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 20 January 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
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 26 25
Rank change year-on-year -7 -1 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,189 2,091 2,744
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.87% 6.69% 6.33%
As % of the Vendors category 12.78% 14.60% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,168 1,017 1,393
10th Percentile £350 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.86% - -
75th Percentile £675 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -0.51% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 35 99
10th Percentile £16.65 £18.20 £13.05
25th Percentile £19.94 £21.44 £19.88
Median hourly rate £24.00 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.24% -17.14% -22.22%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.05 £60.13
90th Percentile £73.13 £86.00 £86.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £28.25 £27.33
% change year-on-year -15.66% +3.36% -39.26%

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 17,123 14,324 19,122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.93% 45.80% 44.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,055 8,461 12,056
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £410 £409 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 803 423 782
10th Percentile £15.22 £15.62 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.00 £16.64
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.50 £35.98
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% -23.56% +18.93%
75th Percentile £48.75 £61.50 £60.36
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.97 £25.30 £36.25
% change year-on-year -13.17% -30.21% +42.05%

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 20 January 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 20 January 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 20 January 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 -9 1,734 £556 +1.09% 462
UK excluding London -10 970 £537 -0.51% 399
Work from Home 0 731 £565 - 276
London -10 719 £585 +1.74% 133
North of England -17 289 £595 +10.59% 73
South East -4 246 £537 -2.36% 150
North West -7 198 £623 +13.18% 36
Midlands -17 171 £515 -4.72% 65
East of England +4 137 £505 -0.59% 67
West Midlands -12 114 £515 -4.63% 46
South West -28 89 £550 +2.80% 32
Yorkshire -3 80 £558 +35.15% 27
East Midlands -17 54 £500 -4.31% 19
Scotland +6 30 £450 +0.56% 10
Wales +3 20 £370 -45.26% 16
North East -22 10 £175 -57.83% 11
Northern Ireland +2 5 £115 - 7
Channel Islands - 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 24 (1.10%) SharePoint
2 21 (0.96%) Confluence
3 17 (0.78%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.23%) MTS
7 4 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.18%) CMS
7 4 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.14%) Apache
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.091%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.091%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.091%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 89 (4.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 77 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (2.06%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.14%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.23%) Siemens NX
8 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
8 3 (0.14%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.046%) Sketch
9 1 (0.046%) Trello
9 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 817 (37.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 106 (4.84%) SAP FI
3 79 (3.61%) SAP CO
4 72 (3.29%) SAP EWM
4 72 (3.29%) SAP FI/CO
5 64 (2.92%) SAP ERP
5 64 (2.92%) SAP MM
6 63 (2.88%) SAP PP
7 56 (2.56%) SAP Payroll
8 51 (2.33%) SAP HCM
9 43 (1.96%) SAP HR
10 37 (1.69%) SAP WM
11 34 (1.55%) SAP PM
11 34 (1.55%) SAP QM
12 31 (1.42%) SAP MDG
13 30 (1.37%) SAP PSCD
14 26 (1.19%) SAP EHS
14 26 (1.19%) SAP PS
15 25 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
15 25 (1.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 167 (7.63%) Azure
2 144 (6.58%) SuccessFactors
3 91 (4.16%) Power Platform
4 78 (3.56%) AWS
5 56 (2.56%) SaaS
6 53 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
