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 7 January 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
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 27 24
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,231 2,147 2,726
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 6.03% 6.66% 6.40%
As % of the Vendors category 12.97% 14.55% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 1,051 1,374
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £465 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £558 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% - -
75th Percentile £675 £664 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 33 81
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.07 £20.38 £22.06
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -43.88% +8.89%
75th Percentile £44.34 £55.00 £63.29
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.49 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £26.92 £44.50
% change year-on-year -12.70% -39.51% -1.11%

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 17,196 14,754 18,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.45% 45.75% 44.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,046 8,758 11,974
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £410 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 803 431 657
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.96 £19.30 £18.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.35 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.89% -38.54% +63.30%
75th Percentile £47.00 £60.38 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £80.00 £76.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.50 £25.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -14.00% -45.51% +91.17%

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 7 January 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 7 January 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 7 January 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 1,747 £565 +2.73% 419
UK excluding London -8 972 £550 +1.85% 293
Work from Home +1 752 £565 +1.35% 202
London -8 733 £575 +1.77% 187
North of England -12 292 £595 +12.00% 60
South East -5 253 £539 -7.95% 135
North West -3 208 £621 +15.05% 32
Midlands -19 157 £520 -3.70% 45
East of England +4 136 £525 +3.35% 44
West Midlands -11 113 £518 -4.17% 27
South West -21 91 £554 +4.53% 17
Yorkshire -8 73 £565 +36.14% 25
East Midlands -24 42 £525 -0.47% 18
Scotland +1 34 £450 +0.56% 5
Wales +7 20 £248 -63.33% 1
North East -22 10 £175 -57.83% 4
Northern Ireland -4 6 £115 - 3
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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 24 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 22 (0.99%) Confluence
3 20 (0.90%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.22%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.22%) MTS
7 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.13%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.090%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 95 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.15%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 24 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.13%) Windchill
8 2 (0.090%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.090%) Simulink
8 2 (0.090%) Sketch
9 1 (0.045%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.045%) InVision
9 1 (0.045%) Trello
Business Applications
1 812 (36.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.62%) SAP FI
3 78 (3.50%) SAP CO
4 74 (3.32%) SAP EWM
5 71 (3.18%) SAP FI/CO
6 69 (3.09%) SAP ERP
7 67 (3.00%) SAP MM
8 65 (2.91%) SAP PP
9 59 (2.64%) SAP Payroll
10 58 (2.60%) SAP HCM
11 42 (1.88%) SAP HR
12 37 (1.66%) SAP WM
13 36 (1.61%) SAP QM
14 33 (1.48%) SAP PM
15 31 (1.39%) SAP MDG
16 28 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
16 28 (1.26%) SAP SD
17 26 (1.17%) SAP EHS
17 26 (1.17%) SAP VC
18 25 (1.12%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 162 (7.26%) Azure
2 154 (6.90%) SuccessFactors
3 96 (4.30%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.59%) AWS
5 58 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (2.55%) SaaS
7 46 (2.06%) GCP
8 40 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 21 (0.94%) Entra ID
10 21 (0.94%) Snowflake
11 18 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (0.81%) OCI
12 16 (0.72%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.58%) GitHub
14 11 (0.49%) Boomi
14 11 (0.49%) PaaS
15 10 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
16 9 (0.40%) Azure Data Factory
16 9 (0.40%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.08%) Wireless
2 17 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 10 (0.45%) LAN
4 9 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (0.40%) VPN
5 8 (0.36%) Firewall
5 8 (0.36%) Skype
6 6 (0.27%) WAN
7 4 (0.18%) DHCP
7 4 (0.18%) DNS
7 4 (0.18%) FTP
7 4 (0.18%) Network Security
7 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.13%) BGP
8 3 (0.13%) Junos
8 3 (0.13%) OSPF
8 3 (0.13%) RFID
8 3 (0.13%) VLAN
9 2 (0.090%) Internet
9 2 (0.090%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (4.48%) SAP HANA
2 92 (4.12%) Power BI
3 50 (2.24%) SAP BW
4 31 (1.39%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.26%) SAP Data Services
6 27 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 24 (1.08%) SQL Server
8 19 (0.85%) Metadata
9 15 (0.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 13 (0.58%) Tableau
11 12 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
12 11 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 10 (0.45%) GIS
14 9 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.31%) MySQL
15 7 (0.31%) Power Query
15 7 (0.31%) Relational Database
16 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
17 5 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 87 (3.90%) JIRA
2 17 (0.76%) Git
3 10 (0.45%) LSMW
4 9 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.31%) GitLab
6 6 (0.27%) Toad
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Postman
8 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
8 3 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.090%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.090%) Selenium
9 2 (0.090%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.090%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.090%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.090%) Zephyr
General
1 788 (35.32%) Finance
2 745 (33.39%) Social Skills
