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 13 August 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
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +3
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,701 2,078 2,506
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.06% 6.31% 6.43%
As % of the Vendors category 12.16% 13.35% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,351 1,034 1,281
10th Percentile £361 £363 £393
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £569
% change year-on-year - -3.30% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 108 88
10th Percentile £16.51 £16.15 £15.10
25th Percentile £22.00 £20.09 £22.56
Median hourly rate £32.50 £26.36 £36.93
Median % change year-on-year +23.32% -28.64% -23.46%
75th Percentile £60.38 £50.00 £61.34
90th Percentile £86.00 £69.13 £67.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.50 £22.63 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.36% -33.44% -24.44%

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 22,208 15,570 17,043
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.62% 47.27% 43.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,745 9,527 10,624
10th Percentile £313 £278 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £607 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 801 840
10th Percentile £14.80 £14.54 £13.68
25th Percentile £18.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -13.28% -28.95%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.12 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.63 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £21.29 £28.00
% change year-on-year +51.36% -23.96% -18.84%

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 13 August 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 13 August 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 13 August 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 2,139 £575 - 1,424
UK excluding London -4 1,366 £550 - 913
Work from Home -6 818 £550 -3.93% 713
London -29 761 £600 +2.56% 659
South East -8 374 £550 +4.76% 220
Midlands +11 363 £550 - 166
North of England -5 339 £550 +0.92% 219
North West -2 234 £550 +1.01% 154
West Midlands +4 227 £500 -7.66% 102
East of England -10 140 £544 -9.19% 90
East Midlands +31 126 £625 +0.89% 63
Yorkshire +4 98 £525 - 61
South West -35 79 £575 +9.52% 88
Wales +9 40 £550 +77.28% 20
Scotland -2 39 £529 +24.47% 99
North East -46 6 £500 -8.26% 9
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +4 2 £488 +73.49% 21

