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 14 November 2025, 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
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 +23
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,248 2,410 3,044
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 6.33% 6.57% 6.55%
As % of the Vendors category 13.31% 14.60% 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,159 1,168 1,577
10th Percentile £350 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.75% +3.64% -2.22%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £650
90th Percentile £725 £769 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 53 68
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.92 £19.60
25th Percentile £17.69 £24.18 £22.41
Median hourly rate £23.07 £35.36 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.77% -27.84% +8.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £55.79 £65.55
90th Percentile £68.50 £73.89 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £33.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -32.38% -17.50% -11.11%

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 16,890 16,512 21,048
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.53% 45.00% 45.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,614 9,726 13,552
10th Percentile £283 £300 £259
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.62%
75th Percentile £611 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £718 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 873 525 675
10th Percentile £15.12 £15.33 £14.57
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.16 £19.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% -30.64% +75.60%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.55 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £28.00 £43.75
% change year-on-year -20.30% -36.00% +98.86%

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025.

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 14 November 2025. 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 -6 1,728 £565 -1.31% 889
UK excluding London -7 974 £550 -4.35% 555
Work from Home +3 764 £565 -1.74% 521
London -9 712 £575 +4.31% 382
North of England -4 291 £600 +9.09% 102
South East -7 252 £525 -12.50% 209
North West +5 216 £623 +6.41% 72
Midlands -15 160 £525 -0.47% 96
East of England +6 128 £570 +14.00% 75
West Midlands -14 115 £525 +1.94% 75
South West -22 95 £600 +4.35% 42
Yorkshire -7 62 £538 +26.47% 26
East Midlands -24 43 £525 -5.96% 21
Scotland -3 39 £450 +5.88% 35
Wales +2 16 £170 -74.81% 12
North East -14 10 £175 -51.72% 4
Northern Ireland -4 7 £140 +33.33% 4
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 23 (1.02%) Confluence
1 23 (1.02%) SharePoint
2 19 (0.85%) NetWeaver
3 12 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (0.36%) Anypoint
5 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.22%) MTS
6 5 (0.22%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.13%) Apache
7 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 2 (0.089%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.044%) GeoServer
9 1 (0.044%) LiveCycle
9 1 (0.044%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.044%) SAP EP
9 1 (0.044%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.044%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 108 (4.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 84 (3.74%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (2.09%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.22%) Windchill
8 4 (0.18%) Simulink
9 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
9 3 (0.13%) Trello
10 2 (0.089%) Sketch
11 1 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.044%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.044%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.044%) InVision
Business Applications
1 832 (37.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 97 (4.31%) SAP FI
3 76 (3.38%) SAP CO
4 72 (3.20%) SAP MM
5 69 (3.07%) SAP FI/CO
6 65 (2.89%) SAP EWM
7 64 (2.85%) SAP ERP
8 57 (2.54%) SAP Payroll
9 55 (2.45%) SAP PP
10 54 (2.40%) SAP HCM
11 52 (2.31%) SAP HR
12 43 (1.91%) SAP MDG
13 37 (1.65%) SAP PS
13 37 (1.65%) SAP WM
14 33 (1.47%) SAP VC
15 31 (1.38%) SAP QM
16 29 (1.29%) SAP SD
17 28 (1.25%) SAP PM
18 23 (1.02%) SAP GTS
18 23 (1.02%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 165 (7.34%) SuccessFactors
2 151 (6.72%) Azure
3 101 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 79 (3.51%) AWS
