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 28 June 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
28 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,545 1,968 2,599
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.99% 6.44% 5.98%
As % of the Vendors category 12.20% 13.59% 13.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,269 974 1,320
10th Percentile £360 £379 £395
25th Percentile £456 £481 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £655 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £754 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 218 91 139
10th Percentile £16.72 £17.35 £13.41
25th Percentile £22.63 £22.77 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £45.00 £27.72
Median % change year-on-year -27.78% +62.34% -38.40%
75th Percentile £60.56 £67.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.48 £85.00 £65.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.38 £37.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.00% +44.23% -42.22%

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 20,855 14,480 18,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.89% 47.40% 42.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,032 8,882 11,532
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,076 682 1,159
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.26
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.30 £14.71
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.19
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +3.97% -41.06%
75th Percentile £62.25 £53.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £23.00 £23.58
% change year-on-year +41.30% -2.46% -27.45%

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 28 June 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 28 June 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 28 June 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 -13 2,024 £560 -2.61% 382
UK excluding London -6 1,253 £525 -4.55% 286
Work from Home -2 796 £550 -5.40% 164
London -21 747 £600 - 148
Midlands +6 325 £525 -3.05% 78
South East -7 323 £540 +0.56% 88
North of England -9 299 £500 -5.66% 68
West Midlands -3 199 £502 -8.82% 51
North West -8 194 £495 -6.60% 37
East of England 0 165 £505 -15.66% 21
East Midlands +26 116 £575 +12.75% 27
Yorkshire +7 100 £525 +35.48% 26
South West -34 77 £550 +4.76% 14
Scotland +5 35 £533 -11.17% 12
Wales +7 34 £550 +21.41% 6
North East -43 5 £500 -6.54% 6
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -1 2 £488 +73.49% 8

