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 7 February 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
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,202 2,051 2,835
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.64% 6.60% 6.28%
As % of the Vendors category 12.49% 14.25% 14.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,158 1,000 1,454
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% - -
75th Percentile £675 £658 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £759
UK excluding London median daily rate £532 £540 £531
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.69% -3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 45 118
10th Percentile £15.89 £19.59 £13.05
25th Percentile £18.59 £24.00 £19.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £38.11 £26.91
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +41.61% -40.19%
75th Percentile £56.00 £73.75 £58.70
90th Percentile £72.25 £86.00 £84.45
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.83 £31.76 £24.65
% change year-on-year -24.98% +28.84% -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 17,631 14,393 19,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.17% 46.29% 43.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,363 8,550 12,462
10th Percentile £300 £275 £255
25th Percentile £412 £406 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.31% -0.48% -2.21%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £631
90th Percentile £700 £713 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 847 420 926
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.93
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +0.87% -2.54%
75th Percentile £55.00 £62.69 £58.94
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.50 £26.39
% change year-on-year -16.98% +0.42% -0.34%

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 7 February 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 7 February 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 7 February 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 -11 1,730 £564 +2.50% 603
UK excluding London -15 956 £532 -1.48% 416
Work from Home -1 755 £573 +0.44% 290
London -7 719 £580 +0.87% 242
North of England -14 292 £598 +12.83% 87
South East -9 243 £550 - 149
North West -8 200 £624 +15.72% 53
Midlands -16 176 £485 -10.19% 93
East of England +2 133 £505 -8.18% 59
West Midlands -20 120 £496 -8.15% 77
South West -36 82 £600 +13.21% 24
Yorkshire 0 81 £565 +45.81% 29
East Midlands -16 52 £475 -8.65% 15
Scotland +5 24 £450 +3.15% 12
Wales +10 21 £370 -45.26% 6
North East -27 10 £175 -53.33% 5
Northern Ireland +3 5 £115 -
Channel Islands - 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 25 (1.14%) SharePoint
2 21 (0.95%) Confluence
3 17 (0.77%) NetWeaver
4 14 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.23%) CMS
6 5 (0.23%) MTS
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.18%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.14%) Apache
8 3 (0.14%) MS Project Server
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.14%) SAP EP
8 3 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.091%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.091%) LiveCycle
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 94 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 79 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 11 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
7 6 (0.27%) Siemens NX
8 5 (0.23%) PTC Creo
9 4 (0.18%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.045%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.045%) Sketch
10 1 (0.045%) Trello
10 1 (0.045%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 834 (37.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 106 (4.81%) SAP FI
3 77 (3.50%) SAP CO
4 71 (3.22%) SAP MM
5 70 (3.18%) SAP EWM
6 69 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
7 62 (2.82%) SAP PP
8 58 (2.63%) SAP ERP
9 50 (2.27%) SAP HCM
10 49 (2.23%) SAP Payroll
11 40 (1.82%) SAP PM
12 39 (1.77%) SAP WM
13 34 (1.54%) SAP PSCD
14 33 (1.50%) SAP HR
15 32 (1.45%) SAP QM
16 31 (1.41%) SAP MDG
17 29 (1.32%) SAP SD
18 28 (1.27%) SAP EHS
18 28 (1.27%) SAP Travel Management
19 25 (1.14%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 180 (8.17%) Azure
2 140 (6.36%) SuccessFactors
3 84 (3.81%) Power Platform
4 83 (3.77%) AWS
5 55 (2.50%) SaaS
6 54 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (2.23%) GCP
