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 24 April 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
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +10
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,398 1,994 2,628
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.16% 6.75% 6.02%
As % of the Vendors category 12.20% 14.22% 14.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,212 1,027 1,337
10th Percentile £360 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £487 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £560 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +1.82% -
75th Percentile £673 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +0.93% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 58 126
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.99 £13.03
25th Percentile £22.63 £24.81 £15.50
Median hourly rate £31.38 £56.25 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.22% +120.59% -43.33%
75th Percentile £57.25 £70.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £78.25 £86.00 £68.13
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.54 £50.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -48.92% +107.08% -46.34%

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 19,649 14,019 18,536
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 42.29% 47.46% 42.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,551 8,811 11,523
10th Percentile £313 £294 £260
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £703 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £497 £500
% change year-on-year -1.01% -0.60% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 554 1,079
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.99 £12.02
25th Percentile £18.61 £18.25 £14.38
Median hourly rate £30.32 £27.13 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +11.78% +20.56% -48.86%
75th Percentile £60.00 £57.57 £57.41
90th Percentile £79.13 £75.88 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.83 £24.19 £21.46
% change year-on-year +10.91% +12.72% -46.35%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 24 April 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 -15 1,881 £575 +4.55% 450
UK excluding London -6 1,123 £545 +0.93% 377
Work from Home 0 783 £561 -3.23% 178
London -18 731 £600 - 118
South East -9 294 £575 +4.55% 128
North of England -19 275 £550 +4.76% 94
Midlands 0 257 £503 -7.83% 94
North West -17 179 £550 +3.77% 52
West Midlands -5 167 £475 -20.00% 57
East of England +2 165 £505 -12.93% 34
Yorkshire -2 90 £575 +50.82% 37
East Midlands +5 84 £600 +20.00% 37
South West -36 79 £618 +32.71% 22
Wales +20 38 £550 -24.14% 3
Scotland +15 24 £450 -25.00% 9
North East -34 5 £500 +20.48% 13
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 3 £500 +77.94% 5

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 (1.50%) Confluence
2 29 (1.21%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.83%) NetWeaver
4 18 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.42%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
9 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.13%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
10 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.083%) Apache
11 2 (0.083%) JBoss
12 1 (0.042%) Apache Spark
12 1 (0.042%) MTS
12 1 (0.042%) OpenStack
Applications
1 128 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 63 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
3 41 (1.71%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 16 (0.67%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.42%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.042%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.042%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.042%) Sketch
11 1 (0.042%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 896 (37.36%) SAP S/4HANA
2 106 (4.42%) SAP FI
3 70 (2.92%) SAP CO
4 66 (2.75%) SAP FI/CO
5 65 (2.71%) SAP ERP
6 58 (2.42%) SAP EWM
7 57 (2.38%) SAP MM
8 52 (2.17%) SAP PP
9 45 (1.88%) SAP PM
10 42 (1.75%) SAP HCM
11 40 (1.67%) SAP Payroll
11 40 (1.67%) SAP PSCD
12 39 (1.63%) SAP SD
13 32 (1.33%) SAP MDG
14 29 (1.21%) SAP IBP
14 29 (1.21%) SAP QM
15 26 (1.08%) SAP Travel Management
16 25 (1.04%) SAP BRIM
17 23 (0.96%) SAP EHS
18 21 (0.88%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 204 (8.51%) Azure
2 203 (8.47%) SuccessFactors
3 110 (4.59%) Power Platform
4 89 (3.71%) AWS
5 77 (3.21%) SaaS
6 39 (1.63%) Entra ID
7 37 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (1.46%) GCP
9 33 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
