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 6 October 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
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -12 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,765 2,120 2,540
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.06% 6.46% 6.74%
As % of the Vendors category 12.17% 13.56% 15.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,300 1,065 1,194
10th Percentile £360 £359 £400
25th Percentile £459 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £739 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £541 £575
% change year-on-year -0.28% -5.83% +7.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 245 121 68
10th Percentile £14.61 £15.50 £15.92
25th Percentile £17.17 £17.30 £26.50
Median hourly rate £24.19 £22.63 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year +6.89% -48.27% +28.68%
75th Percentile £40.18 £36.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £84.30 £65.25 £65.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.10 £22.32 £35.18
% change year-on-year +7.98% -36.57% +17.27%

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 22,723 15,631 16,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.58% 47.63% 44.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,722 9,617 9,871
10th Percentile £310 £277 £288
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £619 £613 £625
90th Percentile £710 £700 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,380 806 615
10th Percentile £13.93 £14.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.81 £16.00
Median hourly rate £25.04 £25.15 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year -0.45% -20.17% -26.74%
75th Percentile £57.50 £40.19 £64.30
90th Percentile £77.50 £68.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.19 £21.30 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.57% -29.00% -29.41%

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 6 October 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 6 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 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 6 October 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 -9 2,188 £558 -1.67% 2,362
UK excluding London -3 1,398 £540 -0.28% 1,549
Work from Home -13 776 £550 -1.79% 965
London -26 769 £600 +2.85% 914
South East +1 391 £540 +4.85% 413
North of England -16 348 £525 -12.50% 363
Midlands +4 342 £550 +4.76% 282
North West -10 243 £550 -12.00% 200
West Midlands 0 214 £500 -4.76% 160
East of England -3 165 £566 -2.41% 165
East Midlands +20 121 £575 +6.98% 122
Yorkshire +2 98 £500 -2.44% 120
South West -40 75 £525 -4.55% 121
Scotland -11 49 £533 +25.41% 94
Wales +12 42 £550 +123.35% 70
North East -39 6 £303 -44.42% 44
Northern Ireland 0 1 - - 46

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 35 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 26 (0.94%) Confluence
3 19 (0.69%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.47%) CMS
5 7 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 5 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.18%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
7 4 (0.14%) SugarCRM
7 4 (0.14%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.11%) Apache
8 3 (0.11%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
9 2 (0.072%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.072%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.072%) HCL Notes
9 2 (0.072%) SAP Portal
9 2 (0.072%) SAS
9 2 (0.072%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 151 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 71 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
3 36 (1.30%) Microsoft Project
4 31 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.47%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.36%) Windchill
7 5 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.036%) CATIA
8 1 (0.036%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.036%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.036%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1,079 (39.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 134 (4.85%) SAP FI
3 85 (3.07%) SAP CO
3 85 (3.07%) SAP Payroll
4 76 (2.75%) SAP FI/CO
4 76 (2.75%) SAP HCM
5 66 (2.39%) SAP HR
6 65 (2.35%) SAP MM
6 65 (2.35%) SAP SD
7 64 (2.31%) SAP ERP
8 53 (1.92%) SAP PSCD
9 51 (1.84%) SAP GRC
10 48 (1.74%) SAP BRIM
11 47 (1.70%) SAP PP
12 43 (1.56%) SAP MDG
13 40 (1.45%) SAP PM
14 39 (1.41%) SAP EWM
15 31 (1.12%) SAP FI-CA
15 31 (1.12%) SAP QM
