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 29 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
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,742 2,140 2,540
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.02% 6.56% 6.71%
As % of the Vendors category 12.05% 13.79% 15.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,310 1,079 1,186
10th Percentile £360 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £470 £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 £745 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +5.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 118 68
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.35 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.42 £17.39 £27.00
Median hourly rate £24.60 £22.63 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +8.68% -48.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £44.44 £39.88 £61.60
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.93 £65.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £22.32 £35.18
% change year-on-year +8.40% -36.57% +17.27%

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 22,749 15,514 16,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.65% 47.59% 44.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,847 9,563 9,961
10th Percentile £310 £275 £288
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £613 £625
90th Percentile £705 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,319 804 634
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.75 £14.59
25th Percentile £16.44 £17.74 £15.65
Median hourly rate £25.75 £25.15 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% -19.52% -28.57%
75th Percentile £57.50 £42.50 £64.25
90th Percentile £78.30 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +17.37% -29.00% -30.23%

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 29 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 29 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 29 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 -12 2,156 £565 -1.74% 1,868
UK excluding London 0 1,399 £550 - 1,216
Work from Home -13 783 £550 -2.22% 757
London -31 745 £600 +3.14% 694
South East +2 390 £540 +5.06% 332
Midlands +7 342 £550 +1.57% 238
North of England -17 342 £550 -8.33% 313
North West -9 243 £550 -11.65% 163
West Midlands -1 209 £525 -2.78% 133
East of England -6 160 £566 -2.41% 114
East Midlands +23 126 £575 -3.52% 105
Yorkshire -6 92 £500 -4.76% 115
South West -42 79 £550 -2.22% 90
Wales +14 50 £550 +123.35% 46
Scotland -16 47 £533 +25.41% 59
North East -44 6 £303 -44.42% 36
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Northern Ireland -3 1 - - 30

