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 9 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
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 26 28
Rank change year-on-year -8 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,446 2,000 2,579
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.13% 6.86% 5.98%
As % of the Vendors category 12.33% 14.43% 14.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,225 1,023 1,284
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £463 £500 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.61% +2.68% +1.82%
75th Percentile £673 £670 £688
90th Percentile £760 £762 £799
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £541 £535
% change year-on-year -0.28% +1.21% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 216 59 130
10th Percentile £16.72 £21.36 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £28.78 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.36 £57.50 £26.02
Median % change year-on-year -43.72% +121.03% -42.19%
75th Percentile £57.63 £70.00 £56.88
90th Percentile £80.07 £86.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £50.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -43.50% +102.84% -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 19,841 13,863 18,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 41.57% 47.53% 42.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,610 8,683 11,336
10th Percentile £313 £284 £263
25th Percentile £413 £406 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.85% -0.07% -1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £630
90th Percentile £703 £716 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -1.22% -0.79% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 996 562 1,095
10th Percentile £15.28 £14.84 £12.01
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.50 £14.41
Median hourly rate £32.36 £25.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.91% +13.33% -48.57%
75th Percentile £60.00 £57.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £78.02 £75.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.22 £23.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year +22.70% +6.98% -45.67%

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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -15 1,936 £574 +0.88% 598
UK excluding London -7 1,147 £540 -0.28% 426
Work from Home +2 799 £560 -3.61% 257
London -19 760 £600 - 207
South East -12 300 £575 +4.55% 140
Midlands -4 279 £525 -3.05% 97
North of England -24 276 £550 +3.77% 102
North West -13 176 £500 -5.66% 58
West Midlands -7 173 £500 -9.09% 59
East of England -1 160 £505 -15.48% 43
East Midlands +11 100 £575 +12.75% 38
Yorkshire +1 95 £575 +35.29% 41
South West -36 77 £581 +16.15% 29
Wales +12 31 £550 +19.70% 7
Scotland +12 29 £450 -25.00% 14
North East -34 4 £500 -3.85% 8
Channel Islands - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +3 3 £500 +77.94% 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 35 (1.43%) Confluence
2 28 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 21 (0.86%) NetWeaver
4 13 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.45%) CMS
6 7 (0.29%) Oracle Workflow
7 6 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
7 6 (0.25%) SAP EP
8 4 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.12%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.082%) Apache
10 2 (0.082%) JBoss
11 1 (0.041%) Anypoint
11 1 (0.041%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.041%) Camunda
11 1 (0.041%) Mendix
Applications
1 125 (5.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 57 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
3 43 (1.76%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (1.06%) MS Visio
5 19 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (0.57%) Spreadsheet
7 10 (0.41%) CATIA
8 6 (0.25%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.20%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.12%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.041%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.041%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.041%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 951 (38.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 100 (4.09%) SAP FI
3 66 (2.70%) SAP CO
4 63 (2.58%) SAP ERP
5 62 (2.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 59 (2.41%) SAP MM
7 57 (2.33%) SAP EWM
8 50 (2.04%) SAP PP
9 48 (1.96%) SAP SD
10 47 (1.92%) SAP PSCD
11 41 (1.68%) SAP BRIM
11 41 (1.68%) SAP PM
12 38 (1.55%) SAP HCM
