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 4 May 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
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 26 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 +2 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,428 1,987 2,561
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.15% 6.78% 5.94%
As % of the Vendors category 12.33% 14.29% 14.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,223 1,018 1,284
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £565 £560
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% +0.89% +1.82%
75th Percentile £673 £669 £688
90th Percentile £759 £765 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £539 £540 £530
% change year-on-year -0.23% +1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 58 128
10th Percentile £17.58 £20.99 £13.04
25th Percentile £22.63 £26.56 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £57.50 £25.75
Median % change year-on-year -43.48% +123.30% -42.78%
75th Percentile £57.25 £70.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £78.19 £86.00 £63.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £50.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -42.00% +102.84% -45.22%

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 19,699 13,906 18,291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.75% 47.47% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,544 8,716 11,360
10th Percentile £313 £288 £263
25th Percentile £413 £407 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% - -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £705 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 986 571 1,096
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.95 £14.48
Median hourly rate £31.09 £26.45 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +17.53% +17.56% -48.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £56.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.65 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £24.18 £21.50
% change year-on-year +13.73% +12.47% -45.71%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 4 May 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 -16 1,909 £575 +2.68% 647
UK excluding London -8 1,132 £539 -0.23% 469
Work from Home +1 801 £561 -3.40% 309
London -15 746 £600 - 209
South East -12 291 £575 +4.55% 148
North of England -17 282 £550 +3.77% 110
Midlands -3 268 £513 -5.22% 117
North West -15 183 £513 -3.30% 59
West Midlands -8 171 £494 -15.60% 67
East of England +3 163 £505 -12.93% 46
Yorkshire +5 94 £588 +54.10% 45
East Midlands +9 91 £600 +20.00% 50
South West -36 76 £608 +21.50% 27
Wales +11 31 £550 +19.70% 12
Scotland 0 26 £450 -25.00% 10
North East -37 4 £500 -2.91% 11
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland 0 3 £500 +77.94% 8

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 35 (1.44%) Confluence
2 28 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 21 (0.86%) NetWeaver
4 14 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 10 (0.41%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.082%) Apache
10 2 (0.082%) JBoss
11 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.041%) Documentum
11 1 (0.041%) LiveCycle
11 1 (0.041%) MTS
Applications
1 124 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.73%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.07%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 15 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.041%) Sketch
11 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 919 (37.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.24%) SAP FI
3 69 (2.84%) SAP CO
4 67 (2.76%) SAP ERP
5 65 (2.68%) SAP FI/CO
6 59 (2.43%) SAP MM
7 56 (2.31%) SAP EWM
8 54 (2.22%) SAP PP
9 48 (1.98%) SAP SD
10 43 (1.77%) SAP PSCD
11 42 (1.73%) SAP HCM
12 40 (1.65%) SAP PM
13 38 (1.57%) SAP Payroll
14 37 (1.52%) SAP BRIM
15 33 (1.36%) SAP MDG
16 30 (1.24%) SAP IBP
16 30 (1.24%) SAP QM
17 28 (1.15%) SAP Travel Management
18 24 (0.99%) SAP EHS
19 23 (0.95%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 209 (8.61%) Azure
2 208 (8.57%) SuccessFactors
3 113 (4.65%) Power Platform
4 87 (3.58%) AWS
5 78 (3.21%) SaaS
6 43 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 32 (1.32%) GCP
9 30 (1.24%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (1.03%) Boomi
12 20 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 17 (0.70%) OCI
14 16 (0.66%) Snowflake
15 14 (0.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 14 (0.58%) BigCommerce
15 14 (0.58%) PaaS
16 13 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
16 13 (0.54%) GitHub
16 13 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (0.49%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 7 (0.29%) VPN
3 7 (0.29%) WAN
4 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
5 4 (0.16%) BGP
5 4 (0.16%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (0.16%) FTP
5 4 (0.16%) LAN
5 4 (0.16%) OSPF
5 4 (0.16%) RFID
5 4 (0.16%) Skype
6 3 (0.12%) DNS
6 3 (0.12%) Internet
7 2 (0.082%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.082%) Hyperconnected
7 2 (0.082%) Junos
7 2 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
8 1 (0.041%) Ethernet VPN
8 1 (0.041%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (4.32%) Power BI
2 82 (3.38%) SAP HANA
3 44 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (1.40%) SAP BW
5 31 (1.28%) SQL Server
6 26 (1.07%) Tableau
7 23 (0.95%) SAP Data Services
8 20 (0.82%) Data Lake
9 19 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
10 18 (0.74%) Metadata
11 17 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 14 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
14 7 (0.29%) GIS
15 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.25%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
16 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.21%) MaxDB
16 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 104 (4.28%) JIRA
2 20 (0.82%) Hudson
3 18 (0.74%) Git
4 8 (0.33%) LSMW
5 7 (0.29%) GitLab
6 6 (0.25%) Postman
7 5 (0.21%) Selenium
8 4 (0.16%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.16%) JMeter
8 4 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.082%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.082%) TestRail
10 2 (0.082%) Tricentis qTest
11 1 (0.041%) Axure RP
11 1 (0.041%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.041%) GCC
