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 20 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
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,506 1,961 2,596
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.95% 6.57% 5.92%
As % of the Vendors category 12.16% 13.80% 13.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,242 975 1,290
10th Percentile £360 £381 £386
25th Percentile £457 £485 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £738 £750 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 80 143
10th Percentile £16.72 £18.20 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £26.85 £16.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £50.49 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -35.63% +89.39% -40.76%
75th Percentile £60.00 £70.00 £53.13
90th Percentile £85.20 £86.00 £67.01
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 20,609 14,207 18,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 40.69% 47.58% 42.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,933 8,743 11,537
10th Percentile £313 £281 £270
25th Percentile £413 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £517
Median % change year-on-year - -3.29% -1.52%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £626
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £480 £500
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,054 652 1,163
10th Percentile £15.52 £14.84 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.00 £17.30 £14.50
Median hourly rate £33.99 £25.23 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +34.75% +5.99% -44.65%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.95 £58.70
90th Percentile £81.25 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.23 £23.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year +40.11% +2.22% -43.15%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -13 1,998 £560 -2.61% 459
UK excluding London -7 1,230 £525 -4.55% 356
Work from Home -2 782 £550 -5.34% 223
London -23 746 £600 - 170
South East -10 315 £545 +1.40% 114
Midlands 0 307 £540 -1.82% 80
North of England -13 302 £500 -5.66% 100
North West -9 199 £475 -10.38% 57
West Midlands -9 183 £513 -6.82% 55
East of England -1 165 £505 -15.66% 25
East Midlands +21 114 £575 +15.00% 25
Yorkshire -4 97 £538 +35.65% 35
South West -29 76 £546 +4.05% 19
Scotland +7 36 £533 -11.17% 14
Wales +11 34 £550 +21.41% 11
North East -42 6 £500 -7.41% 10
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -1 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 31 (1.24%) Confluence
2 30 (1.20%) SharePoint
3 23 (0.92%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.52%) CMS
5 9 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
6 8 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.20%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (0.20%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.080%) Apache
10 2 (0.080%) JBoss
10 2 (0.080%) MS Project Server
11 1 (0.040%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.040%) Camunda
11 1 (0.040%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.040%) SAS
Applications
1 131 (5.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
3 44 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.04%) MS Visio
5 23 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 13 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.40%) CATIA
8 5 (0.20%) PTC Creo
8 5 (0.20%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.040%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.040%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.040%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,004 (40.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 104 (4.15%) SAP FI
3 67 (2.67%) SAP ERP
4 62 (2.47%) SAP CO
5 60 (2.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 60 (2.39%) SAP MM
6 56 (2.23%) SAP SD
7 54 (2.15%) SAP EWM
8 52 (2.08%) SAP PSCD
9 48 (1.92%) SAP BRIM
10 40 (1.60%) SAP PM
11 37 (1.48%) SAP IBP
12 34 (1.36%) SAP GRC
13 31 (1.24%) SAP PP
14 30 (1.20%) SAP HCM
14 30 (1.20%) SAP Payroll
15 29 (1.16%) SAP FI-CA
15 29 (1.16%) SAP Travel Management
16 28 (1.12%) SAP MDG
