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 15 September 2025, 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
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 28 29
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +24
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,051 2,532 3,070
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 6.32% 6.64% 6.11%
As % of the Vendors category 13.42% 15.03% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,208 1,617
10th Percentile £363 £400 £363
25th Percentile £470 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £650 £685 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £560 £534
% change year-on-year -3.57% +4.87% +0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 80 51
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.05 £15.00
25th Percentile £18.72 £22.56 £21.05
Median hourly rate £22.77 £36.93 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.36% +11.91% -26.67%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.36 £49.50
90th Percentile £65.93 £65.00 £67.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -36.24% +16.67% -33.33%

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 15,284 16,849 22,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.09% 44.17% 44.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,359 10,137 14,497
10th Percentile £275 £288 £263
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -0.94%
75th Percentile £612 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +3.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 785 684 656
10th Percentile £14.66 £14.26 £15.21
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.62 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £30.21 £43.38
Median % change year-on-year -16.74% -30.36% +85.44%
75th Percentile £43.75 £63.75 £64.43
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.05 £30.00 £40.33
% change year-on-year -29.83% -25.60% +101.63%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP 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 15 September 2025.

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 15 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 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 15 September 2025. 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 -4 1,563 £555 -3.48% 1,195
UK excluding London -9 834 £540 -3.57% 969
London -6 696 £582 +1.17% 401
Work from Home +3 666 £550 -2.65% 689
North of England -2 226 £550 +1.38% 212
South East -11 205 £515 -14.17% 341
North West +2 165 £550 -4.35% 143
Midlands -10 147 £550 +5.77% 175
East of England +9 128 £580 +18.97% 95
West Midlands -7 106 £541 +8.30% 96
South West -9 81 £575 -6.35% 84
Yorkshire -12 49 £565 +13.00% 59
Scotland -9 36 £425 -22.73% 40
East Midlands -22 36 £619 +7.65% 72
Wales +4 12 £168 -69.55% 15
North East 0 10 £545 -9.17% 12
Northern Ireland -5 8 £165 +57.14% 18

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 24 (1.17%) NetWeaver
2 22 (1.07%) Confluence
3 18 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 8 (0.39%) Anypoint
4 8 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.34%) OpenStack
6 4 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.098%) MS Project Server
8 2 (0.098%) Oracle Coherence
8 2 (0.098%) SAP EP
8 2 (0.098%) SharePoint Server
8 2 (0.098%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.049%) Apache
9 1 (0.049%) CMS
9 1 (0.049%) IBM Notes
9 1 (0.049%) LiveCycle
9 1 (0.049%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.049%) SAP Portal
9 1 (0.049%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 94 (4.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.93%) Microsoft Office
3 48 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.59%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.24%) Simulink
7 5 (0.24%) Trello
7 5 (0.24%) Windchill
8 3 (0.15%) Sketch
9 2 (0.098%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.098%) InVision
9 2 (0.098%) Notion
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.049%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 739 (36.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 91 (4.44%) SAP FI
3 79 (3.85%) SAP CO
4 71 (3.46%) SAP FI/CO
5 57 (2.78%) SAP PP
6 56 (2.73%) SAP EWM
7 50 (2.44%) SAP ERP
8 47 (2.29%) SAP HR
9 46 (2.24%) SAP PS
10 44 (2.15%) SAP HCM
10 44 (2.15%) SAP MM
11 41 (2.00%) SAP MDG
12 37 (1.80%) SAP SD
13 34 (1.66%) SAP IBP
14 31 (1.51%) SAP Payroll
14 31 (1.51%) SAP WM
15 29 (1.41%) SAP GTS
16 22 (1.07%) SAP Oil and Gas
17 19 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
18 18 (0.88%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 125 (6.09%) SuccessFactors
