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 27 May 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
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 27 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 +1 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,429 1,948 2,513
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 4.98% 6.82% 5.89%
As % of the Vendors category 12.14% 14.28% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,199 997 1,253
10th Percentile £360 £384 £363
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.68% +1.82%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £765 £813
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 61 130
10th Percentile £16.72 £19.91 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £31.76 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.23 £57.50 £26.03
Median % change year-on-year -43.96% +120.90% -42.16%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £55.00
90th Percentile £80.06 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £50.99 £24.65
% change year-on-year -43.12% +106.84% -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 20,005 13,641 18,014
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.05% 47.74% 42.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,636 8,503 11,247
10th Percentile £313 £281 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £490 £500
% change year-on-year +0.51% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,034 563 1,105
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.30 £14.48
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.00 £22.30
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% +12.11% -47.53%
75th Percentile £58.75 £56.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £76.62 £70.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.29 £22.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year +33.11% +2.52% -45.74%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -14 1,945 £560 -2.61% 645
UK excluding London -10 1,178 £525 -2.78% 402
Work from Home -1 763 £560 -4.11% 299
London -22 744 £600 - 274
North of England -17 296 £525 -0.94% 112
Midlands -4 295 £525 -3.05% 97
South East -8 291 £550 - 125
North West -9 190 £495 -6.60% 68
West Midlands -11 174 £502 -8.82% 63
East of England +4 162 £505 -15.48% 34
East Midlands +17 113 £588 +17.50% 34
Yorkshire +3 100 £550 +41.94% 42
South West -31 78 £543 +5.15% 23
Scotland +13 33 £533 -11.17% 11
Wales +4 29 £550 +21.41% 6
North East -32 6 £500 -6.54% 5
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +1 2 £488 +118.61% 5

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 32 (1.32%) Confluence
2 29 (1.19%) SharePoint
3 22 (0.91%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.54%) CMS
5 11 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
8 5 (0.21%) SAP EP
9 4 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
10 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.082%) Apache
11 2 (0.082%) JBoss
12 1 (0.041%) Apache Solr
12 1 (0.041%) LiveCycle
12 1 (0.041%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.041%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 123 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 54 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 45 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.082%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.041%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 959 (39.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 99 (4.08%) SAP FI
3 60 (2.47%) SAP ERP
3 60 (2.47%) SAP MM
4 59 (2.43%) SAP CO
5 57 (2.35%) SAP SD
6 56 (2.31%) SAP FI/CO
7 52 (2.14%) SAP EWM
8 45 (1.85%) SAP PSCD
9 43 (1.77%) SAP BRIM
10 38 (1.56%) SAP PP
11 37 (1.52%) SAP IBP
12 36 (1.48%) SAP PM
13 31 (1.28%) SAP MDG
14 30 (1.24%) SAP GRC
15 29 (1.19%) SAP Travel Management
16 28 (1.15%) SAP HCM
17 27 (1.11%) SAP FI-CA
17 27 (1.11%) SAP QM
18 23 (0.95%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 216 (8.89%) Azure
2 203 (8.36%) SuccessFactors
3 111 (4.57%) Power Platform
4 82 (3.38%) AWS
5 76 (3.13%) SaaS
6 49 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
7 40 (1.65%) Entra ID
8 34 (1.40%) Boomi
9 30 (1.24%) GCP
10 24 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
