SAP Contracts

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 6 July 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 31
Rank change year-on-year +1 +3 +23
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,093 2,618 3,358
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 6.57% 6.05% 5.91%
As % of the Vendors category 13.80% 14.06% 13.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,006 1,336 1,734
10th Percentile £369 £395 £375
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £663
90th Percentile £750 £800 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £541 £575 £541
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.28% +3.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 137 58
10th Percentile £16.92 £13.86 £18.68
25th Percentile £22.63 £18.58 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.25 £28.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.32% -37.78% -
75th Percentile £65.25 £55.00 £63.44
90th Percentile £82.75 £65.01 £68.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.76 £26.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year +22.01% -42.16% +13.21%

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 15,164 18,621 24,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.61% 43.00% 43.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,266 11,565 16,451
10th Percentile £281 £270 £270
25th Percentile £400 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £732 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £479 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 728 1,161 665
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.49 £14.85
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.00 £18.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £24.65 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.03% -38.38% +83.65%
75th Percentile £52.75 £60.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £73.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.63 £24.00 £29.30
% change year-on-year -5.71% -18.09% +50.26%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Contract 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 6 July 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 +2 1,559 £570 -0.87% 3,066
UK excluding London 0 846 £541 -5.83% 1,737
London +2 705 £600 +4.35% 1,441
Work from Home +1 699 £581 +5.64% 1,379
South East -2 228 £536 -10.37% 445
North of England 0 217 £530 +2.17% 417
North West +8 161 £530 - 291
Midlands -7 129 £541 +3.14% 324
East of England +9 113 £598 +19.50% 227
West Midlands -4 89 £541 +12.81% 214
South West -5 83 £525 -16.00% 166
Scotland +32 65 £600 +9.09% 97
Yorkshire -27 40 £500 -0.05% 105
East Midlands -17 33 £510 -11.30% 109
Wales +16 13 £310 -43.59% 43
North East -1 12 £535 +37.18% 22
Northern Ireland -21 4 £281 +167.62% 34

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 29 (1.39%) NetWeaver
2 16 (0.76%) Confluence
3 15 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.43%) MTS
5 8 (0.38%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.33%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.33%) SAP EP
7 6 (0.29%) WebLogic
8 4 (0.19%) SAS
9 3 (0.14%) Anypoint
10 2 (0.096%) Apache Airflow
10 2 (0.096%) CMS
10 2 (0.096%) Documentum
10 2 (0.096%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.048%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.048%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.048%) IIS
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.048%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 82 (3.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.53%) Microsoft Project
4 19 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.48%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.19%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.19%) Trello
8 3 (0.14%) Simulink
8 3 (0.14%) Windchill
9 2 (0.096%) Notion
9 2 (0.096%) Sketch
10 1 (0.048%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.048%) InVision
10 1 (0.048%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 731 (34.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 95 (4.54%) SAP FI
3 79 (3.77%) SAP CO
4 73 (3.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 57 (2.72%) SAP PP
6 55 (2.63%) SAP HR
7 44 (2.10%) SAP MM
8 41 (1.96%) SAP SD
9 40 (1.91%) SAP MDG
9 40 (1.91%) SAP Payroll
10 39 (1.86%) SAP PS
11 35 (1.67%) SAP IBP
12 34 (1.62%) SAP EWM
12 34 (1.62%) SAP HCM
13 31 (1.48%) SAP ERP
14 30 (1.43%) SAP Oil and Gas
15 28 (1.34%) SAP GTS
16 23 (1.10%) Primavera
16 23 (1.10%) SAP PM
17 21 (1.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 142 (6.78%) Azure
