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 26 July 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
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +3
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,682 2,092 2,526
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.05% 6.35% 6.25%
As % of the Vendors category 12.22% 13.40% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,345 1,023 1,302
10th Percentile £360 £365 £400
25th Percentile £454 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £545 £575
% change year-on-year -0.92% -5.22% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 116 97
10th Percentile £16.72 £16.33 £15.10
25th Percentile £22.63 £21.29 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £28.94 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -18.16% -27.84%
75th Percentile £61.31 £59.06 £59.95
90th Percentile £86.75 £70.00 £66.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.38 £22.63 £33.00
% change year-on-year +34.22% -31.42% -32.65%

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 21,946 15,612 17,568
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.35% 47.42% 43.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,634 9,558 11,043
10th Percentile £313 £280 £280
25th Percentile £413 £401 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £732
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,090 773 927
10th Percentile £16.00 £14.65 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.08 £15.62
Median hourly rate £35.11 £25.15 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.60% -6.85% -35.41%
75th Percentile £65.00 £50.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.00 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.00 £22.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year +52.36% -10.74% -24.24%

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 26 July 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 26 July 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 26 July 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 -14 2,113 £575 +4.55% 545
UK excluding London -8 1,323 £540 -0.92% 361
Work from Home -5 837 £550 -4.35% 263
London -25 770 £600 +3.45% 224
South East -4 363 £550 +4.76% 127
Midlands +7 352 £525 -4.55% 80
North of England -13 312 £525 -0.94% 99
West Midlands -1 225 £484 -11.25% 48
North West -11 208 £540 +1.89% 68
East of England -4 159 £510 -12.07% 29
East Midlands +36 119 £600 -1.96% 32
Yorkshire +5 99 £525 +2.44% 30
South West -35 77 £600 +14.29% 10
Wales +8 36 £550 +77.28% 8
Scotland -7 36 £533 -11.17% 10
North East -49 4 £500 -8.26% 2
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -1 2 £488 +73.49% 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 42 (1.57%) Confluence
2 33 (1.23%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.86%) NetWeaver
4 12 (0.45%) CMS
5 8 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (0.19%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.11%) Apache
9 3 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.11%) JBoss
9 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.075%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.075%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.075%) SAS
11 1 (0.037%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.037%) Mule
11 1 (0.037%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.037%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 127 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 58 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.60%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 20 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.41%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.37%) CATIA
8 2 (0.075%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.075%) PTC Creo
9 1 (0.037%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.037%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,071 (39.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 126 (4.70%) SAP FI
3 75 (2.80%) SAP CO
4 70 (2.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 70 (2.61%) SAP SD
5 65 (2.42%) SAP ERP
6 64 (2.39%) SAP MM
7 57 (2.13%) SAP PSCD
8 54 (2.01%) SAP EWM
9 48 (1.79%) SAP BRIM
10 45 (1.68%) SAP GRC
11 44 (1.64%) SAP Payroll
12 43 (1.60%) SAP IBP
13 40 (1.49%) SAP PP
14 37 (1.38%) SAP HCM
15 36 (1.34%) SAP MDG
15 36 (1.34%) SAP PM
16 34 (1.27%) SAP FI-CA