13 36 (1.47%) SAP MDG
14 34 (1.39%) SAP IBP
15 29 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
15 29 (1.19%) SAP QM
16 28 (1.14%) SAP Travel Management
17 27 (1.10%) SAP GRC
18 23 (0.94%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 211 (8.63%) Azure
2 207 (8.46%) SuccessFactors
3 116 (4.74%) Power Platform
4 87 (3.56%) AWS
5 77 (3.15%) SaaS
6 46 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 32 (1.31%) GCP
9 29 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.10%) Boomi
11 25 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (0.94%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 17 (0.70%) OCI
14 16 (0.65%) Snowflake
15 14 (0.57%) BigCommerce
15 14 (0.57%) PaaS
15 14 (0.57%) Smartsheet
16 13 (0.53%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (0.53%) GitHub
16 13 (0.53%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (0.45%) Network Security
2 8 (0.33%) Firewall
3 6 (0.25%) VPN
3 6 (0.25%) WAN
4 4 (0.16%) BGP
4 4 (0.16%) FTP
4 4 (0.16%) OSPF
4 4 (0.16%) RFID
4 4 (0.16%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.12%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (0.12%) LAN
5 3 (0.12%) Skype
6 2 (0.082%) DNS
6 2 (0.082%) Hyperconnected
6 2 (0.082%) Internet
6 2 (0.082%) Junos
6 2 (0.082%) Reverse Proxy
7 1 (0.041%) MQTT
7 1 (0.041%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.041%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (4.42%) Power BI
2 84 (3.43%) SAP HANA
3 45 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
4 34 (1.39%) SAP BW
5 31 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 28 (1.14%) Tableau
7 23 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
8 19 (0.78%) BusinessObjects
8 19 (0.78%) Data Lake
9 18 (0.74%) Metadata
9 18 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 14 (0.57%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.29%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
11 7 (0.29%) GIS
11 7 (0.29%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.25%) Sybase ASE
13 5 (0.20%) Delta Lake
13 5 (0.20%) MaxDB
13 5 (0.20%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 107 (4.37%) JIRA
2 20 (0.82%) Git
2 20 (0.82%) Hudson
3 8 (0.33%) LSMW
3 8 (0.33%) Postman
4 7 (0.29%) GitLab
5 5 (0.20%) Selenium
6 4 (0.16%) Jenkins
6 4 (0.16%) JMeter
6 4 (0.16%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.12%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.082%) Oracle APEX
8 2 (0.082%) TestRail
9 1 (0.041%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.041%) PowerDesigner
9 1 (0.041%) ScriptRunner
9 1 (0.041%) Subversion
9 1 (0.041%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.041%) Toad
General
1 782 (31.97%) Finance
2 712 (29.11%) Social Skills
3 287 (11.73%) Manufacturing
4 286 (11.69%) Analytical Skills
5 205 (8.38%) Public Sector
6 94 (3.84%) Pharmaceutical
7 85 (3.48%) Billing
8 74 (3.03%) Retail
9 73 (2.98%) Telecoms
10 70 (2.86%) Banking
10 70 (2.86%) Legal
11 68 (2.78%) Marketing
12 57 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
14 52 (2.13%) Aerospace
15 51 (2.09%) Documentation Skills
16 49 (2.00%) Electronics
17 46 (1.88%) General Ledger
18 34 (1.39%) Local Government
19 22 (0.90%) Law
Job Titles
1 583 (23.83%) Consultant
2 505 (20.65%) SAP Consultant
3 323 (13.21%) Lead
4 312 (12.76%) Architect
5 256 (10.47%) Analyst
6 200 (8.18%) Senior
7 179 (7.32%) Project Manager
8 177 (7.24%) SAP Architect
8 177 (7.24%) SAP Manager
9 153 (6.26%) Solutions Architect
10 120 (4.91%) Business Analyst
11 109 (4.46%) Developer
12 94 (3.84%) SAP Solutions Architect
13 88 (3.60%) SAP Project Manager
14 78 (3.19%) Administrator
15 77 (3.15%) Functional Consultant
16 72 (2.94%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 65 (2.66%) SAP Analyst
18 64 (2.62%) SAP Developer
19 57 (2.33%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (4.13%) SAP Fiori
2 71 (2.90%) Middleware
3 52 (2.13%) SAP Basis
4 51 (2.09%) REST
5 38 (1.55%) Oracle Fusion
6 36 (1.47%) SAPUI5
7 32 (1.31%) SOAP
8 31 (1.27%) BAPI
9 29 (1.19%) SAP TM
10 27 (1.10%) IDoc
11 26 (1.06%) XML
12 21 (0.86%) SAP PI
13 19 (0.78%) EDI
13 19 (0.78%) Web Services
14 18 (0.74%) JSON
14 18 (0.74%) OAuth
15 14 (0.57%) SAP ALE
16 13 (0.53%) VML
17 12 (0.49%) SAML
18 11 (0.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 88 (3.60%) Public Cloud
2 83 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 78 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
4 59 (2.41%) Data Structures
5 47 (1.92%) FMCG
5 47 (1.92%) Product Ownership
6 43 (1.76%) Greenfield Project
7 38 (1.55%) Management Information System