12 18 (0.74%) Power Automate
12 18 (0.74%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 17 (0.70%) OCI
14 15 (0.62%) Smartsheet
14 15 (0.62%) Snowflake
15 14 (0.58%) GitHub
15 14 (0.58%) PowerApps
16 13 (0.54%) IaaS
16 13 (0.54%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.45%) Network Security
2 7 (0.29%) Firewall
3 6 (0.25%) VPN
3 6 (0.25%) WAN
4 4 (0.16%) RFID
4 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.12%) BGP
5 3 (0.12%) LAN
5 3 (0.12%) OSPF
6 2 (0.082%) DNS
6 2 (0.082%) FTP
6 2 (0.082%) HTTP
6 2 (0.082%) Internet
6 2 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.041%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.041%) Ethernet VPN
7 1 (0.041%) Intranet
7 1 (0.041%) Junos
7 1 (0.041%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.041%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.28%) Power BI
2 82 (3.38%) SAP HANA
3 42 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 32 (1.32%) SAP BW
6 28 (1.15%) Tableau
7 22 (0.91%) BusinessObjects
8 18 (0.74%) SAP Data Services
8 18 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 16 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
10 15 (0.62%) Metadata
11 14 (0.58%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.37%) Sybase ASE
13 8 (0.33%) GIS
13 8 (0.33%) MaxDB
13 8 (0.33%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
15 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
15 5 (0.21%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 102 (4.20%) JIRA
2 23 (0.95%) Hudson
3 19 (0.78%) Git
4 9 (0.37%) Postman
5 7 (0.29%) LSMW
6 5 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.21%) Selenium
7 4 (0.16%) GitLab
7 4 (0.16%) JMeter
7 4 (0.16%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.082%) Maven
9 2 (0.082%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.082%) SoapUI
9 2 (0.082%) TestRail
10 1 (0.041%) ScriptRunner
10 1 (0.041%) Spock
10 1 (0.041%) Travis CI
10 1 (0.041%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.041%) Zephyr
General
1 793 (32.65%) Finance
2 690 (28.41%) Social Skills
3 268 (11.03%) Manufacturing
4 265 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
5 178 (7.33%) Public Sector
6 93 (3.83%) Billing
7 87 (3.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 75 (3.09%) Legal
8 75 (3.09%) Retail
9 71 (2.92%) Banking
10 58 (2.39%) Aerospace
11 57 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
12 53 (2.18%) Telecoms
13 48 (1.98%) Marketing
14 46 (1.89%) General Ledger
15 45 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
16 41 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
17 38 (1.56%) Local Government
18 34 (1.40%) Electronics
19 23 (0.95%) Law
Job Titles
1 580 (23.88%) Consultant
2 500 (20.58%) SAP Consultant
3 316 (13.01%) Lead
4 309 (12.72%) Architect
5 262 (10.79%) Analyst
6 211 (8.69%) Senior
7 179 (7.37%) Project Manager
8 174 (7.16%) SAP Manager
9 171 (7.04%) SAP Architect
10 156 (6.42%) Solutions Architect
11 117 (4.82%) Business Analyst
12 93 (3.83%) Developer
13 89 (3.66%) SAP Solutions Architect
14 88 (3.62%) SAP Project Manager
15 77 (3.17%) Administrator
16 76 (3.13%) Functional Consultant
17 70 (2.88%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 63 (2.59%) SAP Analyst
18 63 (2.59%) Senior Manager
19 61 (2.51%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (3.99%) SAP Fiori
2 83 (3.42%) Middleware
3 55 (2.26%) SAP Basis
4 52 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
5 49 (2.02%) REST
6 32 (1.32%) BAPI
6 32 (1.32%) SOAP
7 30 (1.24%) SAP TM
7 30 (1.24%) XML
8 28 (1.15%) SAPUI5
9 27 (1.11%) IDoc
10 23 (0.95%) JSON
11 19 (0.78%) EDI
11 19 (0.78%) OAuth
12 18 (0.74%) Web Services
13 17 (0.70%) SAP PI
14 13 (0.54%) SAP ALE
15 12 (0.49%) SAML
16 11 (0.45%) Node.js
16 11 (0.45%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 91 (3.75%) Public Cloud
2 80 (3.29%) Onboarding
3 76 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 54 (2.22%) Data Structures
5 45 (1.85%) Product Ownership
6 42 (1.73%) FMCG
7 38 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
8 33 (1.36%) Management Information System
9 30 (1.24%) Cloud Native
10 28 (1.15%) Life Science
10 28 (1.15%) Taxonomies
11 27 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
12 26 (1.07%) Self-Motivation
13 25 (1.03%) Replication
