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 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
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -13 +1 0
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,761 2,141 2,576
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.06% 6.51% 6.69%
As % of the Vendors category 12.11% 13.71% 15.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,330 1,072 1,225
10th Percentile £361 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 79
10th Percentile £15.02 £15.10 £14.99
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.69 £20.80
Median hourly rate £27.75 £22.63 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +22.61% -36.00% +1.03%
75th Percentile £52.44 £43.75 £58.10
90th Percentile £86.75 £69.50 £65.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.14 £22.32 £33.00
% change year-on-year +17.14% -32.38% -

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 22,804 15,620 17,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.78% 47.47% 44.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,936 9,589 10,237
10th Percentile £310 £275 £286
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £613 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,295 794 677
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.71 £14.35
25th Percentile £16.68 £17.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £26.14 £25.15 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.94% -16.17% -32.58%
75th Percentile £61.54 £43.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.75 £21.30 £29.77
% change year-on-year +20.89% -28.45% -29.95%

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 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 20 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 20 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 2,168 £575 +0.22% 2,107
UK excluding London -2 1,416 £550 - 1,333
Work from Home -11 805 £550 -2.65% 797
London -34 745 £600 +2.56% 824
South East -2 405 £550 +6.80% 361
North of England -20 344 £550 -8.33% 354
Midlands +6 341 £550 +1.57% 263
North West -10 244 £550 -11.29% 193
West Midlands -7 205 £525 -2.78% 154
East of England -6 154 £566 -2.41% 137
East Midlands +22 129 £575 -6.20% 109
Yorkshire -10 93 £513 -2.38% 125
South West -29 86 £550 -4.35% 106
Wales +15 48 £550 +228.36% 43
Scotland -11 48 £533 +25.41% 66
North East -47 6 £450 -18.18% 38
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -1 1 - - 13

