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 10 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
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 28 25
Rank change year-on-year -5 -3 +18
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,208 2,018 2,836
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.61% 6.57% 6.31%
As % of the Vendors category 12.44% 14.21% 14.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 985 1,446
10th Percentile £350 £366 £363
25th Percentile £455 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.09% - -
75th Percentile £675 £660 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £532 £540 £530
% change year-on-year -1.48% +1.89% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 44 120
10th Percentile £15.92 £19.83 £13.05
25th Percentile £18.15 £24.14 £19.25
Median hourly rate £24.00 £39.81 £26.91
Median % change year-on-year -39.71% +47.91% -40.19%
75th Percentile £55.75 £74.03 £59.01
90th Percentile £71.38 £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 17,748 14,202 19,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 45.09% 46.27% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,436 8,435 12,351
10th Percentile £300 £275 £255
25th Percentile £412 £406 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.40% -0.38% -1.87%
75th Percentile £606 £625 £630
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 855 410 924
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £12.99
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £23.83 £29.00 £26.97
Median % change year-on-year -17.84% +7.52% -13.41%
75th Percentile £56.13 £63.63 £57.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.81 £26.00
% change year-on-year -17.95% +3.13% -4.59%

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 10 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 10 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 10 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 1,733 £561 +2.05% 479
UK excluding London -14 953 £532 -1.48% 363
Work from Home -2 757 £568 +0.44% 226
London -7 728 £580 +0.87% 197
North of England -15 295 £598 +12.83% 80
South East -9 236 £550 - 137
North West -8 202 £623 +15.49% 52
Midlands -18 176 £485 -10.19% 81
East of England +3 133 £505 -8.18% 42
West Midlands -19 119 £492 -10.55% 60
Yorkshire -1 82 £570 +47.10% 24
South West -36 82 £600 +14.29% 21
East Midlands -18 53 £475 -8.65% 20
Scotland +10 25 £450 +0.56% 9
Wales +5 21 £370 -44.23% 4
North East -24 10 £175 -53.33% 4
Northern Ireland +1 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 (1.13%) SharePoint
2 21 (0.95%) Confluence
3 17 (0.77%) NetWeaver
4 14 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.32%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.23%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.23%) CMS
6 5 (0.23%) MTS
6 5 (0.23%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.14%) Apache
7 3 (0.14%) MS Project Server
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.14%) SAP EP
7 3 (0.14%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.14%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.091%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.091%) LiveCycle
8 2 (0.091%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.045%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 94 (4.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 80 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 50 (2.26%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.27%) MS Visio
5 23 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.54%) 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
1 836 (37.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 106 (4.80%) SAP FI
3 77 (3.49%) SAP CO
4 71 (3.22%) SAP MM
5 69 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 67 (3.03%) SAP EWM
7 62 (2.81%) SAP PP
8 57 (2.58%) SAP ERP
9 50 (2.26%) SAP HCM
10 49 (2.22%) SAP Payroll
11 40 (1.81%) SAP PM
12 34 (1.54%) SAP PSCD
12 34 (1.54%) SAP WM
13 32 (1.45%) SAP HR
13 32 (1.45%) SAP QM
14 31 (1.40%) SAP MDG
15 30 (1.36%) SAP SD
15 30 (1.36%) SAP Travel Management
16 28 (1.27%) SAP EHS
17 25 (1.13%) SAP VC
Cloud Services
1 179 (8.11%) Azure
2 141 (6.39%) SuccessFactors
3 84 (3.80%) AWS
4 83 (3.76%) Power Platform
5 56 (2.54%) SaaS
6 54 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (2.22%) GCP
8 36 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
9 25 (1.13%) Entra ID
9 25 (1.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 21 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (0.86%) OCI
12 18 (0.82%) Power Automate
13 17 (0.77%) Snowflake
14 13 (0.59%) Boomi
15 11 (0.50%) GitHub
15 11 (0.50%) Tricentis Tosca
16 9 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
17 8 (0.36%) Azure Data Factory
17 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 81 (3.67%) Power BI
2 80 (3.62%) SAP HANA
3 32 (1.45%) SAP BW
4 26 (1.18%) SAP Data Services
5 25 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 23 (1.04%) SQL Server
7 21 (0.95%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.72%) 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 83 (3.76%) JIRA
2 14 (0.63%) 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%) Travis CI
General
