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 26 August 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
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -10 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,702 2,024 2,515
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.04% 6.19% 6.48%
As % of the Vendors category 12.08% 13.11% 14.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,334 1,025 1,261
10th Percentile £363 £361 £400
25th Percentile £463 £470 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £568 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% -1.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £673 £688
90th Percentile £750 £750 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 215 105 85
10th Percentile £15.45 £15.66 £15.10
25th Percentile £21.08 £19.07 £22.75
Median hourly rate £32.23 £23.63 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +36.37% -33.17% -21.12%
75th Percentile £59.13 £43.75 £59.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £66.60 £65.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.25 £22.63 £33.00
% change year-on-year +29.25% -31.42% -19.22%

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 22,375 15,442 16,970
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.71% 47.20% 43.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,812 9,439 10,467
10th Percentile £313 £275 £285
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £610 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £700 £730
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,157 809 781
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £17.25 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.59% -10.18% -36.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.40 £67.60 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £21.24 £27.00
% change year-on-year +31.83% -21.33% -32.16%

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 26 August 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 26 August 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 26 August 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 -10 2,147 £575 +1.77% 593
UK excluding London -3 1,385 £550 - 400
Work from Home -8 811 £575 +0.66% 257
London -32 756 £600 +3.45% 202
South East -5 388 £550 +4.76% 90
Midlands +14 357 £550 - 97
North of England -7 345 £550 - 101
North West -5 245 £550 - 60
West Midlands +3 220 £500 -7.66% 53
East of England -12 138 £565 -2.59% 58
East Midlands +35 127 £625 +0.97% 44
Yorkshire +3 93 £500 -8.26% 34
South West -34 81 £550 - 43
Wales +8 42 £550 +228.36% 9
Scotland -8 42 £533 +25.41% 11
North East -45 6 £500 -8.26% 7
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -5 2 £488 +195.45% 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 41 (1.52%) SharePoint
2 37 (1.37%) Confluence
3 17 (0.63%) NetWeaver
4 11 (0.41%) CMS
5 7 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
6 6 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 4 (0.15%) Apache
7 4 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.15%) SAP EP
7 4 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
8 3 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.11%) FactoryTalk
8 3 (0.11%) JBoss
8 3 (0.11%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.074%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.074%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.074%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.074%) SAS
9 2 (0.074%) ThingWorx
Applications
1 128 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 61 (2.26%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (1.48%) Microsoft Project
4 29 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.67%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.37%) CATIA
7 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.074%) Windchill
9 1 (0.037%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.037%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.037%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.037%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 1,036 (38.34%) SAP S/4HANA
2 121 (4.48%) SAP FI
3 74 (2.74%) SAP CO
4 68 (2.52%) SAP ERP
5 67 (2.48%) SAP FI/CO
5 67 (2.48%) SAP MM
5 67 (2.48%) SAP SD
6 51 (1.89%) SAP PSCD
7 49 (1.81%) SAP GRC
8 48 (1.78%) SAP Payroll
9 47 (1.74%) SAP EWM
10 45 (1.67%) SAP PP
11 44 (1.63%) SAP BRIM
12 42 (1.55%) SAP HR
13 40 (1.48%) SAP IBP
14 39 (1.44%) SAP MDG
15 38 (1.41%) SAP PM
16 33 (1.22%) SAP HCM
17 31 (1.15%) SAP QM
