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 8 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
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 27 25
Rank change year-on-year -6 -2 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,227 2,148 2,715
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 6.03% 6.66% 6.41%
As % of the Vendors category 13.02% 14.55% 14.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 1,052 1,367
10th Percentile £350 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £465 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -
75th Percentile £675 £664 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £540 £525
% change year-on-year +1.85% +2.86% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 33 82
10th Percentile £16.25 £18.20 £14.30
25th Percentile £19.07 £20.38 £22.45
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% -43.88% +8.89%
75th Percentile £44.94 £55.00 £64.76
90th Percentile £68.75 £73.49 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.50 £26.92 £47.00
% change year-on-year -12.70% -42.73% +4.44%

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 17,105 14,765 18,767
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 46.35% 45.75% 44.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,975 8,766 11,900
10th Percentile £300 £285 £253
25th Percentile £410 £409 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -2.33%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £715 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 808 432 657
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.16
25th Percentile £17.96 £19.44 £18.93
Median hourly rate £23.83 £27.24 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% -38.79% +61.82%
75th Percentile £47.00 £60.19 £63.75
90th Percentile £74.26 £79.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.48 £25.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -14.08% -45.51% +91.17%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -8 1,745 £565 +2.73% 613
UK excluding London -9 971 £550 +1.85% 493
Work from Home +1 751 £565 +2.73% 319
London -7 732 £575 +1.77% 199
North of England -12 292 £595 +12.26% 93
South East -5 253 £539 -7.95% 191
North West -2 207 £621 +15.05% 39
Midlands -18 156 £518 -4.17% 70
East of England +4 137 £525 +3.35% 83
West Midlands -15 112 £515 -4.63% 42
South West -24 90 £554 +4.53% 40
Yorkshire -4 74 £565 +36.14% 44
East Midlands -25 42 £525 -0.47% 28
Scotland +4 34 £450 +0.56% 13
Wales +6 20 £248 -63.33% 16
North East -20 10 £175 -57.83% 11
Northern Ireland -4 6 £115 - 9
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 25 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.03%) Confluence
3 20 (0.90%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.22%) Anypoint
6 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.22%) MTS
7 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.13%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.13%) Oracle Workflow
8 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.090%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.090%) SAP EP
9 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 93 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 83 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (2.11%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.13%) Siemens NX
7 3 (0.13%) Windchill
8 2 (0.090%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.090%) Simulink
8 2 (0.090%) Sketch
9 1 (0.045%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.045%) InVision
9 1 (0.045%) Trello
Business Applications
1 811 (36.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.63%) SAP FI
3 78 (3.50%) SAP CO
4 74 (3.32%) SAP EWM
5 71 (3.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 68 (3.05%) SAP ERP
7 67 (3.01%) SAP MM
8 65 (2.92%) SAP PP
9 59 (2.65%) SAP Payroll
10 58 (2.60%) SAP HCM
11 42 (1.89%) SAP HR
12 37 (1.66%) SAP WM
13 36 (1.62%) SAP QM
14 33 (1.48%) SAP PM
15 31 (1.39%) SAP MDG
16 28 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
16 28 (1.26%) SAP SD
17 26 (1.17%) SAP EHS
17 26 (1.17%) SAP VC
18 25 (1.12%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 161 (7.23%) Azure
2 154 (6.92%) SuccessFactors
3 96 (4.31%) Power Platform
4 79 (3.55%) AWS
5 58 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (2.56%) SaaS
7 46 (2.07%) GCP
8 40 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 21 (0.94%) Entra ID
10 21 (0.94%) Snowflake
11 20 (0.90%) OCI