1 780 (35.33%) Finance
2 749 (33.92%) Social Skills
3 389 (17.62%) Manufacturing
4 332 (15.04%) Public Sector
5 261 (11.82%) Analytical Skills
6 204 (9.24%) Telecoms
7 203 (9.19%) Marketing
8 176 (7.97%) Electronics
9 99 (4.48%) Pharmaceutical
10 68 (3.08%) Billing
11 61 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 59 (2.67%) Documentation Skills
12 59 (2.67%) Retail
13 52 (2.36%) Banking
13 52 (2.36%) Legal
14 45 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 39 (1.77%) Local Government
16 38 (1.72%) Aerospace
17 30 (1.36%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 659 (29.85%) Consultant
2 527 (23.87%) SAP Consultant
3 251 (11.37%) Lead
4 215 (9.74%) Architect
5 185 (8.38%) Analyst
6 152 (6.88%) Project Manager
7 138 (6.25%) SAP Manager
8 127 (5.75%) Senior
9 126 (5.71%) Developer
10 120 (5.43%) SAP Architect
11 108 (4.89%) Solutions Architect
12 96 (4.35%) Business Analyst
13 75 (3.40%) Functional Consultant
14 73 (3.31%) SAP Project Manager
15 70 (3.17%) Management Consultant
15 70 (3.17%) SAP Developer
15 70 (3.17%) SAP Functional Consultant
16 69 (3.13%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 54 (2.45%) SAP Analyst
18 50 (2.26%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (7.29%) SAP Fiori
2 52 (2.36%) SAPUI5
3 51 (2.31%) XML
4 49 (2.22%) Web Services
5 48 (2.17%) Middleware
6 47 (2.13%) SOAP
7 40 (1.81%) REST
8 39 (1.77%) BAPI
8 39 (1.77%) SAP TM
9 35 (1.59%) SAP Basis
10 32 (1.45%) SAP PI
11 26 (1.18%) HTML
12 24 (1.09%) CSS
13 21 (0.95%) JSON
14 20 (0.91%) IDoc
15 18 (0.82%) EDI
16 17 (0.77%) JMS
16 17 (0.77%) Oracle Fusion
17 13 (0.59%) SailPoint
18 12 (0.54%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.22%) Onboarding
2 66 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
3 57 (2.58%) Public Cloud
4 41 (1.86%) Data Structures
5 37 (1.68%) FMCG
6 31 (1.40%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
8 28 (1.27%) Life Science
8 28 (1.27%) Product Ownership
9 26 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
10 25 (1.13%) 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 (0.63%) Cloud Native
17 14 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
17 14 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 48 (2.17%) Windows
2 32 (1.45%) Mac OS
3 31 (1.40%) Android
4 18 (0.82%) Windows 10
5 16 (0.72%) 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
1 414 (18.75%) ERP
2 396 (17.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 387 (17.53%) Migration
4 290 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
5 274 (12.41%) Business Intelligence
6 267 (12.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 219 (9.92%) Agile
8 212 (9.60%) Logistics
9 198 (8.97%) Data Migration
10 192 (8.70%) Programme Management
11 185 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 177 (8.02%) Digital Marketing
13 175 (7.93%) User Acceptance Testing
14 169 (7.65%) Project Management
15 168 (7.61%) Workshop Facilitation
16 160 (7.25%) Analytics
17 144 (6.52%) Change Management
18 139 (6.30%) Validation
19 137 (6.20%) Roadmaps
20 135 (6.11%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (6.34%) ABAP
2 104 (4.71%) SQL
3 50 (2.26%) JavaScript
4 46 (2.08%) Java
5 42 (1.90%) Python
6 17 (0.77%) PowerShell
7 14 (0.63%) Groovy
8 12 (0.54%) C#
8 12 (0.54%) PL/SQL
9 8 (0.36%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.23%) C++
11 4 (0.18%) Go
11 4 (0.18%) R
11 4 (0.18%) VBA
12 3 (0.14%) COBOL
12 3 (0.14%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.091%) C
13 2 (0.091%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.091%) VB
13 2 (0.091%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 469 (21.24%) Security Cleared
2 389 (17.62%) SC Cleared
3 169 (7.65%) Degree
4 103 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 57 (2.58%) SAP Certification
6 51 (2.31%) PMP
7 44 (1.99%) PMI Certification
8 41 (1.86%) Master's Degree
9 38 (1.72%) DV Cleared
10 23 (1.04%) ACCA
10 23 (1.04%) CIMA
10 23 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
11 14 (0.63%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.36%) CISSP
14 7 (0.32%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 7 (0.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 7 (0.32%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 7 (0.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (4.03%) Data Quality
2 80 (3.62%) QA
3 60 (2.72%) PMO
4 42 (1.90%) GDPR
5 29 (1.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 27 (1.22%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) GRC
8 17 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 16 (0.72%) 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%) Argo
7 1 (0.045%) Autotask
7 1 (0.045%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.045%) Kubeflow
7 1 (0.045%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.045%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 187 (8.47%) Microsoft
2 182 (8.24%) Ariba
3 177 (8.02%) Oracle
4 85 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 77 (3.49%) Workday
6 68 (3.08%) ServiceNow
7 44 (1.99%) Cisco
8 37 (1.68%) Adobe
9 33 (1.49%) Dell
9 33 (1.49%) HP
10 26 (1.18%) 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 (0.72%) Okta
16 16 (0.72%) Siemens
17 15 (0.68%) OpenText