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 25 December 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
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,291 2,246 2,877
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 6.17% 6.63% 6.63%
As % of the Vendors category 13.14% 14.47% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,186 1,104 1,451
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £456 £472 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% - -0.68%
75th Percentile £675 £669 £650
90th Percentile £750 £756 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 37 77
10th Percentile £16.08 £16.64 £19.55
25th Percentile £19.07 £20.38 £27.08
Median hourly rate £23.54 £29.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% -40.82% +8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £55.00 £65.25
90th Percentile £64.69 £70.75 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £28.25 £49.00
% change year-on-year -19.89% -42.35% +8.89%

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 17,435 15,524 19,480
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.98% 45.80% 44.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,103 9,250 12,348
10th Percentile £294 £285 £250
25th Percentile £409 £410 £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 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.58% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 852 454 656
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.53 £14.43
25th Percentile £18.00 £18.50 £19.25
Median hourly rate £23.79 £27.75 £45.55
Median % change year-on-year -14.28% -39.07% +76.34%
75th Percentile £44.56 £62.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.18 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.97 £25.60 £45.88
% change year-on-year -14.19% -44.20% +103.91%

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 25 December 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 25 December 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 25 December 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 -7 1,791 £555 +0.91% 1,422
UK excluding London -6 1,015 £550 +1.85% 1,212
Work from Home +2 773 £565 +2.73% 678
London -9 738 £575 +4.55% 308
North of England -9 297 £599 +11.34% 268
South East -5 269 £536 -10.75% 342
North West -1 213 £623 +13.18% 131
Midlands -14 168 £515 -2.37% 232
East of England +4 143 £565 +12.21% 194
West Midlands -10 123 £515 -2.83% 115
South West -24 94 £588 +10.85% 119
Yorkshire +2 75 £565 +34.52% 121
East Midlands -21 43 £525 - 102
Scotland +5 36 £450 +0.28% 37
Wales +4 19 £170 -74.81% 26
North East -20 8 £175 -57.83% 17
Northern Ireland -2 6 £115 - 22
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 25 (1.09%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.05%) Confluence
3 22 (0.96%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.22%) MTS
8 3 (0.13%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.087%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.087%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.087%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.044%) Camunda
10 1 (0.044%) LiveCycle
10 1 (0.044%) Mendix
10 1 (0.044%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 103 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 89 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
3 51 (2.23%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 21 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.22%) Windchill
8 4 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.17%) Simulink
9 3 (0.13%) Sketch
10 2 (0.087%) Adobe XD
10 2 (0.087%) Siemens NX
11 1 (0.044%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.044%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.044%) InVision
11 1 (0.044%) Trello
Business Applications
1 825 (36.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 99 (4.32%) SAP FI
3 75 (3.27%) SAP CO
4 72 (3.14%) SAP EWM
5 70 (3.06%) SAP MM
6 68 (2.97%) SAP ERP
7 67 (2.92%) SAP FI/CO
8 65 (2.84%) SAP PP
9 63 (2.75%) SAP Payroll
10 59 (2.58%) SAP HCM
11 47 (2.05%) SAP HR
12 41 (1.79%) SAP QM
13 37 (1.62%) SAP PM
13 37 (1.62%) SAP WM
14 34 (1.48%) SAP MDG
15 30 (1.31%) SAP PS
16 29 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
16 29 (1.27%) SAP VC
17 28 (1.22%) SAP SD
18 27 (1.18%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 167 (7.29%) Azure
2 159 (6.94%) SuccessFactors
3 99 (4.32%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.62%) AWS
5 58 (2.53%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (2.49%) SaaS
7 48 (2.10%) GCP