18 30 (1.11%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 282 (10.44%) SuccessFactors
2 225 (8.33%) Azure
3 142 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 98 (3.63%) AWS
5 67 (2.48%) SaaS
6 59 (2.18%) Azure DevOps
7 49 (1.81%) GCP
8 39 (1.44%) Entra ID
9 32 (1.18%) Boomi
10 29 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.93%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 17 (0.63%) GitHub
15 15 (0.56%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.56%) Smartsheet
15 15 (0.56%) Tricentis Tosca
16 14 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
17 13 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
18 12 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.26%) Network Security
2 6 (0.22%) Intranet
3 5 (0.19%) Firewall
4 3 (0.11%) Broadband
4 3 (0.11%) HTTP
4 3 (0.11%) VPN
5 2 (0.074%) LAN
5 2 (0.074%) SSL
5 2 (0.074%) WAN
6 1 (0.037%) DNS
6 1 (0.037%) Internet
6 1 (0.037%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.037%) MQTT
6 1 (0.037%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.037%) Wireless
6 1 (0.037%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 126 (4.66%) Power BI
2 90 (3.33%) SAP HANA
3 60 (2.22%) SAP BW
4 51 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (1.70%) Tableau
6 40 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
6 40 (1.48%) SQL Server
7 26 (0.96%) SAP Data Services
8 16 (0.59%) Data Lake
8 16 (0.59%) Metadata
9 14 (0.52%) GIS
9 14 (0.52%) Oracle Database
10 13 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
11 12 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 10 (0.37%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.37%) Relational Database
13 9 (0.33%) Sybase ASE
14 8 (0.30%) MaxDB
14 8 (0.30%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 111 (4.11%) JIRA
2 21 (0.78%) Hudson
3 20 (0.74%) Git
4 11 (0.41%) Postman
5 7 (0.26%) eggPlant
5 7 (0.26%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.26%) SoapUI
6 6 (0.22%) JMeter
6 6 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.19%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.19%) LSMW
7 5 (0.19%) Toad
8 4 (0.15%) Selenium
9 2 (0.074%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.074%) HP UFT
9 2 (0.074%) Maven
9 2 (0.074%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.074%) Rational Functional Tester
9 2 (0.074%) SilkTest
General
1 843 (31.20%) Finance
2 699 (25.87%) Social Skills
3 311 (11.51%) Manufacturing
4 275 (10.18%) Analytical Skills
5 140 (5.18%) Public Sector
6 124 (4.59%) Retail
7 108 (4.00%) Billing
8 84 (3.11%) Legal
9 72 (2.66%) Aerospace
9 72 (2.66%) Pharmaceutical
10 58 (2.15%) Banking
10 58 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
10 58 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 53 (1.96%) General Ledger
12 34 (1.26%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (1.22%) Automotive
14 29 (1.07%) Telecoms
15 28 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
15 28 (1.04%) Local Government
16 26 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 659 (24.39%) Consultant
2 562 (20.80%) SAP Consultant
3 352 (13.03%) Architect
4 318 (11.77%) Lead
5 311 (11.51%) Analyst
6 259 (9.59%) Senior
7 195 (7.22%) SAP Manager
8 182 (6.74%) SAP Architect
9 168 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
10 160 (5.92%) Project Manager
11 134 (4.96%) Business Analyst
12 108 (4.00%) Developer
13 104 (3.85%) SAP Analyst
14 91 (3.37%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 85 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
16 82 (3.03%) SAP Project Manager
17 76 (2.81%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 75 (2.78%) Administrator
18 75 (2.78%) Senior Consultant
19 64 (2.37%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (4.37%) SAP Fiori
2 97 (3.59%) Middleware
3 77 (2.85%) REST
4 64 (2.37%) SOAP
5 54 (2.00%) Oracle Fusion
6 47 (1.74%) SAP Basis
7 45 (1.67%) XML
8 36 (1.33%) BAPI
9 33 (1.22%) IDoc
10 32 (1.18%) SAP PI
11 31 (1.15%) JSON
12 30 (1.11%) Web Services
13 28 (1.04%) EDI
14 26 (0.96%) SAPUI5
15 23 (0.85%) OAuth
16 19 (0.70%) Node.js
17 16 (0.59%) Kafka
17 16 (0.59%) SAP ALE
17 16 (0.59%) Terraform
18 15 (0.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 88 (3.26%) Onboarding
1 88 (3.26%) Public Cloud
2 80 (2.96%) Data Structures
3 69 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
3 69 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
4 60 (2.22%) Product Ownership
5 59 (2.18%) FMCG
