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 2 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
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 27
Rank change year-on-year -11 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,571 1,996 2,598
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.00% 6.45% 5.99%
As % of the Vendors category 12.19% 13.60% 13.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,281 983 1,322
10th Percentile £360 £375 £395
25th Percentile £450 £480 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £652 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £806
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 99 139
10th Percentile £16.72 £16.92 £13.41
25th Percentile £22.63 £22.63 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £37.50 £27.72
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +35.28% -38.40%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £85.18 £85.00 £65.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £32.04 £26.00
% change year-on-year -6.35% +23.21% -42.22%

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 21,090 14,680 18,591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.98% 47.41% 42.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,140 9,003 11,556
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £733
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £481 £500
% change year-on-year +3.95% -3.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,092 694 1,154
10th Percentile £15.75 £14.84 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.03 £17.30 £14.84
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.15 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.15% +2.65% -39.64%
75th Percentile £62.81 £53.69 £59.95
90th Percentile £80.09 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £22.63 £24.00
% change year-on-year +43.61% -5.71% -25.70%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 -13 2,041 £560 -2.61% 580
UK excluding London -9 1,269 £525 -4.55% 373
Work from Home -2 803 £550 -5.34% 303
London -24 749 £600 - 261
South East -10 330 £540 +0.56% 105
Midlands +6 328 £525 -3.05% 91
North of England -13 307 £500 -5.66% 91
West Midlands -2 202 £502 -7.39% 58
North West -10 198 £500 -5.66% 59
East of England +1 165 £505 -15.66% 25
East Midlands +23 116 £575 +12.75% 33
Yorkshire +10 104 £525 +29.63% 23
South West -36 76 £575 +9.52% 22
Scotland +3 35 £533 -11.17% 28
Wales +9 34 £550 +77.28% 11
North East -37 5 £500 -6.54% 10
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -1 2 £488 +73.49% 8

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 36 (1.40%) Confluence
2 29 (1.13%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.89%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.51%) CMS
5 8 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
7 5 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (0.19%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.078%) Apache
10 2 (0.078%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.078%) JBoss
10 2 (0.078%) MS Project Server
10 2 (0.078%) SAS
11 1 (0.039%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.039%) HCL Domino
11 1 (0.039%) HCL Notes
11 1 (0.039%) LiveCycle
11 1 (0.039%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 128 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.67%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (0.93%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.39%) CATIA
8 5 (0.19%) PTC Creo
9 3 (0.12%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.039%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.039%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.039%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,027 (39.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 113 (4.40%) SAP FI
3 67 (2.61%) SAP ERP
4 65 (2.53%) SAP CO
5 62 (2.41%) SAP MM
6 60 (2.33%) SAP FI/CO
6 60 (2.33%) SAP SD
7 57 (2.22%) SAP PSCD
8 51 (1.98%) SAP EWM
9 49 (1.91%) SAP BRIM
10 40 (1.56%) SAP IBP
10 40 (1.56%) SAP PM
11 37 (1.44%) SAP PP
12 36 (1.40%) SAP Payroll
13 35 (1.36%) SAP GRC
14 32 (1.24%) SAP FI-CA
14 32 (1.24%) SAP HCM
15 31 (1.21%) SAP MDG
16 28 (1.09%) SAP QM
17 23 (0.89%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 240 (9.33%) SuccessFactors
2 222 (8.63%) Azure
3 128 (4.98%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.23%) AWS