7 43 (1.96%) GCP
8 42 (1.92%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.05%) Entra ID
9 23 (1.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 21 (0.96%) OCI
10 21 (0.96%) Snowflake
11 19 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
12 17 (0.78%) Power Automate
13 13 (0.59%) GitHub
14 11 (0.50%) Boomi
14 11 (0.50%) Tricentis Tosca
15 10 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
15 10 (0.46%) PaaS
16 8 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.05%) Wireless
2 17 (0.78%) HTTPS
3 10 (0.46%) VPN
4 9 (0.41%) Firewall
5 8 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
5 8 (0.37%) Skype
6 7 (0.32%) LAN
6 7 (0.32%) Network Security
6 7 (0.32%) WAN
7 5 (0.23%) BGP
7 5 (0.23%) DNS
7 5 (0.23%) OSPF
7 5 (0.23%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.18%) FTP
8 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.14%) DHCP
9 3 (0.14%) Internet
9 3 (0.14%) Junos
9 3 (0.14%) RFID
10 2 (0.091%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.97%) Power BI
1 87 (3.97%) SAP HANA
2 45 (2.06%) SAP BW
3 30 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
3 30 (1.37%) SAP Data Services
4 25 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 22 (1.01%) SQL Server
6 18 (0.82%) Metadata
7 15 (0.69%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 14 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
9 13 (0.59%) Tableau
10 10 (0.46%) GIS
10 10 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 9 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
12 7 (0.32%) Power Query
12 7 (0.32%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
13 6 (0.27%) MySQL
14 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 84 (3.84%) JIRA
2 15 (0.69%) Git
3 10 (0.46%) LSMW
4 8 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.32%) GitLab
6 6 (0.27%) Postman
6 6 (0.27%) Toad
7 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Selenium
8 3 (0.14%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.14%) Storybook
8 3 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.091%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.091%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.046%) Artifactory
10 1 (0.046%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.046%) Zephyr
General
1 789 (36.04%) Finance
2 741 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 415 (18.96%) Manufacturing
4 342 (15.62%) Public Sector
5 237 (10.83%) Analytical Skills
6 218 (9.96%) Telecoms
7 212 (9.68%) Marketing
8 189 (8.63%) Electronics
9 108 (4.93%) Pharmaceutical
10 62 (2.83%) Retail
11 58 (2.65%) Billing
12 57 (2.60%) Documentation Skills
13 56 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
14 54 (2.47%) Banking
15 49 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (2.15%) Legal
17 42 (1.92%) Influencing Skills
18 38 (1.74%) Local Government
19 34 (1.55%) Aerospace
20 29 (1.32%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 656 (29.97%) Consultant
2 524 (23.94%) SAP Consultant
3 234 (10.69%) Lead
4 214 (9.78%) Architect
5 173 (7.90%) Analyst
6 145 (6.62%) Project Manager
7 126 (5.76%) SAP Manager
8 123 (5.62%) Developer
9 121 (5.53%) SAP Architect
10 119 (5.44%) Senior
11 104 (4.75%) Solutions Architect
12 90 (4.11%) Business Analyst
13 74 (3.38%) Functional Consultant
14 71 (3.24%) SAP Project Manager
15 68 (3.11%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 66 (3.02%) Management Consultant
16 66 (3.02%) SAP Developer
16 66 (3.02%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 51 (2.33%) SAP Analyst
18 47 (2.15%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (7.13%) SAP Fiori
2 52 (2.38%) Web Services
2 52 (2.38%) XML
3 47 (2.15%) SOAP
4 44 (2.01%) SAPUI5
5 42 (1.92%) Middleware
6 41 (1.87%) REST
7 38 (1.74%) SAP PI
8 37 (1.69%) BAPI
9 36 (1.64%) SAP Basis
10 33 (1.51%) SAP TM
11 25 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
12 24 (1.10%) JSON
13 23 (1.05%) HTML
14 21 (0.96%) CSS
15 18 (0.82%) IDoc
16 17 (0.78%) JMS
17 16 (0.73%) EDI
18 15 (0.69%) SailPoint
19 14 (0.64%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 70 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
2 65 (2.97%) Onboarding
3 52 (2.38%) Public Cloud
4 39 (1.78%) Data Structures
5 37 (1.69%) Life Science
6 36 (1.64%) FMCG
7 34 (1.55%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.51%) Product Ownership