8 44 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.00%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 23 (1.00%) Snowflake
10 20 (0.87%) Entra ID
11 18 (0.79%) Power Automate
12 12 (0.52%) GitHub
13 11 (0.48%) Boomi
13 11 (0.48%) OCI
14 10 (0.44%) Smartsheet
15 9 (0.39%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (0.39%) GitHub Actions
15 9 (0.39%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.05%) Wireless
2 17 (0.74%) HTTPS
3 10 (0.44%) LAN
4 9 (0.39%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (0.39%) Firewall
5 8 (0.35%) Skype
5 8 (0.35%) VPN
6 6 (0.26%) WAN
7 5 (0.22%) Network Security
8 4 (0.17%) DHCP
8 4 (0.17%) DNS
8 4 (0.17%) FTP
8 4 (0.17%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.13%) BGP
9 3 (0.13%) Junos
9 3 (0.13%) OSPF
9 3 (0.13%) VLAN
10 2 (0.087%) Hyperconnected
10 2 (0.087%) Internet
10 2 (0.087%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (4.28%) SAP HANA
2 95 (4.15%) Power BI
3 51 (2.23%) SAP BW
4 28 (1.22%) Data Lake
4 28 (1.22%) SAP Data Services
5 26 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (0.96%) SQL Server
7 19 (0.83%) Metadata
8 15 (0.65%) Tableau
9 14 (0.61%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 13 (0.57%) GIS
11 12 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 7 (0.31%) MySQL
12 7 (0.31%) Power Query
12 7 (0.31%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.26%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.26%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 88 (3.84%) JIRA
2 18 (0.79%) Git
3 10 (0.44%) Jenkins
3 10 (0.44%) LSMW
4 7 (0.31%) GitLab
5 6 (0.26%) Toad
6 5 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.17%) JUnit
7 4 (0.17%) Postman
8 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
8 3 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.087%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.087%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.087%) Selenium
9 2 (0.087%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.087%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.087%) Subversion
General
1 786 (34.31%) Finance
2 770 (33.61%) Social Skills
3 449 (19.60%) Manufacturing
4 343 (14.97%) Public Sector
5 243 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
6 234 (10.21%) Telecoms
7 230 (10.04%) Marketing
8 207 (9.04%) Electronics
9 123 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
10 65 (2.84%) Retail
11 57 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.36%) Billing
13 52 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
14 49 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
15 47 (2.05%) Legal
16 44 (1.92%) Aerospace
17 43 (1.88%) Banking
18 42 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
19 33 (1.44%) Local Government
20 18 (0.79%) Law
Job Titles
1 684 (29.86%) Consultant
2 553 (24.14%) SAP Consultant
3 206 (8.99%) Architect
4 200 (8.73%) Lead
5 188 (8.21%) Analyst
6 147 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 128 (5.59%) SAP Manager
8 127 (5.54%) Developer
9 115 (5.02%) SAP Architect
10 112 (4.89%) Senior
11 90 (3.93%) Business Analyst
11 90 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
12 72 (3.14%) Functional Consultant
13 71 (3.10%) SAP Project Manager
14 68 (2.97%) SAP Analyst
15 66 (2.88%) SAP Developer
15 66 (2.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 65 (2.84%) Administrator
17 62 (2.71%) Management Consultant
18 57 (2.49%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 167 (7.29%) SAP Fiori
2 53 (2.31%) Web Services
3 50 (2.18%) XML
4 49 (2.14%) SOAP
5 46 (2.01%) SAP PI
6 45 (1.96%) REST
7 43 (1.88%) SAPUI5
8 41 (1.79%) Middleware
9 37 (1.62%) BAPI
10 36 (1.57%) SAP Basis
11 29 (1.27%) JSON
11 29 (1.27%) SAP TM
12 28 (1.22%) HTML
13 24 (1.05%) CSS
14 20 (0.87%) IDoc
15 17 (0.74%) JMS
16 15 (0.65%) EDI
16 15 (0.65%) RESTful
16 15 (0.65%) SailPoint
17 14 (0.61%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 67 (2.92%) Legacy Systems
2 58 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 42 (1.83%) Life Science
4 41 (1.79%) Data Structures
5 40 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 39 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
6 39 (1.70%) Public Cloud
7 38 (1.66%) Data Centre
8 34 (1.48%) FMCG
9 29 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
10 24 (1.05%) Renewable Energy
11 21 (0.92%) Management Information System
11 21 (0.92%) Replication
11 21 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (0.83%) Private Cloud
14 15 (0.65%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.61%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.57%) NHS
