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 14 June 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
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,479 1,948 2,550
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.95% 6.59% 5.84%
As % of the Vendors category 12.17% 13.83% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,235 962 1,270
10th Percentile £360 £380 £381
25th Percentile £463 £486 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £573
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +0.44% +4.09%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £683
90th Percentile £750 £750 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 73 140
10th Percentile £16.72 £18.54 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £27.21 £16.63
Median hourly rate £32.50 £55.00 £26.35
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% +108.77% -41.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £52.19
90th Percentile £85.08 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £50.00 £24.83
% change year-on-year -40.00% +101.41% -44.83%

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 20,371 14,084 18,441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.67% 47.62% 42.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,810 8,669 11,447
10th Percentile £313 £280 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £515
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -2.82% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,043 632 1,149
10th Percentile £15.32 £14.86 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.75 £17.34 £14.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% +6.25% -43.53%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.21 £59.50
90th Percentile £78.75 £69.97 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.18 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +35.54% +2.22% -41.56%

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 14 June 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 14 June 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 14 June 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 1,983 £560 -2.61% 506
UK excluding London -7 1,212 £525 -2.78% 374
Work from Home -1 778 £560 -3.61% 230
London -21 751 £600 - 195
South East -6 309 £550 +2.42% 109
Midlands -6 299 £550 +0.78% 76
North of England -11 298 £500 -5.66% 101
North West -7 195 £475 -10.38% 53
West Midlands -11 177 £525 -4.55% 51
East of England +2 165 £505 -14.23% 40
East Midlands +17 112 £600 +20.00% 25
Yorkshire +5 97 £538 +35.65% 41
South West -27 76 £543 +3.33% 37
Scotland -3 35 £533 -11.17% 13
Wales +8 34 £550 +21.41% 9
North East -40 6 £500 -5.66% 9
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland 0 2 £488 +73.49% 4

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 (1.33%) Confluence
2 29 (1.17%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.93%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.52%) CMS
5 9 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 5 (0.20%) SAP EP
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.081%) Apache
11 2 (0.081%) JBoss
12 1 (0.040%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.040%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.040%) LiveCycle
12 1 (0.040%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 125 (5.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.18%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.77%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.05%) MS Visio
5 21 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.40%) CATIA
8 6 (0.24%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.20%) PTC Creo
10 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.040%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.040%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,001 (40.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 102 (4.11%) SAP FI
3 63 (2.54%) SAP ERP
4 62 (2.50%) SAP CO
5 60 (2.42%) SAP FI/CO
6 59 (2.38%) SAP MM
7 56 (2.26%) SAP SD
8 53 (2.14%) SAP EWM
9 47 (1.90%) SAP PSCD
10 45 (1.82%) SAP BRIM
11 38 (1.53%) SAP PM
12 37 (1.49%) SAP IBP
13 34 (1.37%) SAP GRC
14 33 (1.33%) SAP Travel Management
15 31 (1.25%) SAP HCM
15 31 (1.25%) SAP PP
16 29 (1.17%) SAP MDG
17 28 (1.13%) SAP Payroll
18 27 (1.09%) SAP FI-CA
19 25 (1.01%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 220 (8.87%) SuccessFactors
2 212 (8.55%) Azure
3 116 (4.68%) Power Platform
4 81 (3.27%) AWS
5 74 (2.99%) SaaS