2 141 (6.74%) SuccessFactors
3 78 (3.73%) Power Platform
4 66 (3.15%) AWS
5 39 (1.86%) SaaS
6 36 (1.72%) GCP
7 30 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
9 20 (0.96%) Snowflake
10 19 (0.91%) BigCommerce
10 19 (0.91%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 17 (0.81%) GitHub
12 16 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
14 10 (0.48%) Entra ID
14 10 (0.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 9 (0.43%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 9 (0.43%) Boomi
15 9 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
15 9 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.10%) Broadband
2 17 (0.81%) Firewall
3 9 (0.43%) HTTP
4 7 (0.33%) DNS
5 5 (0.24%) VPN
6 4 (0.19%) PSTN
6 4 (0.19%) RFID
6 4 (0.19%) SSL
6 4 (0.19%) TCP/IP
6 4 (0.19%) VoIP
7 3 (0.14%) Cisco ISE
7 3 (0.14%) DKIM
7 3 (0.14%) HTTPS
7 3 (0.14%) Network Security
8 2 (0.096%) DHCP
8 2 (0.096%) DSL
8 2 (0.096%) Intranet
8 2 (0.096%) LAN
8 2 (0.096%) RTP
9 1 (0.048%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (5.21%) SAP HANA
2 73 (3.49%) Power BI
3 40 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (1.86%) SAP BW
5 33 (1.58%) Relational Database
6 31 (1.48%) SAP Data Services
7 29 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
8 24 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
9 18 (0.86%) SQL Server
10 17 (0.81%) GIS
11 15 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.72%) NoSQL
11 15 (0.72%) Tableau
12 14 (0.67%) Oracle Database
13 13 (0.62%) Metadata
14 9 (0.43%) Delta Lake
15 8 (0.38%) Big Data
16 7 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
17 6 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 64 (3.06%) JIRA
2 37 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.48%) GitLab
4 25 (1.19%) Liquibase
5 22 (1.05%) Gradle
5 22 (1.05%) JUnit
6 21 (1.00%) Git
6 21 (1.00%) Mockito
7 13 (0.62%) LSMW
8 8 (0.38%) Selenium
9 7 (0.33%) ERwin
9 7 (0.33%) JMeter
10 6 (0.29%) LoadRunner
11 5 (0.24%) NeoLoad
11 5 (0.24%) PowerDesigner
12 4 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.19%) Toad
13 3 (0.14%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.14%) GCC
13 3 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 784 (37.46%) Social Skills
2 744 (35.55%) Finance
3 340 (16.24%) Manufacturing
4 266 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
5 221 (10.56%) Public Sector
6 193 (9.22%) Marketing
7 190 (9.08%) Telecoms
8 169 (8.07%) Electronics
9 167 (7.98%) Pharmaceutical
10 80 (3.82%) Retail
11 65 (3.11%) General Ledger
12 59 (2.82%) Banking
13 53 (2.53%) Aerospace
14 50 (2.39%) Legal
14 50 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
15 43 (2.05%) Billing
15 43 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
16 39 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
17 35 (1.67%) Automotive
18 34 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 583 (27.85%) Consultant
2 502 (23.98%) SAP Consultant
3 227 (10.85%) Architect
4 222 (10.61%) Analyst
5 219 (10.46%) Lead
6 145 (6.93%) Senior
7 144 (6.88%) SAP Manager
8 139 (6.64%) Project Manager
9 125 (5.97%) SAP Architect
10 124 (5.92%) Developer
11 92 (4.40%) Business Analyst
12 87 (4.16%) SAP Analyst
13 70 (3.34%) Solutions Architect
14 63 (3.01%) SAP Project Manager
15 60 (2.87%) Financial Analyst
16 56 (2.68%) Senior Analyst
17 55 (2.63%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
18 54 (2.58%) SAP Developer
19 48 (2.29%) Functional Consultant
20 46 (2.20%) SAP PP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (4.78%) SAP Fiori
2 51 (2.44%) Middleware
2 51 (2.44%) Web Services
3 44 (2.10%) REST
4 42 (2.01%) SAP PI
5 36 (1.72%) Kafka
6 35 (1.67%) XML
7 33 (1.58%) EDI
7 33 (1.58%) SOAP
8 31 (1.48%) SAP Basis
9 29 (1.39%) React
10 27 (1.29%) BAPI
11 26 (1.24%) SAPUI5
11 26 (1.24%) Spring
12 25 (1.19%) .NET
12 25 (1.19%) Spring Boot
13 24 (1.15%) HTML
14 23 (1.10%) CSS
14 23 (1.10%) IDoc
15 22 (1.05%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.77%) Life Science
2 65 (3.11%) Legacy Systems
3 57 (2.72%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.34%) Social Media
5 42 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 36 (1.72%) Data Structures
7 34 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
7 34 (1.62%) Self-Motivation
8 33 (1.58%) FMCG
9 28 (1.34%) Product Ownership
9 28 (1.34%) Virtual Team
10 25 (1.19%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
12 23 (1.10%) Private Cloud
13 22 (1.05%) LIMS
14 21 (1.00%) Renewable Energy
15 18 (0.86%) Cloud Native
16 15 (0.72%) Team-Oriented Environment