3 434 (19.45%) Manufacturing
4 338 (15.15%) Public Sector
5 234 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
6 224 (10.04%) Telecoms
7 219 (9.82%) Marketing
8 200 (8.96%) Electronics
9 118 (5.29%) Pharmaceutical
10 67 (3.00%) Retail
11 56 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.42%) Billing
13 53 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
15 50 (2.24%) Banking
16 46 (2.06%) Legal
17 41 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
18 37 (1.66%) Aerospace
19 31 (1.39%) Local Government
20 25 (1.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 669 (29.99%) Consultant
2 543 (24.34%) SAP Consultant
3 217 (9.73%) Lead
4 197 (8.83%) Architect
5 184 (8.25%) Analyst
6 149 (6.68%) Project Manager
7 127 (5.69%) SAP Manager
8 124 (5.56%) Developer
9 118 (5.29%) Senior
10 112 (5.02%) SAP Architect
11 91 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
12 87 (3.90%) Business Analyst
13 73 (3.27%) Functional Consultant
14 72 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
15 67 (3.00%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 66 (2.96%) SAP Developer
17 65 (2.91%) Management Consultant
18 59 (2.64%) SAP Analyst
19 58 (2.60%) SAP Solutions Architect
20 54 (2.42%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (7.31%) SAP Fiori
2 54 (2.42%) Web Services
3 52 (2.33%) XML
4 48 (2.15%) SOAP
5 44 (1.97%) SAPUI5
6 43 (1.93%) REST
7 41 (1.84%) SAP PI
8 38 (1.70%) Middleware
8 38 (1.70%) SAP Basis
9 35 (1.57%) BAPI
10 32 (1.43%) SAP TM
11 27 (1.21%) HTML
12 26 (1.17%) JSON
13 23 (1.03%) CSS
14 22 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
15 19 (0.85%) IDoc
16 17 (0.76%) JMS
17 15 (0.67%) .NET
17 15 (0.67%) EDI
17 15 (0.67%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 69 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (2.82%) Onboarding
3 40 (1.79%) Life Science
3 40 (1.79%) Public Cloud
4 39 (1.75%) Data Structures
5 36 (1.61%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 35 (1.57%) FMCG
7 34 (1.52%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 22 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 21 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (0.90%) Replication
12 19 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
12 19 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
13 17 (0.76%) Private Cloud
14 16 (0.72%) NHS
15 15 (0.67%) Mobile App
16 13 (0.58%) Taxonomies
16 13 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.29%) Windows
2 33 (1.48%) Android
3 32 (1.43%) Mac OS
4 22 (0.99%) Linux
5 19 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.27%) Unix
8 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.090%) SUSE
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (17.62%) ERP
1 393 (17.62%) Migration
2 392 (17.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 297 (13.31%) Business Intelligence
4 287 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
5 260 (11.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 246 (11.03%) Agile
7 217 (9.73%) Programme Management
8 210 (9.41%) Data Migration
8 210 (9.41%) Logistics
9 196 (8.79%) Digital Marketing
10 189 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
11 173 (7.75%) Project Management
12 160 (7.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 158 (7.08%) Workshop Facilitation
14 157 (7.04%) Analytics
15 150 (6.72%) Change Management
16 136 (6.10%) Project Delivery
16 136 (6.10%) Roadmaps
17 129 (5.78%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (6.63%) ABAP
2 111 (4.98%) SQL
3 57 (2.55%) JavaScript
4 55 (2.47%) Java
5 54 (2.42%) Python
6 21 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 16 (0.72%) C#
8 15 (0.67%) Groovy
9 8 (0.36%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.31%) C++
11 5 (0.22%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.18%) Go
12 4 (0.18%) R
12 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.13%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.13%) C
13 3 (0.13%) COBOL
13 3 (0.13%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 522 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 426 (19.09%) SC Cleared
3 161 (7.22%) Degree
4 97 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (2.64%) SAP Certification
6 49 (2.20%) PMP
7 48 (2.15%) DV Cleared
8 46 (2.06%) PMI Certification
9 42 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 32 (1.43%) ACCA
11 31 (1.39%) CIMA
12 24 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.45%) CISSP
15 10 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.40%) DBS Check
17 8 (0.36%) CCA
18 7 (0.31%) Azure Certification
18 7 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (3.77%) Data Quality
2 75 (3.36%) QA
3 52 (2.33%) PMO
4 41 (1.84%) GDPR
5 34 (1.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 21 (0.94%) GRC
6 21 (0.94%) SLA
7 20 (0.90%) GxP
8 19 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (0.54%) IFRS
9 12 (0.54%) NIST
10 10 (0.45%) Accessibility
11 9 (0.40%) COBIT
12 8 (0.36%) GMP
13 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.31%) ITGC
13 7 (0.31%) SOX 404
14 6 (0.27%) GAAP
14 6 (0.27%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.27%) NCSC
System Software
1 31 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 12 (0.54%) Docker
3 2 (0.090%) Firmware
3 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.090%) IAG
3 2 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.045%) Varnish
4 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.58%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.18%) Terraform
4 3 (0.13%) Control-M
4 3 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.13%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.13%) vRealize
5 2 (0.090%) Ansible
5 2 (0.090%) Grafana
5 2 (0.090%) Linux-HA
5 2 (0.090%) Pacemaker
5 2 (0.090%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.090%) SCCM
6 1 (0.045%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.045%) Argo
6 1 (0.045%) Autotask
6 1 (0.045%) FreeIPA
6 1 (0.045%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.045%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 186 (8.34%) Oracle
2 185 (8.29%) Ariba
3 175 (7.84%) Microsoft
4 87 (3.90%) Salesforce
5 81 (3.63%) Workday
6 69 (3.09%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.97%) Cisco
8 37 (1.66%) Adobe
9 33 (1.48%) Dell
9 33 (1.48%) HP
10 25 (1.12%) Apple
11 23 (1.03%) OpenText
12 21 (0.94%) Databricks
12 21 (0.94%) Google
12 21 (0.94%) IBM
13 20 (0.90%) webMethods
14 18 (0.81%) Informatica
14 18 (0.81%) MuleSoft
15 17 (0.76%) Concur
16 13 (0.58%) Sage