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 2 May 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
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +8
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,446 2,002 2,597
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.17% 6.83% 5.97%
As % of the Vendors category 12.33% 14.37% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,237 1,022 1,301
10th Percentile £370 £363 £338
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £565 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +2.73% -
75th Percentile £673 £668 £688
90th Percentile £755 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -0.23% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 59 129
10th Percentile £17.69 £21.08 £13.04
25th Percentile £22.63 £25.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +121.15% -42.22%
75th Percentile £58.00 £70.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.36 £86.00 £65.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £50.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -42.00% +102.84% -45.22%

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 19,836 13,936 18,461
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.93% 47.52% 42.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,657 8,733 11,440
10th Percentile £313 £290 £263
25th Percentile £413 £408 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £517
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -0.43% -1.48%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £704 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 994 562 1,096
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.86 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.87 £14.48
Median hourly rate £30.88 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.73% +17.56% -48.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +13.73% +12.47% -45.71%

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 2 May 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 2 May 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 2 May 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 1,919 £575 +4.55% 627
UK excluding London -7 1,140 £539 -0.23% 447
Work from Home 0 811 £565 -2.75% 292
London -16 751 £600 - 203
South East -11 296 £575 +4.55% 147
North of England -19 283 £550 +3.77% 109
Midlands -2 265 £514 -5.08% 110
North West -15 184 £525 -0.94% 57
West Midlands -9 169 £500 -14.53% 65
East of England +1 163 £505 -12.93% 39
Yorkshire +3 94 £588 +54.10% 47
East Midlands +8 90 £600 +20.00% 45
South West -35 77 £613 +22.50% 24
Wales +18 35 £550 +18.03% 10
Scotland +11 27 £450 -25.00% 12
North East -36 4 £500 -2.91% 10
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +3 3 £500 +77.94% 6