17 33 (1.23%) SAP QM
18 29 (1.08%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 265 (9.88%) SuccessFactors
2 231 (8.61%) Azure
3 143 (5.33%) Power Platform
4 92 (3.43%) AWS
5 76 (2.83%) SaaS
6 59 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 39 (1.45%) Boomi
8 39 (1.45%) GCP
9 28 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
10 25 (0.93%) Microsoft 365
11 22 (0.82%) Snowflake
12 21 (0.78%) Power Automate
13 19 (0.71%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 18 (0.67%) GitHub
15 15 (0.56%) Smartsheet
16 14 (0.52%) GitHub Actions
16 14 (0.52%) PowerApps
17 13 (0.48%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.48%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.26%) Network Security
2 5 (0.19%) Firewall
3 3 (0.11%) HTTP
3 3 (0.11%) VPN
4 2 (0.075%) Intranet
4 2 (0.075%) RFID
4 2 (0.075%) SSL
5 1 (0.037%) Broadband
5 1 (0.037%) DNS
5 1 (0.037%) FTP
5 1 (0.037%) Internet
5 1 (0.037%) LAN
5 1 (0.037%) MQTT
5 1 (0.037%) WAN
5 1 (0.037%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.037%) Wireless
5 1 (0.037%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (4.85%) Power BI
2 98 (3.65%) SAP HANA
3 52 (1.94%) SAP BW
4 49 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.60%) SQL Server
6 40 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
6 40 (1.49%) Tableau
7 28 (1.04%) SAP Data Services
8 19 (0.71%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
9 16 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 15 (0.56%) Metadata
11 12 (0.45%) Sybase ASE
12 11 (0.41%) GIS
12 11 (0.41%) Relational Database
13 10 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
13 10 (0.37%) MaxDB
14 9 (0.34%) Oracle Database
15 7 (0.26%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.22%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 117 (4.36%) JIRA
2 23 (0.86%) Hudson
3 21 (0.78%) Git
4 8 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.22%) LSMW
5 6 (0.22%) Postman
6 5 (0.19%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (0.19%) Toad
7 3 (0.11%) GitLab
7 3 (0.11%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.075%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.075%) JMeter
8 2 (0.075%) Maven
8 2 (0.075%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.075%) Selenium
8 2 (0.075%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.037%) GCC
9 1 (0.037%) Spock
9 1 (0.037%) Subversion
9 1 (0.037%) TestRail
General
1 843 (31.43%) Finance
2 686 (25.58%) Social Skills
3 286 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
4 285 (10.63%) Manufacturing
5 160 (5.97%) Public Sector
6 112 (4.18%) Billing
7 106 (3.95%) Retail
8 90 (3.36%) Legal
9 88 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
10 76 (2.83%) Aerospace
11 59 (2.20%) Banking
12 57 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
13 51 (1.90%) General Ledger
14 46 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
15 40 (1.49%) Local Government
16 32 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
17 30 (1.12%) Telecoms
18 28 (1.04%) Law
19 26 (0.97%) Aviation
20 25 (0.93%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 645 (24.05%) Consultant
2 570 (21.25%) SAP Consultant
3 349 (13.01%) Architect
4 314 (11.71%) Analyst
5 312 (11.63%) Lead
6 234 (8.72%) Senior
7 203 (7.57%) SAP Manager
8 182 (6.79%) SAP Architect
9 181 (6.75%) Project Manager
10 171 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
11 131 (4.88%) Business Analyst
12 114 (4.25%) Developer
13 102 (3.80%) SAP Analyst
14 92 (3.43%) Functional Consultant
15 91 (3.39%) SAP Project Manager
16 87 (3.24%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 86 (3.21%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 75 (2.80%) Administrator
19 64 (2.39%) Senior Manager
20 57 (2.13%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (4.55%) SAP Fiori
2 98 (3.65%) Middleware
3 74 (2.76%) REST
4 53 (1.98%) Oracle Fusion
4 53 (1.98%) SOAP
5 50 (1.86%) SAP Basis
6 42 (1.57%) BAPI
7 39 (1.45%) IDoc
8 34 (1.27%) SAP PI
9 32 (1.19%) XML
10 30 (1.12%) SAPUI5
11 29 (1.08%) JSON
12 28 (1.04%) EDI
13 24 (0.89%) Web Services
14 22 (0.82%) OAuth
15 17 (0.63%) SAP TM
16 16 (0.60%) Node.js
17 15 (0.56%) SAP ALE
18 13 (0.48%) JDBC
18 13 (0.48%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 86 (3.21%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.09%) Data Structures
2 83 (3.09%) Onboarding
3 76 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