17 23 (0.92%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 234 (9.34%) SuccessFactors
2 215 (8.58%) Azure
3 121 (4.83%) Power Platform
4 80 (3.19%) AWS
5 71 (2.83%) SaaS
6 52 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.52%) Entra ID
8 37 (1.48%) Boomi
9 28 (1.12%) GCP
10 21 (0.84%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 20 (0.80%) Microsoft 365
11 20 (0.80%) Power Automate
12 19 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (0.76%) Snowflake
13 17 (0.68%) OCI
14 15 (0.60%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.56%) GitHub
15 14 (0.56%) Smartsheet
16 13 (0.52%) PaaS
17 12 (0.48%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.40%) Network Security
2 6 (0.24%) Firewall
2 6 (0.24%) VPN
3 5 (0.20%) WAN
4 4 (0.16%) RFID
5 3 (0.12%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.080%) BGP
6 2 (0.080%) DNS
6 2 (0.080%) HTTP
6 2 (0.080%) LAN
6 2 (0.080%) OSPF
6 2 (0.080%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.040%) FTP
7 1 (0.040%) Internet
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
1 114 (4.55%) Power BI
2 90 (3.59%) SAP HANA
3 45 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
4 39 (1.56%) SQL Server
5 37 (1.48%) SAP BW
6 34 (1.36%) BusinessObjects
7 28 (1.12%) Tableau
8 22 (0.88%) SAP Data Services
9 20 (0.80%) Oracle Reports
10 18 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.52%) Data Lake
12 12 (0.48%) Metadata
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
17 5 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
17 5 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 98 (3.91%) JIRA
2 24 (0.96%) Hudson
3 18 (0.72%) Git
4 7 (0.28%) Postman
5 6 (0.24%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) JMeter
6 4 (0.16%) LSMW
6 4 (0.16%) Selenium
7 3 (0.12%) GitLab
7 3 (0.12%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.080%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.080%) ER Studio
8 2 (0.080%) Maven
8 2 (0.080%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.080%) Oracle Forms
8 2 (0.080%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.080%) Toad
9 1 (0.040%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.040%) Spock
9 1 (0.040%) TestDirector
General
1 818 (32.64%) Finance
2 680 (27.13%) Social Skills
3 270 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (10.38%) Manufacturing
5 168 (6.70%) Public Sector
6 105 (4.19%) Billing
7 88 (3.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 87 (3.47%) Legal
9 84 (3.35%) Retail
10 65 (2.59%) Banking
11 58 (2.31%) Aerospace
12 55 (2.19%) General Ledger
13 47 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
14 44 (1.76%) Local Government
15 35 (1.40%) Documentation Skills
15 35 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 26 (1.04%) Law
17 22 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 22 (0.88%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 606 (24.18%) Consultant
2 522 (20.83%) SAP Consultant
3 326 (13.01%) Lead
4 322 (12.85%) Architect
5 278 (11.09%) Analyst
6 213 (8.50%) Senior
7 174 (6.94%) Project Manager
7 174 (6.94%) SAP Architect
8 167 (6.66%) SAP Manager
9 157 (6.26%) Solutions Architect
10 127 (5.07%) Business Analyst
11 98 (3.91%) Developer
12 87 (3.47%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 83 (3.31%) Functional Consultant
14 80 (3.19%) SAP Project Manager
15 78 (3.11%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 74 (2.95%) Administrator
16 74 (2.95%) SAP Analyst
17 64 (2.55%) Senior Manager
18 57 (2.27%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (4.35%) SAP Fiori
2 91 (3.63%) Middleware
3 57 (2.27%) REST
4 55 (2.19%) Oracle Fusion
5 53 (2.11%) SAP Basis
6 38 (1.52%) BAPI
7 37 (1.48%) SOAP
8 32 (1.28%) XML
9 31 (1.24%) SAPUI5
10 29 (1.16%) SAP TM
11 28 (1.12%) IDoc
12 27 (1.08%) JSON
13 25 (1.00%) EDI
14 24 (0.96%) Web Services
15 21 (0.84%) OAuth
16 17 (0.68%) SAP PI
17 13 (0.52%) SAML
18 12 (0.48%) Node.js
18 12 (0.48%) SAP ALE
19 10 (0.40%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 94 (3.75%) Public Cloud
2 80 (3.19%) Onboarding
3 77 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
4 58 (2.31%) Data Structures
5 50 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 48 (1.92%) FMCG
