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 20 April 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
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -10 -2 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,404 1,982 2,629
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.20% 6.73% 6.02%
As % of the Vendors category 12.20% 14.21% 14.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,027 1,359
10th Percentile £360 £362 £350
25th Percentile £463 £485 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -
75th Percentile £673 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 57 128
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.90 £13.04
25th Percentile £22.63 £25.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.25 £57.50 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -45.65% +123.30% -42.78%
75th Percentile £57.25 £70.00 £57.80
90th Percentile £77.11 £86.00 £69.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £50.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -50.00% +107.08% -46.34%

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 19,700 13,950 18,564
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.59% 47.38% 42.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,604 8,784 11,562
10th Percentile £313 £295 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £514 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% -0.87% -1.33%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £630
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 538 1,082
10th Percentile £15.13 £14.99 £12.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £14.37
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.97 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.28% +24.29% -47.06%
75th Percentile £60.00 £59.83 £57.33
90th Percentile £78.75 £77.50 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.50 £24.66 £21.46
% change year-on-year +7.46% +14.91% -44.26%

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 20 April 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 20 April 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 20 April 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 -14 1,886 £565 +2.73% 655
UK excluding London -8 1,117 £525 -2.78% 488
Work from Home +2 789 £575 -0.86% 282
London -17 736 £600 - 201
South East -12 284 £575 +4.55% 160
North of England -20 280 £550 +4.76% 139
Midlands -4 251 £500 -7.66% 99
North West -16 183 £550 +3.77% 72
East of England +3 170 £505 -12.93% 38
West Midlands -12 163 £475 -20.00% 51
Yorkshire -4 90 £575 +50.82% 62
East Midlands +5 83 £588 +17.50% 48
South West -35 80 £618 +26.67% 36
Wales +23 37 £550 -24.14% 8
Scotland +6 24 £450 -25.00% 5
North East -35 6 £338 -18.67% 11
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 3 £500 +77.94% 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 33 (1.37%) Confluence
2 29 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.83%) NetWeaver
4 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.42%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
8 5 (0.21%) MTS
9 3 (0.12%) Apache
9 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.083%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.083%) JBoss
11 1 (0.042%) Documentum
Applications
1 124 (5.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.42%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.042%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.042%) Sketch
11 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 901 (37.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 109 (4.53%) SAP FI
3 69 (2.87%) SAP CO
4 67 (2.79%) SAP MM
5 65 (2.70%) SAP FI/CO
6 64 (2.66%) SAP ERP
7 61 (2.54%) SAP EWM
8 58 (2.41%) SAP PP
9 44 (1.83%) SAP PM
10 42 (1.75%) SAP HCM
10 42 (1.75%) SAP Payroll
11 38 (1.58%) SAP PSCD
11 38 (1.58%) SAP SD
12 31 (1.29%) SAP MDG
13 29 (1.21%) SAP IBP
14 28 (1.16%) SAP QM
15 26 (1.08%) SAP Travel Management
16 23 (0.96%) SAP BRIM
16 23 (0.96%) SAP EHS
17 22 (0.92%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 210 (8.74%) SuccessFactors
2 203 (8.44%) Azure
3 97 (4.03%) Power Platform
4 88 (3.66%) AWS
5 74 (3.08%) SaaS
6 38 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
7 36 (1.50%) GCP
8 35 (1.46%) Entra ID
8 35 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (1.25%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (0.87%) Boomi
10 21 (0.87%) OCI
11 20 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 17 (0.71%) GitHub
13 16 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (0.67%) Snowflake
14 15 (0.62%) Power Automate
15 14 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (0.58%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.50%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
2 8 (0.33%) Skype
2 8 (0.33%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 6 (0.25%) LAN
5 5 (0.21%) FTP
5 5 (0.21%) HTTPS
5 5 (0.21%) RFID
5 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
6 4 (0.17%) BGP
6 4 (0.17%) DNS
6 4 (0.17%) OSPF
6 4 (0.17%) Wireless
7 3 (0.12%) Internet
8 2 (0.083%) DHCP
8 2 (0.083%) Junos
8 2 (0.083%) Reverse Proxy
8 2 (0.083%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (3.79%) Power BI
2 81 (3.37%) SAP HANA
3 35 (1.46%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (1.33%) SAP BW
5 29 (1.21%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.00%) Metadata
7 21 (0.87%) SAP Data Services
8 18 (0.75%) Data Lake
8 18 (0.75%) Tableau
9 15 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
11 11 (0.46%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 8 (0.33%) GIS
13 7 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
15 5 (0.21%) MaxDB
15 5 (0.21%) MySQL
15 5 (0.21%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 100 (4.16%) JIRA
2 17 (0.71%) Git
3 16 (0.67%) Hudson
4 9 (0.37%) LSMW
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
5 7 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.29%) Toad
6 5 (0.21%) Postman
6 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.17%) JMeter
7 4 (0.17%) Selenium
8 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.12%) JUnit
8 3 (0.12%) Storybook
9 2 (0.083%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.083%) TestRail
9 2 (0.083%) Tricentis qTest
10 1 (0.042%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.042%) Spock
10 1 (0.042%) Zephyr
General
1 799 (33.24%) Finance
2 720 (29.95%) Social Skills
3 342 (14.23%) Manufacturing
4 302 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