6 54 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
7 44 (1.63%) Management Information System
8 37 (1.37%) Life Science
9 34 (1.26%) Cloud Native
10 28 (1.04%) Replication
11 24 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 23 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
13 21 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
14 19 (0.70%) Operational Technology
15 17 (0.63%) AI Agents
16 16 (0.59%) SCADA
17 15 (0.56%) Private Cloud
18 14 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 44 (1.63%) Linux
2 32 (1.18%) Windows
3 23 (0.85%) Unix
4 9 (0.33%) VMS
5 8 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 8 (0.30%) SUSE
6 4 (0.15%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.11%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.11%) Solaris
8 2 (0.074%) AIX
8 2 (0.074%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 628 (23.24%) Stakeholder Management
2 607 (22.46%) ERP
3 481 (17.80%) Migration
4 349 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
5 327 (12.10%) User Acceptance Testing
6 309 (11.44%) Data Migration
7 287 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 274 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 268 (9.92%) Agile
10 254 (9.40%) Validation
11 229 (8.48%) Analytics
12 222 (8.22%) Workshop Facilitation
13 210 (7.77%) Logistics
14 176 (6.51%) Roadmaps
15 160 (5.92%) System Integration Testing
16 156 (5.77%) Business Intelligence
16 156 (5.77%) Project Management
17 155 (5.74%) Data Modelling
18 153 (5.66%) Change Management
19 152 (5.63%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 141 (5.22%) SQL
2 107 (3.96%) ABAP
3 68 (2.52%) Python
4 51 (1.89%) Java
5 23 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 19 (0.70%) PowerShell
7 7 (0.26%) Bicep
7 7 (0.26%) C#
8 6 (0.22%) Apex Code
8 6 (0.22%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.22%) VB.NET
9 5 (0.19%) Bash
9 5 (0.19%) BeanShell
9 5 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.19%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.15%) C++
10 4 (0.15%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 445 (16.47%) Security Cleared
2 342 (12.66%) SC Cleared
3 134 (4.96%) Degree
4 125 (4.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (2.26%) DV Cleared
6 35 (1.30%) ACCA
7 34 (1.26%) CIMA
8 30 (1.11%) PMP
9 29 (1.07%) PMI Certification
10 26 (0.96%) SAP Certification
11 20 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.56%) HNC
14 12 (0.44%) ISTQB
15 11 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 11 (0.41%) Master's Degree
15 11 (0.41%) NVQ Level 4
16 10 (0.37%) CISSP
16 10 (0.37%) ISEB
17 9 (0.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 176 (6.51%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.48%) PMO
3 88 (3.26%) QA
4 60 (2.22%) GDPR
5 57 (2.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 54 (2.00%) GRC
7 17 (0.63%) IFRS
8 15 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.41%) GxP
9 11 (0.41%) NIST
10 8 (0.30%) SLA
11 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
11 6 (0.22%) GAAP
11 6 (0.22%) GMP
11 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
11 6 (0.22%) ITGC
11 6 (0.22%) NCSC
12 5 (0.19%) EU AI Act
13 4 (0.15%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
System Software
1 26 (0.96%) Active Directory
2 17 (0.63%) IAG
3 6 (0.22%) Corosync
3 6 (0.22%) Docker
4 3 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.037%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (0.59%) Kubernetes
1 16 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
2 7 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
2 7 (0.26%) Pacemaker
3 5 (0.19%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.15%) Control-M
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
5 3 (0.11%) Grafana
5 3 (0.11%) HP ALM
6 2 (0.074%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.074%) MOM
7 1 (0.037%) CEMLI
7 1 (0.037%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.037%) QRadar
7 1 (0.037%) SolarWinds Orion
7 1 (0.037%) Tivoli Storage Manager
7 1 (0.037%) WSUS
Vendors
1 271 (10.03%) Microsoft
2 259 (9.59%) Oracle
3 254 (9.40%) Ariba
4 110 (4.07%) Salesforce
5 95 (3.52%) Workday
6 76 (2.81%) ServiceNow
7 40 (1.48%) MuleSoft
8 39 (1.44%) Databricks
9 36 (1.33%) Concur
10 34 (1.26%) Adobe
11 33 (1.22%) IBM
11 33 (1.22%) Informatica
12 28 (1.04%) Google
13 17 (0.63%) Red Hat
14 16 (0.59%) OpenText
14 16 (0.59%) Siemens
15 15 (0.56%) Infor
16 14 (0.52%) IFS
17 12 (0.44%) Sage
18 11 (0.41%) JD Edwards