2 119 (5.80%) Azure
3 93 (4.53%) Power Platform
4 56 (2.73%) AWS
5 50 (2.44%) SaaS
6 30 (1.46%) GCP
7 29 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
7 29 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
8 21 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (1.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 19 (0.93%) Snowflake
10 14 (0.68%) BigCommerce
10 14 (0.68%) GitHub
11 12 (0.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 11 (0.54%) PaaS
12 11 (0.54%) Power Automate
13 10 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (0.49%) iPaaS
14 8 (0.39%) Boomi
14 8 (0.39%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 14 (0.68%) Firewall
2 10 (0.49%) HTTPS
3 9 (0.44%) DNS
4 5 (0.24%) LAN
5 4 (0.20%) DHCP
5 4 (0.20%) HTTP
5 4 (0.20%) PSTN
5 4 (0.20%) TCP/IP
5 4 (0.20%) VoIP
5 4 (0.20%) VPN
5 4 (0.20%) WAN
6 3 (0.15%) DKIM
7 2 (0.098%) Intranet
7 2 (0.098%) RTP
7 2 (0.098%) VLAN
8 1 (0.049%) Broadband
8 1 (0.049%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.049%) DSL
8 1 (0.049%) Internet
8 1 (0.049%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (5.36%) SAP HANA
2 87 (4.24%) Power BI
3 47 (2.29%) SAP BW
4 33 (1.61%) SAP Data Services
5 28 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 27 (1.32%) Relational Database
7 24 (1.17%) BusinessObjects
7 24 (1.17%) PostgreSQL
8 22 (1.07%) SQL Server
9 19 (0.93%) GIS
10 17 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.68%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.63%) Tableau
13 12 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 8 (0.39%) Delta Lake
14 8 (0.39%) Metadata
14 8 (0.39%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 7 (0.34%) Electronic Patient Records
16 6 (0.29%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 83 (4.05%) JIRA
2 36 (1.76%) Jenkins
3 29 (1.41%) GitLab
4 23 (1.12%) Liquibase
5 20 (0.98%) Gradle
5 20 (0.98%) JUnit
6 19 (0.93%) Mockito
7 16 (0.78%) Git
8 11 (0.54%) LSMW
9 6 (0.29%) LoadRunner
10 5 (0.24%) NeoLoad
10 5 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
10 5 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
11 4 (0.20%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.20%) Clang
11 4 (0.20%) GCC
11 4 (0.20%) JMeter
11 4 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.20%) Subversion
12 3 (0.15%) Eclipse
General
1 741 (36.13%) Social Skills
2 731 (35.64%) Finance
3 354 (17.26%) Manufacturing
4 240 (11.70%) Public Sector
5 220 (10.73%) Analytical Skills
6 189 (9.22%) Telecoms
7 182 (8.87%) Marketing
8 167 (8.14%) Electronics
9 149 (7.26%) Pharmaceutical
10 69 (3.36%) Retail
11 61 (2.97%) Banking
12 56 (2.73%) Legal
13 55 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
14 50 (2.44%) Aerospace
15 44 (2.15%) Documentation Skills
16 43 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
17 40 (1.95%) Billing
18 38 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
19 27 (1.32%) Automotive
20 25 (1.22%) French Language
Job Titles
1 623 (30.38%) Consultant
2 521 (25.40%) SAP Consultant
3 203 (9.90%) Architect
4 183 (8.92%) Lead
5 172 (8.39%) Analyst
6 129 (6.29%) Project Manager
7 120 (5.85%) SAP Manager
8 118 (5.75%) SAP Architect
9 104 (5.07%) Developer
10 98 (4.78%) Senior
11 83 (4.05%) Business Analyst
12 67 (3.27%) Solutions Architect
13 60 (2.93%) SAP Analyst
14 57 (2.78%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
15 56 (2.73%) SAP Project Manager
16 51 (2.49%) Administrator
16 51 (2.49%) Functional Consultant
17 49 (2.39%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 41 (2.00%) Programme Manager
19 40 (1.95%) SAP PP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (5.46%) SAP Fiori
2 50 (2.44%) REST
3 43 (2.10%) SAP PI
3 43 (2.10%) Web Services
4 41 (2.00%) Middleware
5 37 (1.80%) Kafka
6 35 (1.71%) SOAP
6 35 (1.71%) XML
7 29 (1.41%) SAP Basis
8 26 (1.27%) EDI
8 26 (1.27%) IDoc
8 26 (1.27%) JSON
9 25 (1.22%) React
10 24 (1.17%) SAPUI5
11 23 (1.12%) BAPI
12 22 (1.07%) Spring
13 21 (1.02%) Spring Boot
14 19 (0.93%) OpenAPI
14 19 (0.93%) Swagger
15 16 (0.78%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 77 (3.75%) Legacy Systems
2 61 (2.97%) Life Science
3 41 (2.00%) Data Structures
4 39 (1.90%) Product Ownership
5 38 (1.85%) Onboarding
6 34 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
6 34 (1.66%) Management Information System
7 31 (1.51%) FMCG
8 29 (1.41%) Public Cloud
9 27 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.22%) Self-Motivation
11 23 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
11 23 (1.12%) Private Cloud
12 22 (1.07%) Virtual Team
13 21 (1.02%) Renewable Energy
