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 21 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
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -9 +1 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,422 1,985 2,538
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.02% 6.82% 5.97%
As % of the Vendors category 12.25% 14.29% 14.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,201 1,013 1,267
10th Percentile £360 £363 £360
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £567
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.41% +3.09%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £755 £760 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £533 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -1.30% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 59 130
10th Percentile £16.72 £21.36 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £29.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.36 £57.50 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% +120.90% -42.16%
75th Percentile £57.88 £70.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.08 £86.00 £65.00
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 19,765 13,886 18,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.96% 47.71% 42.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,516 8,664 11,247
10th Percentile £313 £280 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.29% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £619 £627
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.41% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 568 1,094
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £22.08
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +15.52% -47.85%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.40 £73.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.54 £22.72 £21.46
% change year-on-year +30.01% +5.86% -44.26%

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 21 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 21 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 21 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 -15 1,947 £560 -2.61% 539
UK excluding London -8 1,167 £533 -1.30% 377
Work from Home -1 760 £560 -3.84% 230
London -19 751 £600 - 205
Midlands -2 293 £525 -3.05% 92
South East -11 293 £550 - 111
North of England -17 289 £525 -0.47% 102
North West -6 184 £495 -6.60% 60
West Midlands -11 175 £500 -9.09% 60
East of England +2 159 £505 -12.93% 37
East Midlands +14 110 £600 +17.65% 32
Yorkshire +2 100 £550 +41.94% 37
South West -31 77 £543 +8.50% 20
Scotland +12 32 £533 -11.17% 8
Wales +12 30 £550 +19.70% 9
North East -35 5 £500 -5.21% 8
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -3 2 £488 +118.61% 11

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 33 (1.36%) Confluence
2 26 (1.07%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.95%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.45%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.083%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.083%) Apache
10 2 (0.083%) JBoss
11 1 (0.041%) Documentum
11 1 (0.041%) LiveCycle
11 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 120 (4.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.23%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 16 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.54%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.083%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 954 (39.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 103 (4.25%) SAP FI
3 64 (2.64%) SAP CO
4 61 (2.52%) SAP ERP
5 60 (2.48%) SAP FI/CO
6 59 (2.44%) SAP MM
7 53 (2.19%) SAP EWM
8 51 (2.11%) SAP SD
9 44 (1.82%) SAP PSCD
10 42 (1.73%) SAP BRIM
11 38 (1.57%) SAP PP
12 36 (1.49%) SAP IBP
13 35 (1.45%) SAP PM
14 31 (1.28%) SAP GRC
14 31 (1.28%) SAP MDG
15 29 (1.20%) SAP HCM
15 29 (1.20%) SAP Travel Management
16 28 (1.16%) SAP FI-CA
17 27 (1.11%) SAP Payroll
17 27 (1.11%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 215 (8.88%) Azure
2 200 (8.26%) SuccessFactors
3 107 (4.42%) Power Platform
4 86 (3.55%) AWS
5 77 (3.18%) SaaS
6 48 (1.98%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (1.65%) Entra ID
8 32 (1.32%) GCP
9 31 (1.28%) Boomi
10 26 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 16 (0.66%) OCI
14 15 (0.62%) GitHub
14 15 (0.62%) Smartsheet
15 14 (0.58%) GitHub Actions
15 14 (0.58%) PaaS
15 14 (0.58%) Power Automate
15 14 (0.58%) Snowflake
16 13 (0.54%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.45%) Network Security
2 7 (0.29%) Firewall
3 6 (0.25%) WAN
4 5 (0.21%) VPN
5 4 (0.17%) RFID
5 4 (0.17%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.12%) BGP
6 3 (0.12%) LAN
6 3 (0.12%) OSPF
7 2 (0.083%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.083%) DNS
7 2 (0.083%) FTP
7 2 (0.083%) HTTP
7 2 (0.083%) Internet
7 2 (0.083%) Reverse Proxy
7 2 (0.083%) Skype
8 1 (0.041%) Junos
8 1 (0.041%) MQTT
8 1 (0.041%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.041%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 99 (4.09%) Power BI
2 83 (3.43%) SAP HANA
3 42 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 33 (1.36%) SAP BW
5 32 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.16%) Tableau
7 23 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
8 19 (0.78%) SAP Data Services
9 17 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.62%) Metadata
10 15 (0.62%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (0.54%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.37%) GIS
13 8 (0.33%) Sybase ASE
14 7 (0.29%) MaxDB
14 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.21%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
16 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
16 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 104 (4.29%) JIRA
2 23 (0.95%) Hudson
3 18 (0.74%) Git
4 9 (0.37%) Postman
5 6 (0.25%) LSMW
6 5 (0.21%) GitLab
6 5 (0.21%) Selenium
7 4 (0.17%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.17%) JMeter
7 4 (0.17%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.083%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.083%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.083%) TestRail
10 1 (0.041%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.041%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.041%) Subversion
10 1 (0.041%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 775 (32.00%) Finance
2 685 (28.28%) Social Skills
