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 14 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
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +3
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,710 2,073 2,509
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.08% 6.30% 6.45%
As % of the Vendors category 12.17% 13.32% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,353 1,032 1,279
10th Percentile £361 £363 £400
25th Percentile £463 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 223 108 88
10th Percentile £16.59 £16.15 £15.10
25th Percentile £22.32 £20.09 £22.56
Median hourly rate £32.23 £26.36 £36.93
Median % change year-on-year +22.27% -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 £29.25 £22.63 £34.00
% change year-on-year +29.25% -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 22,262 15,561 17,029
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.70% 47.27% 43.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,777 9,523 10,618
10th Percentile £313 £280 £288
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £522
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.21% -0.57%
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £702 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +4.60% -4.40% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,140 803 837
10th Percentile £14.69 £14.56 £13.67
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% -28.40%
75th Percentile £65.00 £47.50 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.88 £67.90 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £21.35 £28.00
% change year-on-year +50.97% -23.77% -17.57%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 2,148 £575 +0.22% 880
UK excluding London -2 1,368 £550 - 549
Work from Home -6 822 £550 -2.65% 377
London -26 767 £600 +2.85% 373
South East -8 372 £550 +4.76% 160
Midlands +10 362 £550 - 133
North of England -7 339 £550 +1.85% 130
North West +1 235 £550 +2.04% 76
West Midlands 0 225 £500 -7.66% 84
East of England -7 142 £573 -4.38% 57
East Midlands +29 127 £619 -0.12% 49
Yorkshire +6 97 £525 - 48
South West -38 81 £575 +4.55% 44
Wales +9 41 £550 +77.28% 14
Scotland 0 39 £529 +24.47% 19
North East -47 6 £500 -8.26% 8
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +2 2 £488 +118.61% 1

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 (1.51%) 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 (0.18%) 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
1 128 (4.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 38 (1.40%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.66%) 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 1,055 (38.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 123 (4.54%) SAP FI
3 75 (2.77%) SAP CO
4 69 (2.55%) SAP FI/CO
5 67 (2.47%) SAP ERP
6 64 (2.36%) SAP SD
7 62 (2.29%) SAP MM
8 52 (1.92%) SAP PSCD
9 49 (1.81%) SAP EWM
10 47 (1.73%) SAP GRC
11 45 (1.66%) SAP BRIM
11 45 (1.66%) SAP Payroll
12 43 (1.59%) SAP IBP
13 42 (1.55%) SAP PP
14 36 (1.33%) SAP HR
15 35 (1.29%) SAP PM
16 34 (1.25%) SAP MDG
17 32 (1.18%) SAP HCM
17 32 (1.18%) SAP QM
18 31 (1.14%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 284 (10.48%) SuccessFactors
2 231 (8.52%) Azure
3 142 (5.24%) Power Platform
4 97 (3.58%) AWS
5 68 (2.51%) SaaS
6 61 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
7 44 (1.62%) GCP
8 41 (1.51%) Entra ID
9 39 (1.44%) Boomi
10 28 (1.03%) 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 (0.66%) Power Automate
16 16 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
17 15 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
17 15 (0.55%) Smartsheet
18 13 (0.48%) Tricentis Tosca
19 12 (0.44%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.26%) Network Security
2 6 (0.22%) Intranet
3 5 (0.18%) Firewall
4 3 (0.11%) HTTP
4 3 (0.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.074%) Broadband
5 2 (0.074%) LAN
5 2 (0.074%) SSL
5 2 (0.074%) WAN
6 1 (0.037%) DNS
6 1 (0.037%) FTP
6 1 (0.037%) Internet
6 1 (0.037%) MQTT
6 1 (0.037%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.037%) Wireless
6 1 (0.037%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (4.61%) Power BI
2 94 (3.47%) SAP HANA
3 55 (2.03%) SAP BW
4 52 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (1.66%) Tableau
6 41 (1.51%) SQL Server
7 39 (1.44%) 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 (0.55%) 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%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 111 (4.10%) JIRA
2 23 (0.85%) 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 (0.18%) eggPlant
8 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.18%) 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%) Subversion
11 1 (0.037%) TestDirector
General
1 841 (31.03%) Finance
2 700 (25.83%) Social Skills
3 307 (11.33%) Manufacturing
4 280 (10.33%) Analytical Skills
5 149 (5.50%) Public Sector
6 115 (4.24%) Retail
7 108 (3.99%) Billing
8 82 (3.03%) Legal
8 82 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
9 76 (2.80%) Aerospace
10 59 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
11 58 (2.14%) Banking
