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 1 October 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
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,768 2,170 2,529
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.04% 6.56% 6.68%
As % of the Vendors category 12.09% 13.78% 15.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,314 1,093 1,178
10th Percentile £360 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £469 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £573 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% -0.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £660 £675
90th Percentile £750 £743 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £560
% change year-on-year - -1.79% +4.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 120 67
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.45 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.33 £17.36 £27.00
Median hourly rate £24.19 £22.63 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -49.71% +28.57%
75th Percentile £44.25 £40.80 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.80 £65.48 £66.22
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £22.32 £35.36
% change year-on-year +8.40% -36.89% +17.87%

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 22,891 15,745 16,843
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.69% 47.63% 44.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,889 9,692 9,932
10th Percentile £310 £275 £286
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £618 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,344 813 625
10th Percentile £13.98 £14.75 £14.73
25th Percentile £16.38 £17.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £25.52 £25.15 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% -20.16% -27.38%
75th Percentile £57.50 £42.50 £64.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +15.02% -29.00% -29.41%

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 1 October 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 1 October 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 1 October 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 2,182 £563 -1.75% 1,996
UK excluding London 0 1,413 £550 - 1,322
Work from Home -13 784 £550 -1.79% 811
London -29 756 £600 +3.14% 738
South East 0 393 £539 +4.82% 367
North of England -17 349 £550 -8.33% 334
Midlands +3 344 £550 +1.57% 236
North West -11 244 £550 -11.82% 184
West Midlands +3 215 £525 -2.78% 133
East of England -6 160 £566 -2.41% 140
East Midlands +22 122 £575 -0.86% 103
Yorkshire -2 98 £500 -4.76% 120
South West -40 81 £550 - 98
Wales +12 49 £550 +123.35% 52
Scotland -10 48 £533 +25.41% 68
North East -41 6 £303 -44.42% 32
Channel Islands - 3 - -
Northern Ireland +1 1 - - 32