10 31 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (0.92%) Boomi
12 20 (0.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 19 (0.79%) OCI
14 17 (0.71%) GitHub
15 16 (0.67%) GitHub Actions
15 16 (0.67%) Snowflake
16 15 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 15 (0.63%) Power Automate
17 14 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
17 14 (0.58%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.50%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
2 8 (0.33%) Skype
2 8 (0.33%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 5 (0.21%) FTP
4 5 (0.21%) HTTPS
4 5 (0.21%) LAN
4 5 (0.21%) RFID
4 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.17%) BGP
5 4 (0.17%) DNS
5 4 (0.17%) OSPF
6 3 (0.13%) Internet
7 2 (0.083%) DHCP
7 2 (0.083%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.083%) Junos
7 2 (0.083%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.083%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.34%) Power BI
2 84 (3.50%) SAP HANA
3 43 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 36 (1.50%) SAP BW
5 29 (1.21%) SQL Server
6 25 (1.04%) Tableau
7 22 (0.92%) SAP Data Services
8 20 (0.83%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.79%) Metadata
10 17 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
11 15 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 13 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
13 9 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 7 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.29%) GIS
15 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
16 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.21%) MaxDB
16 5 (0.21%) MySQL
16 5 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 106 (4.42%) JIRA
2 18 (0.75%) Hudson
3 16 (0.67%) Git
4 8 (0.33%) LSMW
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
5 7 (0.29%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.29%) Toad
6 5 (0.21%) Postman
6 5 (0.21%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.17%) JMeter
7 4 (0.17%) Selenium
8 3 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.13%) JUnit
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
9 2 (0.083%) TestRail
9 2 (0.083%) Tricentis qTest
10 1 (0.042%) Spock
10 1 (0.042%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.042%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.042%) Zephyr
General
1 780 (32.53%) Finance
2 728 (30.36%) Social Skills
3 326 (13.59%) Manufacturing
4 308 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
5 237 (9.88%) Public Sector
6 106 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 104 (4.34%) Marketing
8 92 (3.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 84 (3.50%) Electronics
10 67 (2.79%) Banking
11 66 (2.75%) Legal
11 66 (2.75%) Retail
12 60 (2.50%) Billing
13 55 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 50 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
14 50 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
15 49 (2.04%) Aerospace
16 43 (1.79%) General Ledger
17 35 (1.46%) Local Government
18 28 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 584 (24.35%) Consultant
2 503 (20.98%) SAP Consultant
3 314 (13.09%) Lead
4 291 (12.14%) Architect
5 238 (9.92%) Analyst
6 184 (7.67%) Senior
7 179 (7.46%) Project Manager
8 178 (7.42%) SAP Manager
9 163 (6.80%) SAP Architect
10 146 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
11 129 (5.38%) Developer
12 110 (4.59%) Business Analyst
13 92 (3.84%) SAP Project Manager
14 91 (3.79%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 80 (3.34%) Administrator
15 80 (3.34%) SAP Developer
16 71 (2.96%) Functional Consultant
17 67 (2.79%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 65 (2.71%) SAP Analyst
19 56 (2.34%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (4.34%) SAP Fiori
2 65 (2.71%) Middleware
3 51 (2.13%) SAP Basis
4 47 (1.96%) SAPUI5
5 46 (1.92%) REST
6 42 (1.75%) SOAP
6 42 (1.75%) XML
7 31 (1.29%) Web Services
8 29 (1.21%) BAPI
9 27 (1.13%) Oracle Fusion
9 27 (1.13%) SAP TM
10 24 (1.00%) IDoc
11 23 (0.96%) SAP PI
12 21 (0.88%) CSS
12 21 (0.88%) HTML
13 17 (0.71%) EDI
13 17 (0.71%) JSON
14 16 (0.67%) OAuth
15 12 (0.50%) SAP ALE
15 12 (0.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (3.46%) Onboarding
2 81 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 75 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.46%) Data Structures
5 44 (1.83%) FMCG
6 43 (1.79%) Product Ownership
7 38 (1.58%) Management Information System
8 36 (1.50%) Replication
9 33 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
