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 21 April 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
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +9
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,416 1,981 2,608
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.22% 6.73% 6.01%
As % of the Vendors category 12.28% 14.20% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,026 1,344
10th Percentile £360 £362 £350
25th Percentile £463 £485 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £551 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.22% +0.23% -
75th Percentile £673 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 57 127
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.90 £13.03
25th Percentile £22.63 £25.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.13 £57.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.87% +125.49% -43.33%
75th Percentile £57.25 £70.00 £58.10
90th Percentile £75.40 £86.00 £69.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £24.10
% change year-on-year -50.00% +107.47% -46.44%

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 19,678 13,954 18,446
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.52% 47.39% 42.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,581 8,788 11,487
10th Percentile £313 £295 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.97% -1.43%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 539 1,075
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.99 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.51 £14.36
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.99 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% +24.40% -48.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £60.00 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.34 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.47 £24.66 £21.46
% change year-on-year +7.34% +14.91% -46.35%

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 21 April 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 21 April 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 21 April 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 -15 1,892 £573 +4.18% 631
UK excluding London -5 1,117 £525 -2.78% 469
Work from Home +1 794 £575 -0.86% 280
London -17 741 £600 - 184
South East -13 286 £575 +4.55% 143
North of England -20 279 £550 +4.76% 139
Midlands -2 251 £500 -8.38% 98
North West -15 181 £550 +3.77% 70
East of England +3 169 £505 -12.93% 37
West Midlands -8 163 £475 -20.00% 50
Yorkshire -8 92 £575 +50.82% 64
East Midlands +6 83 £588 +17.50% 48
South West -38 80 £618 +26.67% 36
Wales +24 37 £550 -24.14% 8
Scotland +7 24 £450 -25.00% 5
North East -33 5 £500 +20.48% 12
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 3 £500 +77.94% 9

