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 1 April 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
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 27 26
Rank change year-on-year -9 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP 2,348 1,911 2,674
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 5.26% 6.58% 6.04%
As % of the Vendors category 12.12% 13.96% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,191 1,006 1,394
10th Percentile £356 £357 £350
25th Percentile £463 £482 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £558 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.35% +1.36% -
75th Percentile £673 £663 £664
90th Percentile £750 £765 £781
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 205 56 133
10th Percentile £17.69 £20.81 £13.05
25th Percentile £22.63 £25.44 £18.58
Median hourly rate £29.00 £52.50 £26.66
Median % change year-on-year -44.76% +96.92% -40.76%
75th Percentile £56.69 £70.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.11 £86.00 £83.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £50.00 £24.65
% change year-on-year -52.00% +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 19,377 13,685 18,908
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 43.37% 47.12% 42.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,439 8,647 11,818
10th Percentile £313 £293 £255
25th Percentile £413 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £514
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.29% -2.10%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £625
90th Percentile £700 £710 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 966 482 1,045
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.46 £12.13
25th Percentile £18.50 £20.07 £14.48
Median hourly rate £26.50 £28.75 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% +23.84% -41.96%
75th Percentile £58.88 £62.50 £56.25
90th Percentile £78.25 £80.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £27.13 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.83% +26.16% -38.62%

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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1 April 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 1,821 £561 +2.05% 552
UK excluding London -12 1,069 £525 -2.78% 415
Work from Home +1 788 £575 -1.20% 266
London -19 719 £595 +0.68% 205
North of England -22 272 £550 +4.76% 92
South East -9 266 £575 - 159
Midlands -5 241 £485 -10.19% 77
North West -16 174 £525 -2.42% 55
East of England +3 167 £518 -10.78% 37
West Midlands -9 157 £475 -18.98% 53
Yorkshire -2 89 £595 +58.67% 34
East Midlands +3 78 £588 +17.50% 24
South West -35 76 £625 +25.00% 26
Wales +16 33 £515 -28.94% 13
Scotland +12 24 £450 -25.00% 9
North East -25 8 £175 -50.00% 4
Northern Ireland 0 3 £500 +77.94% 3
Channel Islands - 3 - - 4

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 34 (1.45%) Confluence
2 27 (1.15%) SharePoint
3 20 (0.85%) NetWeaver
4 18 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.34%) CMS
6 6 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 6 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
6 6 (0.26%) SAP EP
7 5 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
7 5 (0.21%) Cloud Foundry
7 5 (0.21%) MTS
8 4 (0.17%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.13%) Apache
9 3 (0.13%) MS Project Server
9 3 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.13%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.13%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.085%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.085%) JBoss
11 1 (0.043%) OpenStack
Applications
1 114 (4.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 73 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 42 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (1.15%) MS Visio
5 20 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 14 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.38%) CATIA
8 6 (0.26%) Siemens NX
9 5 (0.21%) PTC Creo
10 3 (0.13%) Chatbot
11 1 (0.043%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.043%) Sketch
11 1 (0.043%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 893 (38.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 109 (4.64%) SAP FI
3 70 (2.98%) SAP CO
4 66 (2.81%) SAP FI/CO
5 65 (2.77%) SAP MM
6 63 (2.68%) SAP ERP
7 61 (2.60%) SAP PP
8 58 (2.47%) SAP EWM
9 46 (1.96%) SAP HCM
10 45 (1.92%) SAP Payroll
11 43 (1.83%) SAP PM
12 41 (1.75%) SAP SD
13 39 (1.66%) SAP PSCD
14 33 (1.41%) SAP MDG
15 28 (1.19%) SAP QM
16 27 (1.15%) SAP BRIM
16 27 (1.15%) SAP Travel Management