12 55 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (1.92%) General Ledger
14 33 (1.22%) Automotive
14 33 (1.22%) Local Government
15 30 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 29 (1.07%) Telecoms
17 28 (1.03%) Aviation
17 28 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 656 (24.21%) Consultant
2 565 (20.85%) SAP Consultant
3 345 (12.73%) Architect
4 317 (11.70%) Lead
5 314 (11.59%) Analyst
6 255 (9.41%) Senior
7 195 (7.20%) SAP Manager
8 178 (6.57%) SAP Architect
9 168 (6.20%) Project Manager
10 167 (6.16%) Solutions Architect
11 135 (4.98%) Business Analyst
12 112 (4.13%) Developer
13 106 (3.91%) SAP Analyst
14 87 (3.21%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 85 (3.14%) Functional Consultant
15 85 (3.14%) SAP Project Manager
16 78 (2.88%) Administrator
16 78 (2.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 66 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
18 62 (2.29%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (4.21%) SAP Fiori
2 98 (3.62%) Middleware
3 75 (2.77%) REST
4 60 (2.21%) SOAP
5 54 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
6 51 (1.88%) SAP Basis
7 43 (1.59%) XML
8 38 (1.40%) BAPI
9 35 (1.29%) IDoc
10 32 (1.18%) JSON
10 32 (1.18%) SAP PI
11 27 (1.00%) EDI
11 27 (1.00%) Web Services
12 25 (0.92%) SAPUI5
13 23 (0.85%) OAuth
14 18 (0.66%) Node.js
15 16 (0.59%) Kafka
15 16 (0.59%) SAP ALE
16 14 (0.52%) JDBC
16 14 (0.52%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 91 (3.36%) Onboarding
2 89 (3.28%) Public Cloud
3 85 (3.14%) Data Structures
4 76 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 63 (2.32%) Product Ownership
6 62 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
7 56 (2.07%) FMCG
8 51 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
9 41 (1.51%) Management Information System
10 37 (1.37%) Life Science
11 34 (1.25%) Cloud Native
12 27 (1.00%) Replication
13 23 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (0.70%) AI Agents
15 19 (0.70%) Operational Technology
16 16 (0.59%) SCADA
17 14 (0.52%) IoT
17 14 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 47 (1.73%) Linux
2 36 (1.33%) Windows
3 24 (0.89%) Unix
4 9 (0.33%) VMS
5 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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
1 612 (22.58%) Stakeholder Management
2 605 (22.32%) ERP
3 484 (17.86%) Migration
4 351 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
5 313 (11.55%) User Acceptance Testing
6 308 (11.37%) Data Migration
7 286 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 274 (10.11%) Agile
9 272 (10.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 261 (9.63%) Validation
11 221 (8.15%) Workshop Facilitation
12 218 (8.04%) Analytics
13 206 (7.60%) Logistics
14 169 (6.24%) Roadmaps
15 168 (6.20%) Project Management
16 160 (5.90%) Change Management
17 158 (5.83%) Data Modelling
18 156 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
19 153 (5.65%) System Integration Testing
20 152 (5.61%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 142 (5.24%) SQL
2 107 (3.95%) ABAP
3 68 (2.51%) 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 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.15%) C++
10 4 (0.15%) VB.NET
11 3 (0.11%) C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.11%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 436 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 334 (12.32%) SC Cleared
3 137 (5.06%) Degree
4 120 (4.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (2.03%) DV Cleared
6 36 (1.33%) ACCA
7 35 (1.29%) CIMA
8 33 (1.22%) PMP
9 32 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 25 (0.92%) 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
17 10 (0.37%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
18 9 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
19 8 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 177 (6.53%) Data Quality
2 95 (3.51%) PMO
3 94 (3.47%) QA
4 62 (2.29%) GDPR
5 58 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 50 (1.85%) GRC
7 17 (0.63%) IFRS
8 11 (0.41%) GxP
8 11 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 9 (0.33%) SLA
10 8 (0.30%) GMP
10 8 (0.30%) NIST
11 7 (0.26%) GAAP
12 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.22%) ITGC
12 6 (0.22%) NCSC
13 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.15%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.074%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 28 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.63%) 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 (0.18%) 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
1 267 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 262 (9.67%) Oracle
3 251 (9.26%) Ariba
4 108 (3.99%) Salesforce
5 93 (3.43%) Workday
6 77 (2.84%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.62%) MuleSoft
8 39 (1.44%) Databricks
9 37 (1.37%) Concur
9 37 (1.37%) Informatica
10 34 (1.25%) IBM
11 33 (1.22%) Adobe
12 27 (1.00%) Google
13 17 (0.63%) Infor
13 17 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.59%) IFS
14 16 (0.59%) Sage
14 16 (0.59%) Siemens
15 15 (0.55%) Dell
15 15 (0.55%) OpenText