4 62 (2.31%) Product Ownership
5 52 (1.94%) FMCG
5 52 (1.94%) Greenfield Project
6 49 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
7 39 (1.45%) Management Information System
8 32 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 29 (1.08%) Life Science
10 25 (0.93%) Replication
11 24 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (0.78%) AI Agents
13 21 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
14 17 (0.63%) Operational Technology
14 17 (0.63%) Taxonomies
14 17 (0.63%) Virtual Team
15 15 (0.56%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 42 (1.57%) Linux
2 37 (1.38%) Windows
3 19 (0.71%) Unix
4 10 (0.37%) VMS
5 9 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.30%) SUSE
7 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.11%) Solaris
9 2 (0.075%) AIX
9 2 (0.075%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 619 (23.08%) ERP
2 582 (21.70%) Stakeholder Management
3 504 (18.79%) Migration
4 359 (13.39%) Problem-Solving
5 312 (11.63%) Data Migration
6 303 (11.30%) User Acceptance Testing
7 283 (10.55%) Continuous Improvement
8 280 (10.44%) Agile
9 279 (10.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 257 (9.58%) Validation
11 215 (8.02%) Workshop Facilitation
12 211 (7.87%) Analytics
13 194 (7.23%) Logistics
14 191 (7.12%) Project Management
15 177 (6.60%) Change Management
16 162 (6.04%) Decision-Making
17 159 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
18 158 (5.89%) Data Modelling
19 154 (5.74%) Roadmaps
20 145 (5.41%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 139 (5.18%) SQL
2 112 (4.18%) ABAP
3 60 (2.24%) Python
4 42 (1.57%) Java
5 20 (0.75%) PowerShell
6 17 (0.63%) JavaScript
7 8 (0.30%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Bash
8 6 (0.22%) Bicep
9 5 (0.19%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.19%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.15%) C
10 4 (0.15%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.15%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.11%) C++
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.11%) VB
12 2 (0.075%) Perl
Qualifications
1 411 (15.32%) Security Cleared
2 319 (11.89%) SC Cleared
3 147 (5.48%) Degree
4 114 (4.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 55 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 41 (1.53%) ACCA
7 40 (1.49%) CIMA
7 40 (1.49%) PMP
8 39 (1.45%) PMI Certification
9 30 (1.12%) SAP Certification
10 21 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 17 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 16 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (0.45%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.41%) HNC
14 11 (0.41%) NVQ Level 4
15 9 (0.34%) CISSP
16 8 (0.30%) CISM
16 8 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 8 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 170 (6.34%) Data Quality
2 101 (3.77%) PMO
3 95 (3.54%) QA
4 63 (2.35%) GDPR
5 58 (2.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 47 (1.75%) GRC
7 19 (0.71%) IFRS
8 13 (0.48%) SLA
9 12 (0.45%) GxP
10 11 (0.41%) GMP
11 8 (0.30%) HIPAA
11 8 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.26%) Accessibility
12 7 (0.26%) GAAP
12 7 (0.26%) ITGC
12 7 (0.26%) NIST
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.19%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.19%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 29 (1.08%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.63%) IAG
3 7 (0.26%) Docker
4 6 (0.22%) Corosync
5 1 (0.037%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (0.56%) Terraform
3 12 (0.45%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.26%) Pacemaker
5 4 (0.15%) Ansible
5 4 (0.15%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.11%) Grafana
7 2 (0.075%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.037%) CEMLI
8 1 (0.037%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.037%) MOM
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
1 258 (9.62%) Microsoft
2 256 (9.55%) Ariba
3 249 (9.28%) Oracle
4 104 (3.88%) Salesforce
5 95 (3.54%) Workday
6 79 (2.95%) ServiceNow
7 42 (1.57%) MuleSoft
8 40 (1.49%) Informatica
9 38 (1.42%) Concur
10 36 (1.34%) Databricks
11 30 (1.12%) Adobe
12 28 (1.04%) IBM
13 26 (0.97%) Sage
14 20 (0.75%) Google
15 19 (0.71%) IFS
16 17 (0.63%) Infor
16 17 (0.63%) Red Hat
17 15 (0.56%) Dell
17 15 (0.56%) Siemens
18 14 (0.52%) OpenText