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 36 (1.30%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.01%) Confluence
3 18 (0.65%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.43%) CMS
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.14%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.14%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.14%) SugarCRM
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.072%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.072%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.072%) SAS
9 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 144 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 65 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.41%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.29%) Windchill
7 7 (0.25%) CATIA
8 6 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
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 1,072 (38.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 124 (4.49%) SAP FI
3 79 (2.86%) SAP CO
4 70 (2.54%) SAP FI/CO
5 69 (2.50%) SAP SD
6 67 (2.43%) SAP ERP
6 67 (2.43%) SAP Payroll
7 62 (2.25%) SAP MM
8 56 (2.03%) SAP HR
9 52 (1.88%) SAP HCM
9 52 (1.88%) SAP PSCD
10 51 (1.85%) SAP GRC
11 50 (1.81%) SAP PP
12 46 (1.67%) SAP BRIM
13 45 (1.63%) SAP MDG
14 42 (1.52%) SAP EWM
15 41 (1.48%) SAP PM
16 37 (1.34%) SAP IBP
17 31 (1.12%) SAP QM
18 28 (1.01%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 267 (9.67%) SuccessFactors
2 223 (8.08%) Azure
3 142 (5.14%) Power Platform
4 104 (3.77%) AWS
5 61 (2.21%) SaaS
6 59 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 52 (1.88%) GCP
8 35 (1.27%) Boomi
8 35 (1.27%) Entra ID
9 30 (1.09%) Microsoft 365
10 28 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (0.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 20 (0.72%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (0.72%) Snowflake
13 19 (0.69%) Smartsheet
14 17 (0.62%) GitHub
14 17 (0.62%) Tricentis Tosca
15 15 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.54%) Power Automate
16 13 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
2 5 (0.18%) HTTP
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.072%) Firewall
4 2 (0.072%) Internet
4 2 (0.072%) LAN
4 2 (0.072%) Network Security
4 2 (0.072%) SSL
4 2 (0.072%) 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
1 124 (4.49%) Power BI
2 84 (3.04%) SAP HANA
3 55 (1.99%) SAP BW
4 47 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
5 42 (1.52%) Tableau
6 41 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
7 31 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 20 (0.72%) SAP Data Services
9 18 (0.65%) Data Lake
9 18 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (0.62%) Metadata
11 14 (0.51%) GIS
12 11 (0.40%) Oracle Database
12 11 (0.40%) Power Query
13 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
14 9 (0.33%) Delta Lake
15 6 (0.22%) NoSQL
15 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 6 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 124 (4.49%) JIRA
2 21 (0.76%) Git
3 18 (0.65%) Hudson
4 15 (0.54%) Postman
5 10 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.18%) JMeter
9 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
9 5 (0.18%) Selenium
9 5 (0.18%) Toad
10 4 (0.14%) LSMW
11 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
12 2 (0.072%) ER Studio
12 2 (0.072%) HP UFT
12 2 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
12 2 (0.072%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 874 (31.66%) Finance
2 730 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 364 (13.18%) Manufacturing
4 291 (10.54%) Analytical Skills
5 135 (4.89%) Retail
6 134 (4.85%) Public Sector
7 113 (4.09%) Billing
8 85 (3.08%) Legal
9 76 (2.75%) Aerospace
10 66 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
10 66 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
10 66 (2.39%) Pharmaceutical
11 56 (2.03%) Banking
12 54 (1.96%) General Ledger
13 38 (1.38%) Automotive
14 34 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.12%) Aviation
15 31 (1.12%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.94%) Law
17 24 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 665 (24.09%) Consultant
2 562 (20.35%) SAP Consultant
3 353 (12.79%) Architect
4 327 (11.84%) Lead
5 317 (11.48%) Analyst
6 255 (9.24%) Senior
7 191 (6.92%) SAP Manager
8 174 (6.30%) SAP Architect
9 153 (5.54%) Project Manager
10 149 (5.40%) Solutions Architect
11 133 (4.82%) Business Analyst
12 109 (3.95%) SAP Analyst
13 100 (3.62%) Developer
14 96 (3.48%) Administrator
15 85 (3.08%) Functional Consultant
16 80 (2.90%) SAP Project Manager
17 77 (2.79%) SAP Solutions Architect
18 74 (2.68%) SAP Functional Consultant
19 67 (2.43%) Senior Consultant
20 61 (2.21%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (4.85%) SAP Fiori
2 103 (3.73%) Middleware
3 89 (3.22%) REST
4 72 (2.61%) SOAP
5 53 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
6 50 (1.81%) XML
7 43 (1.56%) SAP Basis
8 39 (1.41%) SAPUI5
9 36 (1.30%) BAPI
10 35 (1.27%) Web Services
11 34 (1.23%) JSON
12 33 (1.20%) SAP PI
13 32 (1.16%) IDoc
14 30 (1.09%) EDI
15 27 (0.98%) OAuth
16 20 (0.72%) Node.js
16 20 (0.72%) SAP ALE
17 18 (0.65%) OAuth2
18 17 (0.62%) JDBC
19 16 (0.58%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 97 (3.51%) Onboarding
2 80 (2.90%) Enterprise Software
3 78 (2.83%) Data Structures
4 71 (2.57%) Public Cloud
5 66 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 59 (2.14%) FMCG
6 59 (2.14%) Product Ownership
7 56 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
8 51 (1.85%) Management Information System
9 38 (1.38%) Life Science
10 33 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 29 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (0.94%) Replication
13 24 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 19 (0.69%) AI Agents
14 19 (0.69%) Operational Technology
15 17 (0.62%) Private Cloud
16 16 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 13 (0.47%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.30%) Linux
2 30 (1.09%) Windows
3 20 (0.72%) Unix
4 8 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.29%) SUSE
5 7 (0.25%) VMS
6 4 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
9 1 (0.036%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 696 (25.21%) Stakeholder Management
2 639 (23.14%) ERP
3 488 (17.67%) Migration
4 369 (13.36%) Problem-Solving
5 351 (12.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 307 (11.12%) Data Migration
7 267 (9.67%) Agile
8 266 (9.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 257 (9.31%) Validation
10 255 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 239 (8.66%) Logistics
12 236 (8.55%) Analytics
13 210 (7.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 177 (6.41%) Roadmaps
15 170 (6.16%) Process Improvement
16 164 (5.94%) Decision-Making
16 164 (5.94%) System Integration Testing
17 161 (5.83%) Project Delivery
18 158 (5.72%) Project Management
19 154 (5.58%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 145 (5.25%) SQL
2 117 (4.24%) ABAP
3 72 (2.61%) Python
4 53 (1.92%) Java
5 23 (0.83%) JavaScript
6 19 (0.69%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.25%) 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%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.14%) Bicep
10 4 (0.14%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.072%) C++
12 2 (0.072%) Perl
12 2 (0.072%) VB
Qualifications
1 461 (16.70%) Security Cleared
2 361 (13.07%) SC Cleared
3 153 (5.54%) BPSS Clearance
4 139 (5.03%) Degree
5 58 (2.10%) DV Cleared
6 38 (1.38%) ACCA
7 37 (1.34%) PMI Certification
7 37 (1.34%) PMP
8 36 (1.30%) CIMA
9 22 (0.80%) SAP Certification
10 19 (0.69%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
12 15 (0.54%) HNC
13 14 (0.51%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.40%) ISEB
14 11 (0.40%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.36%) CISSP
16 9 (0.33%) CIPD
16 9 (0.33%) CISM
16 9 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 181 (6.56%) Data Quality
2 91 (3.30%) PMO
3 82 (2.97%) QA
4 62 (2.25%) GDPR
5 52 (1.88%) GRC
6 46 (1.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 17 (0.62%) IFRS
8 13 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 12 (0.43%) GxP
10 11 (0.40%) NIST
11 10 (0.36%) SLA
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 6 (0.22%) GMP
13 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.22%) ISO 20022
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
15 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 19 (0.69%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.62%) IAG
3 6 (0.22%) Corosync
4 5 (0.18%) Docker
5 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (0.25%) Pacemaker
3 6 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.14%) Control-M
6 3 (0.11%) Ansible
6 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.072%) HP ALM
7 2 (0.072%) MOM
8 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.036%) QRadar
8 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.036%) WSUS
Vendors
1 293 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 266 (9.63%) Oracle
3 255 (9.24%) Ariba
4 114 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 106 (3.84%) Workday
6 80 (2.90%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.59%) Databricks
8 43 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 40 (1.45%) Concur
10 35 (1.27%) IBM
11 31 (1.12%) Adobe
12 28 (1.01%) Google
12 28 (1.01%) Siemens
13 22 (0.80%) Informatica
14 17 (0.62%) Red Hat
15 16 (0.58%) Infor
16 15 (0.54%) Dell
16 15 (0.54%) Sage
17 14 (0.51%) JD Edwards
18 13 (0.47%) IFS