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 18 November 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
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 28 26
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 +21
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,240 2,348 3,061
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 6.33% 6.51% 6.55%
As % of the Vendors category 13.33% 14.49% 14.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,162 1,134 1,587
10th Percentile £350 £400 £363
25th Percentile £463 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £566 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.13% +2.86% -
75th Percentile £671 £675 £650
90th Percentile £738 £767 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 160 51 73
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.92 £19.80
25th Percentile £17.69 £23.25 £22.53
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.34% -28.57% +8.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £55.39 £63.29
90th Percentile £68.50 £74.87 £86.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £33.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -32.38% -29.79% +4.44%

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 16,798 16,200 21,206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.46% 44.94% 45.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,576 9,516 13,634
10th Percentile £288 £300 £260
25th Percentile £405 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -1.55%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £700 £720 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 865 509 682
10th Percentile £15.32 £15.59 £15.21
25th Percentile £18.22 £18.75 £20.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.45 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.90% -31.57% +74.51%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.56 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.80 £76.53
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.32 £28.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -20.30% -37.08% +102.27%

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 2025.

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 18 November 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 -6 1,716 £566 +0.09% 903
UK excluding London -6 974 £550 -4.35% 575
Work from Home +3 763 £565 -0.48% 496
London -10 705 £575 +4.55% 358
North of England -3 291 £597 +8.45% 111
South East -6 252 £525 -12.50% 219
North West +4 216 £623 +7.33% 79
Midlands -20 159 £525 -2.78% 98
East of England +5 128 £575 +15.00% 70
West Midlands -16 114 £525 +1.94% 76
South West -24 93 £600 +7.62% 43
Yorkshire -6 63 £525 +23.53% 30
East Midlands -25 43 £525 -7.33% 22
Scotland +6 40 £450 +5.88% 35
Wales +6 18 £170 -74.81% 12
North East -10 10 £175 -51.72% 2
Northern Ireland -7 7 £308 +192.86% 8
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 23 (1.03%) SharePoint
2 21 (0.94%) Confluence
3 19 (0.85%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.36%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.31%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.22%) MTS
8 3 (0.13%) Apache
8 3 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.13%) CMS
8 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.089%) Oracle Coherence
9 2 (0.089%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.045%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.045%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.045%) LiveCycle
10 1 (0.045%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.045%) SAP Portal
10 1 (0.045%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 109 (4.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 85 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
3 47 (2.10%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.80%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.22%) Windchill
8 4 (0.18%) Simulink
9 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.089%) Sketch
11 1 (0.045%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.045%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.045%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.045%) InVision
11 1 (0.045%) Trello
Business Applications
1 818 (36.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 97 (4.33%) SAP FI
3 77 (3.44%) SAP CO
4 72 (3.21%) SAP MM
5 70 (3.13%) SAP FI/CO
6 65 (2.90%) SAP EWM
7 64 (2.86%) SAP ERP
8 57 (2.54%) SAP Payroll
9 55 (2.46%) SAP HCM
10 54 (2.41%) SAP PP
11 51 (2.28%) SAP HR
12 41 (1.83%) SAP MDG
13 37 (1.65%) SAP WM
14 35 (1.56%) SAP PS
15 34 (1.52%) SAP VC
16 31 (1.38%) SAP QM
17 29 (1.29%) SAP PM
18 28 (1.25%) SAP SD