5 75 (2.92%) SaaS
6 55 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 39 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 37 (1.44%) Boomi
9 30 (1.17%) GCP
10 23 (0.89%) Dynamics 365
11 22 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
12 21 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 20 (0.78%) Power Automate
13 20 (0.78%) Snowflake
14 16 (0.62%) GitHub
15 15 (0.58%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.54%) Smartsheet
17 13 (0.51%) Microsoft Copilot
18 12 (0.47%) GitHub Actions
19 11 (0.43%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.39%) Network Security
2 6 (0.23%) Firewall
3 5 (0.19%) VPN
3 5 (0.19%) WAN
4 3 (0.12%) DNS
4 3 (0.12%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.078%) BGP
5 2 (0.078%) HTTP
5 2 (0.078%) LAN
5 2 (0.078%) OSPF
5 2 (0.078%) RFID
6 1 (0.039%) FTP
6 1 (0.039%) Internet
6 1 (0.039%) Intranet
6 1 (0.039%) MQTT
6 1 (0.039%) SSL
6 1 (0.039%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.039%) Wireless
6 1 (0.039%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (4.55%) Power BI
2 90 (3.50%) SAP HANA
3 43 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 41 (1.59%) BusinessObjects
5 40 (1.56%) SAP BW
6 39 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 35 (1.36%) Tableau
8 29 (1.13%) SAP Data Services
9 20 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
10 16 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 14 (0.54%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.43%) Sybase ASE
13 10 (0.39%) MaxDB
13 10 (0.39%) Metadata
14 8 (0.31%) GIS
15 7 (0.27%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.23%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.23%) NoSQL
17 5 (0.19%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 101 (3.93%) JIRA
2 24 (0.93%) Hudson
3 18 (0.70%) Git
4 7 (0.27%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.27%) Postman
5 6 (0.23%) LSMW
6 4 (0.16%) JMeter
6 4 (0.16%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.078%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.078%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.078%) Maven
8 2 (0.078%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.078%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.078%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.078%) Toad
9 1 (0.039%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.039%) Subversion
9 1 (0.039%) TestDirector
General
1 826 (32.13%) Finance
2 689 (26.80%) Social Skills
3 280 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (10.58%) Manufacturing
5 174 (6.77%) Public Sector
6 109 (4.24%) Billing
7 91 (3.54%) Retail
8 87 (3.38%) Legal
8 87 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 61 (2.37%) Banking
10 60 (2.33%) Aerospace
11 53 (2.06%) General Ledger
12 47 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 46 (1.79%) Local Government
14 45 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
15 34 (1.32%) Telecoms
16 25 (0.97%) Law
17 22 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 21 (0.82%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 626 (24.35%) Consultant
2 540 (21.00%) SAP Consultant
3 336 (13.07%) Architect
4 318 (12.37%) Lead
5 298 (11.59%) Analyst
6 223 (8.67%) Senior
7 180 (7.00%) SAP Architect
8 175 (6.81%) Project Manager
9 169 (6.57%) SAP Manager
10 160 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
11 132 (5.13%) Business Analyst
12 109 (4.24%) Developer
13 88 (3.42%) Functional Consultant
14 87 (3.38%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 84 (3.27%) SAP Analyst
16 83 (3.23%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 81 (3.15%) SAP Project Manager
18 77 (2.99%) Administrator
19 66 (2.57%) Senior Manager
20 56 (2.18%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (4.59%) SAP Fiori
2 93 (3.62%) Middleware
3 61 (2.37%) REST
4 52 (2.02%) SAP Basis
5 50 (1.94%) Oracle Fusion
6 43 (1.67%) SOAP
7 40 (1.56%) BAPI
8 35 (1.36%) SAPUI5
9 34 (1.32%) IDoc
10 30 (1.17%) XML
11 27 (1.05%) JSON
12 24 (0.93%) EDI
13 23 (0.89%) SAP TM
14 22 (0.86%) SAP PI
14 22 (0.86%) Web Services
15 20 (0.78%) OAuth
16 14 (0.54%) SAP ALE
17 13 (0.51%) Node.js
18 12 (0.47%) SAML
19 10 (0.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 94 (3.66%) Public Cloud
2 80 (3.11%) Onboarding
3 74 (2.88%) Legacy Systems
4 68 (2.64%) Data Structures