15 31 (1.12%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 272 (9.84%) SuccessFactors
2 220 (7.96%) Azure
3 124 (4.48%) Power Platform
4 99 (3.58%) AWS
5 61 (2.21%) SaaS
6 60 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
6 60 (2.17%) GCP
7 35 (1.27%) Boomi
8 30 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
9 29 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (1.05%) Entra ID
10 27 (0.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 21 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
12 20 (0.72%) Snowflake
13 19 (0.69%) GitHub
14 17 (0.61%) Tricentis Tosca
15 15 (0.54%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (0.54%) GitHub Actions
15 15 (0.54%) Power Automate
16 14 (0.51%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.22%) HTTP
1 6 (0.22%) Intranet
2 5 (0.18%) Broadband
3 4 (0.14%) VPN
4 3 (0.11%) Network Security
5 2 (0.072%) Firewall
5 2 (0.072%) Internet
5 2 (0.072%) LAN
5 2 (0.072%) SSL
5 2 (0.072%) WAN
6 1 (0.036%) DNS
6 1 (0.036%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.036%) MQTT
6 1 (0.036%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.036%) Wireless
6 1 (0.036%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (3.80%) Power BI
2 95 (3.44%) SAP HANA
3 59 (2.13%) SAP BW
4 44 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 43 (1.56%) BusinessObjects
6 38 (1.37%) Tableau
7 33 (1.19%) SQL Server
8 22 (0.80%) SAP Data Services
9 18 (0.65%) Oracle Reports
10 17 (0.61%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.54%) Metadata
12 14 (0.51%) GIS
13 13 (0.47%) Oracle Database
14 12 (0.43%) Power Query
15 10 (0.36%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.36%) Relational Database
16 9 (0.33%) Delta Lake
17 8 (0.29%) NoSQL
18 6 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
18 6 (0.22%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 120 (4.34%) JIRA
2 19 (0.69%) Git
3 15 (0.54%) Hudson
3 15 (0.54%) Postman
4 12 (0.43%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.29%) eggPlant
6 7 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (0.25%) SoapUI
6 7 (0.25%) Toad
7 6 (0.22%) LSMW
7 6 (0.22%) SonarQube
7 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.18%) JMeter
8 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
8 5 (0.18%) Selenium
9 3 (0.11%) SOAtest
10 2 (0.072%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.072%) Maven
10 2 (0.072%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.072%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 893 (32.30%) Finance
2 762 (27.56%) Social Skills
3 414 (14.97%) Manufacturing
4 288 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (5.17%) Public Sector
6 141 (5.10%) Retail
7 118 (4.27%) Billing
8 86 (3.11%) Legal
9 81 (2.93%) Aerospace
10 76 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
11 75 (2.71%) Pharmaceutical
12 66 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
13 57 (2.06%) Banking
14 53 (1.92%) General Ledger
15 43 (1.56%) Automotive
16 37 (1.34%) Aviation
16 37 (1.34%) Telecoms
17 32 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (0.98%) Law
19 24 (0.87%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 635 (22.97%) Consultant
2 529 (19.13%) SAP Consultant
3 364 (13.16%) Architect
4 314 (11.36%) Lead
5 306 (11.07%) Analyst
6 247 (8.93%) Senior
7 191 (6.91%) SAP Manager
8 187 (6.76%) SAP Architect
9 152 (5.50%) Project Manager
10 149 (5.39%) Solutions Architect
11 132 (4.77%) Business Analyst
12 122 (4.41%) Administrator
12 122 (4.41%) SAP Analyst
13 95 (3.44%) Developer
14 87 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
15 77 (2.78%) SAP Functional Consultant
15 77 (2.78%) SAP Project Manager
16 73 (2.64%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 63 (2.28%) Senior Consultant
18 55 (1.99%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (5.35%) SAP Fiori
2 111 (4.01%) Middleware
3 97 (3.51%) REST
4 78 (2.82%) SOAP
5 55 (1.99%) SAPUI5
6 53 (1.92%) Oracle Fusion
7 50 (1.81%) XML
8 44 (1.59%) SAP Basis
9 43 (1.56%) SAP PI
10 41 (1.48%) Web Services
11 35 (1.27%) BAPI
12 33 (1.19%) JSON
13 31 (1.12%) IDoc
14 28 (1.01%) EDI
15 24 (0.87%) OAuth
16 20 (0.72%) SAP ALE
17 19 (0.69%) Kafka
17 19 (0.69%) Node.js
18 17 (0.61%) OAuth2
19 16 (0.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 105 (3.80%) Onboarding
2 90 (3.25%) Enterprise Software
3 77 (2.78%) Data Structures
4 74 (2.68%) Public Cloud
5 65 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
6 62 (2.24%) FMCG
7 57 (2.06%) Product Ownership
8 56 (2.03%) Greenfield Project