17 14 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
17 14 (0.67%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 55 (2.63%) Windows
2 40 (1.91%) Linux
3 15 (0.72%) Unix
4 8 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.29%) SUSE
6 5 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.24%) VMS
7 2 (0.096%) Android
7 2 (0.096%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.096%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.096%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.096%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.096%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.048%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 386 (18.44%) Problem-Solving
2 379 (18.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 320 (15.29%) Agile
4 319 (15.24%) Migration
5 254 (12.14%) Business Intelligence
6 246 (11.75%) ERP
7 241 (11.51%) Project Management
8 221 (10.56%) Programme Management
9 175 (8.36%) Analytics
10 172 (8.22%) Data Migration
11 167 (7.98%) Digital Marketing
12 157 (7.50%) Project Delivery
13 152 (7.26%) Change Management
14 146 (6.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 128 (6.12%) User Acceptance Testing
16 119 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
17 117 (5.59%) Procure-to-Pay
18 115 (5.49%) DevOps
19 114 (5.45%) Logistics
20 112 (5.35%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 145 (6.93%) SQL
2 123 (5.88%) ABAP
3 82 (3.92%) Java
4 77 (3.68%) Python
5 56 (2.68%) PowerShell
6 47 (2.25%) JavaScript
7 29 (1.39%) C#
8 25 (1.19%) Bash
9 24 (1.15%) TypeScript
10 9 (0.43%) C
10 9 (0.43%) C++
11 8 (0.38%) Apex Code
11 8 (0.38%) Groovy
12 7 (0.33%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.33%) R
12 7 (0.33%) VBA
13 6 (0.29%) MATLAB
14 5 (0.24%) BeanShell
14 5 (0.24%) Perl
14 5 (0.24%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 318 (15.19%) Security Cleared
2 258 (12.33%) SC Cleared
3 164 (7.84%) Degree
4 80 (3.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (3.20%) ACCA
6 66 (3.15%) CIMA
7 57 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (2.25%) PMP
9 46 (2.20%) PMI Certification
10 43 (2.05%) DV Cleared
11 41 (1.96%) SAP Certification
12 28 (1.34%) Master's Degree
13 12 (0.57%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.53%) CISSP
15 10 (0.48%) Azure Certification
15 10 (0.48%) DBS Check
16 8 (0.38%) CESG Certified Professional
17 6 (0.29%) APMG
17 6 (0.29%) PhD
17 6 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.25%) Data Quality
2 46 (2.20%) QA
3 40 (1.91%) PMO
4 30 (1.43%) GDPR
5 29 (1.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 27 (1.29%) Accessibility
7 26 (1.24%) IFRS
8 25 (1.19%) GxP
9 20 (0.96%) GRC
10 15 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 13 (0.62%) SLA
12 10 (0.48%) IFRS 9
13 8 (0.38%) RMADS
14 7 (0.33%) GAAP
14 7 (0.33%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.33%) NIST
15 5 (0.24%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 4 (0.19%) APQC
16 4 (0.19%) Basel III
16 4 (0.19%) ITGC
System Software
1 43 (2.05%) Active Directory
2 35 (1.67%) Docker
3 5 (0.24%) Firmware
3 5 (0.24%) IAG
4 4 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.14%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 3 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.14%) vSphere
6 2 (0.096%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.096%) XenApp
7 1 (0.048%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 39 (1.86%) Terraform
2 25 (1.19%) Ansible
3 23 (1.10%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.38%) Argo
5 8 (0.38%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
6 5 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 5 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
6 5 (0.24%) Progress Chef
6 5 (0.24%) Puppet
7 3 (0.14%) Consul
7 3 (0.14%) Data Guard
7 3 (0.14%) logstash
8 2 (0.096%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.096%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.096%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.096%) Salt
8 2 (0.096%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.096%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 233 (11.13%) Ariba
2 195 (9.32%) Microsoft
3 156 (7.45%) Oracle
4 128 (6.12%) Salesforce
5 82 (3.92%) ServiceNow
6 41 (1.96%) Workday
7 33 (1.58%) Adobe
7 33 (1.58%) Google
8 22 (1.05%) Databricks
9 21 (1.00%) Concur
10 17 (0.81%) MuleSoft
10 17 (0.81%) Sitecore
11 16 (0.76%) HP
12 14 (0.67%) Informatica
13 12 (0.57%) OpenText
13 12 (0.57%) Splunk
14 11 (0.53%) Dell
15 9 (0.43%) webMethods
16 8 (0.38%) Cisco
16 8 (0.38%) Hyperion