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 9 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
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,784 2,125 2,551
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.11% 6.41% 6.72%
As % of the Vendors category 12.25% 13.45% 15.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,299 1,066 1,198
10th Percentile £360 £363 £400
25th Percentile £459 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £740 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £561
% change year-on-year - -2.00% +5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 248 123 69
10th Percentile £14.56 £15.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.24 £27.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £22.63 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -46.75% +13.33%
75th Percentile £44.25 £34.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.78 £65.25 £65.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.10 £21.85 £35.36
% change year-on-year +10.26% -38.20% +17.87%

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 22,721 15,802 16,899
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.69% 47.64% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,733 9,722 9,953
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 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +2.83% -2.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,391 808 602
10th Percentile £13.84 £14.75 £14.86
25th Percentile £16.10 £17.74 £16.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £25.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -23.08% -24.86%
75th Percentile £57.25 £38.80 £64.88
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.18 £21.10 £30.00
% change year-on-year +9.86% -29.67% -29.41%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 2,203 £560 -2.61% 2,296
UK excluding London -1 1,415 £550 - 1,388
Work from Home -11 783 £550 -1.79% 828
London -27 768 £600 +2.56% 973
South East +1 391 £540 +4.50% 355
North of England -13 355 £525 -12.68% 347
Midlands +8 349 £550 +4.76% 247
North West -8 249 £550 -12.00% 195
West Midlands +2 221 £520 -1.05% 140
East of England -1 165 £566 -2.41% 152
East Midlands +17 120 £587 +11.71% 106
Yorkshire +1 98 £500 -4.76% 113
South West -34 76 £525 -4.55% 109
Scotland -13 49 £533 +25.41% 86
Wales +16 44 £575 +133.50% 57
North East -40 7 £400 -27.27% 40
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 41

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 33 (1.19%) SharePoint
2 25 (0.90%) Confluence
3 20 (0.72%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.25%) Apache
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.18%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
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
8 3 (0.11%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.072%) SAS
9 2 (0.072%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 152 (5.46%) 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 4 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.036%) PTC Creo
Business Applications
1 1,084 (38.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 135 (4.85%) SAP FI
3 86 (3.09%) SAP CO
3 86 (3.09%) SAP Payroll
4 81 (2.91%) SAP HCM
5 77 (2.77%) SAP FI/CO
6 67 (2.41%) SAP SD
7 65 (2.33%) SAP HR
8 64 (2.30%) SAP ERP
8 64 (2.30%) SAP MM
9 53 (1.90%) SAP GRC
10 52 (1.87%) SAP PSCD
11 49 (1.76%) SAP BRIM
12 48 (1.72%) SAP PP
13 44 (1.58%) SAP MDG
14 42 (1.51%) SAP EWM
15 41 (1.47%) SAP PM
16 33 (1.19%) Teamcenter
17 32 (1.15%) SAP FI-CA
17 32 (1.15%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 275 (9.88%) SuccessFactors
2 223 (8.01%) Azure
3 128 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 102 (3.66%) AWS
5 63 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
6 61 (2.19%) GCP
7 59 (2.12%) SaaS
8 33 (1.19%) Boomi
9 32 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
10 30 (1.08%) Entra ID
11 29 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 21 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
14 19 (0.68%) GitHub
14 19 (0.68%) Snowflake
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 7 (0.25%) Intranet
2 6 (0.22%) HTTP
3 5 (0.18%) Broadband
4 4 (0.14%) Network Security
4 4 (0.14%) VPN
5 3 (0.11%) Firewall
5 3 (0.11%) SSL
6 2 (0.072%) Internet
6 2 (0.072%) LAN
6 2 (0.072%) WAN
7 1 (0.036%) DNS
7 1 (0.036%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.036%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.036%) MQTT
7 1 (0.036%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.036%) Wireless
7 1 (0.036%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (3.92%) Power BI
2 93 (3.34%) SAP HANA
3 56 (2.01%) SAP BW
4 45 (1.62%) BusinessObjects
5 42 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
6 38 (1.36%) Tableau
7 34 (1.22%) SQL Server
8 22 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
9 18 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (0.57%) 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
14 9 (0.32%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 9 (0.32%) Relational Database
15 8 (0.29%) MySQL
15 8 (0.29%) NoSQL
16 7 (0.25%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 118 (4.24%) 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%) GitLab
9 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
10 2 (0.072%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.072%) HP UFT
10 2 (0.072%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 893 (32.08%) Finance
2 778 (27.95%) Social Skills
3 420 (15.09%) Manufacturing
4 284 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 144 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 141 (5.06%) Retail
7 121 (4.35%) Billing
8 86 (3.09%) Legal