17 25 (1.06%) SAP HR
17 25 (1.06%) SAP IBP
18 22 (0.94%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 204 (8.69%) Azure
2 196 (8.35%) SuccessFactors
3 93 (3.96%) Power Platform
4 85 (3.62%) AWS
5 68 (2.90%) SaaS
6 43 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
7 40 (1.70%) GCP
8 36 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 34 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (0.98%) OCI
11 23 (0.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 17 (0.72%) Boomi
12 17 (0.72%) Power Automate
13 16 (0.68%) GitHub
14 15 (0.64%) GitHub Actions
14 15 (0.64%) Snowflake
15 13 (0.55%) PaaS
15 13 (0.55%) Tricentis Tosca
16 11 (0.47%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 15 (0.64%) Wireless
2 12 (0.51%) Network Security
3 9 (0.38%) Firewall
3 9 (0.38%) VPN
4 8 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
4 8 (0.34%) Skype
5 7 (0.30%) HTTPS
5 7 (0.30%) LAN
5 7 (0.30%) WAN
6 5 (0.21%) BGP
6 5 (0.21%) FTP
6 5 (0.21%) OSPF
6 5 (0.21%) RFID
6 5 (0.21%) SD-WAN
7 4 (0.17%) DNS
7 4 (0.17%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.13%) Internet
8 3 (0.13%) Junos
9 2 (0.085%) Hyperconnected
9 2 (0.085%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (3.75%) Power BI
2 82 (3.49%) SAP HANA
3 35 (1.49%) SAP BW
4 30 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
5 28 (1.19%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.02%) SAP Data Services
7 20 (0.85%) Tableau
8 19 (0.81%) Metadata
9 17 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 13 (0.55%) BusinessObjects
12 12 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.47%) GIS
14 9 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
15 7 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.26%) MaxDB
16 6 (0.26%) Oracle Database
16 6 (0.26%) Sybase ASE
17 5 (0.21%) Delta Lake
17 5 (0.21%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 95 (4.05%) JIRA
2 16 (0.68%) Git
3 15 (0.64%) Hudson
4 11 (0.47%) LSMW
5 7 (0.30%) GitLab
5 7 (0.30%) Jenkins
5 7 (0.30%) Toad
6 6 (0.26%) Postman
7 5 (0.21%) Selenium
8 4 (0.17%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.17%) JMeter
8 4 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.13%) JUnit
9 3 (0.13%) Storybook
10 2 (0.085%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.085%) Tricentis qTest
11 1 (0.043%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.043%) GCC
11 1 (0.043%) Spock
11 1 (0.043%) Zephyr
General
1 801 (34.11%) Finance
2 726 (30.92%) Social Skills
3 361 (15.37%) Manufacturing
4 295 (12.56%) Analytical Skills
5 283 (12.05%) Public Sector
6 146 (6.22%) Telecoms
7 142 (6.05%) Marketing
8 120 (5.11%) Electronics
9 95 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
10 67 (2.85%) Banking
10 67 (2.85%) Retail
11 65 (2.77%) Legal
12 63 (2.68%) Billing
13 54 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
13 54 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 51 (2.17%) Aerospace
15 50 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
16 41 (1.75%) Local Government
17 37 (1.58%) General Ledger
18 30 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 618 (26.32%) Consultant
2 526 (22.40%) SAP Consultant
3 284 (12.10%) Lead
4 271 (11.54%) Architect
5 217 (9.24%) Analyst
6 175 (7.45%) Project Manager
7 169 (7.20%) SAP Manager
8 163 (6.94%) Senior
9 152 (6.47%) SAP Architect
10 137 (5.83%) Solutions Architect
11 122 (5.20%) Developer
12 103 (4.39%) Business Analyst
13 91 (3.88%) SAP Project Manager
14 86 (3.66%) SAP Solutions Architect
15 77 (3.28%) Administrator
15 77 (3.28%) Functional Consultant
16 76 (3.24%) SAP Developer
16 76 (3.24%) SAP Functional Consultant
17 58 (2.47%) SAP Analyst
18 54 (2.30%) SAP Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (5.45%) SAP Fiori
2 58 (2.47%) Middleware
3 54 (2.30%) SAP Basis
4 47 (2.00%) SAPUI5
5 39 (1.66%) XML
6 38 (1.62%) REST
7 36 (1.53%) SOAP
8 33 (1.41%) Web Services
9 31 (1.32%) BAPI
10 30 (1.28%) SAP TM
11 28 (1.19%) SAP PI
12 25 (1.06%) IDoc
13 22 (0.94%) CSS
13 22 (0.94%) HTML
14 20 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
15 15 (0.64%) EDI
15 15 (0.64%) SAP ALE
16 14 (0.60%) JSON
17 11 (0.47%) OAuth
18 10 (0.43%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (3.24%) Onboarding
2 75 (3.19%) Public Cloud
3 65 (2.77%) Legacy Systems
4 46 (1.96%) Data Structures
5 42 (1.79%) FMCG
5 42 (1.79%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.45%) Replication
7 29 (1.24%) Management Information System
7 29 (1.24%) Taxonomies
8 28 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
9 27 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