6 50 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (1.49%) Boomi
8 36 (1.45%) Entra ID
9 28 (1.13%) GCP
10 20 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (0.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 19 (0.77%) Snowflake
12 18 (0.73%) Power Automate
13 17 (0.69%) OCI
14 14 (0.56%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.56%) Smartsheet
15 13 (0.52%) GitHub
15 13 (0.52%) PaaS
16 12 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.44%) Network Security
2 7 (0.28%) Firewall
2 7 (0.28%) WAN
3 6 (0.24%) VPN
4 4 (0.16%) RFID
4 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.12%) LAN
6 2 (0.081%) BGP
6 2 (0.081%) DNS
6 2 (0.081%) HTTP
6 2 (0.081%) Internet
6 2 (0.081%) OSPF
6 2 (0.081%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.040%) DHCP
7 1 (0.040%) FTP
7 1 (0.040%) Intranet
7 1 (0.040%) MQTT
7 1 (0.040%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.040%) Wireless
7 1 (0.040%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (4.44%) Power BI
2 91 (3.67%) SAP HANA
3 46 (1.86%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (1.57%) SQL Server
5 33 (1.33%) SAP BW
6 30 (1.21%) BusinessObjects
7 28 (1.13%) Tableau
8 20 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
9 19 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
10 18 (0.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (0.61%) Metadata
12 14 (0.56%) Data Lake
13 11 (0.44%) Sybase ASE
14 10 (0.40%) GIS
14 10 (0.40%) MaxDB
14 10 (0.40%) Relational Database
15 7 (0.28%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.24%) NoSQL
16 6 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
17 5 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 99 (3.99%) JIRA
2 24 (0.97%) Hudson
3 18 (0.73%) Git
4 8 (0.32%) Postman
5 5 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 5 (0.20%) LSMW
6 4 (0.16%) JMeter
6 4 (0.16%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.081%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.081%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.081%) Maven
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.081%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.081%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.081%) Toad
9 1 (0.040%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.040%) Subversion
9 1 (0.040%) TestDirector
General
1 796 (32.11%) Finance
2 677 (27.31%) Social Skills
3 268 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (10.13%) Manufacturing
5 164 (6.62%) Public Sector
6 99 (3.99%) Billing
7 86 (3.47%) Legal
7 86 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
8 83 (3.35%) Retail
9 68 (2.74%) Banking
10 58 (2.34%) Aerospace
11 50 (2.02%) General Ledger
12 47 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
14 44 (1.77%) Local Government
15 40 (1.61%) Documentation Skills
16 32 (1.29%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.09%) Law
18 25 (1.01%) Marketing
19 23 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 601 (24.24%) Consultant
2 521 (21.02%) SAP Consultant
3 323 (13.03%) Lead
4 312 (12.59%) Architect
5 270 (10.89%) Analyst
6 214 (8.63%) Senior
7 177 (7.14%) Project Manager
8 167 (6.74%) SAP Manager
9 165 (6.66%) SAP Architect
10 153 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
11 123 (4.96%) Business Analyst
12 94 (3.79%) Developer
13 84 (3.39%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 82 (3.31%) SAP Project Manager
15 81 (3.27%) Functional Consultant
16 77 (3.11%) Administrator
17 76 (3.07%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 69 (2.78%) SAP Analyst
19 62 (2.50%) Senior Manager
20 60 (2.42%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (4.32%) SAP Fiori
2 88 (3.55%) Middleware
3 55 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
4 53 (2.14%) SAP Basis
5 52 (2.10%) REST
6 37 (1.49%) BAPI
7 33 (1.33%) SAP TM
7 33 (1.33%) SOAP
8 31 (1.25%) XML
9 29 (1.17%) SAPUI5
10 28 (1.13%) IDoc
11 25 (1.01%) JSON
12 24 (0.97%) EDI
13 22 (0.89%) Web Services
14 21 (0.85%) OAuth
15 16 (0.65%) SAP PI
16 13 (0.52%) SAML
17 12 (0.48%) SAP ALE
18 11 (0.44%) Node.js
18 11 (0.44%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (3.87%) Public Cloud
2 81 (3.27%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.38%) Data Structures
5 51 (2.06%) Product Ownership
6 47 (1.90%) FMCG
7 37 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
7 37 (1.49%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.21%) Cloud Native
9 29 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
10 27 (1.09%) Life Science