17 11 (0.48%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.14%) Windows
2 33 (1.44%) Android
3 32 (1.40%) Mac OS
4 23 (1.00%) Linux
5 19 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.31%) Unix
6 7 (0.31%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.22%) VMS
8 4 (0.17%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.087%) SUSE
11 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.044%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (17.29%) Migration
2 394 (17.20%) Stakeholder Management
3 383 (16.72%) ERP
4 309 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
5 306 (13.36%) Business Intelligence
6 270 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 260 (11.35%) Agile
8 228 (9.95%) Programme Management
9 220 (9.60%) Logistics
10 213 (9.30%) Data Migration
11 202 (8.82%) Digital Marketing
12 194 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
13 178 (7.77%) Project Management
14 160 (6.98%) Workshop Facilitation
15 159 (6.94%) Analytics
15 159 (6.94%) Change Management
15 159 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
16 134 (5.85%) Project Delivery
17 133 (5.81%) Roadmaps
18 125 (5.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 151 (6.59%) ABAP
2 106 (4.63%) SQL
3 61 (2.66%) Python
4 58 (2.53%) JavaScript
5 56 (2.44%) Java
6 23 (1.00%) PowerShell
7 19 (0.83%) C#
8 15 (0.65%) Groovy
9 9 (0.39%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.35%) C++
11 7 (0.31%) TypeScript
12 6 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.17%) Bash
13 4 (0.17%) C
13 4 (0.17%) Go
13 4 (0.17%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.17%) R
13 4 (0.17%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.13%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.13%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 537 (23.44%) Security Cleared
2 437 (19.07%) SC Cleared
3 171 (7.46%) Degree
4 101 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (2.75%) SAP Certification
6 49 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 46 (2.01%) PMP
8 44 (1.92%) PMI Certification
9 41 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 30 (1.31%) ACCA
11 29 (1.27%) CIMA
12 26 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
14 12 (0.52%) CISSP
15 11 (0.48%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 10 (0.44%) ISTQB
17 9 (0.39%) CISM
18 7 (0.31%) Azure Certification
19 6 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (3.88%) Data Quality
2 77 (3.36%) QA
3 55 (2.40%) PMO
4 42 (1.83%) GDPR
5 30 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (1.00%) GRC
7 22 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (0.96%) SLA
8 20 (0.87%) GxP
9 12 (0.52%) NIST
10 11 (0.48%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.44%) IFRS
12 9 (0.39%) COBIT
13 8 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.31%) GMP
14 7 (0.31%) ITGC
14 7 (0.31%) NCSC
14 7 (0.31%) SOX 404
15 6 (0.26%) HIPAA
15 6 (0.26%) RMADS
System Software
1 32 (1.40%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.57%) Docker
3 4 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.087%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.087%) IAG
4 2 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.044%) Varnish
5 1 (0.044%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.044%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.044%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (0.57%) Kubernetes
2 12 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.22%) Terraform
4 4 (0.17%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.13%) vRealize
6 2 (0.087%) Ansible
6 2 (0.087%) Grafana
6 2 (0.087%) Linux-HA
6 2 (0.087%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.087%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.087%) SCCM
7 1 (0.044%) Argo
7 1 (0.044%) Autotask
7 1 (0.044%) FreeIPA
7 1 (0.044%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.044%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.044%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.044%) SCOM
Vendors
1 194 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 188 (8.21%) Ariba
3 180 (7.86%) Oracle
4 96 (4.19%) Salesforce
5 72 (3.14%) Workday
6 71 (3.10%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.92%) Cisco
8 35 (1.53%) Adobe
8 35 (1.53%) HP
9 33 (1.44%) Dell
10 25 (1.09%) Apple
11 23 (1.00%) Google
11 23 (1.00%) OpenText
12 22 (0.96%) Databricks
13 20 (0.87%) Concur
13 20 (0.87%) webMethods
14 19 (0.83%) IBM
14 19 (0.83%) MuleSoft
15 14 (0.61%) Informatica
16 12 (0.52%) Sage