11 1 (0.041%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.041%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.041%) Subversion
General
1 767 (31.59%) Finance
2 710 (29.24%) Social Skills
3 303 (12.48%) Manufacturing
4 302 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
5 216 (8.90%) Public Sector
6 92 (3.79%) Pharmaceutical
7 81 (3.34%) Billing
8 80 (3.29%) Telecoms
9 78 (3.21%) Marketing
10 74 (3.05%) Retail
11 68 (2.80%) Legal
12 67 (2.76%) Banking
13 58 (2.39%) Electronics
14 56 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
15 52 (2.14%) Aerospace
16 51 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
16 51 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
17 45 (1.85%) General Ledger
18 35 (1.44%) Local Government
19 26 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 591 (24.34%) Consultant
2 509 (20.96%) SAP Consultant
3 319 (13.14%) Lead
4 307 (12.64%) Architect
5 247 (10.17%) Analyst
6 190 (7.83%) Senior
7 177 (7.29%) Project Manager
8 176 (7.25%) SAP Manager
9 172 (7.08%) SAP Architect
10 150 (6.18%) Solutions Architect
11 122 (5.02%) Developer
12 117 (4.82%) Business Analyst
13 92 (3.79%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 89 (3.67%) SAP Project Manager
15 78 (3.21%) Administrator
16 75 (3.09%) Functional Consultant
17 73 (3.01%) SAP Developer
18 70 (2.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
19 63 (2.59%) SAP Analyst
20 56 (2.31%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (4.45%) SAP Fiori
2 67 (2.76%) Middleware
3 51 (2.10%) SAP Basis
4 50 (2.06%) REST
5 48 (1.98%) SAPUI5
6 38 (1.57%) SOAP
7 33 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
8 31 (1.28%) XML
9 29 (1.19%) SAP TM
10 28 (1.15%) BAPI
11 24 (0.99%) IDoc
12 23 (0.95%) Web Services
13 21 (0.86%) SAP PI
14 19 (0.78%) EDI
15 17 (0.70%) CSS
15 17 (0.70%) HTML
15 17 (0.70%) JSON
15 17 (0.70%) OAuth
16 13 (0.54%) SAML
16 13 (0.54%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 85 (3.50%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.42%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 58 (2.39%) Data Structures
5 47 (1.94%) FMCG
6 45 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 38 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
8 37 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 35 (1.44%) Replication
10 31 (1.28%) Cloud Native
11 30 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
11 30 (1.24%) Taxonomies
12 28 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
13 27 (1.11%) Life Science
14 26 (1.07%) Analytical Mindset
15 21 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
16 18 (0.74%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.58%) AI Agents
18 13 (0.54%) Mobile App
19 11 (0.45%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.15%) Windows
2 24 (0.99%) Linux
3 9 (0.37%) Windows 10
4 7 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
5 6 (0.25%) VMS
6 4 (0.16%) Android
6 4 (0.16%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.041%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 552 (22.73%) ERP
2 475 (19.56%) Migration
3 454 (18.70%) Stakeholder Management
4 296 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
5 274 (11.29%) Data Migration
6 260 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
7 253 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 239 (9.84%) Agile
9 211 (8.69%) User Acceptance Testing
10 201 (8.28%) Workshop Facilitation
11 197 (8.11%) Project Management
12 190 (7.83%) Validation
13 186 (7.66%) Business Intelligence
14 175 (7.21%) Logistics
15 174 (7.17%) Analytics
16 172 (7.08%) Change Management
17 162 (6.67%) Data Modelling
18 142 (5.85%) Roadmaps
19 140 (5.77%) Project Delivery
20 122 (5.02%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 115 (4.74%) SQL
2 108 (4.45%) ABAP
3 47 (1.94%) Python
4 33 (1.36%) Java
5 31 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.62%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.33%) C#
8 7 (0.29%) Groovy
9 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Go
10 4 (0.16%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.12%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 392 (16.14%) Security Cleared
2 312 (12.85%) SC Cleared
3 150 (6.18%) Degree
4 115 (4.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (1.98%) DV Cleared
6 46 (1.89%) PMP
7 43 (1.77%) PMI Certification
8 42 (1.73%) ACCA
9 41 (1.69%) SAP Certification
10 39 (1.61%) CIMA
11 30 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.45%) CISSP
14 10 (0.41%) HNC
15 9 (0.37%) CISM
15 9 (0.37%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) NVQ Level 4
16 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 103 (4.24%) QA
3 89 (3.67%) PMO
4 58 (2.39%) GDPR
5 47 (1.94%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 29 (1.19%) GRC
7 22 (0.91%) SLA
8 16 (0.66%) GxP
9 12 (0.49%) IFRS
10 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.41%) NIST
12 9 (0.37%) GAAP
12 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.33%) GMP
14 7 (0.29%) Accessibility
15 5 (0.21%) Basel III
15 5 (0.21%) California Consumer Privacy Act
15 5 (0.21%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.21%) NCSC
15 5 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 26 (1.07%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.41%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 6 (0.25%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Varnish
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.29%) Failover Clustering
5 6 (0.25%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.25%) Pacemaker
6 3 (0.12%) Ansible
6 3 (0.12%) Control-M
7 2 (0.082%) Grafana
7 2 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
7 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.082%) WSUS
8 1 (0.041%) Argo
8 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.041%) MOM
8 1 (0.041%) Packer
8 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.041%) SCCM
8 1 (0.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 234 (9.64%) Ariba
2 211 (8.69%) Microsoft
3 186 (7.66%) Oracle
4 97 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 78 (3.21%) Workday
6 71 (2.92%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.61%) Informatica
8 37 (1.52%) Sage
9 34 (1.40%) Adobe
10 28 (1.15%) Databricks
11 24 (0.99%) IBM
11 24 (0.99%) MuleSoft
12 20 (0.82%) Okta
13 16 (0.66%) Concur
14 15 (0.62%) Dell
14 15 (0.62%) Infor
14 15 (0.62%) Siemens
15 13 (0.54%) IFS
15 13 (0.54%) OpenText
15 13 (0.54%) Sitecore