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 10 September 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
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,745 2,071 2,551
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.04% 6.28% 6.66%
As % of the Vendors category 12.04% 13.30% 15.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,026 1,225
10th Percentile £365 £363 £400
25th Percentile £464 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.66% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £541 £575
% change year-on-year +1.57% -5.83% +8.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 222 106 81
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.00 £15.10
25th Percentile £17.63 £19.07 £22.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.27 £38.50
Median % change year-on-year +28.95% -39.57% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57.50 £43.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £87.35 £66.38 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £22.63 £35.00
% change year-on-year +28.15% -35.34% +6.06%

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 22,804 15,574 16,904
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.85% 47.21% 44.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,992 9,525 10,215
10th Percentile £313 £275 £289
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £626
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,252 784 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.69 £14.18
25th Percentile £16.72 £17.36 £15.62
Median hourly rate £27.34 £25.15 £31.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.71% -18.87% -27.06%
75th Percentile £63.26 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £21.28 £30.00
% change year-on-year +22.84% -29.07% -25.00%

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 10 September 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 10 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 18 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 10 September 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 -11 2,176 £575 +1.77% 966
UK excluding London -1 1,406 £550 +1.57% 665
Work from Home -9 817 £566 +1.07% 470
London -31 761 £600 +2.56% 349
South East +1 404 £550 +4.76% 207
North of England -6 346 £550 - 174
Midlands +8 345 £550 - 132
North West -4 246 £550 +1.01% 87
West Midlands +1 212 £510 -5.82% 81
East of England -11 146 £570 -1.72% 71
East Midlands +26 124 £600 -3.07% 51
Yorkshire -6 93 £513 -5.96% 68
South West -32 86 £546 -5.00% 59
Scotland -31 45 £529 +24.47% 15
Wales +12 42 £550 +228.36% 17
North East -50 6 £450 -17.43% 20
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -2 2 £450 +172.73% 2