14 22 (0.91%) Data Protection Act
15 21 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
16 17 (0.70%) Virtual Team
17 13 (0.54%) AI Agents
18 11 (0.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
18 11 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 31 (1.28%) Windows
2 30 (1.24%) Linux
3 10 (0.41%) VMS
4 9 (0.37%) Unix
5 8 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.12%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.12%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.082%) AIX
7 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.041%) Android
8 1 (0.041%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 565 (23.26%) ERP
2 457 (18.81%) Migration
3 450 (18.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 303 (12.47%) Problem-Solving
5 272 (11.20%) Data Migration
6 253 (10.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 243 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 243 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
8 234 (9.63%) Agile
9 210 (8.65%) Validation
10 190 (7.82%) Project Management
11 184 (7.58%) Workshop Facilitation
12 182 (7.49%) Analytics
13 168 (6.92%) Change Management
13 168 (6.92%) Logistics
14 156 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
15 148 (6.09%) Data Modelling
16 133 (5.48%) Project Delivery
17 132 (5.43%) Decision-Making
18 127 (5.23%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 116 (4.78%) SQL
2 79 (3.25%) ABAP
3 52 (2.14%) Python
4 31 (1.28%) Java
5 18 (0.74%) PowerShell
6 17 (0.70%) JavaScript
7 9 (0.37%) C#
8 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.21%) Groovy
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
11 3 (0.12%) Bicep
11 3 (0.12%) C++
11 3 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.12%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.12%) Go
11 3 (0.12%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.12%) VB
12 2 (0.082%) Bash
Qualifications
1 358 (14.74%) Security Cleared
2 280 (11.53%) SC Cleared
3 144 (5.93%) Degree
4 118 (4.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (2.06%) ACCA
6 49 (2.02%) CIMA
7 43 (1.77%) PMP
8 41 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 40 (1.65%) DV Cleared
10 33 (1.36%) SAP Certification
11 18 (0.74%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.58%) Azure Certification
12 14 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
13 11 (0.45%) HNC
13 11 (0.45%) NVQ Level 4
14 10 (0.41%) CISSP
15 9 (0.37%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.33%) CISM
17 7 (0.29%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (5.31%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.87%) PMO
3 93 (3.83%) QA
4 54 (2.22%) GDPR
5 53 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 31 (1.28%) GRC
7 19 (0.78%) IFRS
7 19 (0.78%) SLA
8 12 (0.49%) GAAP
8 12 (0.49%) GxP
9 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
10 9 (0.37%) NIST
11 8 (0.33%) GMP
12 6 (0.25%) Accessibility
13 5 (0.21%) Basel III
13 5 (0.21%) EU AI Act
13 5 (0.21%) IFRS 9
13 5 (0.21%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.21%) NCSC
System Software
1 22 (0.91%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.41%) IAG
3 7 (0.29%) Docker
4 6 (0.25%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
2 13 (0.54%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.29%) Pacemaker
6 6 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.16%) Ansible
8 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 3 (0.12%) Grafana
9 2 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
9 2 (0.082%) WSUS
10 1 (0.041%) Argo
10 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
10 1 (0.041%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.041%) MOM
10 1 (0.041%) Packer
10 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.041%) SCCM
Vendors
1 240 (9.88%) Ariba
2 222 (9.14%) Microsoft
3 217 (8.93%) Oracle
4 99 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 88 (3.62%) Workday
6 70 (2.88%) ServiceNow
7 38 (1.56%) Informatica
8 33 (1.36%) MuleSoft
9 31 (1.28%) Adobe
9 31 (1.28%) Sage
10 29 (1.19%) Databricks
11 22 (0.91%) Concur
12 20 (0.82%) Okta
13 19 (0.78%) IBM
14 17 (0.70%) Siemens
15 16 (0.66%) Dell
16 14 (0.58%) IFS
16 14 (0.58%) Infor
17 13 (0.54%) OpenText
18 12 (0.49%) Sitecore