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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,448 1,952 2,545
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.93% 6.67% 5.88%
As % of the Vendors category 12.12% 14.00% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,217 974 1,268
10th Percentile £360 £386 £384
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £553 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% +2.22% +2.27%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £678
90th Percentile £750 £751 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 69 136
10th Percentile £16.72 £19.57 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £29.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £26.35
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +118.26% -41.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £55.63
90th Percentile £83.43 £86.00 £66.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -40.00% +100.00% -44.44%

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 20,204 13,941 18,318
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 47.62% 42.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,713 8,584 11,394
10th Percentile £313 £280 £267
25th Percentile £413 £404 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £514
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.63% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,037 620 1,132
10th Percentile £15.29 £14.84 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.34 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.45 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +22.87% +13.93% -45.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £55.06 £58.49
90th Percentile £78.63 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.27 £22.94 £21.75
% change year-on-year +31.97% +5.46% -45.04%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 June 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 1,965 £563 -2.17% 515
UK excluding London -5 1,205 £533 -1.30% 385
Work from Home -3 756 £550 -5.34% 286
London -20 743 £600 - 178
South East -10 305 £550 +2.42% 119
North of England -13 305 £500 -5.66% 94
Midlands -3 296 £550 +1.57% 85
North West -8 193 £475 -10.38% 53
West Midlands -10 174 £525 -4.55% 58
East of England +1 163 £508 -13.80% 42
East Midlands +14 113 £600 +20.00% 27
Yorkshire +5 106 £550 +41.94% 39
South West -28 76 £534 +6.75% 29
Wales +12 32 £550 +21.41% 13
Scotland +4 32 £533 -11.17% 12
North East -32 6 £500 -5.66% 4
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 2 £488 +73.49% 3

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 (1.35%) Confluence
2 30 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 24 (0.98%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.53%) CMS
5 10 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
8 5 (0.20%) SAP EP
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.082%) Apache
11 2 (0.082%) JBoss
12 1 (0.041%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.041%) LiveCycle
12 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 123 (5.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.72%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (0.98%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.20%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.041%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 992 (40.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.21%) SAP FI
3 63 (2.57%) SAP CO
4 62 (2.53%) SAP ERP
5 60 (2.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 60 (2.45%) SAP MM
6 59 (2.41%) SAP SD
7 52 (2.12%) SAP EWM
8 46 (1.88%) SAP PSCD
9 44 (1.80%) SAP BRIM
10 37 (1.51%) SAP IBP
10 37 (1.51%) SAP PM
11 31 (1.27%) SAP GRC
11 31 (1.27%) SAP MDG
11 31 (1.27%) SAP Travel Management
12 30 (1.23%) SAP HCM
13 29 (1.18%) SAP PP
14 27 (1.10%) SAP FI-CA
15 26 (1.06%) SAP Payroll
16 24 (0.98%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 218 (8.91%) Azure
2 216 (8.82%) SuccessFactors
3 111 (4.53%) Power Platform
4 81 (3.31%) AWS
4 81 (3.31%) SaaS
5 49 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (1.72%) Entra ID
7 37 (1.51%) Boomi
8 29 (1.18%) GCP
9 24 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (0.74%) Power Automate
11 18 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 17 (0.69%) OCI
13 16 (0.65%) Snowflake
14 14 (0.57%) PaaS
14 14 (0.57%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.57%) Smartsheet
15 13 (0.53%) GitHub
15 13 (0.53%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.45%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 7 (0.29%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 4 (0.16%) RFID
4 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.12%) BGP
5 3 (0.12%) LAN
5 3 (0.12%) OSPF
6 2 (0.082%) DNS
6 2 (0.082%) HTTP
6 2 (0.082%) Internet
6 2 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.041%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.041%) Intranet
7 1 (0.041%) Junos
7 1 (0.041%) MQTT
7 1 (0.041%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.041%) Wireless
7 1 (0.041%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (4.29%) Power BI
2 86 (3.51%) SAP HANA
3 43 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
4 38 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 34 (1.39%) SAP BW
6 27 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
6 27 (1.10%) Tableau
7 18 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
7 18 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (0.69%) SAP Data Services
9 15 (0.61%) Metadata
10 14 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.45%) Sybase ASE
12 10 (0.41%) MaxDB
13 8 (0.33%) GIS
13 8 (0.33%) Relational Database
14 7 (0.29%) Oracle Database
15 5 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 100 (4.08%) JIRA
2 24 (0.98%) Hudson
3 18 (0.74%) Git
4 8 (0.33%) Postman
5 6 (0.25%) LSMW
6 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.16%) JMeter
7 4 (0.16%) Selenium
8 3 (0.12%) GitLab
8 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.082%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.082%) Maven
9 2 (0.082%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.082%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.041%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.041%) GCC
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.041%) Subversion