12 18 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
13 16 (0.72%) Power Automate
14 13 (0.58%) GitHub
15 11 (0.49%) Boomi
15 11 (0.49%) PaaS
16 10 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
17 9 (0.40%) Smartsheet
17 9 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.08%) Wireless
2 17 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 10 (0.45%) LAN
4 9 (0.40%) Cisco IOS
4 9 (0.40%) VPN
5 8 (0.36%) Firewall
5 8 (0.36%) Skype
6 6 (0.27%) WAN
7 4 (0.18%) DHCP
7 4 (0.18%) DNS
7 4 (0.18%) FTP
7 4 (0.18%) Network Security
7 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.13%) BGP
8 3 (0.13%) Junos
8 3 (0.13%) OSPF
8 3 (0.13%) RFID
8 3 (0.13%) VLAN
9 2 (0.090%) Internet
9 2 (0.090%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (4.45%) SAP HANA
2 92 (4.13%) Power BI
3 50 (2.25%) SAP BW
4 32 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.26%) SAP Data Services
6 27 (1.21%) Data Lake
7 24 (1.08%) SQL Server
8 19 (0.85%) Metadata
9 15 (0.67%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
10 13 (0.58%) Tableau
11 12 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
12 10 (0.45%) GIS
12 10 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 9 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.31%) MySQL
14 7 (0.31%) Power Query
14 7 (0.31%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.22%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 87 (3.91%) JIRA
2 17 (0.76%) Git
3 10 (0.45%) LSMW
4 8 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.31%) GitLab
6 6 (0.27%) Toad
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Postman
8 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.13%) Rational DOORS
8 3 (0.13%) Rational Rhapsody
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
8 3 (0.13%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.090%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.090%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.090%) Selenium
9 2 (0.090%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.090%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.090%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.045%) Visual Studio
General
1 790 (35.47%) Finance
2 744 (33.41%) Social Skills
3 433 (19.44%) Manufacturing
4 336 (15.09%) Public Sector
5 234 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
6 222 (9.97%) Telecoms
7 218 (9.79%) Marketing
8 199 (8.94%) Electronics
9 119 (5.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 66 (2.96%) Retail
11 56 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
12 54 (2.42%) Billing
13 53 (2.38%) Organisational Skills
14 52 (2.33%) Banking
15 51 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
16 47 (2.11%) Legal
17 41 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
18 36 (1.62%) Aerospace
19 31 (1.39%) Local Government
20 25 (1.12%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 668 (30.00%) Consultant
2 542 (24.34%) SAP Consultant
3 218 (9.79%) Lead
4 199 (8.94%) Architect
5 182 (8.17%) Analyst
6 150 (6.74%) Project Manager
7 128 (5.75%) SAP Manager
8 124 (5.57%) Developer
9 119 (5.34%) Senior
10 113 (5.07%) SAP Architect
11 93 (4.18%) Solutions Architect
12 85 (3.82%) Business Analyst
13 73 (3.28%) Functional Consultant
14 72 (3.23%) SAP Project Manager
15 67 (3.01%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 66 (2.96%) SAP Developer
17 65 (2.92%) Management Consultant
18 59 (2.65%) SAP Solutions Architect
19 58 (2.60%) SAP Analyst
20 52 (2.33%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 163 (7.32%) SAP Fiori
2 54 (2.42%) Web Services
2 54 (2.42%) XML
3 47 (2.11%) SOAP
4 44 (1.98%) SAPUI5
5 42 (1.89%) REST
6 41 (1.84%) SAP PI
7 39 (1.75%) Middleware
8 38 (1.71%) SAP Basis
9 35 (1.57%) BAPI
10 32 (1.44%) SAP TM
11 27 (1.21%) HTML
12 26 (1.17%) JSON
13 24 (1.08%) Oracle Fusion
14 23 (1.03%) CSS
15 19 (0.85%) IDoc
16 17 (0.76%) JMS
17 16 (0.72%) EDI
18 15 (0.67%) SailPoint
19 14 (0.63%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
2 63 (2.83%) Onboarding
3 40 (1.80%) Life Science
3 40 (1.80%) Public Cloud
4 38 (1.71%) Data Structures
5 36 (1.62%) Product Ownership
6 35 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 35 (1.57%) FMCG
7 34 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 29 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 22 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 21 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (0.90%) Replication
12 19 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (0.81%) Renewable Energy
