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 24 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
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 28 28
Rank change year-on-year -11 0 +1
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,709 2,037 2,514
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.05% 6.17% 6.47%
As % of the Vendors category 12.11% 13.06% 14.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,340 1,026 1,261
10th Percentile £363 £361 £400
25th Percentile £463 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -1.74% +4.55%
75th Percentile £656 £671 £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 218 105 85
10th Percentile £15.93 £15.66 £15.10
25th Percentile £22.00 £19.07 £22.75
Median hourly rate £32.50 £23.63 £35.36
Median % change year-on-year +37.54% -33.17% -21.12%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £59.95
90th Percentile £86.00 £66.60 £65.02
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.00 £22.63 £33.00
% change year-on-year +32.57% -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 22,370 15,592 16,983
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.71% 47.26% 43.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,814 9,531 10,482
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 £728
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,156 810 785
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.69 £13.35
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.30 £15.62
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.15 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.28% -10.18% -34.12%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.30 £61.60
90th Percentile £83.13 £67.55 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.04 £21.24 £26.03
% change year-on-year +36.70% -18.40% -30.59%

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 24 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 24 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 24 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 2,150 £575 +2.22% 583
UK excluding London -2 1,380 £550 - 464
Work from Home -5 815 £573 +0.22% 260
London -28 758 £600 +3.45% 156
South East -6 380 £558 +6.19% 133
Midlands +12 358 £550 - 116
North of England -5 344 £550 - 113
North West -4 244 £550 - 71
West Midlands +8 222 £500 -7.66% 64
East of England -8 141 £573 -1.29% 47
East Midlands +31 126 £625 +0.97% 52
Yorkshire +5 93 £500 -8.26% 36
South West -35 81 £550 - 43
Wales +8 42 £550 +228.36% 12
Scotland -8 42 £533 +25.41% 11
North East -43 6 £500 -8.26% 6
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland -3 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 42 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 35 (1.29%) Confluence
3 20 (0.74%) NetWeaver
4 11 (0.41%) CMS
5 6 (0.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 6 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
6 5 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
7 4 (0.15%) Apache
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
1 126 (4.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 60 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
3 39 (1.44%) Microsoft Project
4 28 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (0.66%) MS Visio
6 10 (0.37%) CATIA
7 7 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.037%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.037%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.037%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.037%) ProjectWise
8 1 (0.037%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1,044 (38.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 121 (4.47%) SAP FI
3 73 (2.69%) SAP CO
4 68 (2.51%) SAP ERP
5 66 (2.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 66 (2.44%) SAP MM
5 66 (2.44%) SAP SD
6 51 (1.88%) SAP PSCD
7 49 (1.81%) SAP EWM
7 49 (1.81%) SAP GRC
8 48 (1.77%) SAP Payroll
9 46 (1.70%) SAP PP
10 44 (1.62%) SAP BRIM
11 41 (1.51%) SAP HR
12 40 (1.48%) SAP IBP
13 38 (1.40%) SAP MDG
14 37 (1.37%) SAP PM
15 33 (1.22%) SAP HCM
16 31 (1.14%) SAP QM
17 30 (1.11%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 287 (10.59%) SuccessFactors
2 224 (8.27%) Azure
3 142 (5.24%) Power Platform
4 97 (3.58%) AWS
5 66 (2.44%) SaaS
6 58 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 48 (1.77%) GCP
8 38 (1.40%) Entra ID
9 32 (1.18%) Boomi
10 29 (1.07%) Microsoft 365
11 27 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (0.92%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.78%) SAP Commerce Cloud
14 17 (0.63%) GitHub
15 15 (0.55%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.55%) Smartsheet
15 15 (0.55%) 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 (0.18%) 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 (4.65%) Power BI
2 93 (3.43%) SAP HANA
3 59 (2.18%) SAP BW
4 52 (1.92%) Data Warehouse
5 46 (1.70%) Tableau
6 42 (1.55%) SQL Server
7 40 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
8 27 (1.00%) SAP Data Services
9 16 (0.59%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.55%) Metadata
11 14 (0.52%) GIS
11 14 (0.52%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 12 (0.44%) Sybase ASE
14 11 (0.41%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
15 10 (0.37%) MaxDB
15 10 (0.37%) Relational Database
16 8 (0.30%) NoSQL
17 7 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 110 (4.06%) 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%) LSMW