10 1 (0.041%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 781 (31.90%) Finance
2 685 (27.98%) Social Skills
3 267 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
4 252 (10.29%) Manufacturing
5 165 (6.74%) Public Sector
6 98 (4.00%) Billing
7 84 (3.43%) Legal
8 83 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 80 (3.27%) Retail
10 69 (2.82%) Banking
11 56 (2.29%) Aerospace
12 52 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (1.88%) General Ledger
14 45 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
15 44 (1.80%) Local Government
16 42 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
17 36 (1.47%) Telecoms
18 30 (1.23%) Marketing
19 25 (1.02%) Law
20 22 (0.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 583 (23.82%) Consultant
2 502 (20.51%) SAP Consultant
3 318 (12.99%) Lead
4 310 (12.66%) Architect
5 259 (10.58%) Analyst
6 216 (8.82%) Senior
7 183 (7.48%) Project Manager
8 176 (7.19%) SAP Manager
9 168 (6.86%) SAP Architect
10 154 (6.29%) Solutions Architect
11 117 (4.78%) Business Analyst
12 94 (3.84%) Developer
13 90 (3.68%) SAP Project Manager
14 85 (3.47%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 80 (3.27%) Functional Consultant
16 79 (3.23%) Administrator
17 74 (3.02%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 65 (2.66%) SAP Analyst
19 64 (2.61%) Senior Manager
20 61 (2.49%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (4.21%) SAP Fiori
2 86 (3.51%) Middleware
3 57 (2.33%) SAP Basis
4 55 (2.25%) Oracle Fusion
5 52 (2.12%) REST
6 35 (1.43%) SOAP
7 33 (1.35%) BAPI
8 32 (1.31%) SAP TM
9 31 (1.27%) XML
10 30 (1.23%) SAPUI5
11 27 (1.10%) IDoc
12 25 (1.02%) JSON
13 22 (0.90%) OAuth
14 19 (0.78%) EDI
15 18 (0.74%) Web Services
16 16 (0.65%) SAP PI
17 14 (0.57%) SAML
18 13 (0.53%) SAP ALE
19 11 (0.45%) Node.js
19 11 (0.45%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 97 (3.96%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
4 56 (2.29%) Data Structures
5 46 (1.88%) Product Ownership
6 45 (1.84%) FMCG
7 38 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (1.35%) Management Information System
9 30 (1.23%) Cloud Native
10 28 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
10 28 (1.14%) Life Science
10 28 (1.14%) Taxonomies
11 25 (1.02%) Replication
12 24 (0.98%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
13 21 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (0.69%) Virtual Team
15 13 (0.53%) AI Agents
16 11 (0.45%) Algorithms
16 11 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.47%) Linux
2 32 (1.31%) Windows
3 12 (0.49%) Unix
4 10 (0.41%) VMS
5 8 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.12%) Solaris
8 2 (0.082%) AIX
8 2 (0.082%) Android
8 2 (0.082%) SUSE
8 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (23.24%) ERP
2 465 (19.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 454 (18.55%) Migration
4 308 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
5 277 (11.32%) Data Migration
6 261 (10.66%) User Acceptance Testing
7 251 (10.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 249 (10.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 236 (9.64%) Agile
10 222 (9.07%) Validation
11 187 (7.64%) Project Management
11 187 (7.64%) Workshop Facilitation
12 184 (7.52%) Analytics
13 171 (6.99%) Logistics
14 167 (6.82%) Change Management
15 148 (6.05%) Data Modelling
16 137 (5.60%) Decision-Making
17 136 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
18 133 (5.43%) Project Delivery
19 131 (5.35%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 118 (4.82%) SQL
2 83 (3.39%) ABAP
3 49 (2.00%) Python
4 28 (1.14%) Java
5 19 (0.78%) PowerShell
6 15 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.33%) C#
8 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.20%) Bash
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.16%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.12%) Groovy
11 3 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 340 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 264 (10.78%) SC Cleared
3 142 (5.80%) Degree
4 115 (4.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (2.04%) ACCA
6 49 (2.00%) CIMA
7 43 (1.76%) PMP
8 40 (1.63%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.51%) DV Cleared
10 32 (1.31%) SAP Certification
11 16 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 15 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 15 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.45%) HNC
13 11 (0.45%) NVQ Level 4
14 10 (0.41%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) CISSP
15 9 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.33%) CISM
17 7 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (5.43%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.96%) PMO
3 91 (3.72%) QA
4 54 (2.21%) GDPR
4 54 (2.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 32 (1.31%) GRC
6 19 (0.78%) IFRS
7 17 (0.69%) SLA
8 12 (0.49%) GAAP
8 12 (0.49%) GxP
9 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 8 (0.33%) GMP
11 7 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 6 (0.25%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.25%) NIST
13 5 (0.20%) Basel III
13 5 (0.20%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.20%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.20%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (0.86%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.45%) IAG
3 7 (0.29%) Docker
4 6 (0.25%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.53%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.29%) Pacemaker
6 6 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 3 (0.12%) Grafana
9 2 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.082%) WSUS
10 1 (0.041%) Argo
10 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.041%) MOM
10 1 (0.041%) Packer
10 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 239 (9.76%) Ariba
2 225 (9.19%) Microsoft
3 224 (9.15%) Oracle
4 99 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 88 (3.59%) Workday
6 70 (2.86%) ServiceNow
7 38 (1.55%) Informatica
8 34 (1.39%) MuleSoft
8 34 (1.39%) Sage
9 30 (1.23%) Adobe
10 28 (1.14%) Databricks
11 26 (1.06%) Concur
12 21 (0.86%) IBM
13 20 (0.82%) Okta
14 19 (0.78%) Siemens
15 17 (0.69%) Dell
15 17 (0.69%) IFS
16 15 (0.61%) Google
17 13 (0.53%) Infor
17 13 (0.53%) OpenText