14 17 (0.76%) Private Cloud
15 16 (0.72%) NHS
16 15 (0.67%) Mobile App
17 13 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
17 13 (0.58%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 51 (2.29%) Windows
2 33 (1.48%) Android
3 32 (1.44%) Mac OS
4 22 (0.99%) Linux
5 19 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.27%) Unix
8 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.090%) SUSE
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 394 (17.69%) ERP
2 393 (17.65%) Migration
2 393 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 296 (13.29%) Business Intelligence
4 287 (12.89%) Problem-Solving
5 260 (11.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 245 (11.00%) Agile
7 217 (9.74%) Programme Management
8 210 (9.43%) Data Migration
9 208 (9.34%) Logistics
10 195 (8.76%) Digital Marketing
11 190 (8.53%) Continuous Improvement
12 174 (7.81%) Project Management
13 160 (7.18%) User Acceptance Testing
14 159 (7.14%) Analytics
14 159 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
15 149 (6.69%) Change Management
16 136 (6.11%) Project Delivery
16 136 (6.11%) Roadmaps
17 128 (5.75%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 148 (6.65%) ABAP
2 110 (4.94%) SQL
3 57 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 54 (2.42%) Java
5 53 (2.38%) Python
6 21 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 16 (0.72%) C#
8 15 (0.67%) Groovy
9 8 (0.36%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 7 (0.31%) C++
11 5 (0.22%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.18%) Go
12 4 (0.18%) R
12 4 (0.18%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.13%) BeanShell
13 3 (0.13%) C
13 3 (0.13%) COBOL
13 3 (0.13%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.13%) VBA
Qualifications
1 521 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 426 (19.13%) SC Cleared
3 159 (7.14%) Degree
4 96 (4.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 59 (2.65%) SAP Certification
6 50 (2.25%) PMP
7 48 (2.16%) DV Cleared
8 47 (2.11%) PMI Certification
9 41 (1.84%) Master's Degree
10 32 (1.44%) ACCA
11 31 (1.39%) CIMA
12 23 (1.03%) Computer Science Degree
13 14 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 10 (0.45%) CISSP
15 10 (0.45%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.40%) DBS Check
17 8 (0.36%) CCA
18 7 (0.31%) Azure Certification
18 7 (0.31%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (3.73%) Data Quality
2 74 (3.32%) QA
3 51 (2.29%) PMO
4 41 (1.84%) GDPR
5 34 (1.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 21 (0.94%) GRC
6 21 (0.94%) GxP
6 21 (0.94%) SLA
7 19 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 12 (0.54%) IFRS
8 12 (0.54%) NIST
9 10 (0.45%) Accessibility
10 9 (0.40%) COBIT
10 9 (0.40%) GMP
11 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 7 (0.31%) GAAP
11 7 (0.31%) ITGC
11 7 (0.31%) SOX 404
12 6 (0.27%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.27%) JSP 440
System Software
1 31 (1.39%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.49%) Docker
3 2 (0.090%) Firmware
3 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.090%) IAG
3 2 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.045%) Varnish
4 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.045%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
2 12 (0.54%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.18%) Terraform
4 3 (0.13%) Control-M
4 3 (0.13%) Failover Clustering
4 3 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.13%) vRealize
5 2 (0.090%) Ansible
5 2 (0.090%) Grafana
5 2 (0.090%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.090%) Linux-HA
5 2 (0.090%) Pacemaker
5 2 (0.090%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.090%) SCCM
6 1 (0.045%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.045%) FreeIPA
6 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.045%) Oracle Identity Management
6 1 (0.045%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.045%) SCOM
Vendors
1 188 (8.44%) Oracle
2 185 (8.31%) Ariba
3 173 (7.77%) Microsoft
4 87 (3.91%) Salesforce
5 83 (3.73%) Workday
6 69 (3.10%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.98%) Cisco
8 37 (1.66%) Adobe
9 33 (1.48%) Dell
10 32 (1.44%) HP
11 25 (1.12%) Apple
12 23 (1.03%) OpenText
13 21 (0.94%) Databricks
13 21 (0.94%) Google
13 21 (0.94%) IBM
14 20 (0.90%) webMethods
15 18 (0.81%) Informatica
15 18 (0.81%) MuleSoft
16 17 (0.76%) Concur
17 13 (0.58%) Sage