10 31 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.25%) Taxonomies
12 28 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
12 28 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.13%) Cloud Native
14 26 (1.08%) Life Science
15 21 (0.88%) Data Protection Act
16 16 (0.67%) Mobile App
16 16 (0.67%) Virtual Team
17 15 (0.63%) AI Agents
18 12 (0.50%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.63%) Windows
2 24 (1.00%) Linux
3 13 (0.54%) Windows 10
4 9 (0.38%) Android
4 9 (0.38%) Mac OS
5 6 (0.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
6 5 (0.21%) VMS
7 3 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.13%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.083%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.042%) SUSE
9 1 (0.042%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.042%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 534 (22.27%) ERP
2 469 (19.56%) Migration
3 458 (19.10%) Stakeholder Management
4 290 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
5 266 (11.09%) Continuous Improvement
6 264 (11.01%) Data Migration
7 257 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 231 (9.63%) Agile
9 210 (8.76%) Business Intelligence
10 201 (8.38%) Project Management
11 195 (8.13%) User Acceptance Testing
12 194 (8.09%) Workshop Facilitation
13 185 (7.71%) Validation
14 177 (7.38%) Change Management
15 172 (7.17%) Logistics
16 169 (7.05%) Data Modelling
17 168 (7.01%) Analytics
18 146 (6.09%) Roadmaps
19 140 (5.84%) Project Delivery
20 123 (5.13%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 121 (5.05%) SQL
2 120 (5.00%) ABAP
3 48 (2.00%) Python
4 40 (1.67%) Java
5 33 (1.38%) JavaScript
6 17 (0.71%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.33%) C#
8 7 (0.29%) Groovy
8 7 (0.29%) TypeScript
9 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.17%) C
10 4 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.17%) Go
11 3 (0.13%) Bicep
11 3 (0.13%) C++
11 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.13%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.13%) R
11 3 (0.13%) VB
11 3 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 400 (16.68%) Security Cleared
2 313 (13.05%) SC Cleared
3 158 (6.59%) Degree
4 114 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.42%) DV Cleared
6 48 (2.00%) PMP
7 43 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 42 (1.75%) SAP Certification
9 41 (1.71%) ACCA
10 40 (1.67%) CIMA
11 31 (1.29%) Master's Degree
12 17 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.58%) Azure Certification
13 14 (0.58%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.46%) CISSP
15 10 (0.42%) HNC
16 9 (0.38%) CISM
17 8 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
17 8 (0.33%) NVQ Level 4
17 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (5.59%) Data Quality
2 104 (4.34%) QA
3 85 (3.54%) PMO
4 51 (2.13%) GDPR
5 44 (1.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 25 (1.04%) SLA
7 24 (1.00%) GRC
8 16 (0.67%) GxP
9 11 (0.46%) IFRS
9 11 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.42%) NIST
11 9 (0.38%) GAAP
11 9 (0.38%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.33%) GMP
13 6 (0.25%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.21%) Basel III
14 5 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.21%) IFRS 9
14 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 32 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.42%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 5 (0.21%) Corosync
5 1 (0.042%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.042%) Varnish
5 1 (0.042%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.29%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
6 5 (0.21%) Pacemaker
7 4 (0.17%) Ansible
8 3 (0.13%) Control-M
9 2 (0.083%) Grafana
9 2 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.083%) vRealize
9 2 (0.083%) WSUS
10 1 (0.042%) Argo
10 1 (0.042%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.042%) MOM
10 1 (0.042%) Packer
10 1 (0.042%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.042%) SCCM
10 1 (0.042%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 237 (9.88%) Ariba
2 215 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 187 (7.80%) Oracle
4 87 (3.63%) Salesforce
5 82 (3.42%) Workday
6 73 (3.04%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.63%) Informatica
8 38 (1.58%) Adobe
9 37 (1.54%) Sage
10 28 (1.17%) Databricks
11 27 (1.13%) IBM
12 20 (0.83%) MuleSoft
12 20 (0.83%) Okta
13 18 (0.75%) Cisco
14 15 (0.63%) Concur
14 15 (0.63%) OpenText
14 15 (0.63%) Siemens
15 14 (0.58%) Dell
15 14 (0.58%) HP
15 14 (0.58%) Infor