5 54 (2.10%) Product Ownership
6 51 (1.98%) FMCG
7 44 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
8 39 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (1.40%) Management Information System
10 31 (1.21%) Cloud Native
11 25 (0.97%) Replication
12 24 (0.93%) Life Science
13 23 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 21 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (0.82%) Taxonomies
15 20 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
16 18 (0.70%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.54%) AI Agents
17 14 (0.54%) Operational Technology
17 14 (0.54%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.56%) Linux
2 31 (1.21%) Windows
3 15 (0.58%) Unix
4 9 (0.35%) VMS
5 8 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.31%) SUSE
6 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.12%) Solaris
8 2 (0.078%) AIX
8 2 (0.078%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (23.14%) ERP
2 519 (20.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 480 (18.67%) Migration
4 333 (12.95%) Problem-Solving
5 295 (11.47%) Data Migration
6 280 (10.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 268 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 264 (10.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 251 (9.76%) Agile
10 241 (9.37%) Validation
11 216 (8.40%) Workshop Facilitation
12 203 (7.90%) Analytics
13 194 (7.55%) Logistics
14 189 (7.35%) Project Management
15 171 (6.65%) Change Management
16 148 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
16 148 (5.76%) Decision-Making
17 147 (5.72%) Data Modelling
18 136 (5.29%) Roadmaps
19 127 (4.94%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 125 (4.86%) SQL
2 104 (4.05%) ABAP
3 51 (1.98%) Python
4 32 (1.24%) Java
5 18 (0.70%) PowerShell
6 14 (0.54%) JavaScript
7 7 (0.27%) C#
8 6 (0.23%) Bash
8 6 (0.23%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.19%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) Bicep
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.16%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.16%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
12 2 (0.078%) VBA
Qualifications
1 358 (13.92%) Security Cleared
2 284 (11.05%) SC Cleared
3 141 (5.48%) Degree
4 115 (4.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (1.83%) ACCA
6 46 (1.79%) CIMA
7 39 (1.52%) DV Cleared
7 39 (1.52%) PMP
8 38 (1.48%) PMI Certification
9 32 (1.24%) SAP Certification
10 16 (0.62%) Azure Certification
11 14 (0.54%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.43%) HNC
13 11 (0.43%) NVQ Level 4
14 9 (0.35%) CISSP
15 8 (0.31%) CISM
15 8 (0.31%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.27%) CCA
16 7 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 97 (3.77%) PMO
3 92 (3.58%) QA
4 59 (2.29%) GDPR
5 55 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 37 (1.44%) GRC
7 17 (0.66%) IFRS
8 16 (0.62%) SLA
9 12 (0.47%) GxP
10 11 (0.43%) GMP
11 9 (0.35%) GAAP
12 8 (0.31%) HIPAA
12 8 (0.31%) NCSC
13 7 (0.27%) Accessibility
13 7 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
14 6 (0.23%) ISO 20022
14 6 (0.23%) NIST
15 5 (0.19%) EU AI Act
15 5 (0.19%) ITGC
16 4 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 25 (0.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.51%) IAG
3 7 (0.27%) Docker
4 6 (0.23%) Corosync
5 1 (0.039%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.39%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.27%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.27%) Pacemaker
5 6 (0.23%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.078%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.078%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.078%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.039%) MOM
9 1 (0.039%) Packer
9 1 (0.039%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.039%) WSUS
Vendors
1 251 (9.76%) Microsoft
2 248 (9.65%) Ariba
3 232 (9.02%) Oracle
4 96 (3.73%) Salesforce
5 88 (3.42%) Workday
6 74 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 36 (1.40%) Informatica
7 36 (1.40%) MuleSoft
8 35 (1.36%) Databricks
9 32 (1.24%) Adobe
9 32 (1.24%) Sage
10 31 (1.21%) Concur
11 26 (1.01%) IBM
12 22 (0.86%) Siemens
13 20 (0.78%) IFS
14 17 (0.66%) Infor
15 16 (0.62%) Red Hat
16 15 (0.58%) Dell
16 15 (0.58%) Google
17 13 (0.51%) OpenText