8 36 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.14%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 21 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (0.86%) OCI
12 18 (0.82%) Power Automate
12 18 (0.82%) Snowflake
13 13 (0.59%) Boomi
14 11 (0.50%) GitHub
14 11 (0.50%) Tricentis Tosca
15 9 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
16 8 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 23 (1.04%) Wireless
2 17 (0.77%) HTTPS
3 10 (0.45%) VPN
4 8 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (0.36%) LAN
4 8 (0.36%) Skype
4 8 (0.36%) WAN
5 7 (0.32%) Firewall
5 7 (0.32%) Network Security
6 5 (0.23%) BGP
6 5 (0.23%) DNS
6 5 (0.23%) OSPF
6 5 (0.23%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.18%) FTP
7 4 (0.18%) RFID
7 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.14%) DHCP
8 3 (0.14%) Internet
8 3 (0.14%) Junos
9 2 (0.091%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (3.72%) Power BI
2 80 (3.63%) SAP HANA
3 32 (1.45%) SAP BW
4 26 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
5 25 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 22 (1.00%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.73%) Metadata
9 15 (0.68%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 15 (0.68%) Tableau
10 13 (0.59%) BusinessObjects
11 11 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 7 (0.32%) Power Query
13 7 (0.32%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.27%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.27%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.27%) MySQL
15 5 (0.23%) Electronic Patient Records
15 5 (0.23%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 84 (3.81%) JIRA
2 14 (0.64%) Git
3 10 (0.45%) LSMW
4 8 (0.36%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.32%) GitLab
5 7 (0.32%) Toad
6 6 (0.27%) Postman
7 4 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.18%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Selenium
8 3 (0.14%) Hudson
8 3 (0.14%) JMeter
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (0.14%) Storybook
8 3 (0.14%) Tricentis qTest
9 2 (0.091%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.091%) SpecFlow
9 2 (0.091%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.045%) Bitbucket
General
1 778 (35.33%) Finance
2 748 (33.97%) Social Skills
3 395 (17.94%) Manufacturing
4 330 (14.99%) Public Sector
5 257 (11.67%) Analytical Skills
6 204 (9.26%) Telecoms
7 203 (9.22%) Marketing
8 176 (7.99%) Electronics
9 100 (4.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 68 (3.09%) Billing
11 61 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
12 59 (2.68%) Retail
13 51 (2.32%) Banking
13 51 (2.32%) Legal
14 50 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
16 38 (1.73%) Aerospace
16 38 (1.73%) Local Government
17 30 (1.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 655 (29.75%) Consultant
2 524 (23.80%) SAP Consultant
3 252 (11.44%) Lead
4 213 (9.67%) Architect
5 185 (8.40%) Analyst
6 150 (6.81%) Project Manager
7 136 (6.18%) SAP Manager
8 127 (5.77%) Senior
9 126 (5.72%) Developer
10 118 (5.36%) SAP Architect
11 106 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
12 96 (4.36%) Business Analyst
13 72 (3.27%) Functional Consultant
13 72 (3.27%) Management Consultant
13 72 (3.27%) SAP Project Manager
14 70 (3.18%) SAP Developer
15 67 (3.04%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 67 (3.04%) SAP Solutions Architect
16 54 (2.45%) SAP Analyst
17 49 (2.23%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 162 (7.36%) SAP Fiori
2 51 (2.32%) SAPUI5
2 51 (2.32%) XML
3 49 (2.23%) Web Services
4 48 (2.18%) SOAP
5 46 (2.09%) Middleware
6 41 (1.86%) REST
7 39 (1.77%) SAP TM
8 38 (1.73%) BAPI
9 35 (1.59%) SAP Basis
10 32 (1.45%) SAP PI
11 25 (1.14%) HTML
12 23 (1.04%) CSS
13 21 (0.95%) JSON
14 17 (0.77%) IDoc
14 17 (0.77%) JMS
14 17 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
15 16 (0.73%) EDI
16 13 (0.59%) SailPoint
17 11 (0.50%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 72 (3.27%) Onboarding
2 66 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
3 56 (2.54%) Public Cloud
4 41 (1.86%) Data Structures
5 37 (1.68%) FMCG
6 32 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
7 29 (1.32%) Life Science
8 28 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 24 (1.09%) Management Information System
12 21 (0.95%) Taxonomies
13 20 (0.91%) Replication
14 19 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (0.77%) Mobile App
16 15 (0.68%) NHS
17 14 (0.64%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.64%) Data Protection Act