3 270 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
4 267 (11.02%) Manufacturing
5 185 (7.64%) Public Sector
6 88 (3.63%) Billing
7 86 (3.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 75 (3.10%) Retail
9 71 (2.93%) Legal
10 69 (2.85%) Banking
11 57 (2.35%) Aerospace
11 57 (2.35%) Telecoms
12 56 (2.31%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.15%) Marketing
14 47 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
15 45 (1.86%) General Ledger
16 43 (1.78%) Documentation Skills
17 37 (1.53%) Electronics
17 37 (1.53%) Local Government
18 21 (0.87%) Law
Job Titles
1 584 (24.11%) Consultant
2 507 (20.93%) SAP Consultant
3 319 (13.17%) Lead
4 313 (12.92%) Architect
5 255 (10.53%) Analyst
6 203 (8.38%) Senior
7 179 (7.39%) SAP Manager
8 177 (7.31%) Project Manager
9 176 (7.27%) SAP Architect
10 157 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
11 115 (4.75%) Business Analyst
12 93 (3.84%) Developer
13 92 (3.80%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 91 (3.76%) SAP Project Manager
15 77 (3.18%) Administrator
16 75 (3.10%) Functional Consultant
17 69 (2.85%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 61 (2.52%) SAP Analyst
19 59 (2.44%) SAP Support
20 57 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 98 (4.05%) SAP Fiori
2 78 (3.22%) Middleware
3 55 (2.27%) SAP Basis
4 48 (1.98%) REST
5 43 (1.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 34 (1.40%) BAPI
7 31 (1.28%) SOAP
8 30 (1.24%) SAP TM
8 30 (1.24%) SAPUI5
9 28 (1.16%) IDoc
9 28 (1.16%) XML
10 21 (0.87%) JSON
11 19 (0.78%) EDI
11 19 (0.78%) OAuth
11 19 (0.78%) SAP PI
12 18 (0.74%) Web Services
13 14 (0.58%) SAP ALE
14 12 (0.50%) Node.js
14 12 (0.50%) SAML
15 11 (0.45%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (3.76%) Public Cloud
2 79 (3.26%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.18%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (2.23%) Data Structures
5 46 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 43 (1.78%) FMCG
7 41 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
8 32 (1.32%) Management Information System
9 31 (1.28%) Cloud Native
10 28 (1.16%) Taxonomies
11 27 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
12 26 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.07%) Life Science
13 25 (1.03%) Replication
14 22 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
14 22 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
15 17 (0.70%) Virtual Team
16 13 (0.54%) AI Agents
17 11 (0.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
17 11 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.28%) Windows
2 29 (1.20%) Linux
3 9 (0.37%) VMS
4 8 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.33%) Unix
5 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
5 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.083%) AIX
6 2 (0.083%) Android
6 2 (0.083%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.083%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (22.91%) ERP
2 464 (19.16%) Migration
3 449 (18.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 299 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 276 (11.40%) Data Migration
6 259 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 238 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 238 (9.83%) User Acceptance Testing
8 230 (9.50%) Agile
9 198 (8.18%) Validation
10 190 (7.84%) Project Management
11 185 (7.64%) Workshop Facilitation
12 174 (7.18%) Analytics
13 167 (6.90%) Change Management
14 164 (6.77%) Logistics
15 159 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
16 150 (6.19%) Data Modelling
17 132 (5.45%) Project Delivery
18 129 (5.33%) Roadmaps
19 127 (5.24%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 113 (4.67%) SQL
2 83 (3.43%) ABAP
3 50 (2.06%) Python
4 32 (1.32%) Java
5 19 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 18 (0.74%) PowerShell
7 9 (0.37%) C#
8 6 (0.25%) Groovy
8 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 4 (0.17%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.17%) C
9 4 (0.17%) Go
9 4 (0.17%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.12%) Bicep
10 3 (0.12%) C++
10 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.12%) VB
10 3 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 365 (15.07%) Security Cleared
2 280 (11.56%) SC Cleared
3 135 (5.57%) Degree
4 121 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.02%) ACCA
6 48 (1.98%) CIMA
7 45 (1.86%) DV Cleared
8 43 (1.78%) PMP
9 40 (1.65%) PMI Certification
10 33 (1.36%) SAP Certification
11 20 (0.83%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.58%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.45%) NVQ Level 4
14 10 (0.41%) CISSP
14 10 (0.41%) HNC
15 9 (0.37%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.33%) CISM
17 7 (0.29%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (5.28%) Data Quality
2 93 (3.84%) QA
3 90 (3.72%) PMO
4 54 (2.23%) GDPR
5 50 (2.06%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 33 (1.36%) GRC
7 21 (0.87%) SLA
8 17 (0.70%) IFRS
9 12 (0.50%) GxP
10 11 (0.45%) GAAP
10 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.37%) NIST
12 8 (0.33%) GMP
13 5 (0.21%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.21%) Basel III
13 5 (0.21%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.21%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.21%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (1.03%) 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%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (0.58%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.29%) Pacemaker
6 6 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.17%) Ansible
7 4 (0.17%) Grafana
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
9 2 (0.083%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.083%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.083%) WSUS
10 1 (0.041%) Argo
10 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.041%) MOM
10 1 (0.041%) Packer
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 227 (9.37%) Ariba
2 220 (9.08%) Microsoft
3 201 (8.30%) Oracle
4 95 (3.92%) Salesforce
5 84 (3.47%) Workday
6 72 (2.97%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.49%) Informatica
8 32 (1.32%) Sage
9 31 (1.28%) MuleSoft
10 29 (1.20%) Adobe
11 25 (1.03%) Databricks
12 20 (0.83%) Concur
12 20 (0.83%) Okta
13 19 (0.78%) IBM
14 17 (0.70%) Dell
14 17 (0.70%) Siemens
15 14 (0.58%) IFS
15 14 (0.58%) Infor
16 13 (0.54%) Google
17 12 (0.50%) OpenText