5 57 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (2.40%) SaaS
7 43 (1.91%) GCP
8 35 (1.56%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.02%) Snowflake
10 21 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (0.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 16 (0.71%) Power Automate
12 14 (0.62%) Entra ID
13 10 (0.44%) OCI
14 9 (0.40%) Boomi
14 9 (0.40%) GitHub
14 9 (0.40%) PowerApps
14 9 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 9 (0.40%) Smartsheet
14 9 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.07%) Wireless
2 17 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 8 (0.36%) Firewall
3 8 (0.36%) LAN
4 7 (0.31%) DNS
5 6 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
5 6 (0.27%) Skype
5 6 (0.27%) VPN
6 4 (0.18%) PSTN
6 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.18%) VoIP
6 4 (0.18%) WAN
7 3 (0.13%) DHCP
7 3 (0.13%) DKIM
7 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 2 (0.089%) BGP
8 2 (0.089%) Hyperconnected
8 2 (0.089%) Junos
8 2 (0.089%) Network Security
8 2 (0.089%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (4.76%) SAP HANA
2 95 (4.23%) Power BI
3 52 (2.31%) SAP BW
4 26 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 26 (1.16%) SAP Data Services
5 25 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
6 21 (0.93%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
7 16 (0.71%) Tableau
8 15 (0.67%) GIS
9 14 (0.62%) Metadata
10 12 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 11 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
12 10 (0.44%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
13 7 (0.31%) MySQL
13 7 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
14 6 (0.27%) Relational Database
15 5 (0.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 85 (3.78%) JIRA
2 21 (0.93%) Git
3 13 (0.58%) LSMW
4 9 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.27%) Toad
6 5 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.18%) Clang
7 4 (0.18%) GCC
7 4 (0.18%) GitLab
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Subversion
7 4 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
9 2 (0.089%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.089%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.089%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.089%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 791 (35.19%) Finance
2 754 (33.54%) Social Skills
3 440 (19.57%) Manufacturing
4 334 (14.86%) Public Sector
5 242 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 242 (10.77%) Telecoms
6 235 (10.45%) Marketing
7 213 (9.48%) Electronics
8 143 (6.36%) Pharmaceutical
9 76 (3.38%) Retail
10 57 (2.54%) Billing
11 53 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
12 52 (2.31%) Legal
13 50 (2.22%) Documentation Skills
14 49 (2.18%) Aerospace
15 44 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
16 42 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
17 36 (1.60%) Banking
18 35 (1.56%) Local Government
19 22 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 703 (31.27%) Consultant
2 570 (25.36%) SAP Consultant
3 195 (8.67%) Analyst
4 194 (8.63%) Architect
5 186 (8.27%) Lead
6 141 (6.27%) Project Manager
7 130 (5.78%) SAP Manager
8 123 (5.47%) Developer
9 112 (4.98%) SAP Architect
10 100 (4.45%) Senior
11 90 (4.00%) Business Analyst
12 79 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
13 68 (3.02%) Functional Consultant
14 67 (2.98%) SAP Analyst
15 64 (2.85%) SAP Project Manager
16 63 (2.80%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 61 (2.71%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
18 59 (2.62%) Administrator
19 56 (2.49%) SAP Developer
20 54 (2.40%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (7.43%) SAP Fiori
2 58 (2.58%) Web Services
3 52 (2.31%) XML
4 50 (2.22%) SOAP
5 48 (2.14%) REST
6 43 (1.91%) SAP PI
7 42 (1.87%) BAPI
8 40 (1.78%) Middleware
9 39 (1.73%) SAPUI5
10 32 (1.42%) JSON
11 30 (1.33%) HTML
11 30 (1.33%) SAP Basis
12 27 (1.20%) CSS
13 26 (1.16%) EDI
13 26 (1.16%) IDoc
14 22 (0.98%) SAP TM
15 18 (0.80%) SAP ALE
16 17 (0.76%) JMS
17 15 (0.67%) .NET
17 15 (0.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (2.18%) Onboarding
3 47 (2.09%) Life Science
4 41 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
5 39 (1.73%) Data Structures
6 37 (1.65%) Data Centre
6 37 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 34 (1.51%) Public Cloud
8 31 (1.38%) FMCG
9 29 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 22 (0.98%) Private Cloud