17 14 (0.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.18%) Windows
2 32 (1.45%) Mac OS
3 31 (1.41%) Android
4 18 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.73%) Linux
6 6 (0.27%) Windows Server
7 5 (0.23%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.23%) VMS
8 4 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.091%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.091%) SUSE
9 2 (0.091%) Unix
10 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.045%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (18.62%) ERP
2 390 (17.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 384 (17.44%) Migration
4 284 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 274 (12.44%) Business Intelligence
6 266 (12.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 222 (10.08%) Agile
8 211 (9.58%) Logistics
9 197 (8.95%) Data Migration
10 192 (8.72%) Programme Management
11 184 (8.36%) Continuous Improvement
12 177 (8.04%) Digital Marketing
12 177 (8.04%) User Acceptance Testing
13 167 (7.58%) Project Management
13 167 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
14 161 (7.31%) Analytics
15 142 (6.45%) Change Management
16 137 (6.22%) Validation
17 136 (6.18%) Roadmaps
18 134 (6.09%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 138 (6.27%) ABAP
2 103 (4.68%) SQL
3 51 (2.32%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.09%) Java
5 42 (1.91%) Python
6 17 (0.77%) PowerShell
7 14 (0.64%) Groovy
8 12 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 11 (0.50%) C#
10 8 (0.36%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.23%) C++
12 4 (0.18%) Go
12 4 (0.18%) R
12 4 (0.18%) VBA
13 3 (0.14%) COBOL
13 3 (0.14%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.091%) BeanShell
14 2 (0.091%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.091%) VB
14 2 (0.091%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 472 (21.44%) Security Cleared
2 387 (17.57%) SC Cleared
3 170 (7.72%) Degree
4 100 (4.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 56 (2.54%) SAP Certification
6 51 (2.32%) PMP
7 44 (2.00%) PMI Certification
8 43 (1.95%) DV Cleared
9 42 (1.91%) Master's Degree
10 24 (1.09%) ACCA
10 24 (1.09%) CIMA
11 23 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.64%) ISTQB
13 12 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
14 8 (0.36%) CISSP
15 7 (0.32%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.32%) DBS Check
15 7 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 7 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 7 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (4.09%) Data Quality
2 79 (3.59%) QA
3 60 (2.72%) PMO
4 42 (1.91%) GDPR
5 29 (1.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.18%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) GRC
8 17 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 16 (0.73%) GxP
10 12 (0.54%) NIST
11 11 (0.50%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.50%) GMP
12 10 (0.45%) IFRS
13 8 (0.36%) COBIT
13 8 (0.36%) GAAP
13 8 (0.36%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.32%) ITGC
14 7 (0.32%) SOX 404
15 5 (0.23%) Actionable Recommendations
15 5 (0.23%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 26 (1.18%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.41%) Docker
3 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.091%) IAG
3 2 (0.091%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.045%) Varnish
4 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.23%) Terraform
4 4 (0.18%) HP ALM
5 3 (0.14%) Control-M
5 3 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
5 3 (0.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 2 (0.091%) Grafana
6 2 (0.091%) HP Quality Center
6 2 (0.091%) Linux-HA
6 2 (0.091%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.091%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.091%) SCCM
6 2 (0.091%) vRealize
7 1 (0.045%) Ansible
7 1 (0.045%) Argo
7 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.045%) Oracle Identity Management
7 1 (0.045%) RSA Archer
7 1 (0.045%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (8.49%) Microsoft
2 183 (8.31%) Ariba
3 177 (8.04%) Oracle
4 85 (3.86%) Salesforce
5 77 (3.50%) Workday
6 69 (3.13%) ServiceNow
7 44 (2.00%) Cisco
8 37 (1.68%) Adobe
9 33 (1.50%) Dell
9 33 (1.50%) HP
10 25 (1.14%) Sage
11 24 (1.09%) Apple
11 24 (1.09%) Google
12 23 (1.04%) IBM
13 22 (1.00%) Databricks
14 21 (0.95%) Informatica
15 20 (0.91%) webMethods
16 16 (0.73%) Okta
16 16 (0.73%) Siemens
17 15 (0.68%) OpenText