7 42 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
8 38 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 35 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.24%) Cloud Native
11 25 (1.00%) Replication
12 23 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (0.88%) Life Science
13 22 (0.88%) Taxonomies
14 21 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
15 20 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
16 16 (0.64%) Virtual Team
17 13 (0.52%) AI Agents
17 13 (0.52%) SCADA
18 12 (0.48%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 39 (1.56%) Linux
2 31 (1.24%) Windows
3 13 (0.52%) Unix
4 8 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (0.32%) VMS
5 5 (0.20%) SUSE
6 4 (0.16%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.12%) Solaris
8 2 (0.080%) AIX
8 2 (0.080%) Android
9 1 (0.040%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (23.10%) ERP
2 493 (19.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 457 (18.24%) Migration
4 314 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
5 285 (11.37%) Data Migration
6 275 (10.97%) User Acceptance Testing
7 258 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (10.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 237 (9.46%) Agile
10 236 (9.42%) Validation
11 208 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
12 195 (7.78%) Analytics
13 188 (7.50%) Project Management
14 184 (7.34%) Logistics
15 171 (6.82%) Change Management
16 150 (5.99%) Data Modelling
17 142 (5.67%) Business Intelligence
17 142 (5.67%) Decision-Making
18 133 (5.31%) Roadmaps
19 127 (5.07%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 124 (4.95%) SQL
2 92 (3.67%) ABAP
3 51 (2.04%) Python
4 29 (1.16%) Java
5 18 (0.72%) PowerShell
6 14 (0.56%) 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%) TypeScript
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++
11 2 (0.080%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 348 (13.89%) Security Cleared
2 274 (10.93%) SC Cleared
3 136 (5.43%) Degree
4 116 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (2.00%) ACCA
6 49 (1.96%) CIMA
7 41 (1.64%) PMP
8 39 (1.56%) PMI Certification
9 38 (1.52%) DV Cleared
10 30 (1.20%) SAP Certification
11 15 (0.60%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.60%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.44%) HNC
13 11 (0.44%) NVQ Level 4
14 10 (0.40%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.36%) CISSP
16 8 (0.32%) CISM
17 7 (0.28%) CCA
17 7 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (5.27%) Data Quality
2 96 (3.83%) PMO
3 91 (3.63%) QA
4 57 (2.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 55 (2.19%) GDPR
6 35 (1.40%) GRC
7 18 (0.72%) IFRS
8 15 (0.60%) SLA
9 14 (0.56%) GxP
10 12 (0.48%) GAAP
11 10 (0.40%) GMP
12 9 (0.36%) NCSC
13 8 (0.32%) HIPAA
14 7 (0.28%) Accessibility
14 7 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
15 6 (0.24%) NIST
16 5 (0.20%) Basel III
16 5 (0.20%) EU AI Act
16 5 (0.20%) IFRS 9
16 5 (0.20%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 24 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.44%) IAG
3 7 (0.28%) Docker
4 6 (0.24%) Corosync
Systems Management
1 23 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.52%) Terraform
3 10 (0.40%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.28%) Failover Clustering
4 7 (0.28%) Pacemaker
5 6 (0.24%) HP ALM
6 4 (0.16%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Control-M
7 3 (0.12%) Grafana
8 2 (0.080%) CEMLI
8 2 (0.080%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.080%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.080%) WSUS
9 1 (0.040%) MOM
9 1 (0.040%) Packer
9 1 (0.040%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 238 (9.50%) Ariba
2 236 (9.42%) Microsoft
3 231 (9.22%) Oracle
4 99 (3.95%) Salesforce
5 92 (3.67%) Workday
6 71 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 37 (1.48%) Informatica
8 35 (1.40%) MuleSoft
9 33 (1.32%) Sage
10 32 (1.28%) Adobe
10 32 (1.28%) Databricks
11 26 (1.04%) Concur
12 24 (0.96%) IBM
13 21 (0.84%) Siemens
14 20 (0.80%) IFS
15 17 (0.68%) Infor
16 15 (0.60%) Dell
16 15 (0.60%) Google
17 13 (0.52%) Okta
17 13 (0.52%) Red Hat