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 41 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.37%) Confluence
3 22 (0.81%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.48%) CMS
5 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.15%) Apache
7 4 (0.15%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.15%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.11%) JBoss
8 3 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.074%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.074%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.074%) SAS
9 2 (0.074%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 131 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
3 37 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.37%) CATIA
7 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.037%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.037%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.037%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.037%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.037%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,049 (38.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 124 (4.59%) SAP FI
3 76 (2.81%) SAP CO
4 70 (2.59%) SAP FI/CO
5 68 (2.52%) SAP ERP
6 65 (2.41%) SAP SD
7 62 (2.30%) SAP MM
8 52 (1.93%) SAP PSCD
9 49 (1.81%) SAP EWM
10 45 (1.67%) SAP BRIM
11 44 (1.63%) SAP Payroll
12 43 (1.59%) SAP GRC
12 43 (1.59%) SAP IBP
13 42 (1.55%) SAP PP
14 35 (1.30%) SAP PM
15 33 (1.22%) SAP HR
15 33 (1.22%) SAP MDG
16 32 (1.18%) SAP HCM
16 32 (1.18%) SAP QM
17 31 (1.15%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 284 (10.51%) SuccessFactors
2 228 (8.44%) Azure
3 143 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 95 (3.52%) AWS
5 68 (2.52%) SaaS
6 61 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (1.55%) GCP
8 41 (1.52%) Entra ID
9 38 (1.41%) Boomi
10 28 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
12 24 (0.89%) Snowflake
13 20 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 19 (0.70%) GitHub
15 18 (0.67%) Power Automate
16 16 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.56%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (0.56%) Smartsheet
18 12 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
18 12 (0.44%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.26%) Network Security
2 5 (0.19%) Firewall
2 5 (0.19%) Intranet
3 3 (0.11%) HTTP
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.074%) Broadband
4 2 (0.074%) LAN
4 2 (0.074%) SSL
4 2 (0.074%) WAN
5 1 (0.037%) DNS
5 1 (0.037%) FTP
5 1 (0.037%) Internet
5 1 (0.037%) MQTT
5 1 (0.037%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.037%) Wireless
5 1 (0.037%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.66%) Power BI
2 93 (3.44%) SAP HANA
3 52 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 51 (1.89%) SAP BW
5 45 (1.67%) Tableau
6 41 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 40 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
8 27 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
9 16 (0.59%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.59%) Metadata
9 16 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (0.52%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.48%) GIS
13 12 (0.44%) Sybase ASE
14 11 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.37%) MaxDB
15 10 (0.37%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.30%) NoSQL
17 6 (0.22%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 110 (4.07%) JIRA
2 24 (0.89%) Hudson
3 19 (0.70%) Git
4 11 (0.41%) Postman
5 8 (0.30%) SonarQube
6 7 (0.26%) Jenkins
6 7 (0.26%) SoapUI
7 6 (0.22%) JMeter
7 6 (0.22%) LSMW
7 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.19%) eggPlant
8 5 (0.19%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.19%) Toad
9 3 (0.11%) GitLab
10 2 (0.074%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.074%) Maven
10 2 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.074%) Selenium
11 1 (0.037%) Spock
11 1 (0.037%) TestDirector
General
1 840 (31.10%) Finance
2 693 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 306 (11.33%) Manufacturing
4 276 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 150 (5.55%) Public Sector
6 114 (4.22%) Retail
7 107 (3.96%) Billing
8 83 (3.07%) Pharmaceutical
9 82 (3.04%) Legal
10 75 (2.78%) Aerospace
11 60 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
12 58 (2.15%) Banking
13 55 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 52 (1.93%) General Ledger
15 35 (1.30%) Local Government
16 32 (1.18%) Automotive
17 30 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
18 28 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
18 28 (1.04%) Telecoms
19 27 (1.00%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 651 (24.10%) Consultant
2 563 (20.84%) SAP Consultant
3 341 (12.62%) Architect
4 319 (11.81%) Lead
5 315 (11.66%) Analyst
6 255 (9.44%) Senior
7 193 (7.15%) SAP Manager
8 177 (6.55%) SAP Architect
9 169 (6.26%) Project Manager
10 166 (6.15%) Solutions Architect
11 135 (5.00%) Business Analyst
12 112 (4.15%) Developer
13 106 (3.92%) SAP Analyst
14 87 (3.22%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 86 (3.18%) SAP Project Manager
16 85 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
17 79 (2.92%) Administrator
18 78 (2.89%) SAP Functional Consultant
19 66 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
20 61 (2.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (4.15%) SAP Fiori
2 95 (3.52%) Middleware
3 74 (2.74%) REST
4 59 (2.18%) SOAP
5 54 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 51 (1.89%) SAP Basis
7 42 (1.55%) XML
8 38 (1.41%) BAPI
9 35 (1.30%) IDoc
10 32 (1.18%) SAP PI
11 31 (1.15%) JSON
12 27 (1.00%) EDI
12 27 (1.00%) Web Services
13 25 (0.93%) SAPUI5
14 22 (0.81%) OAuth
15 18 (0.67%) Node.js
16 16 (0.59%) Kafka
16 16 (0.59%) SAP ALE
17 14 (0.52%) JDBC
18 13 (0.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 89 (3.30%) Public Cloud
2 87 (3.22%) Onboarding
3 86 (3.18%) Data Structures
4 77 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
5 64 (2.37%) Product Ownership
6 62 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
7 56 (2.07%) FMCG
8 51 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (1.52%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.37%) Life Science
11 34 (1.26%) Cloud Native
12 27 (1.00%) Replication
13 23 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 22 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
16 19 (0.70%) AI Agents
16 19 (0.70%) Operational Technology
17 16 (0.59%) SCADA
18 14 (0.52%) IoT
18 14 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.78%) Linux
2 36 (1.33%) Windows
3 24 (0.89%) Unix
4 9 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.33%) VMS
5 8 (0.30%) SUSE
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.074%) AIX
8 2 (0.074%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (22.47%) Stakeholder Management
2 604 (22.36%) ERP
3 485 (17.96%) Migration
4 348 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
5 312 (11.55%) User Acceptance Testing
6 306 (11.33%) Data Migration
7 289 (10.70%) Continuous Improvement
8 275 (10.18%) Agile
9 273 (10.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 258 (9.55%) Validation
11 221 (8.18%) Workshop Facilitation
12 217 (8.03%) Analytics
13 206 (7.63%) Logistics
14 169 (6.26%) Project Management
15 168 (6.22%) Roadmaps
16 161 (5.96%) Change Management
17 158 (5.85%) Data Modelling
18 157 (5.81%) Business Intelligence
19 152 (5.63%) Decision-Making
20 151 (5.59%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 142 (5.26%) SQL
2 107 (3.96%) ABAP
3 68 (2.52%) Python
4 49 (1.81%) Java
5 22 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 20 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.26%) Bicep
7 7 (0.26%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.22%) Bash
9 5 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.19%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.15%) C++
10 4 (0.15%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.11%) BeanShell
11 3 (0.11%) C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 431 (15.96%) Security Cleared
2 330 (12.22%) SC Cleared
3 138 (5.11%) Degree
4 116 (4.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 37 (1.37%) ACCA
7 36 (1.33%) CIMA
8 33 (1.22%) PMP
9 32 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 25 (0.93%) SAP Certification
11 20 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.52%) ISTQB
14 13 (0.48%) HNC
15 12 (0.44%) Master's Degree
16 11 (0.41%) NVQ Level 4
17 10 (0.37%) ISEB
18 9 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
18 9 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
19 8 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 178 (6.59%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.52%) PMO
3 92 (3.41%) QA
4 63 (2.33%) GDPR
5 59 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 46 (1.70%) GRC
7 17 (0.63%) IFRS
8 11 (0.41%) GxP
9 10 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.33%) SLA
11 8 (0.30%) GMP
11 8 (0.30%) NIST
12 7 (0.26%) GAAP
12 7 (0.26%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.19%) EU AI Act
15 4 (0.15%) ISO 20022
16 2 (0.074%) COSHH
System Software
1 28 (1.04%) Active Directory
2 16 (0.59%) IAG
3 8 (0.30%) Docker
4 6 (0.22%) Corosync
5 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.037%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
1 17 (0.63%) Terraform
2 16 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
3 7 (0.26%) Pacemaker
4 5 (0.19%) HP Fortify
5 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.15%) Control-M
5 4 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.074%) MOM
8 1 (0.037%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.037%) Packer
8 1 (0.037%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.037%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.037%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 1 (0.037%) WSUS
Vendors
1 263 (9.74%) Microsoft
2 260 (9.63%) Oracle
3 254 (9.40%) Ariba
4 105 (3.89%) Salesforce
5 91 (3.37%) Workday
6 77 (2.85%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.63%) MuleSoft
8 39 (1.44%) Databricks
9 37 (1.37%) Concur
9 37 (1.37%) Informatica
10 34 (1.26%) IBM
11 32 (1.18%) Adobe
12 25 (0.93%) Google
13 18 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 17 (0.63%) Infor
14 17 (0.63%) Sage
15 16 (0.59%) IFS
15 16 (0.59%) Siemens
16 15 (0.56%) Dell
16 15 (0.56%) OpenText