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 34 (1.23%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.94%) Confluence
3 19 (0.69%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.43%) CMS
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.18%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.14%) Apache
8 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 4 (0.14%) SugarCRM
9 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
9 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
9 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.072%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.072%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.072%) SAP Portal
10 2 (0.072%) SAS
10 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 150 (5.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
3 35 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) Windchill
7 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.036%) CATIA
8 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.036%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1,071 (38.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 133 (4.80%) SAP FI
3 85 (3.07%) SAP CO
4 80 (2.89%) SAP Payroll
5 76 (2.75%) SAP FI/CO
6 69 (2.49%) SAP HCM
7 67 (2.42%) SAP HR
8 66 (2.38%) SAP ERP
8 66 (2.38%) SAP SD
9 59 (2.13%) SAP MM
10 53 (1.91%) SAP PSCD
11 51 (1.84%) SAP GRC
12 50 (1.81%) SAP PP
13 48 (1.73%) SAP BRIM
14 43 (1.55%) SAP MDG
15 42 (1.52%) SAP PM
16 37 (1.34%) SAP EWM
17 34 (1.23%) SAP QM
18 31 (1.12%) SAP FI-CA
19 30 (1.08%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 268 (9.68%) SuccessFactors
2 221 (7.98%) Azure
3 131 (4.73%) Power Platform
4 102 (3.68%) AWS
5 61 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
6 59 (2.13%) SaaS
7 58 (2.10%) GCP
8 35 (1.26%) Boomi
9 31 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
10 29 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
10 29 (1.05%) Entra ID
11 27 (0.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 21 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
12 21 (0.76%) Snowflake
13 20 (0.72%) GitHub
14 17 (0.61%) Tricentis Tosca
15 16 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
15 16 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.54%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) HTTP
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
3 3 (0.11%) Network Security
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.072%) Firewall
4 2 (0.072%) Internet
4 2 (0.072%) LAN
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
1 112 (4.05%) Power BI
2 93 (3.36%) SAP HANA
3 58 (2.10%) SAP BW
4 46 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
6 38 (1.37%) Tableau
7 31 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 22 (0.79%) SAP Data Services
9 20 (0.72%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 17 (0.61%) Metadata
12 14 (0.51%) GIS
13 12 (0.43%) Power Query
14 11 (0.40%) Oracle Database
15 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
16 9 (0.33%) Delta Lake
17 6 (0.22%) NoSQL
17 6 (0.22%) Qlik Sense
17 6 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 118 (4.26%) JIRA
2 20 (0.72%) Git
3 16 (0.58%) Hudson
4 15 (0.54%) Postman
5 12 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
7 7 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.25%) SoapUI
7 7 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 6 (0.22%) LSMW
8 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.18%) JMeter
9 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
9 5 (0.18%) Selenium
9 5 (0.18%) Toad
10 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
11 2 (0.072%) ER Studio
11 2 (0.072%) HP UFT
11 2 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
11 2 (0.072%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 887 (32.04%) Finance
2 747 (26.99%) Social Skills
3 397 (14.34%) Manufacturing
4 290 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 142 (5.13%) Retail
7 121 (4.37%) Billing
8 82 (2.96%) Legal
9 77 (2.78%) Aerospace
10 72 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 72 (2.60%) Pharmaceutical
11 68 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 53 (1.91%) General Ledger
13 52 (1.88%) Banking
14 41 (1.48%) Automotive
15 36 (1.30%) Aviation
16 34 (1.23%) Telecoms
17 33 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
18 24 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 647 (23.37%) Consultant
2 541 (19.54%) SAP Consultant
3 355 (12.83%) Architect
4 325 (11.74%) Lead
5 312 (11.27%) Analyst
6 254 (9.18%) Senior
7 192 (6.94%) SAP Manager
8 182 (6.58%) SAP Architect
9 156 (5.64%) Project Manager
10 145 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
11 132 (4.77%) Business Analyst
12 118 (4.26%) SAP Analyst
13 111 (4.01%) Administrator
14 96 (3.47%) Developer
15 86 (3.11%) Functional Consultant
16 81 (2.93%) SAP Project Manager
17 76 (2.75%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 72 (2.60%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 64 (2.31%) Senior Consultant
20 61 (2.20%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 149 (5.38%) SAP Fiori
2 109 (3.94%) Middleware
3 98 (3.54%) REST
4 79 (2.85%) SOAP
5 55 (1.99%) SAPUI5
6 53 (1.91%) Oracle Fusion
7 49 (1.77%) XML
8 45 (1.63%) SAP Basis
9 43 (1.55%) SAP PI
10 41 (1.48%) Web Services
11 35 (1.26%) BAPI
12 33 (1.19%) JSON
13 32 (1.16%) IDoc
14 28 (1.01%) EDI
15 24 (0.87%) OAuth
16 20 (0.72%) SAP ALE
17 19 (0.69%) Kafka
17 19 (0.69%) Node.js
18 17 (0.61%) OAuth2
19 16 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 102 (3.68%) Onboarding
2 90 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
3 78 (2.82%) Data Structures
4 74 (2.67%) Public Cloud
5 66 (2.38%) Legacy Systems
6 61 (2.20%) FMCG
7 58 (2.10%) Product Ownership
8 57 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
9 51 (1.84%) Management Information System
10 44 (1.59%) Life Science
11 31 (1.12%) Cloud Native
12 30 (1.08%) Replication
12 30 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (0.79%) Private Cloud
14 17 (0.61%) AI Agents
14 17 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
15 16 (0.58%) Operational Technology
16 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 12 (0.43%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.30%) Linux
2 30 (1.08%) Windows
3 21 (0.76%) Unix
4 9 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.33%) 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%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 745 (26.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 637 (23.01%) ERP
3 506 (18.28%) Migration
4 368 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
5 363 (13.11%) User Acceptance Testing
6 307 (11.09%) Data Migration
7 271 (9.79%) Agile
8 258 (9.32%) Validation
9 255 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 244 (8.82%) Logistics
10 244 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 242 (8.74%) Analytics
12 208 (7.51%) Workshop Facilitation
13 192 (6.94%) Roadmaps
14 175 (6.32%) Process Improvement
15 174 (6.29%) Project Delivery
16 170 (6.14%) System Integration Testing
17 168 (6.07%) Decision-Making
18 163 (5.89%) Project Management
19 156 (5.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 141 (5.09%) SQL
2 136 (4.91%) ABAP
3 66 (2.38%) Python
4 51 (1.84%) Java
5 25 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.22%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Groovy
9 5 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.14%) Bicep
10 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.14%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.072%) Perl
12 2 (0.072%) VB
Qualifications
1 444 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 346 (12.50%) SC Cleared
3 153 (5.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 135 (4.88%) Degree
5 51 (1.84%) DV Cleared
6 42 (1.52%) ACCA
7 40 (1.45%) CIMA
7 40 (1.45%) PMP
8 39 (1.41%) PMI Certification
9 22 (0.79%) SAP Certification
10 17 (0.61%) Azure Certification
10 17 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 15 (0.54%) ISTQB
12 11 (0.40%) ISEB
13 10 (0.36%) CIPD
13 10 (0.36%) HNC
13 10 (0.36%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 10 (0.36%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.25%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (6.43%) Data Quality
2 86 (3.11%) PMO
3 75 (2.71%) QA
4 59 (2.13%) GDPR
5 50 (1.81%) GRC
6 40 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (0.58%) IFRS
8 15 (0.54%) GxP
9 13 (0.47%) SLA
10 12 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.36%) NIST
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 6 (0.22%) GMP
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.14%) COSHH
16 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 17 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.54%) 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 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.14%) Control-M
4 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.072%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.072%) MOM
7 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.036%) QRadar
7 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 302 (10.91%) Microsoft
2 277 (10.01%) Oracle
3 271 (9.79%) Ariba
4 111 (4.01%) Salesforce
5 108 (3.90%) Workday
6 78 (2.82%) ServiceNow
7 46 (1.66%) Concur
8 44 (1.59%) Databricks
9 43 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 38 (1.37%) IBM
11 31 (1.12%) Siemens
12 28 (1.01%) Adobe
12 28 (1.01%) Google
13 24 (0.87%) Informatica
14 17 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 17 (0.61%) Sage
15 15 (0.54%) Dell
15 15 (0.54%) Infor
15 15 (0.54%) JD Edwards
16 13 (0.47%) OpenText