9 83 (2.98%) Aerospace
10 76 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 75 (2.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 66 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
13 58 (2.08%) Banking
14 54 (1.94%) General Ledger
15 43 (1.54%) Automotive
16 38 (1.36%) Aviation
16 38 (1.36%) Telecoms
17 33 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (0.97%) Law
19 25 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 643 (23.10%) Consultant
2 535 (19.22%) SAP Consultant
3 364 (13.07%) Architect
4 317 (11.39%) Lead
5 304 (10.92%) Analyst
6 240 (8.62%) Senior
7 190 (6.82%) SAP Manager
8 185 (6.65%) SAP Architect
9 157 (5.64%) Project Manager
10 147 (5.28%) Solutions Architect
11 131 (4.71%) Business Analyst
12 124 (4.45%) Administrator
13 123 (4.42%) SAP Analyst
14 91 (3.27%) Developer
15 85 (3.05%) Functional Consultant
16 79 (2.84%) SAP Project Manager
17 76 (2.73%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 71 (2.55%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 61 (2.19%) Senior Consultant
20 53 (1.90%) SAP Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (5.28%) SAP Fiori
2 112 (4.02%) Middleware
3 97 (3.48%) REST
4 78 (2.80%) SOAP
5 56 (2.01%) Oracle Fusion
5 56 (2.01%) SAPUI5
6 48 (1.72%) XML
7 46 (1.65%) SAP PI
8 44 (1.58%) SAP Basis
9 41 (1.47%) Web Services
10 35 (1.26%) BAPI
11 33 (1.19%) JSON
12 31 (1.11%) IDoc
13 28 (1.01%) EDI
14 24 (0.86%) OAuth
15 20 (0.72%) Kafka
15 20 (0.72%) SAP ALE
16 19 (0.68%) Node.js
17 17 (0.61%) OAuth2
17 17 (0.61%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 108 (3.88%) Onboarding
2 92 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
3 78 (2.80%) Data Structures
4 73 (2.62%) Public Cloud
5 63 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
6 62 (2.23%) FMCG
7 60 (2.16%) Product Ownership
8 55 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
9 52 (1.87%) Management Information System
10 45 (1.62%) Life Science
11 31 (1.11%) Replication
12 30 (1.08%) Cloud Native
13 29 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (0.90%) Private Cloud
15 20 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
17 16 (0.57%) AI Agents
18 14 (0.50%) Operational Technology
19 13 (0.47%) Driving Licence
19 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.26%) Linux
2 33 (1.19%) Windows
3 21 (0.75%) Unix
4 9 (0.32%) SUSE
5 8 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 7 (0.25%) VMS
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 776 (27.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 622 (22.34%) ERP
3 514 (18.46%) Migration
4 369 (13.25%) User Acceptance Testing
5 362 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
6 313 (11.24%) Data Migration
7 277 (9.95%) Agile
8 273 (9.81%) Validation
9 254 (9.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 248 (8.91%) Analytics
11 245 (8.80%) Logistics
12 244 (8.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 211 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
14 197 (7.08%) Roadmaps
15 185 (6.65%) Project Delivery
16 175 (6.29%) System Integration Testing
17 174 (6.25%) Process Improvement
18 168 (6.03%) Decision-Making
19 162 (5.82%) Project Management
20 158 (5.68%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 139 (4.99%) SQL
2 138 (4.96%) ABAP
3 67 (2.41%) Python
4 58 (2.08%) Java
5 27 (0.97%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.57%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.25%) Groovy
7 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) C#
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
1 453 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 353 (12.68%) SC Cleared
3 161 (5.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 132 (4.74%) Degree
5 53 (1.90%) DV Cleared
6 44 (1.58%) ACCA
7 42 (1.51%) CIMA
8 41 (1.47%) PMI Certification
8 41 (1.47%) PMP
9 27 (0.97%) 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%) APMG
14 10 (0.36%) CIPD
15 9 (0.32%) HNC
15 9 (0.32%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 85 (3.05%) PMO
3 75 (2.69%) QA
4 65 (2.33%) GDPR
5 49 (1.76%) GRC
6 41 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (0.61%) IFRS
8 15 (0.54%) GxP
9 13 (0.47%) SLA
10 12 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.36%) NIST
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 7 (0.25%) Accessibility
14 6 (0.22%) GAAP
14 6 (0.22%) GMP
14 6 (0.22%) NCSC
15 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
16 4 (0.14%) COSHH
17 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.47%) IAG
3 5 (0.18%) Corosync
3 5 (0.18%) Docker
4 4 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (0.61%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.22%) Failover Clustering
2 6 (0.22%) Grafana
2 6 (0.22%) Pacemaker
3 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.14%) Control-M
4 4 (0.14%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.072%) Ansible
5 2 (0.072%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.072%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.072%) MOM
6 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.036%) QRadar
6 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
6 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 311 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 278 (9.99%) Oracle
3 277 (9.95%) Ariba
4 108 (3.88%) Salesforce
5 104 (3.74%) Workday
6 83 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 57 (2.05%) Concur
8 44 (1.58%) Databricks
9 43 (1.54%) MuleSoft
10 39 (1.40%) IBM
11 33 (1.19%) Siemens
12 30 (1.08%) Google
13 23 (0.83%) Adobe
13 23 (0.83%) Informatica
14 17 (0.61%) Sage
15 16 (0.57%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.54%) Dell
16 15 (0.54%) JD Edwards
16 15 (0.54%) OpenText
17 14 (0.50%) Infor