9 30 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.05%) Management Information System
12 22 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (0.91%) Replication
14 19 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
15 16 (0.73%) Mobile App
15 16 (0.73%) NHS
16 15 (0.69%) Taxonomies
17 13 (0.59%) Cloud Native
17 13 (0.59%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.24%) Windows
2 32 (1.46%) Android
2 32 (1.46%) Mac OS
3 18 (0.82%) Linux
3 18 (0.82%) Windows 10
4 8 (0.37%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
6 4 (0.18%) VMS
7 3 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.14%) Unix
8 2 (0.091%) SUSE
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (18.09%) ERP
2 379 (17.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 372 (16.99%) Migration
4 284 (12.97%) Business Intelligence
5 269 (12.29%) Problem-Solving
6 264 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 235 (10.74%) Agile
8 209 (9.55%) Logistics
9 208 (9.50%) Programme Management
10 197 (9.00%) Data Migration
11 188 (8.59%) Digital Marketing
12 187 (8.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 174 (7.95%) Analytics
14 170 (7.77%) Workshop Facilitation
15 165 (7.54%) Project Management
16 162 (7.40%) User Acceptance Testing
17 142 (6.49%) Change Management
18 133 (6.08%) Roadmaps
19 132 (6.03%) Project Delivery
20 126 (5.76%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 138 (6.30%) ABAP
2 106 (4.84%) SQL
3 54 (2.47%) JavaScript
4 50 (2.28%) Java
5 49 (2.24%) Python
6 20 (0.91%) PowerShell
7 15 (0.69%) C#
8 14 (0.64%) Groovy
9 8 (0.37%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.37%) TypeScript
10 6 (0.27%) C++
11 5 (0.23%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.18%) Go
12 4 (0.18%) R
12 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.14%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.14%) COBOL
13 3 (0.14%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.14%) VBA
14 2 (0.091%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 502 (22.93%) Security Cleared
2 411 (18.78%) SC Cleared
3 156 (7.13%) Degree
4 96 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.65%) SAP Certification
6 48 (2.19%) PMP
7 46 (2.10%) DV Cleared
8 41 (1.87%) Master's Degree
8 41 (1.87%) PMI Certification
9 31 (1.42%) ACCA
10 30 (1.37%) CIMA
11 21 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 11 (0.50%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.41%) CISSP
15 8 (0.37%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.37%) CCA
15 8 (0.37%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 7 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (3.61%) Data Quality
1 79 (3.61%) QA
2 52 (2.38%) PMO
3 42 (1.92%) GDPR
4 34 (1.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 24 (1.10%) SLA
6 21 (0.96%) GxP
7 19 (0.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 18 (0.82%) GRC
9 12 (0.55%) IFRS
9 12 (0.55%) NIST
10 9 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.41%) GMP
11 8 (0.37%) COBIT
12 7 (0.32%) GAAP
12 7 (0.32%) ITGC
12 7 (0.32%) SOX 404
13 6 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.27%) JSP 440
13 6 (0.27%) RMADS
System Software
1 27 (1.23%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.091%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.046%) IAG
4 1 (0.046%) Varnish
4 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.27%) Terraform
4 3 (0.14%) Control-M
4 3 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.14%) vRealize
5 2 (0.091%) Ansible
5 2 (0.091%) Grafana
5 2 (0.091%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.091%) Linux-HA
5 2 (0.091%) Pacemaker
5 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.091%) SCCM
6 1 (0.046%) Argo
6 1 (0.046%) Autotask
6 1 (0.046%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.046%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.046%) SCOM
Vendors
1 179 (8.18%) Oracle
2 178 (8.13%) Ariba
3 176 (8.04%) Microsoft
4 84 (3.84%) Salesforce
4 84 (3.84%) Workday
5 64 (2.92%) ServiceNow
6 44 (2.01%) Cisco
7 37 (1.69%) Adobe
8 33 (1.51%) Dell
9 31 (1.42%) HP
10 24 (1.10%) Apple
11 23 (1.05%) OpenText
12 21 (0.96%) Databricks
12 21 (0.96%) IBM
13 20 (0.91%) webMethods
14 19 (0.87%) Google
15 18 (0.82%) Informatica
16 17 (0.78%) MuleSoft
17 16 (0.73%) Sage
18 14 (0.64%) Okta