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 (1.38%) Confluence
2 30 (1.18%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.90%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.51%) CMS
5 9 (0.35%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (0.20%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.079%) Apache
10 2 (0.079%) JBoss
10 2 (0.079%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.079%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.079%) SAS
10 2 (0.079%) WebSphere
11 1 (0.039%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.039%) LiveCycle
11 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 130 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.28%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (0.94%) MS Visio
5 13 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
6 10 (0.39%) CATIA
7 5 (0.20%) PTC Creo
8 4 (0.16%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.039%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,023 (40.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 107 (4.20%) SAP FI
3 69 (2.71%) SAP ERP
4 62 (2.44%) SAP CO
5 61 (2.40%) SAP MM
6 59 (2.32%) SAP FI/CO
7 58 (2.28%) SAP SD
8 54 (2.12%) SAP EWM
8 54 (2.12%) SAP PSCD
9 49 (1.93%) SAP BRIM
10 40 (1.57%) SAP PM
11 38 (1.49%) SAP IBP
12 36 (1.41%) SAP PP
13 35 (1.38%) SAP GRC
14 32 (1.26%) SAP MDG
14 32 (1.26%) SAP Payroll
15 31 (1.22%) SAP FI-CA
16 30 (1.18%) SAP HCM
17 28 (1.10%) SAP QM
18 26 (1.02%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 235 (9.23%) SuccessFactors
2 216 (8.49%) Azure
3 126 (4.95%) Power Platform
4 81 (3.18%) AWS
5 72 (2.83%) SaaS
6 53 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.45%) Boomi
7 37 (1.45%) Entra ID
8 29 (1.14%) GCP
9 22 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
10 21 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 20 (0.79%) Power Automate
11 20 (0.79%) Snowflake
12 15 (0.59%) OCI
12 15 (0.59%) PowerApps
13 14 (0.55%) GitHub
13 14 (0.55%) Smartsheet
14 12 (0.47%) PaaS
15 11 (0.43%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.39%) Network Security
2 6 (0.24%) Firewall
3 5 (0.20%) VPN
3 5 (0.20%) WAN
4 3 (0.12%) RFID
4 3 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.079%) BGP
5 2 (0.079%) DNS
5 2 (0.079%) HTTP
5 2 (0.079%) LAN
5 2 (0.079%) OSPF
6 1 (0.039%) FTP
6 1 (0.039%) Internet
6 1 (0.039%) Intranet
6 1 (0.039%) MQTT
6 1 (0.039%) Reverse Proxy
6 1 (0.039%) SSL
6 1 (0.039%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.039%) Wireless
6 1 (0.039%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (4.60%) Power BI
2 91 (3.58%) SAP HANA
3 42 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (1.57%) BusinessObjects
4 40 (1.57%) SAP BW
5 39 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 32 (1.26%) Tableau
7 28 (1.10%) SAP Data Services
8 21 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
9 18 (0.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.55%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.43%) Sybase ASE
12 10 (0.39%) MaxDB
12 10 (0.39%) Metadata
13 9 (0.35%) GIS
14 7 (0.28%) Oracle Database
15 6 (0.24%) NoSQL
16 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.20%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 102 (4.01%) JIRA
2 24 (0.94%) Hudson
3 18 (0.71%) Git
4 7 (0.28%) Postman
5 6 (0.24%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.24%) LSMW
6 4 (0.16%) JMeter
6 4 (0.16%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.079%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.079%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.079%) Maven
8 2 (0.079%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.079%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.079%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.079%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.039%) Subversion
9 1 (0.039%) TestDirector
General
1 824 (32.38%) Finance
2 684 (26.88%) Social Skills
3 274 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 270 (10.61%) Manufacturing
5 170 (6.68%) Public Sector
6 106 (4.17%) Billing
7 88 (3.46%) Retail
8 87 (3.42%) Legal
8 87 (3.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 62 (2.44%) Banking
10 59 (2.32%) Aerospace
11 53 (2.08%) General Ledger
12 48 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
14 45 (1.77%) Local Government
15 35 (1.38%) Telecoms
16 34 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.02%) Law
18 22 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 22 (0.86%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 618 (24.28%) Consultant
2 532 (20.90%) SAP Consultant
3 329 (12.93%) Architect
4 324 (12.73%) Lead
5 293 (11.51%) Analyst
6 219 (8.61%) Senior
7 177 (6.95%) SAP Architect
8 173 (6.80%) Project Manager
9 168 (6.60%) SAP Manager
10 156 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
11 127 (4.99%) Business Analyst
12 103 (4.05%) Developer
13 86 (3.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 84 (3.30%) Functional Consultant
15 81 (3.18%) SAP Analyst
16 80 (3.14%) SAP Project Manager
17 79 (3.10%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 76 (2.99%) Administrator
19 65 (2.55%) Senior Manager
20 55 (2.16%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (4.44%) SAP Fiori
2 93 (3.65%) Middleware
3 57 (2.24%) REST
4 54 (2.12%) Oracle Fusion
5 52 (2.04%) SAP Basis
6 39 (1.53%) BAPI
6 39 (1.53%) SOAP
7 33 (1.30%) SAPUI5
7 33 (1.30%) XML
8 32 (1.26%) IDoc
9 27 (1.06%) JSON
10 26 (1.02%) EDI
10 26 (1.02%) SAP TM
11 24 (0.94%) Web Services
12 21 (0.83%) OAuth
13 19 (0.75%) SAP PI
14 14 (0.55%) SAP ALE
15 13 (0.51%) SAML
16 12 (0.47%) Node.js
17 10 (0.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 96 (3.77%) Public Cloud
2 78 (3.06%) Onboarding
3 74 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
4 65 (2.55%) Data Structures
5 52 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 50 (1.96%) FMCG
7 42 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
8 38 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 37 (1.45%) Management Information System
10 31 (1.22%) Cloud Native
11 25 (0.98%) Replication
12 23 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (0.90%) Life Science
13 21 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (0.83%) Taxonomies
14 17 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 14 (0.55%) SCADA
16 13 (0.51%) AI Agents
16 13 (0.51%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 41 (1.61%) Linux
2 32 (1.26%) Windows
3 13 (0.51%) Unix
4 8 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.31%) SUSE
4 8 (0.31%) VMS
5 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.12%) Solaris
7 2 (0.079%) AIX
7 2 (0.079%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 588 (23.10%) ERP
2 510 (20.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 469 (18.43%) Migration
4 323 (12.69%) Problem-Solving
5 290 (11.39%) Data Migration
6 276 (10.84%) User Acceptance Testing
7 263 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 259 (10.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 246 (9.67%) Agile
10 244 (9.59%) Validation
11 214 (8.41%) Workshop Facilitation
12 201 (7.90%) Analytics
13 191 (7.50%) Project Management
14 190 (7.47%) Logistics
15 170 (6.68%) Change Management
16 149 (5.85%) Data Modelling
17 147 (5.78%) Business Intelligence
18 143 (5.62%) Decision-Making
19 135 (5.30%) Roadmaps
20 126 (4.95%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 125 (4.91%) SQL
2 98 (3.85%) ABAP
3 50 (1.96%) Python
4 30 (1.18%) Java
5 18 (0.71%) PowerShell
6 14 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.28%) C#
8 6 (0.24%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.20%) Bash
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.16%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.16%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.16%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.079%) Korn
Qualifications
1 355 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 280 (11.00%) SC Cleared
3 140 (5.50%) Degree
4 117 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (1.85%) ACCA
6 46 (1.81%) CIMA
7 40 (1.57%) DV Cleared
7 40 (1.57%) PMP
8 39 (1.53%) PMI Certification
9 32 (1.26%) SAP Certification
10 15 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.43%) HNC
13 11 (0.43%) NVQ Level 4
14 9 (0.35%) CISSP
14 9 (0.35%) ISTQB
15 8 (0.31%) CISM
16 7 (0.28%) CCA
16 7 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.81%) PMO
3 91 (3.58%) QA
4 59 (2.32%) GDPR
5 56 (2.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 37 (1.45%) GRC
7 17 (0.67%) IFRS
8 15 (0.59%) SLA
9 13 (0.51%) GxP
10 11 (0.43%) GMP
11 10 (0.39%) GAAP
12 9 (0.35%) NCSC
13 8 (0.31%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 6 (0.24%) ISO 20022
15 6 (0.24%) NIST
16 5 (0.20%) EU AI Act
16 5 (0.20%) ITGC
17 4 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 24 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.47%) IAG
3 7 (0.28%) Docker
4 6 (0.24%) Corosync
Systems Management
1 21 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.51%) Terraform
3 10 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.28%) Pacemaker
5 6 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.079%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.079%) Control-M
8 2 (0.079%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.079%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.079%) WSUS
9 1 (0.039%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) Packer
9 1 (0.039%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 246 (9.67%) Microsoft
2 244 (9.59%) Ariba
3 235 (9.23%) Oracle
4 96 (3.77%) Salesforce
5 91 (3.58%) Workday
6 72 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 38 (1.49%) Informatica
8 36 (1.41%) MuleSoft
9 34 (1.34%) Databricks
10 33 (1.30%) Adobe
11 32 (1.26%) Sage
12 29 (1.14%) Concur
13 27 (1.06%) IBM
14 23 (0.90%) Siemens
15 20 (0.79%) IFS
16 17 (0.67%) Infor
17 16 (0.63%) Red Hat
18 15 (0.59%) Dell
18 15 (0.59%) Google
19 12 (0.47%) OpenText