19 22 (0.98%) SAP Oil and Gas
20 21 (0.94%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 174 (7.77%) SuccessFactors
2 150 (6.70%) Azure
3 102 (4.55%) Power Platform
4 75 (3.35%) AWS
5 58 (2.59%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (2.41%) SaaS
7 43 (1.92%) GCP
8 36 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
9 23 (1.03%) Snowflake
10 21 (0.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 20 (0.89%) Azure DevOps
12 16 (0.71%) Power Automate
13 14 (0.63%) Entra ID
14 11 (0.49%) OCI
15 10 (0.45%) Smartsheet
16 9 (0.40%) Boomi
16 9 (0.40%) GitHub
16 9 (0.40%) PaaS
16 9 (0.40%) PowerApps
16 9 (0.40%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 24 (1.07%) Wireless
2 17 (0.76%) HTTPS
3 8 (0.36%) Firewall
3 8 (0.36%) LAN
4 7 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (0.31%) Skype
5 6 (0.27%) DNS
5 6 (0.27%) VPN
6 4 (0.18%) PSTN
6 4 (0.18%) Unified Communications
6 4 (0.18%) VoIP
6 4 (0.18%) WAN
7 3 (0.13%) DHCP
7 3 (0.13%) VLAN
8 2 (0.089%) BGP
8 2 (0.089%) Junos
8 2 (0.089%) Network Security
8 2 (0.089%) OSPF
8 2 (0.089%) RTP
8 2 (0.089%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 104 (4.64%) SAP HANA
2 96 (4.29%) Power BI
3 51 (2.28%) SAP BW
4 26 (1.16%) Data Lake
4 26 (1.16%) SAP Data Services
5 23 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 19 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.71%) Tableau
8 15 (0.67%) Metadata
9 14 (0.63%) GIS
10 13 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
11 12 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 11 (0.49%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
13 9 (0.40%) Oracle Database
14 7 (0.31%) Electronic Patient Records
14 7 (0.31%) MySQL
14 7 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
15 6 (0.27%) PostgreSQL
15 6 (0.27%) Relational Database
16 5 (0.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 79 (3.53%) JIRA
2 20 (0.89%) Git
3 13 (0.58%) LSMW
4 9 (0.40%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.27%) Toad
6 5 (0.22%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
7 4 (0.18%) Clang
7 4 (0.18%) GCC
7 4 (0.18%) JUnit
7 4 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
7 4 (0.18%) Subversion
8 3 (0.13%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.13%) GitLab
8 3 (0.13%) Storybook
8 3 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.089%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.089%) Postman
9 2 (0.089%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.089%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 787 (35.13%) Finance
2 747 (33.35%) Social Skills
3 433 (19.33%) Manufacturing
4 334 (14.91%) Public Sector
5 241 (10.76%) Telecoms
6 240 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
7 235 (10.49%) Marketing
8 212 (9.46%) Electronics
9 142 (6.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 70 (3.13%) Retail
11 55 (2.46%) Billing
12 53 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
13 49 (2.19%) Aerospace
13 49 (2.19%) Legal
14 48 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
15 45 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
16 40 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
17 35 (1.56%) Local Government
18 33 (1.47%) Banking
19 23 (1.03%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 698 (31.16%) Consultant
2 565 (25.22%) SAP Consultant
3 195 (8.71%) Analyst
4 191 (8.53%) Architect
5 188 (8.39%) Lead
6 139 (6.21%) Project Manager
7 128 (5.71%) Developer
8 125 (5.58%) SAP Manager
9 109 (4.87%) SAP Architect
10 97 (4.33%) Senior
11 90 (4.02%) Business Analyst
12 78 (3.48%) Solutions Architect
13 68 (3.04%) Functional Consultant
13 68 (3.04%) SAP Analyst
14 63 (2.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
14 63 (2.81%) SAP Project Manager
15 62 (2.77%) SAP Developer
16 60 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
17 59 (2.63%) Administrator
18 54 (2.41%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 172 (7.68%) SAP Fiori
2 56 (2.50%) Web Services
3 52 (2.32%) XML
4 50 (2.23%) SOAP
5 48 (2.14%) REST
6 44 (1.96%) BAPI
7 42 (1.88%) SAP PI
8 41 (1.83%) Middleware
9 40 (1.79%) SAPUI5
10 32 (1.43%) JSON
11 31 (1.38%) SAP Basis
12 29 (1.29%) HTML
13 26 (1.16%) CSS
13 26 (1.16%) EDI
14 25 (1.12%) IDoc
15 22 (0.98%) SAP TM
16 18 (0.80%) SAP ALE
17 17 (0.76%) JMS
18 15 (0.67%) .NET
18 15 (0.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 68 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
2 49 (2.19%) Onboarding
3 43 (1.92%) Life Science
4 41 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
5 39 (1.74%) Data Structures
6 37 (1.65%) Data Centre
7 36 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 33 (1.47%) Public Cloud
