14 (0.50%) Infor