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 (1.24%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.95%) Confluence
3 19 (0.69%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.44%) CMS
5 7 (0.26%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.18%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.15%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
9 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.073%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.073%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.073%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.073%) SAS
10 2 (0.073%) ThingWorx
11 1 (0.036%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.036%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 148 (5.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 68 (2.48%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) Windchill
7 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 3 (0.11%) CATIA
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 1,063 (38.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 130 (4.74%) SAP FI
3 83 (3.03%) SAP CO
4 76 (2.77%) SAP Payroll
5 74 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 67 (2.44%) SAP ERP
6 67 (2.44%) SAP SD
7 65 (2.37%) SAP HCM
8 62 (2.26%) SAP HR
9 57 (2.08%) SAP MM
10 53 (1.93%) SAP PSCD
11 50 (1.82%) SAP GRC
12 48 (1.75%) SAP BRIM
12 48 (1.75%) SAP PP
13 45 (1.64%) SAP MDG
14 40 (1.46%) SAP PM
15 37 (1.35%) SAP EWM
16 34 (1.24%) SAP QM
17 30 (1.09%) SAP FI-CA
18 28 (1.02%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 265 (9.66%) SuccessFactors
2 219 (7.99%) Azure
3 132 (4.81%) Power Platform
4 100 (3.65%) AWS
5 60 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
5 60 (2.19%) SaaS
6 55 (2.01%) GCP
7 35 (1.28%) Boomi
8 30 (1.09%) Entra ID
8 30 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (0.95%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 21 (0.77%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (0.73%) Snowflake
13 18 (0.66%) GitHub
13 18 (0.66%) Tricentis Tosca
14 15 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (0.55%) Power Automate
14 15 (0.55%) Smartsheet
15 14 (0.51%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) HTTP
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.073%) Firewall
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
1 113 (4.12%) Power BI
2 88 (3.21%) SAP HANA
3 56 (2.04%) SAP BW
4 46 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
5 40 (1.46%) BusinessObjects
6 39 (1.42%) Tableau
7 29 (1.06%) SQL Server
8 21 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
9 20 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (0.66%) Data Lake
11 17 (0.62%) Metadata
12 14 (0.51%) GIS
13 12 (0.44%) Power Query
14 11 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.29%) Delta Lake
17 6 (0.22%) NoSQL
17 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 6 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 120 (4.38%) JIRA
2 21 (0.77%) Git
3 17 (0.62%) Hudson
4 15 (0.55%) Postman
5 11 (0.40%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.26%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.26%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.26%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.18%) JMeter
9 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.18%) Selenium
9 5 (0.18%) Toad
10 4 (0.15%) LSMW
11 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
12 2 (0.073%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.073%) Maven
12 2 (0.073%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.073%) SilkTest
General
1 878 (32.02%) Finance
2 740 (26.99%) Social Skills
3 384 (14.00%) Manufacturing
4 288 (10.50%) Analytical Skills
5 140 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 137 (5.00%) Retail
7 118 (4.30%) Billing
8 81 (2.95%) Legal
9 75 (2.74%) Aerospace
10 71 (2.59%) Organisational Skills
11 70 (2.55%) Pharmaceutical
12 65 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
13 52 (1.90%) Banking
13 52 (1.90%) General Ledger
14 41 (1.50%) Automotive
15 33 (1.20%) Aviation
15 33 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (1.20%) Telecoms
16 24 (0.88%) Law
16 24 (0.88%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 639 (23.30%) Consultant
2 534 (19.47%) SAP Consultant
3 354 (12.91%) Architect
4 321 (11.71%) Lead
5 309 (11.27%) Analyst
6 255 (9.30%) Senior
7 191 (6.97%) SAP Manager
8 179 (6.53%) SAP Architect
9 152 (5.54%) Project Manager
10 146 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
11 129 (4.70%) Business Analyst
12 113 (4.12%) SAP Analyst
13 109 (3.98%) Administrator
14 98 (3.57%) Developer
15 85 (3.10%) Functional Consultant
16 79 (2.88%) SAP Project Manager
17 75 (2.74%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 72 (2.63%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 64 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
20 62 (2.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (5.29%) SAP Fiori
2 108 (3.94%) Middleware
3 94 (3.43%) REST
4 76 (2.77%) SOAP
5 53 (1.93%) Oracle Fusion
6 50 (1.82%) SAPUI5
7 48 (1.75%) XML
8 43 (1.57%) SAP Basis
9 40 (1.46%) SAP PI
10 38 (1.39%) Web Services
11 36 (1.31%) BAPI
12 32 (1.17%) JSON
13 30 (1.09%) IDoc
14 28 (1.02%) EDI
15 24 (0.88%) OAuth
16 20 (0.73%) Node.js
17 18 (0.66%) Kafka
17 18 (0.66%) SAP ALE
18 17 (0.62%) OAuth2
19 15 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 99 (3.61%) Onboarding
2 87 (3.17%) Enterprise Software
3 76 (2.77%) Data Structures
4 75 (2.74%) Public Cloud
5 66 (2.41%) Legacy Systems
6 60 (2.19%) FMCG
7 59 (2.15%) Product Ownership
8 56 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
9 50 (1.82%) Management Information System
10 43 (1.57%) Life Science
11 30 (1.09%) Cloud Native
11 30 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
12 28 (1.02%) Replication
13 22 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (0.77%) Private Cloud
15 17 (0.62%) AI Agents
15 17 (0.62%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (0.62%) Operational Technology
16 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
16 13 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 35 (1.28%) Linux
2 29 (1.06%) Windows
3 20 (0.73%) 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%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.073%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 732 (26.70%) Stakeholder Management
2 634 (23.12%) ERP
3 497 (18.13%) Migration
4 368 (13.42%) Problem-Solving
5 357 (13.02%) User Acceptance Testing
6 304 (11.09%) Data Migration
7 266 (9.70%) Agile
8 256 (9.34%) Validation
9 254 (9.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 244 (8.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 238 (8.68%) Logistics
12 236 (8.61%) Analytics
13 205 (7.48%) Workshop Facilitation
14 189 (6.89%) Roadmaps
15 171 (6.24%) Process Improvement
16 168 (6.13%) Project Delivery
17 166 (6.05%) System Integration Testing
18 164 (5.98%) Decision-Making
19 159 (5.80%) Project Management
20 153 (5.58%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 139 (5.07%) SQL
2 132 (4.81%) ABAP
3 67 (2.44%) Python
4 51 (1.86%) Java
5 24 (0.88%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.26%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.22%) C#
9 5 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.18%) Groovy
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.15%) Bicep
10 4 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.15%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.073%) Perl
12 2 (0.073%) VB
Qualifications
1 440 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 343 (12.51%) SC Cleared
3 152 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 134 (4.89%) Degree
5 50 (1.82%) DV Cleared
6 40 (1.46%) ACCA
7 38 (1.39%) CIMA
8 37 (1.35%) PMI Certification
8 37 (1.35%) PMP
9 22 (0.80%) SAP Certification
10 17 (0.62%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.55%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.44%) HNC
13 11 (0.40%) ISEB
14 10 (0.36%) CIPD
14 10 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 10 (0.36%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
16 6 (0.22%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (6.42%) Data Quality
2 87 (3.17%) PMO
3 76 (2.77%) QA
4 59 (2.15%) GDPR
5 51 (1.86%) GRC
6 40 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (0.58%) IFRS
8 15 (0.55%) GxP
9 13 (0.47%) SLA
10 12 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.40%) NIST
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 6 (0.22%) GMP
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.18%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 17 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.58%) 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 15 (0.55%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (0.26%) Pacemaker
3 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
3 5 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.15%) Control-M
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.073%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.073%) MOM
7 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.036%) QRadar
7 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 297 (10.83%) Microsoft
2 271 (9.88%) Oracle
3 267 (9.74%) Ariba
4 111 (4.05%) Salesforce
5 108 (3.94%) Workday
6 78 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 43 (1.57%) Concur
8 42 (1.53%) Databricks
8 42 (1.53%) MuleSoft
9 36 (1.31%) IBM
10 31 (1.13%) Siemens
11 29 (1.06%) Adobe
12 28 (1.02%) Google
13 23 (0.84%) Informatica
14 17 (0.62%) Red Hat
15 15 (0.55%) Dell
15 15 (0.55%) Infor
15 15 (0.55%) JD Edwards
15 15 (0.55%) Sage
16 13 (0.47%) OpenText