9 32 (1.43%) FMCG
10 28 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
11 22 (0.98%) Management Information System
11 22 (0.98%) Private Cloud
12 21 (0.94%) Renewable Energy
12 21 (0.94%) Replication
13 19 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (0.67%) Virtual Team
15 12 (0.54%) NHS
16 11 (0.49%) Low-Code
16 11 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 53 (2.37%) Windows
2 32 (1.43%) Linux
3 31 (1.38%) Android
4 30 (1.34%) Mac OS
5 14 (0.63%) Windows 10
6 11 (0.49%) Unix
7 7 (0.31%) Windows Server
8 5 (0.22%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.22%) VMS
9 4 (0.18%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.13%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.089%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 384 (17.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 360 (16.07%) Migration
3 347 (15.49%) ERP
4 342 (15.27%) Problem-Solving
5 311 (13.88%) Business Intelligence
6 258 (11.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 249 (11.12%) Agile
8 245 (10.94%) Programme Management
9 213 (9.51%) Data Migration
10 210 (9.38%) Logistics
11 206 (9.20%) Digital Marketing
12 199 (8.88%) Project Management
13 180 (8.04%) Continuous Improvement
14 168 (7.50%) Analytics
15 158 (7.05%) Change Management
16 157 (7.01%) User Acceptance Testing
17 149 (6.65%) Workshop Facilitation
18 123 (5.49%) Validation
19 120 (5.36%) Project Delivery
20 116 (5.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 147 (6.56%) ABAP
2 104 (4.64%) SQL
3 63 (2.81%) Python
4 61 (2.72%) JavaScript
5 58 (2.59%) Java
6 31 (1.38%) PowerShell
7 22 (0.98%) C#
8 14 (0.63%) C++
9 13 (0.58%) Groovy
10 11 (0.49%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.45%) Bash
12 8 (0.36%) C
12 8 (0.36%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.22%) MATLAB
13 5 (0.22%) R
13 5 (0.22%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.22%) TypeScript
14 3 (0.13%) BeanShell
14 3 (0.13%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.13%) Korn
Qualifications
1 515 (22.99%) Security Cleared
2 426 (19.02%) SC Cleared
3 160 (7.14%) Degree
4 100 (4.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.59%) SAP Certification
6 52 (2.32%) PMP
7 51 (2.28%) DV Cleared
8 48 (2.14%) PMI Certification
9 36 (1.61%) Master's Degree
10 34 (1.52%) ACCA
10 34 (1.52%) CIMA
11 29 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.63%) CISSP
13 13 (0.58%) ISTQB
14 12 (0.54%) ITIL Certification
15 11 (0.49%) DBS Check
15 11 (0.49%) Six Sigma Green Belt
16 9 (0.40%) CESG Certified Professional
16 9 (0.40%) CISM
17 5 (0.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.26%) Data Quality
2 65 (2.90%) QA
3 53 (2.37%) PMO
4 41 (1.83%) GDPR
5 35 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 26 (1.16%) GxP
7 22 (0.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (0.98%) SLA
8 19 (0.85%) GRC
9 13 (0.58%) NIST
10 11 (0.49%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.45%) IFRS
12 9 (0.40%) RMADS
13 8 (0.36%) NCSC
14 7 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.31%) APQC
14 7 (0.31%) COBIT
14 7 (0.31%) JSP 440
15 6 (0.27%) GMP
15 6 (0.27%) SOX 404
System Software
1 30 (1.34%) Active Directory
2 15 (0.67%) Docker
3 5 (0.22%) Firmware
4 4 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.089%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.089%) vSphere
6 1 (0.045%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.045%) IAG
6 1 (0.045%) Varnish
6 1 (0.045%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.045%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (0.63%) Kubernetes
2 10 (0.45%) Terraform
3 6 (0.27%) Ansible
3 6 (0.27%) HP ALM
4 4 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.18%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.13%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.13%) HP Quality Center
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
5 3 (0.13%) vRealize
6 2 (0.089%) Failover Clustering
6 2 (0.089%) Linux-HA
6 2 (0.089%) Pacemaker
6 2 (0.089%) Puppet
6 2 (0.089%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.045%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.045%) FreeIPA
7 1 (0.045%) Grafana
7 1 (0.045%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 190 (8.48%) Microsoft
2 189 (8.44%) Oracle
3 183 (8.17%) Ariba
4 106 (4.73%) Salesforce
5 75 (3.35%) ServiceNow
5 75 (3.35%) Workday
6 43 (1.92%) Cisco
7 36 (1.61%) HP
8 35 (1.56%) Adobe
9 29 (1.29%) Dell
10 25 (1.12%) Apple
11 22 (0.98%) OpenText
12 21 (0.94%) Databricks
12 21 (0.94%) Google
12 21 (0.94%) MuleSoft
12 21 (0.94%) webMethods
13 17 (0.76%) Concur
13 17 (0.76%) IBM
14 12 (0.54%) Informatica
14 12 (0.54%) Software AG