11 26 (1.05%) Replication
12 24 (0.97%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (0.97%) Taxonomies
13 21 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 20 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
15 16 (0.65%) Virtual Team
16 14 (0.56%) AI Agents
17 12 (0.48%) Operational Technology
18 11 (0.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 38 (1.53%) Linux
2 31 (1.25%) Windows
3 12 (0.48%) Unix
4 10 (0.40%) VMS
5 8 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.20%) SUSE
7 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
8 3 (0.12%) Solaris
9 2 (0.081%) AIX
9 2 (0.081%) Android
9 2 (0.081%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.040%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 570 (22.99%) ERP
2 478 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 453 (18.27%) Migration
4 308 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
5 282 (11.38%) Data Migration
6 270 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 250 (10.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 247 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 235 (9.48%) Agile
10 224 (9.04%) Validation
11 194 (7.83%) Workshop Facilitation
12 191 (7.70%) Analytics
13 187 (7.54%) Project Management
14 177 (7.14%) Logistics
15 173 (6.98%) Change Management
16 153 (6.17%) Data Modelling
17 140 (5.65%) Business Intelligence
18 135 (5.45%) Decision-Making
19 129 (5.20%) Project Delivery
20 126 (5.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 124 (5.00%) SQL
2 88 (3.55%) ABAP
3 49 (1.98%) Python
4 29 (1.17%) Java
5 18 (0.73%) PowerShell
6 15 (0.61%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.28%) C#
7 7 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 5 (0.20%) Bash
9 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
9 4 (0.16%) C
9 4 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.16%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.16%) VB
10 3 (0.12%) Bicep
10 3 (0.12%) C++
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
10 3 (0.12%) Groovy
10 3 (0.12%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 343 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 269 (10.85%) SC Cleared
3 142 (5.73%) Degree
4 118 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 51 (2.06%) ACCA
6 50 (2.02%) CIMA
7 43 (1.73%) PMP
8 42 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.49%) DV Cleared
10 31 (1.25%) SAP Certification
11 16 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.56%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
14 11 (0.44%) HNC
14 11 (0.44%) NVQ Level 4
15 10 (0.40%) ISTQB
16 9 (0.36%) CISSP
17 8 (0.32%) CISM
17 8 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
18 7 (0.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (5.32%) Data Quality
2 98 (3.95%) PMO
3 91 (3.67%) QA
4 57 (2.30%) GDPR
5 56 (2.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 36 (1.45%) GRC
7 19 (0.77%) IFRS
8 17 (0.69%) SLA
9 13 (0.52%) GxP
10 12 (0.48%) GAAP
11 9 (0.36%) GMP
11 9 (0.36%) HIPAA
12 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
13 6 (0.24%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.24%) NIST
14 5 (0.20%) Basel III
14 5 (0.20%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.20%) IFRS 9
14 5 (0.20%) ISO 20022
14 5 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (0.85%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.44%) IAG
3 7 (0.28%) Docker
4 6 (0.24%) Corosync
5 1 (0.040%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.040%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.52%) Terraform
3 10 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.32%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.28%) Pacemaker
6 6 (0.24%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 3 (0.12%) Grafana
9 2 (0.081%) CEMLI
9 2 (0.081%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.081%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.081%) WSUS
10 1 (0.040%) MOM
10 1 (0.040%) Packer
10 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.040%) SCCM
Vendors
1 234 (9.44%) Ariba
1 234 (9.44%) Microsoft
2 233 (9.40%) Oracle
3 101 (4.07%) Salesforce
4 89 (3.59%) Workday
5 68 (2.74%) ServiceNow
6 39 (1.57%) Informatica
7 35 (1.41%) Sage
8 34 (1.37%) Adobe
8 34 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 29 (1.17%) Databricks
10 28 (1.13%) Concur
11 24 (0.97%) IBM
12 22 (0.89%) Siemens
13 21 (0.85%) IFS
14 17 (0.69%) Dell
14 17 (0.69%) Google
14 17 (0.69%) Infor
15 15 (0.61%) Okta
16 13 (0.52%) Red Hat