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 39 (1.42%) SharePoint
2 34 (1.24%) Confluence
3 18 (0.66%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 7 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.11%) SugarCRM
8 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.073%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.073%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.073%) JBoss
9 2 (0.073%) SAS
9 2 (0.073%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 131 (4.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.42%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.58%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) CATIA
7 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.11%) Windchill
9 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.036%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1,058 (38.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 125 (4.55%) SAP FI
3 77 (2.81%) SAP CO
4 69 (2.51%) SAP FI/CO
4 69 (2.51%) SAP SD
5 66 (2.40%) SAP ERP
6 65 (2.37%) SAP MM
7 56 (2.04%) SAP Payroll
8 53 (1.93%) SAP HR
9 52 (1.89%) SAP PSCD
10 51 (1.86%) SAP GRC
11 48 (1.75%) SAP EWM
12 46 (1.68%) SAP PP
13 45 (1.64%) SAP BRIM
14 44 (1.60%) SAP HCM
15 41 (1.49%) SAP MDG
15 41 (1.49%) SAP PM
16 40 (1.46%) SAP IBP
17 31 (1.13%) SAP QM
18 29 (1.06%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 271 (9.87%) SuccessFactors
2 224 (8.16%) Azure
3 144 (5.25%) Power Platform
4 107 (3.90%) AWS
5 66 (2.40%) SaaS
6 56 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (1.79%) GCP
8 39 (1.42%) Entra ID
9 32 (1.17%) Boomi
10 29 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
11 28 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (0.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 22 (0.80%) Snowflake
14 17 (0.62%) Tricentis Tosca
15 16 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (0.58%) GitHub
15 16 (0.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 16 (0.58%) Power Automate
16 15 (0.55%) Smartsheet
17 13 (0.47%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
3 3 (0.11%) Firewall
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.073%) HTTP
4 2 (0.073%) Internet
4 2 (0.073%) LAN
4 2 (0.073%) Network Security
4 2 (0.073%) SSL
4 2 (0.073%) WAN
5 1 (0.036%) DNS
5 1 (0.036%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.036%) MQTT
5 1 (0.036%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.036%) Wireless
5 1 (0.036%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.59%) Power BI
2 90 (3.28%) SAP HANA
3 61 (2.22%) SAP BW
4 48 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (1.53%) Tableau
6 41 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
7 37 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 28 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
9 17 (0.62%) Data Lake
9 17 (0.62%) Metadata
9 17 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
10 12 (0.44%) GIS
10 12 (0.44%) Oracle Database
11 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
11 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.29%) Delta Lake
12 8 (0.29%) Power Query
12 8 (0.29%) Sybase ASE
13 7 (0.26%) MaxDB
13 7 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 110 (4.01%) JIRA
2 19 (0.69%) Git
2 19 (0.69%) Hudson
3 11 (0.40%) Postman
4 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
4 8 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.26%) SoapUI
5 7 (0.26%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.18%) JMeter
7 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.18%) LSMW
7 5 (0.18%) Selenium
7 5 (0.18%) Toad
8 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
9 2 (0.073%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.073%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.073%) Maven
9 2 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.073%) SilkTest
General
1 855 (31.15%) Finance
2 717 (26.12%) Social Skills
3 330 (12.02%) Manufacturing
4 279 (10.16%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (4.85%) Retail
6 129 (4.70%) Public Sector
7 108 (3.93%) Billing
8 81 (2.95%) Legal
9 72 (2.62%) Pharmaceutical
10 70 (2.55%) Aerospace
11 61 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 61 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (2.15%) Banking
13 57 (2.08%) General Ledger
14 35 (1.28%) Automotive
14 35 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
15 30 (1.09%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.95%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (0.95%) Local Government
17 25 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 682 (24.85%) Consultant
2 577 (21.02%) SAP Consultant
3 348 (12.68%) Architect
4 320 (11.66%) Lead
5 311 (11.33%) Analyst
6 260 (9.47%) Senior
7 197 (7.18%) SAP Manager
8 174 (6.34%) SAP Architect
9 160 (5.83%) Project Manager
10 153 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
11 133 (4.85%) Business Analyst
12 105 (3.83%) Developer
13 104 (3.79%) SAP Analyst
14 82 (2.99%) Administrator
14 82 (2.99%) Functional Consultant
15 81 (2.95%) SAP Project Manager
15 81 (2.95%) SAP Solutions Architect
16 73 (2.66%) Senior Consultant
17 71 (2.59%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 65 (2.37%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (4.74%) SAP Fiori
2 96 (3.50%) Middleware
3 82 (2.99%) REST
4 68 (2.48%) SOAP
5 53 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
6 50 (1.82%) SAP Basis
7 47 (1.71%) XML
8 36 (1.31%) Web Services
9 33 (1.20%) BAPI
9 33 (1.20%) SAP PI
10 32 (1.17%) SAPUI5
11 31 (1.13%) IDoc
12 30 (1.09%) JSON
13 29 (1.06%) EDI
14 22 (0.80%) OAuth
15 18 (0.66%) Node.js
16 17 (0.62%) SAP ALE
17 16 (0.58%) JDBC
18 15 (0.55%) Kafka
18 15 (0.55%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 92 (3.35%) Onboarding
2 82 (2.99%) Data Structures
3 77 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
4 75 (2.73%) Public Cloud
5 72 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
6 63 (2.30%) FMCG
7 58 (2.11%) Product Ownership
8 54 (1.97%) Greenfield Project
9 49 (1.79%) Management Information System
10 39 (1.42%) Life Science
11 32 (1.17%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.09%) Replication
13 26 (0.95%) Self-Motivation
14 24 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (0.77%) Operational Technology
16 19 (0.69%) Data Protection Act
17 17 (0.62%) AI Agents
17 17 (0.62%) Private Cloud
18 14 (0.51%) Learning Management System
18 14 (0.51%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 41 (1.49%) Linux
2 31 (1.13%) Windows
3 22 (0.80%) Unix
4 8 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.29%) SUSE
5 7 (0.26%) VMS
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.073%) AIX
8 2 (0.073%) Android
8 2 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 667 (24.30%) Stakeholder Management
2 611 (22.26%) ERP
3 503 (18.32%) Migration
4 362 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
5 342 (12.46%) User Acceptance Testing
6 312 (11.37%) Data Migration
7 277 (10.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 270 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 267 (9.73%) Agile
10 263 (9.58%) Validation
11 236 (8.60%) Analytics
12 231 (8.42%) Logistics
13 213 (7.76%) Workshop Facilitation
14 181 (6.59%) Roadmaps
15 163 (5.94%) Decision-Making
15 163 (5.94%) Process Improvement
16 161 (5.87%) Business Intelligence
16 161 (5.87%) System Integration Testing
17 157 (5.72%) Project Management
18 149 (5.43%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 142 (5.17%) SQL
2 111 (4.04%) ABAP
3 68 (2.48%) Python
4 51 (1.86%) Java
5 23 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 20 (0.73%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.26%) Apex Code
7 7 (0.26%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) Bicep
9 5 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) TypeScript
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.15%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) C++
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.073%) C
12 2 (0.073%) Perl
Qualifications
1 447 (16.28%) Security Cleared
2 350 (12.75%) SC Cleared
3 134 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 134 (4.88%) Degree
4 61 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 35 (1.28%) ACCA
6 34 (1.24%) PMI Certification
6 34 (1.24%) PMP
7 33 (1.20%) CIMA
8 24 (0.87%) SAP Certification
9 20 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 16 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
10 16 (0.58%) HNC
11 13 (0.47%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 11 (0.40%) NVQ Level 4
13 10 (0.36%) CISSP
13 10 (0.36%) ISEB
13 10 (0.36%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 185 (6.74%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.42%) PMO
3 81 (2.95%) QA
4 63 (2.30%) GDPR
5 52 (1.89%) GRC
6 51 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (0.62%) IFRS
8 14 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.40%) GxP
9 11 (0.40%) NIST
10 9 (0.33%) SLA
11 7 (0.26%) ITGC
12 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.22%) GAAP
12 6 (0.22%) GMP
12 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.22%) ISO 20022
12 6 (0.22%) NCSC
13 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 20 (0.73%) Active Directory
2 18 (0.66%) IAG
3 6 (0.22%) Corosync
4 5 (0.18%) Docker
5 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (0.58%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.26%) Pacemaker
4 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.15%) Control-M
6 3 (0.11%) Ansible
6 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.073%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.073%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.073%) MOM
8 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.036%) QRadar
8 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.036%) WSUS
Vendors
1 285 (10.38%) Microsoft
2 264 (9.62%) Oracle
3 262 (9.54%) Ariba
4 114 (4.15%) Salesforce
5 100 (3.64%) Workday
6 75 (2.73%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.57%) Databricks
8 40 (1.46%) MuleSoft
9 36 (1.31%) Concur
10 35 (1.28%) Adobe
11 31 (1.13%) IBM
12 27 (0.98%) Google
13 26 (0.95%) Informatica
14 23 (0.84%) Siemens
15 17 (0.62%) Red Hat
16 14 (0.51%) Infor
17 13 (0.47%) JD Edwards
17 13 (0.47%) Sage
18 12 (0.44%) OpenText
19 11 (0.40%) Dell