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 34 (1.41%) Confluence
2 29 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.83%) NetWeaver
4 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.41%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.17%) MTS
10 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.083%) Apache
11 2 (0.083%) JBoss
12 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.041%) Documentum
Applications
1 126 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.69%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.70%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.041%) Sketch
11 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 906 (37.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 110 (4.55%) SAP FI
3 70 (2.90%) SAP CO
4 67 (2.77%) SAP MM
5 66 (2.73%) SAP FI/CO
6 64 (2.65%) SAP ERP
7 60 (2.48%) SAP EWM
8 58 (2.40%) SAP PP
9 45 (1.86%) SAP PM
10 42 (1.74%) SAP HCM
10 42 (1.74%) SAP Payroll
11 39 (1.61%) SAP PSCD
11 39 (1.61%) SAP SD
12 31 (1.28%) SAP MDG
13 29 (1.20%) SAP IBP
14 28 (1.16%) SAP QM
15 26 (1.08%) SAP Travel Management
16 24 (0.99%) SAP BRIM
17 23 (0.95%) SAP EHS
17 23 (0.95%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 211 (8.73%) SuccessFactors
2 203 (8.40%) Azure
3 100 (4.14%) Power Platform
4 88 (3.64%) AWS
5 73 (3.02%) SaaS
6 38 (1.57%) Entra ID
7 36 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (1.45%) GCP
8 35 (1.45%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (0.87%) Boomi
10 21 (0.87%) OCI
11 20 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 17 (0.70%) GitHub
13 16 (0.66%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (0.66%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.58%) Power Automate
15 14 (0.58%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.50%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
2 8 (0.33%) Skype
2 8 (0.33%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 6 (0.25%) LAN
5 5 (0.21%) FTP
5 5 (0.21%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.21%) RFID
5 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.17%) BGP
6 4 (0.17%) DNS
6 4 (0.17%) OSPF
7 3 (0.12%) Internet
7 3 (0.12%) Wireless
8 2 (0.083%) DHCP
8 2 (0.083%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.083%) Junos
8 2 (0.083%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (3.89%) Power BI
2 80 (3.31%) SAP HANA
3 36 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (1.32%) SAP BW
5 29 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 24 (0.99%) Metadata
7 21 (0.87%) SAP Data Services
8 19 (0.79%) Data Lake
9 18 (0.75%) Tableau
10 15 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
12 11 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 8 (0.33%) GIS
14 7 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
16 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.21%) MaxDB
16 5 (0.21%) Relational Database
16 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 102 (4.22%) JIRA
2 18 (0.75%) Hudson
3 15 (0.62%) Git
4 9 (0.37%) LSMW
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
5 7 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.29%) Toad
6 5 (0.21%) Postman
6 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.17%) JMeter
7 4 (0.17%) Selenium
8 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.12%) JUnit
8 3 (0.12%) Storybook
9 2 (0.083%) TestRail
9 2 (0.083%) Tricentis qTest
10 1 (0.041%) Spock
10 1 (0.041%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.041%) Zephyr
General
1 804 (33.28%) Finance
2 729 (30.17%) Social Skills
3 340 (14.07%) Manufacturing
4 306 (12.67%) Analytical Skills
5 244 (10.10%) Public Sector
6 111 (4.59%) Telecoms
7 110 (4.55%) Marketing
8 91 (3.77%) Pharmaceutical
9 89 (3.68%) Electronics
10 71 (2.94%) Banking
11 69 (2.86%) Retail
12 67 (2.77%) Legal
13 58 (2.40%) Billing
14 55 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
16 49 (2.03%) Aerospace
16 49 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
17 42 (1.74%) General Ledger
18 38 (1.57%) Local Government
19 28 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 605 (25.04%) Consultant
2 517 (21.40%) SAP Consultant
3 314 (13.00%) Lead
4 289 (11.96%) Architect
5 232 (9.60%) Analyst
6 182 (7.53%) Project Manager
7 180 (7.45%) SAP Manager
7 180 (7.45%) Senior
8 163 (6.75%) SAP Architect
9 143 (5.92%) Solutions Architect
10 125 (5.17%) Developer
11 107 (4.43%) Business Analyst
12 94 (3.89%) SAP Project Manager
13 91 (3.77%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 79 (3.27%) Administrator
15 78 (3.23%) SAP Developer
16 70 (2.90%) Functional Consultant
17 68 (2.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 62 (2.57%) SAP Analyst
19 56 (2.32%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
2 66 (2.73%) Middleware
3 56 (2.32%) SAP Basis
4 46 (1.90%) SAPUI5
5 43 (1.78%) REST
6 42 (1.74%) XML
7 39 (1.61%) SOAP
8 30 (1.24%) Web Services
9 28 (1.16%) BAPI
9 28 (1.16%) SAP TM
10 24 (0.99%) IDoc
10 24 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
10 24 (0.99%) SAP PI
11 21 (0.87%) CSS
11 21 (0.87%) HTML
12 16 (0.66%) EDI
12 16 (0.66%) JSON
13 15 (0.62%) OAuth
14 13 (0.54%) SAP ALE
15 12 (0.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (3.44%) Onboarding
2 81 (3.35%) Public Cloud
3 73 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
4 52 (2.15%) Data Structures
5 44 (1.82%) FMCG
6 43 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 39 (1.61%) Replication
8 37 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 32 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
10 30 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.20%) Taxonomies
12 28 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
13 27 (1.12%) Cloud Native
14 25 (1.03%) Life Science
15 20 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (0.66%) Mobile App
16 16 (0.66%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.62%) AI Agents
18 12 (0.50%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 37 (1.53%) Windows
2 24 (0.99%) Linux
3 14 (0.58%) Windows 10
4 11 (0.46%) Android
4 11 (0.46%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
6 5 (0.21%) VMS
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.12%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.083%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.041%) SUSE
9 1 (0.041%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 527 (21.81%) ERP
2 466 (19.29%) Migration
3 452 (18.71%) Stakeholder Management
4 283 (11.71%) Problem-Solving
5 272 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 266 (11.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 264 (10.93%) Data Migration
8 231 (9.56%) Agile
9 203 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
10 201 (8.32%) Project Management
11 199 (8.24%) User Acceptance Testing
12 192 (7.95%) Validation
13 191 (7.91%) Workshop Facilitation
14 179 (7.41%) Change Management
15 176 (7.28%) Logistics
16 164 (6.79%) Analytics
17 157 (6.50%) Data Modelling
18 147 (6.08%) Roadmaps
19 140 (5.79%) Project Delivery
20 120 (4.97%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (5.22%) ABAP
2 113 (4.68%) SQL
3 46 (1.90%) Python
4 40 (1.66%) Java
5 33 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.66%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.33%) C#
8 7 (0.29%) Groovy
8 7 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.17%) C
10 4 (0.17%) Go
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.12%) R
11 3 (0.12%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) VBA
12 2 (0.083%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 405 (16.76%) Security Cleared
2 316 (13.08%) SC Cleared
3 157 (6.50%) Degree
4 122 (5.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.40%) DV Cleared
6 50 (2.07%) PMP
7 44 (1.82%) PMI Certification
7 44 (1.82%) SAP Certification
8 41 (1.70%) ACCA
9 40 (1.66%) CIMA
10 31 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 16 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.58%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.41%) CISSP
13 10 (0.41%) HNC
14 8 (0.33%) CISM
14 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
14 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (5.42%) Data Quality
2 102 (4.22%) QA
3 83 (3.44%) PMO
4 48 (1.99%) GDPR
5 45 (1.86%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.08%) SLA
7 25 (1.03%) GRC
8 15 (0.62%) GxP
9 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.46%) IFRS
10 11 (0.46%) NIST
11 9 (0.37%) GAAP
11 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.33%) GMP
13 5 (0.21%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.21%) Basel III
13 5 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 5 (0.21%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 31 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.41%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 5 (0.21%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Varnish
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.21%) Pacemaker
7 4 (0.17%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
9 2 (0.083%) Grafana
9 2 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.083%) vRealize
9 2 (0.083%) WSUS
10 1 (0.041%) Argo
10 1 (0.041%) MOM
10 1 (0.041%) Packer
10 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.041%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
10 1 (0.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 241 (9.98%) Ariba
2 212 (8.77%) Microsoft
3 190 (7.86%) Oracle
4 84 (3.48%) Salesforce
5 80 (3.31%) Workday
6 76 (3.15%) ServiceNow
7 38 (1.57%) Adobe
7 38 (1.57%) Informatica
8 35 (1.45%) Sage
9 28 (1.16%) IBM
10 27 (1.12%) Databricks
11 20 (0.83%) Cisco
11 20 (0.83%) Okta
11 20 (0.83%) OpenText
12 17 (0.70%) MuleSoft
13 16 (0.66%) Concur
13 16 (0.66%) Dell
13 16 (0.66%) HP
14 15 (0.62%) Siemens
15 12 (0.50%) Google