10 22 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
11 21 (0.93%) Management Information System
12 20 (0.89%) Replication
12 20 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
14 15 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 12 (0.53%) NHS
16 11 (0.49%) LIMS
16 11 (0.49%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 52 (2.31%) Windows
2 34 (1.51%) Linux
3 30 (1.33%) Android
4 29 (1.29%) Mac OS
5 13 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.49%) Unix
7 7 (0.31%) Windows Server
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 (0.089%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (17.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 365 (16.24%) Migration
3 353 (15.70%) ERP
4 345 (15.35%) Problem-Solving
5 313 (13.92%) Business Intelligence
6 261 (11.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 257 (11.43%) Agile
8 248 (11.03%) Programme Management
9 214 (9.52%) Data Migration
10 211 (9.39%) Logistics
11 207 (9.21%) Digital Marketing
12 201 (8.94%) Project Management
13 181 (8.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 172 (7.65%) Analytics
15 158 (7.03%) Change Management
16 156 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
17 151 (6.72%) Workshop Facilitation
18 125 (5.56%) Project Delivery
19 122 (5.43%) Validation
20 118 (5.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 147 (6.54%) ABAP
2 108 (4.80%) SQL
3 64 (2.85%) Python
4 62 (2.76%) JavaScript
5 61 (2.71%) Java
6 31 (1.38%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.98%) C#
8 14 (0.62%) C++
8 14 (0.62%) Groovy
9 12 (0.53%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.49%) Bash
11 10 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.36%) C
13 5 (0.22%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.22%) R
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.13%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 519 (23.09%) Security Cleared
2 431 (19.17%) SC Cleared
3 156 (6.94%) Degree
4 101 (4.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.58%) SAP Certification
6 51 (2.27%) PMP
7 50 (2.22%) DV Cleared
8 47 (2.09%) PMI Certification
9 34 (1.51%) CIMA
9 34 (1.51%) Master's Degree
10 33 (1.47%) ACCA
11 27 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.62%) CISSP
13 13 (0.58%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.49%) DBS Check
14 11 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 9 (0.40%) CESG Certified Professional
15 9 (0.40%) CISM
16 5 (0.22%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.25%) Data Quality
2 64 (2.85%) QA
3 53 (2.36%) PMO
4 39 (1.73%) GDPR
5 33 (1.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.16%) GxP
7 22 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (0.98%) SLA
8 19 (0.85%) GRC
9 13 (0.58%) NIST
10 11 (0.49%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.49%) IFRS
11 9 (0.40%) RMADS
12 8 (0.36%) NCSC
13 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
13 7 (0.31%) APQC
13 7 (0.31%) COBIT
13 7 (0.31%) JSP 440
14 6 (0.27%) GMP
14 6 (0.27%) SOX 404
System Software
1 29 (1.29%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.67%) Docker
3 5 (0.22%) Firmware
4 4 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.089%) vSphere
6 1 (0.044%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.044%) IAG
6 1 (0.044%) Varnish
6 1 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.044%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (0.62%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.44%) Terraform
3 6 (0.27%) Ansible
3 6 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.13%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.13%) vRealize
6 2 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.089%) Linux-HA
6 2 (0.089%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.089%) Puppet
6 2 (0.089%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.044%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.044%) Grafana
7 1 (0.044%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.044%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 189 (8.41%) Microsoft
2 186 (8.27%) Oracle
3 180 (8.01%) Ariba
4 106 (4.72%) Salesforce
5 76 (3.38%) ServiceNow
6 74 (3.29%) Workday
7 42 (1.87%) Cisco
8 36 (1.60%) HP
9 35 (1.56%) Adobe
10 29 (1.29%) Dell
11 25 (1.11%) Apple
12 22 (0.98%) OpenText
13 21 (0.93%) Google
13 21 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 21 (0.93%) webMethods
14 20 (0.89%) Databricks
15 17 (0.76%) IBM
16 16 (0.71%) Concur
17 12 (0.53%) Software AG
18 11 (0.49%) Informatica