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 36 (1.47%) Confluence
2 28 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 21 (0.86%) NetWeaver
4 16 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.45%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.082%) Apache
10 2 (0.082%) JBoss
11 1 (0.041%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.041%) Camunda
11 1 (0.041%) Mendix
Applications
1 125 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 59 (2.41%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.10%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.65%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.20%) 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
1 926 (37.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 104 (4.25%) SAP FI
3 70 (2.86%) SAP CO
4 69 (2.82%) SAP ERP
5 66 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 58 (2.37%) SAP MM
7 57 (2.33%) SAP EWM
8 54 (2.21%) SAP PP
9 48 (1.96%) SAP SD
10 42 (1.72%) SAP HCM
10 42 (1.72%) SAP PM
10 42 (1.72%) SAP PSCD
11 38 (1.55%) SAP Payroll
12 37 (1.51%) SAP BRIM
13 33 (1.35%) SAP MDG
14 30 (1.23%) SAP IBP
14 30 (1.23%) SAP QM
15 28 (1.14%) SAP Travel Management
16 24 (0.98%) SAP EHS
16 24 (0.98%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 214 (8.75%) Azure
2 209 (8.54%) SuccessFactors
3 113 (4.62%) Power Platform
4 91 (3.72%) AWS
5 78 (3.19%) SaaS
6 43 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 35 (1.43%) GCP
9 30 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (1.02%) Boomi
12 20 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 17 (0.70%) OCI
14 16 (0.65%) Snowflake
15 15 (0.61%) GitHub
16 14 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 14 (0.57%) BigCommerce
16 14 (0.57%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (0.57%) PaaS
17 13 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.49%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 7 (0.29%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 6 (0.25%) Cisco IOS
4 6 (0.25%) Skype
5 5 (0.20%) FTP
5 5 (0.20%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.16%) BGP
6 4 (0.16%) LAN
6 4 (0.16%) OSPF
6 4 (0.16%) RFID
7 3 (0.12%) DNS
7 3 (0.12%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.12%) Internet
8 2 (0.082%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.082%) Junos
8 2 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.041%) Ethernet VPN
9 1 (0.041%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (4.29%) Power BI
2 83 (3.39%) SAP HANA
3 44 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (1.47%) SAP BW
5 31 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 27 (1.10%) Tableau
7 23 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
8 20 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
10 18 (0.74%) Metadata
11 17 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 7 (0.29%) GIS
15 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.25%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
16 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.20%) MaxDB
16 5 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 105 (4.29%) JIRA
2 20 (0.82%) Hudson
3 18 (0.74%) Git
4 8 (0.33%) LSMW
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
6 6 (0.25%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.25%) Postman
7 5 (0.20%) Selenium
8 4 (0.16%) JMeter
8 4 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.082%) JUnit
10 2 (0.082%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.082%) Storybook
10 2 (0.082%) TestRail
10 2 (0.082%) Tricentis qTest
11 1 (0.041%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.041%) TestDirector
11 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 779 (31.85%) Finance
2 719 (29.39%) Social Skills
3 316 (12.92%) Manufacturing
4 305 (12.47%) Analytical Skills
5 226 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 92 (3.76%) Pharmaceutical
6 92 (3.76%) Telecoms
7 89 (3.64%) Marketing
8 81 (3.31%) Billing
9 74 (3.03%) Retail
10 69 (2.82%) Electronics
10 69 (2.82%) Legal
11 67 (2.74%) Banking
12 57 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.13%) Aerospace
14 51 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
14 51 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
15 45 (1.84%) General Ledger
16 35 (1.43%) Local Government
17 26 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 591 (24.16%) Consultant
2 508 (20.77%) SAP Consultant
3 322 (13.16%) Lead
4 311 (12.71%) Architect
5 244 (9.98%) Analyst
6 191 (7.81%) Senior
7 181 (7.40%) Project Manager
8 178 (7.28%) SAP Manager
9 174 (7.11%) SAP Architect
10 153 (6.26%) Solutions Architect
11 127 (5.19%) Developer
12 116 (4.74%) Business Analyst
13 94 (3.84%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 91 (3.72%) SAP Project Manager
15 79 (3.23%) Administrator
16 75 (3.07%) SAP Developer
17 74 (3.03%) Functional Consultant
18 69 (2.82%) SAP Functional Consultant
19 61 (2.49%) SAP Analyst
20 56 (2.29%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 111 (4.54%) SAP Fiori
2 67 (2.74%) Middleware
3 51 (2.09%) SAP Basis
4 50 (2.04%) REST
5 48 (1.96%) SAPUI5
6 39 (1.59%) SOAP
7 33 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
7 33 (1.35%) XML
8 29 (1.19%) SAP TM
9 28 (1.14%) BAPI
10 25 (1.02%) Web Services
11 24 (0.98%) IDoc
12 21 (0.86%) SAP PI
13 20 (0.82%) CSS
13 20 (0.82%) HTML
14 19 (0.78%) EDI
15 18 (0.74%) JSON
16 17 (0.70%) OAuth
17 13 (0.53%) SAML
17 13 (0.53%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (3.48%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
4 58 (2.37%) Data Structures
5 46 (1.88%) FMCG
6 45 (1.84%) Product Ownership
7 37 (1.51%) Greenfield Project
7 37 (1.51%) Management Information System
8 35 (1.43%) Replication
9 31 (1.27%) Cloud Native
10 30 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.23%) Taxonomies
11 28 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
12 27 (1.10%) Life Science
13 26 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
15 18 (0.74%) Virtual Team
16 15 (0.61%) Mobile App
17 14 (0.57%) AI Agents
18 11 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.27%) Windows
2 24 (0.98%) Linux
3 10 (0.41%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.25%) Android
5 6 (0.25%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
5 6 (0.25%) VMS
6 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.041%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (22.65%) ERP
2 479 (19.58%) Migration
3 459 (18.77%) Stakeholder Management
4 300 (12.26%) Problem-Solving
5 272 (11.12%) Data Migration
6 263 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 256 (10.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 243 (9.93%) Agile
9 211 (8.63%) User Acceptance Testing
10 203 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
11 200 (8.18%) Project Management
12 198 (8.09%) Business Intelligence
13 189 (7.73%) Validation
14 180 (7.36%) Logistics
15 175 (7.15%) Change Management
16 174 (7.11%) Analytics
17 164 (6.70%) Data Modelling
18 144 (5.89%) Roadmaps
19 140 (5.72%) Project Delivery
20 122 (4.99%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 117 (4.78%) SQL
2 110 (4.50%) ABAP
3 48 (1.96%) Python
4 35 (1.43%) Java
5 34 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.65%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.33%) C#
8 7 (0.29%) Groovy
9 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 6 (0.25%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Go
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.12%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 398 (16.27%) Security Cleared
2 319 (13.04%) SC Cleared
3 154 (6.30%) Degree
4 115 (4.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (1.96%) DV Cleared
6 46 (1.88%) PMP
7 43 (1.76%) PMI Certification
7 43 (1.76%) SAP Certification
8 42 (1.72%) ACCA
9 39 (1.59%) CIMA
10 30 (1.23%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.57%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.45%) CISSP
14 10 (0.41%) HNC
14 10 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) CISM
15 9 (0.37%) NVQ Level 4
16 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (5.48%) Data Quality
2 105 (4.29%) QA
3 89 (3.64%) PMO
4 58 (2.37%) GDPR
5 47 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 30 (1.23%) GRC
7 23 (0.94%) SLA
8 16 (0.65%) GxP
9 12 (0.49%) IFRS
10 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.41%) NIST
12 9 (0.37%) GAAP
12 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.33%) GMP
14 7 (0.29%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.20%) Basel III
15 5 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.20%) NCSC
15 5 (0.20%) RMADS
System Software
1 29 (1.19%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.41%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 6 (0.25%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Varnish
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.53%) Terraform
3 11 (0.45%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.25%) Pacemaker
6 3 (0.12%) Ansible
6 3 (0.12%) Control-M
7 2 (0.082%) Grafana
7 2 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.082%) WSUS
8 1 (0.041%) Argo
8 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.041%) MOM
8 1 (0.041%) Packer
8 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.041%) SCCM
8 1 (0.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.041%) vRealize
Vendors
1 236 (9.65%) Ariba
2 216 (8.83%) Microsoft
3 187 (7.65%) Oracle
4 97 (3.97%) Salesforce
5 79 (3.23%) Workday
6 72 (2.94%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.59%) Informatica
8 37 (1.51%) Sage
9 36 (1.47%) Adobe
10 28 (1.14%) Databricks
11 25 (1.02%) IBM
12 24 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 20 (0.82%) Okta
14 16 (0.65%) Concur
15 15 (0.61%) Dell
15 15 (0.61%) Infor
15 15 (0.61%) Siemens
16 13 (0.53%) Cisco
16 13 (0.53%) OpenText
16 13 (0.53%) Sitecore