5 246 (10.23%) Public Sector
6 113 (4.70%) Telecoms
7 112 (4.66%) Marketing
8 91 (3.79%) Electronics
9 90 (3.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 69 (2.87%) Banking
11 68 (2.83%) Retail
12 67 (2.79%) Legal
13 56 (2.33%) Billing
14 53 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
15 51 (2.12%) Influencing Skills
16 50 (2.08%) Documentation Skills
17 49 (2.04%) Aerospace
18 42 (1.75%) General Ledger
19 39 (1.62%) Local Government
20 28 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 603 (25.08%) Consultant
2 514 (21.38%) SAP Consultant
3 311 (12.94%) Lead
4 287 (11.94%) Architect
5 227 (9.44%) Analyst
6 183 (7.61%) Project Manager
7 181 (7.53%) SAP Manager
8 178 (7.40%) Senior
9 164 (6.82%) SAP Architect
10 144 (5.99%) Solutions Architect
11 125 (5.20%) Developer
12 104 (4.33%) Business Analyst
13 95 (3.95%) SAP Project Manager
14 93 (3.87%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 79 (3.29%) Administrator
16 78 (3.24%) SAP Developer
17 69 (2.87%) Functional Consultant
18 67 (2.79%) SAP Functional Consultant
19 61 (2.54%) SAP Analyst
20 56 (2.33%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 110 (4.58%) SAP Fiori
2 65 (2.70%) Middleware
3 56 (2.33%) SAP Basis
4 46 (1.91%) SAPUI5
5 42 (1.75%) XML
6 41 (1.71%) REST
7 37 (1.54%) SOAP
8 31 (1.29%) Web Services
9 28 (1.16%) BAPI
9 28 (1.16%) SAP TM
10 24 (1.00%) IDoc
10 24 (1.00%) Oracle Fusion
10 24 (1.00%) SAP PI
11 21 (0.87%) CSS
11 21 (0.87%) HTML
12 14 (0.58%) EDI
12 14 (0.58%) JSON
13 13 (0.54%) OAuth
13 13 (0.54%) SAP ALE
14 12 (0.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (3.41%) Onboarding
1 82 (3.41%) Public Cloud
2 72 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
3 52 (2.16%) Data Structures
4 44 (1.83%) FMCG
5 43 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 37 (1.54%) Replication
7 36 (1.50%) Management Information System
8 31 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
9 29 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.21%) Taxonomies
10 28 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 26 (1.08%) Cloud Native
12 25 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.04%) Life Science
13 21 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
14 16 (0.67%) Mobile App
15 15 (0.62%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.62%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.50%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.58%) Windows
2 24 (1.00%) Linux
3 14 (0.58%) Windows 10
4 12 (0.50%) Android
4 12 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
6 5 (0.21%) VMS
7 4 (0.17%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.083%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.042%) SUSE
10 1 (0.042%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (21.42%) ERP
2 461 (19.18%) Migration
3 443 (18.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 282 (11.73%) Problem-Solving
5 271 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 261 (10.86%) Data Migration
7 260 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 229 (9.53%) Agile
9 203 (8.44%) Project Management
10 202 (8.40%) Business Intelligence
11 197 (8.19%) User Acceptance Testing
12 190 (7.90%) Validation
13 184 (7.65%) Workshop Facilitation
14 178 (7.40%) Change Management
15 174 (7.24%) Logistics
16 163 (6.78%) Analytics
17 153 (6.36%) Data Modelling
18 147 (6.11%) Roadmaps
19 138 (5.74%) Project Delivery
20 122 (5.07%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 127 (5.28%) ABAP
2 111 (4.62%) SQL
3 47 (1.96%) Python
4 38 (1.58%) Java
5 35 (1.46%) JavaScript
6 14 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.37%) C#
8 8 (0.33%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.29%) Groovy
10 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
11 4 (0.17%) C
11 4 (0.17%) Go
12 3 (0.12%) Bicep
12 3 (0.12%) C++
12 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
12 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
12 3 (0.12%) R
12 3 (0.12%) VB
12 3 (0.12%) VBA
13 2 (0.083%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 408 (16.97%) Security Cleared
2 318 (13.23%) SC Cleared
3 154 (6.41%) Degree
4 122 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.41%) DV Cleared
6 51 (2.12%) PMP
7 44 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 42 (1.75%) SAP Certification
9 40 (1.66%) ACCA
10 39 (1.62%) CIMA
11 30 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.62%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.54%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.42%) HNC
16 8 (0.33%) CISSP
16 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
16 8 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
16 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (5.45%) Data Quality
2 103 (4.28%) QA
3 80 (3.33%) PMO
4 46 (1.91%) GDPR
5 42 (1.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.08%) SLA
7 24 (1.00%) GRC
8 15 (0.62%) GxP
9 12 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.46%) IFRS
10 11 (0.46%) NIST
11 9 (0.37%) GAAP
12 8 (0.33%) GMP
13 7 (0.29%) HIPAA
14 5 (0.21%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.21%) Basel III
14 5 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.21%) IFRS 9
14 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 30 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.42%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 5 (0.21%) Corosync
5 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.042%) Varnish
5 1 (0.042%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.21%) Pacemaker
7 4 (0.17%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
9 2 (0.083%) Grafana
9 2 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.083%) vRealize
9 2 (0.083%) WSUS
10 1 (0.042%) Argo
10 1 (0.042%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.042%) MOM
10 1 (0.042%) Packer
10 1 (0.042%) RSA Archer
10 1 (0.042%) SCCM
10 1 (0.042%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 240 (9.98%) Ariba
2 208 (8.65%) Microsoft
3 186 (7.74%) Oracle
4 83 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 78 (3.24%) Workday
6 73 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 38 (1.58%) Adobe
7 38 (1.58%) Informatica
8 35 (1.46%) Sage
9 28 (1.16%) Databricks
9 28 (1.16%) IBM
10 20 (0.83%) Cisco
10 20 (0.83%) Okta
11 19 (0.79%) OpenText
12 18 (0.75%) MuleSoft
13 17 (0.71%) Dell
13 17 (0.71%) HP
14 16 (0.67%) Concur
15 15 (0.62%) Siemens
16 12 (0.50%) Google