9 27 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 26 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.02%) Life Science
12 21 (0.89%) Cloud Native
12 21 (0.89%) Data Centre
13 20 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
14 17 (0.72%) Mobile App
15 14 (0.60%) Virtual Team
16 12 (0.51%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 40 (1.70%) Windows
2 23 (0.98%) Android
2 23 (0.98%) Mac OS
3 20 (0.85%) Linux
4 14 (0.60%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.26%) Unix
6 5 (0.21%) VMS
7 4 (0.17%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.085%) SUSE
9 2 (0.085%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
10 1 (0.043%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.043%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.043%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 480 (20.44%) ERP
2 433 (18.44%) Migration
2 433 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 278 (11.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 265 (11.29%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
6 240 (10.22%) Data Migration
7 226 (9.63%) Business Intelligence
8 225 (9.58%) Agile
9 198 (8.43%) Project Management
10 195 (8.30%) Workshop Facilitation
11 190 (8.09%) User Acceptance Testing
12 176 (7.50%) Logistics
13 174 (7.41%) Validation
14 168 (7.16%) Change Management
15 157 (6.69%) Analytics
16 146 (6.22%) Data Modelling
16 146 (6.22%) Programme Management
16 146 (6.22%) Roadmaps
17 139 (5.92%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 124 (5.28%) ABAP
2 106 (4.51%) SQL
3 44 (1.87%) Python
4 41 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 40 (1.70%) Java
6 15 (0.64%) PowerShell
7 10 (0.43%) Groovy
8 8 (0.34%) TypeScript
9 7 (0.30%) C#
9 7 (0.30%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.17%) C
10 4 (0.17%) Go
11 3 (0.13%) Bicep
11 3 (0.13%) C++
11 3 (0.13%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.13%) Embedded C++
11 3 (0.13%) R
11 3 (0.13%) VB
11 3 (0.13%) VBA
12 2 (0.085%) Korn
Qualifications
1 417 (17.76%) Security Cleared
2 321 (13.67%) SC Cleared
3 159 (6.77%) Degree
4 115 (4.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 54 (2.30%) DV Cleared
6 49 (2.09%) PMP
7 43 (1.83%) PMI Certification
7 43 (1.83%) SAP Certification
8 33 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 32 (1.36%) ACCA
10 31 (1.32%) CIMA
11 17 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
12 14 (0.60%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.38%) CISSP
14 9 (0.38%) HNC
14 9 (0.38%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.34%) TOGAF Certification
16 7 (0.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 7 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 123 (5.24%) Data Quality
2 96 (4.09%) QA
3 75 (3.19%) PMO
4 45 (1.92%) GDPR
5 44 (1.87%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 28 (1.19%) SLA
7 25 (1.06%) GRC
8 18 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.60%) GxP
10 13 (0.55%) NIST
11 11 (0.47%) IFRS
12 9 (0.38%) GAAP
13 8 (0.34%) COBIT
13 8 (0.34%) GMP
13 8 (0.34%) HIPAA
13 8 (0.34%) ITGC
14 7 (0.30%) SOX 404
15 6 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
16 5 (0.21%) Accessibility
16 5 (0.21%) Basel III
System Software
1 31 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.38%) IAG
3 7 (0.30%) Docker
4 1 (0.043%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.043%) Varnish
4 1 (0.043%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (1.24%) Single Sign-On
2 8 (0.34%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.34%) Terraform
3 6 (0.26%) HP ALM
4 3 (0.13%) Control-M
5 2 (0.085%) Ansible
5 2 (0.085%) Grafana
5 2 (0.085%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (0.085%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.085%) vRealize
5 2 (0.085%) WSUS
6 1 (0.043%) Argo
6 1 (0.043%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.043%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.043%) Packer
6 1 (0.043%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.043%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.043%) SCCM
6 1 (0.043%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 231 (9.84%) Ariba
2 202 (8.60%) Microsoft
3 182 (7.75%) Oracle
4 82 (3.49%) Salesforce
5 71 (3.02%) ServiceNow
6 68 (2.90%) Workday
7 37 (1.58%) Informatica
8 35 (1.49%) Cisco
8 35 (1.49%) Sage
9 32 (1.36%) Adobe
10 28 (1.19%) Databricks
10 28 (1.19%) Dell
10 28 (1.19%) IBM
11 27 (1.15%) HP
12 21 (0.89%) Okta
13 18 (0.77%) MuleSoft
14 15 (0.64%) Apple
14 15 (0.64%) Concur
14 15 (0.64%) Google
14 15 (0.64%) OpenText