14 18 (0.88%) Cloud Native
15 15 (0.73%) Data Centre
16 14 (0.68%) SCADA
17 12 (0.59%) LIMS
17 12 (0.59%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.34%) Linux
2 38 (1.85%) Windows
3 15 (0.73%) Unix
4 9 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.29%) SUSE
5 6 (0.29%) VMS
5 6 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.20%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.15%) Android
7 3 (0.15%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.098%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.098%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.098%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.049%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.049%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 363 (17.70%) Problem-Solving
2 353 (17.21%) Migration
3 350 (17.06%) Stakeholder Management
4 297 (14.48%) ERP
5 292 (14.24%) Agile
6 253 (12.34%) Business Intelligence
7 216 (10.53%) Data Migration
8 208 (10.14%) Programme Management
9 207 (10.09%) Project Management
9 207 (10.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 164 (8.00%) Analytics
11 160 (7.80%) Change Management
12 159 (7.75%) Digital Marketing
12 159 (7.75%) Project Delivery
13 144 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 140 (6.83%) Logistics
15 133 (6.48%) Workshop Facilitation
16 129 (6.29%) User Acceptance Testing
17 123 (6.00%) Validation
18 114 (5.56%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 137 (6.68%) SQL
2 114 (5.56%) ABAP
3 76 (3.71%) Python
4 74 (3.61%) Java
5 36 (1.76%) JavaScript
6 33 (1.61%) PowerShell
7 23 (1.12%) Bash
8 21 (1.02%) C#
9 20 (0.98%) TypeScript
10 12 (0.59%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.54%) C++
12 10 (0.49%) C
13 8 (0.39%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.39%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.34%) Groovy
15 6 (0.29%) Kusto Query Language
16 5 (0.24%) Bicep
16 5 (0.24%) Perl
16 5 (0.24%) R
16 5 (0.24%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 372 (18.14%) Security Cleared
2 314 (15.31%) SC Cleared
3 152 (7.41%) Degree
4 95 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 52 (2.54%) PMP
6 51 (2.49%) PMI Certification
7 49 (2.39%) SAP Certification
8 40 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 36 (1.76%) DV Cleared
10 35 (1.71%) ACCA
11 34 (1.66%) CIMA
12 25 (1.22%) Master's Degree
13 11 (0.54%) CISSP
14 10 (0.49%) CESG Certified Professional
14 10 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 8 (0.39%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.34%) CISM
16 7 (0.34%) DBS Check
17 6 (0.29%) APMG
17 6 (0.29%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (3.75%) Data Quality
2 49 (2.39%) PMO
3 47 (2.29%) QA
4 33 (1.61%) GDPR
4 33 (1.61%) GxP
5 28 (1.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 23 (1.12%) IFRS
7 17 (0.83%) SLA
8 16 (0.78%) GRC
9 15 (0.73%) Accessibility
10 14 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.49%) IFRS 9
11 10 (0.49%) RMADS
12 8 (0.39%) JSP 440
12 8 (0.39%) NCSC
13 7 (0.34%) APQC
14 5 (0.24%) GMP
14 5 (0.24%) NIST
15 4 (0.20%) Basel III
15 4 (0.20%) HL7
System Software
1 38 (1.85%) Docker
2 25 (1.22%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.34%) Firmware
4 4 (0.20%) Oracle RAC
4 4 (0.20%) vSphere
5 3 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.098%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.098%) XenApp
7 1 (0.049%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.049%) IAG
7 1 (0.049%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 34 (1.66%) Terraform
2 25 (1.22%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.17%) Ansible
4 8 (0.39%) Argo
5 7 (0.34%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 4 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
6 4 (0.20%) Progress Chef
6 4 (0.20%) Puppet
7 3 (0.15%) Consul
7 3 (0.15%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.15%) logstash
7 3 (0.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.098%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.098%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.098%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.049%) Cisco CUCM
9 1 (0.049%) MIIS
Vendors
1 201 (9.80%) Microsoft
2 182 (8.87%) Ariba
3 178 (8.68%) Oracle
4 127 (6.19%) Salesforce
5 73 (3.56%) ServiceNow
6 56 (2.73%) Workday
7 33 (1.61%) Adobe
8 25 (1.22%) Google
9 22 (1.07%) Concur
9 22 (1.07%) MuleSoft
10 19 (0.93%) Databricks
11 14 (0.68%) HP
11 14 (0.68%) OpenText
12 12 (0.59%) Sitecore
13 11 (0.54%) Informatica
13 11 (0.54%) webMethods
14 9 (0.44%) IBM
14 9 (0.44%) Splunk
15 8 (0.39%) Dell
15 8 (0.39%) Twitter