9 49 (1.77%) Management Information System
10 43 (1.56%) Life Science
11 32 (1.16%) Replication
12 31 (1.12%) Cloud Native
13 30 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
14 25 (0.90%) Private Cloud
15 21 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (0.61%) AI Agents
16 17 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
17 15 (0.54%) Operational Technology
18 13 (0.47%) Learning Management System
18 13 (0.47%) Manufacturing Execution System
Operating Systems
1 36 (1.30%) Linux
2 33 (1.19%) Windows
3 21 (0.76%) Unix
4 9 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (0.33%) SUSE
5 7 (0.25%) VMS
6 4 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Android
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.072%) AIX
9 1 (0.036%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 757 (27.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 625 (22.60%) ERP
3 499 (18.05%) Migration
4 368 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
5 367 (13.27%) User Acceptance Testing
6 302 (10.92%) Data Migration
7 265 (9.58%) Agile
7 265 (9.58%) Validation
8 247 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 245 (8.86%) Analytics
9 245 (8.86%) Logistics
10 242 (8.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 208 (7.52%) Workshop Facilitation
12 195 (7.05%) Roadmaps
13 180 (6.51%) Project Delivery
14 176 (6.37%) Process Improvement
15 172 (6.22%) System Integration Testing
16 166 (6.00%) Decision-Making
17 160 (5.79%) Project Management
18 156 (5.64%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 140 (5.06%) SQL
2 139 (5.03%) ABAP
3 66 (2.39%) Python
4 53 (1.92%) Java
5 26 (0.94%) JavaScript
6 16 (0.58%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Groovy
9 5 (0.18%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.18%) Korn
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
9 5 (0.18%) VB.NET
10 4 (0.14%) Bicep
10 4 (0.14%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.072%) Perl
12 2 (0.072%) VBA
Qualifications
1 443 (16.02%) Security Cleared
2 343 (12.41%) SC Cleared
3 155 (5.61%) BPSS Clearance
4 133 (4.81%) Degree
5 49 (1.77%) DV Cleared
6 43 (1.56%) ACCA
7 41 (1.48%) CIMA
8 38 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 38 (1.37%) PMP
9 29 (1.05%) SAP Certification
10 17 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 16 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.58%) ISTQB
12 12 (0.43%) ISEB
13 11 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 10 (0.36%) CIPD
14 10 (0.36%) HNC
15 9 (0.33%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.29%) APMG
16 8 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 173 (6.26%) Data Quality
2 87 (3.15%) PMO
3 74 (2.68%) QA
4 63 (2.28%) GDPR
5 49 (1.77%) GRC
6 40 (1.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 16 (0.58%) IFRS
8 14 (0.51%) GxP
9 13 (0.47%) SLA
10 12 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 10 (0.36%) NIST
12 8 (0.29%) ITGC
13 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
13 6 (0.22%) GAAP
13 6 (0.22%) GMP
13 6 (0.22%) NCSC
14 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 5 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 4 (0.14%) COSHH
16 3 (0.11%) HIPAA
System Software
1 17 (0.61%) Active Directory
2 14 (0.51%) IAG
3 6 (0.22%) Corosync
4 5 (0.18%) Docker
5 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.072%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (0.54%) Kubernetes
2 7 (0.25%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (0.25%) Pacemaker
3 5 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.14%) Control-M
4 4 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Grafana
6 2 (0.072%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.072%) MOM
7 1 (0.036%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.036%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.036%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.036%) QRadar
7 1 (0.036%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.036%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 307 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 273 (9.87%) Oracle
3 270 (9.76%) Ariba
4 109 (3.94%) Salesforce
5 105 (3.80%) Workday
6 83 (3.00%) ServiceNow
7 54 (1.95%) Concur
8 43 (1.56%) Databricks
8 43 (1.56%) MuleSoft
9 40 (1.45%) IBM
10 31 (1.12%) Siemens
11 30 (1.08%) Google
12 26 (0.94%) Adobe
13 24 (0.87%) Informatica
14 17 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 17 (0.61%) Sage
15 15 (0.54%) Dell
15 15 (0.54%) JD Edwards
15 15 (0.54%) OpenText
16 14 (0.51%) Infor