6 6 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 6 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 5 (0.18%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.18%) 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
1 838 (30.93%) Finance
2 695 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 314 (11.59%) Manufacturing
4 275 (10.15%) Analytical Skills
5 142 (5.24%) Public Sector
6 123 (4.54%) Retail
7 109 (4.02%) Billing
8 83 (3.06%) Legal
9 76 (2.81%) Pharmaceutical
10 73 (2.69%) Aerospace
11 57 (2.10%) Banking
11 57 (2.10%) Influencing Skills
12 56 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (1.92%) General Ledger
14 31 (1.14%) Automotive
14 31 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.07%) Local Government
15 29 (1.07%) Telecoms
16 28 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (0.96%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 669 (24.70%) Consultant
2 572 (21.11%) SAP Consultant
3 348 (12.85%) Architect
4 320 (11.81%) Lead
5 307 (11.33%) Analyst
6 258 (9.52%) Senior
7 189 (6.98%) SAP Manager
8 181 (6.68%) SAP Architect
9 166 (6.13%) Solutions Architect
10 161 (5.94%) Project Manager
11 131 (4.84%) Business Analyst
12 109 (4.02%) Developer
13 103 (3.80%) SAP Analyst
14 89 (3.29%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 86 (3.17%) Functional Consultant
16 80 (2.95%) SAP Project Manager
17 77 (2.84%) SAP Functional Consultant
18 74 (2.73%) Senior Consultant
19 73 (2.69%) Administrator
20 63 (2.33%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (4.36%) SAP Fiori
2 97 (3.58%) Middleware
3 76 (2.81%) REST
4 63 (2.33%) SOAP
5 54 (1.99%) Oracle Fusion
6 51 (1.88%) SAP Basis
7 45 (1.66%) XML
8 37 (1.37%) BAPI
9 33 (1.22%) IDoc
10 32 (1.18%) SAP PI
11 31 (1.14%) JSON
12 30 (1.11%) Web Services
13 28 (1.03%) EDI
14 27 (1.00%) 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 (0.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 89 (3.29%) Onboarding
1 89 (3.29%) Public Cloud
2 78 (2.88%) Data Structures
3 69 (2.55%) Legacy Systems
4 67 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
5 60 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 58 (2.14%) FMCG
7 54 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
8 42 (1.55%) Management Information System
9 37 (1.37%) Life Science
10 34 (1.26%) Cloud Native
11 29 (1.07%) Replication
12 24 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
14 21 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
15 19 (0.70%) Operational Technology
16 17 (0.63%) AI Agents
17 16 (0.59%) SCADA
18 15 (0.55%) Private Cloud
19 14 (0.52%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 48 (1.77%) Linux
2 35 (1.29%) Windows
3 26 (0.96%) 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
1 622 (22.96%) Stakeholder Management
2 608 (22.44%) ERP
3 487 (17.98%) Migration
4 349 (12.88%) Problem-Solving
5 329 (12.14%) User Acceptance Testing
6 312 (11.52%) Data Migration
7 285 (10.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 271 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 265 (9.78%) Agile
10 253 (9.34%) Validation
11 225 (8.31%) Analytics
12 222 (8.19%) Workshop Facilitation
13 207 (7.64%) Logistics
14 170 (6.28%) Roadmaps
15 160 (5.91%) Project Management
15 160 (5.91%) System Integration Testing
16 157 (5.80%) Business Intelligence
17 155 (5.72%) Data Modelling
18 153 (5.65%) Change Management
19 150 (5.54%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 141 (5.20%) SQL
2 108 (3.99%) ABAP
3 70 (2.58%) Python
4 50 (1.85%) Java
5 23 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 20 (0.74%) 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 (0.18%) Bash
9 5 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.18%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.15%) BeanShell
10 4 (0.15%) C++
10 4 (0.15%) Korn
11 3 (0.11%) C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.11%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 447 (16.50%) Security Cleared
2 345 (12.74%) SC Cleared
3 134 (4.95%) Degree
4 123 (4.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 60 (2.21%) DV Cleared
6 36 (1.33%) ACCA
7 35 (1.29%) CIMA
8 29 (1.07%) PMP
9 28 (1.03%) PMI Certification
10 25 (0.92%) SAP Certification
11 20 (0.74%) Azure Certification
12 16 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 15 (0.55%) HNC
14 13 (0.48%) 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
1 178 (6.57%) Data Quality
2 94 (3.47%) PMO
3 89 (3.29%) QA
4 60 (2.21%) GDPR
5 56 (2.07%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 55 (2.03%) GRC
7 17 (0.63%) IFRS
8 14 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.41%) GxP
10 10 (0.37%) NIST
11 8 (0.30%) SLA
12 6 (0.22%) Accessibility
12 6 (0.22%) GAAP
12 6 (0.22%) GMP
12 6 (0.22%) HIPAA
12 6 (0.22%) ITGC
12 6 (0.22%) NCSC
13 5 (0.18%) EU AI Act
14 4 (0.15%) ISO 20022
15 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 (0.18%) HP Fortify
4 4 (0.15%) Control-M
4 4 (0.15%) Grafana
5 3 (0.11%) Ansible
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
1 269 (9.93%) Microsoft
2 263 (9.71%) Oracle
3 248 (9.15%) Ariba
4 109 (4.02%) Salesforce
5 95 (3.51%) Workday
6 76 (2.81%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.44%) Databricks
7 39 (1.44%) MuleSoft
8 36 (1.33%) Concur
9 34 (1.26%) Adobe
10 33 (1.22%) IBM
10 33 (1.22%) Informatica
11 28 (1.03%) Google
12 17 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 16 (0.59%) Infor
13 16 (0.59%) OpenText
14 15 (0.55%) Siemens
15 14 (0.52%) IFS
16 13 (0.48%) Sage
17 12 (0.44%) JD Edwards