8 30 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
9 29 (1.19%) Cloud Native
9 29 (1.19%) Replication
9 29 (1.19%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (1.19%) Taxonomies
10 27 (1.10%) Life Science
11 24 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
12 22 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
13 17 (0.70%) Virtual Team
14 14 (0.57%) AI Agents
15 12 (0.49%) LIMS
15 12 (0.49%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 28 (1.14%) Windows
2 25 (1.02%) Linux
3 8 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (0.29%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.25%) Unix
5 6 (0.25%) VMS
6 3 (0.12%) Android
6 3 (0.12%) Embedded Linux
6 3 (0.12%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.082%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.041%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 555 (22.69%) ERP
2 471 (19.26%) Migration
3 460 (18.81%) Stakeholder Management
4 293 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
5 279 (11.41%) Data Migration
6 253 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 252 (10.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 240 (9.81%) Agile
9 223 (9.12%) User Acceptance Testing
10 199 (8.14%) Project Management
11 198 (8.09%) Validation
12 196 (8.01%) Workshop Facilitation
13 179 (7.32%) Business Intelligence
14 177 (7.24%) Analytics
15 173 (7.07%) Change Management
16 168 (6.87%) Logistics
17 160 (6.54%) Data Modelling
18 139 (5.68%) Project Delivery
19 136 (5.56%) Roadmaps
20 125 (5.11%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 115 (4.70%) SQL
2 95 (3.88%) ABAP
3 48 (1.96%) Python
4 33 (1.35%) Java
5 22 (0.90%) JavaScript
6 15 (0.61%) PowerShell
7 8 (0.33%) C#
7 8 (0.33%) Groovy
8 6 (0.25%) PL/SQL
9 5 (0.20%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.16%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.16%) C
10 4 (0.16%) Go
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%) VB
11 3 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 383 (15.66%) Security Cleared
2 300 (12.26%) SC Cleared
3 147 (6.01%) Degree
4 117 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 47 (1.92%) ACCA
5 47 (1.92%) DV Cleared
6 45 (1.84%) PMP
7 44 (1.80%) CIMA
8 43 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 37 (1.51%) SAP Certification
10 26 (1.06%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
12 13 (0.53%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.45%) CISSP
14 10 (0.41%) HNC
15 9 (0.37%) CISM
15 9 (0.37%) ISTQB
15 9 (0.37%) NVQ Level 4
16 8 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
17 7 (0.29%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (5.52%) Data Quality
2 101 (4.13%) QA
3 89 (3.64%) PMO
4 58 (2.37%) GDPR
5 50 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 32 (1.31%) GRC
7 22 (0.90%) SLA
8 16 (0.65%) GxP
9 14 (0.57%) IFRS
10 11 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 9 (0.37%) GAAP
11 9 (0.37%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.37%) NIST
12 8 (0.33%) GMP
13 7 (0.29%) Accessibility
14 5 (0.20%) Basel III
14 5 (0.20%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.20%) IFRS 9
14 5 (0.20%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.20%) NCSC
System Software
1 25 (1.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.41%) IAG
3 8 (0.33%) Docker
4 6 (0.25%) Corosync
5 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.041%) Varnish
5 1 (0.041%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (0.57%) Terraform
3 10 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 8 (0.33%) Failover Clustering
5 7 (0.29%) Pacemaker
6 6 (0.25%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.12%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Control-M
8 2 (0.082%) Grafana
8 2 (0.082%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.082%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.082%) WSUS
9 1 (0.041%) Argo
9 1 (0.041%) CEMLI
9 1 (0.041%) MOM
9 1 (0.041%) Packer
9 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.041%) SCCM
9 1 (0.041%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 236 (9.65%) Ariba
2 216 (8.83%) Microsoft
3 192 (7.85%) Oracle
4 100 (4.09%) Salesforce
5 81 (3.31%) Workday
6 73 (2.98%) ServiceNow
7 39 (1.59%) Informatica
8 34 (1.39%) Sage
9 32 (1.31%) Adobe
10 30 (1.23%) Databricks
11 26 (1.06%) MuleSoft
12 23 (0.94%) IBM
13 20 (0.82%) Okta
14 18 (0.74%) Dell
15 17 (0.70%) Concur
16 16 (0.65%) Siemens
17 15 (0.61%) Infor
18 14 (0.57%) Sitecore
19 13 (0.53%) IFS
20 12 (0.49%) OpenText