SAP Contracts

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 30 May 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 33
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 +22
Contract jobs citing SAP 1,988 2,511 3,183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 6.87% 5.85% 5.67%
As % of the Vendors category 14.38% 13.85% 13.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 985 1,251 1,640
10th Percentile £379 £363 £363
25th Percentile £500 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £663
90th Percentile £750 £813 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £541 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -1.68% - +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 132 59
10th Percentile £20.06 £13.05 £21.30
25th Percentile £31.15 £15.50 £26.55
Median hourly rate £57.50 £26.03 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +120.90% -42.16% +13.92%
75th Percentile £70.00 £55.00 £60.63
90th Percentile £86.00 £65.00 £71.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.49 £24.65 £45.00
% change year-on-year +104.84% -45.22% +87.50%

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 13,829 18,136 24,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 47.80% 42.26% 43.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,566 11,310 16,195
10th Percentile £281 £263 £270
25th Percentile £405 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.46% -1.90% -
75th Percentile £615 £626 £645
90th Percentile £715 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 595 1,134 651
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.13 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.48 £18.84
Median hourly rate £25.50 £22.08 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.52% -48.06% +97.67%
75th Percentile £55.13 £57.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.50 £70.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.50 £21.46 £37.50
% change year-on-year +4.85% -42.77% +95.64%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Daily rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP.

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the UK

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP in the UK

SAP
Top 17 Contract 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 30 May 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 +5 1,515 £575 +2.22% 3,855
UK excluding London +4 827 £541 -1.68% 3,794
Work from Home +3 680 £581 +5.64% 1,961
London +2 671 £600 +2.56% 473
South East +8 219 £548 -4.78% 1,058
North of England -1 217 £530 +2.17% 821
North West +11 167 £530 +0.95% 390
Midlands 0 135 £541 +4.13% 769
East of England +6 103 £598 +13.81% 565
West Midlands +3 98 £550 +13.40% 407
South West +8 86 £500 -20.00% 423
Scotland +31 60 £600 +9.09% 148
Yorkshire -26 32 £388 -22.50% 342
East Midlands +1 30 £500 -13.04% 310
North East +2 14 £535 +37.18% 94
Wales +9 12 £453 -17.64% 98
Northern Ireland -17 3 £223 +134.74% 52

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 26 (1.31%) NetWeaver
2 17 (0.86%) Confluence
3 15 (0.75%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.45%) MTS
5 8 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.35%) OpenStack
6 7 (0.35%) SAP EP
7 6 (0.30%) WebLogic
8 5 (0.25%) SAS
9 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.10%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 2 (0.10%) CMS
9 2 (0.10%) Documentum
9 2 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (0.10%) MS Project Server
9 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 1 (0.050%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 66 (3.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.45%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.20%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.20%) Trello
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.10%) Blender
8 2 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
8 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
8 2 (0.10%) Notion
9 1 (0.050%) InVision
9 1 (0.050%) ProjectWise
9 1 (0.050%) Simulink
9 1 (0.050%) Sketch
9 1 (0.050%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 698 (35.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 96 (4.83%) SAP FI
3 81 (4.07%) SAP CO
4 73 (3.67%) SAP FI/CO
5 64 (3.22%) SAP PP
6 56 (2.82%) SAP HR
7 45 (2.26%) SAP SD
8 44 (2.21%) SAP Payroll
9 42 (2.11%) SAP ERP
10 40 (2.01%) SAP MM
11 39 (1.96%) SAP EWM
12 35 (1.76%) SAP PS
13 32 (1.61%) SAP MDG
14 30 (1.51%) SAP IBP
15 28 (1.41%) SAP Oil and Gas
16 27 (1.36%) SAP GTS
16 27 (1.36%) SAP HCM
17 25 (1.26%) Shopify
18 24 (1.21%) SAP PM
19 21 (1.06%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 130 (6.54%) SuccessFactors
2 129 (6.49%) Azure
3 73 (3.67%) Power Platform
4 61 (3.07%) AWS
5 32 (1.61%) GCP
6 30 (1.51%) SaaS
7 25 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
8 23 (1.16%) BigCommerce
9 21 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (1.01%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 20 (1.01%) Snowflake
11 18 (0.91%) GitHub
12 12 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
13 10 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 10 (0.50%) Boomi
14 9 (0.45%) Cloud Computing
14 9 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (0.45%) Serverless
15 8 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
16 7 (0.35%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.21%) Broadband
2 18 (0.91%) Firewall
3 11 (0.55%) HTTP
4 6 (0.30%) DNS
4 6 (0.30%) VPN
5 4 (0.20%) RFID
5 4 (0.20%) SSL
6 3 (0.15%) Cisco ISE
6 3 (0.15%) DHCP
6 3 (0.15%) HTTPS
6 3 (0.15%) LAN
6 3 (0.15%) SAN
7 2 (0.10%) DSL
7 2 (0.10%) IMAP
7 2 (0.10%) Intranet
7 2 (0.10%) Network Security
7 2 (0.10%) Skype
7 2 (0.10%) SMTP
7 2 (0.10%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.10%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (5.53%) SAP HANA
2 71 (3.57%) Power BI
3 45 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 43 (2.16%) SAP BW
5 34 (1.71%) Relational Database
5 34 (1.71%) SAP Data Services
6 30 (1.51%) PostgreSQL
7 26 (1.31%) BusinessObjects
8 21 (1.06%) SQL Server
9 17 (0.86%) NoSQL
10 15 (0.75%) Metadata
11 13 (0.65%) Data Lake
11 13 (0.65%) Tableau
12 11 (0.55%) Oracle Database
13 10 (0.50%) GIS
14 8 (0.40%) Big Data
14 8 (0.40%) Delta Lake
15 7 (0.35%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.35%) MongoDB
16 6 (0.30%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 60 (3.02%) JIRA
2 41 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 33 (1.66%) GitLab
4 25 (1.26%) Liquibase
5 22 (1.11%) Gradle
5 22 (1.11%) JUnit
6 21 (1.06%) Mockito
7 18 (0.91%) Git
8 10 (0.50%) LSMW
8 10 (0.50%) Postman
9 9 (0.45%) Selenium
10 7 (0.35%) ERwin
10 7 (0.35%) JMeter
11 6 (0.30%) LoadRunner
12 5 (0.25%) NeoLoad
12 5 (0.25%) PowerDesigner
13 4 (0.20%) Toad
14 3 (0.15%) Artifactory
14 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
15 2 (0.10%) SoapUI
General
1 739 (37.17%) Social Skills
2 672 (33.80%) Finance
3 329 (16.55%) Manufacturing
4 244 (12.27%) Analytical Skills
5 210 (10.56%) Public Sector
6 178 (8.95%) Marketing
7 170 (8.55%) Telecoms
8 160 (8.05%) Electronics
9 146 (7.34%) Pharmaceutical
10 97 (4.88%) Retail
11 66 (3.32%) General Ledger
12 59 (2.97%) Banking
13 56 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
14 50 (2.52%) Aerospace
15 47 (2.36%) Legal
16 43 (2.16%) Billing
17 37 (1.86%) Automotive
17 37 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
17 37 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
18 25 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 568 (28.57%) Consultant
2 495 (24.90%) SAP Consultant
3 230 (11.57%) Architect
4 225 (11.32%) Lead
5 197 (9.91%) Analyst
6 146 (7.34%) Developer
6 146 (7.34%) Senior
7 132 (6.64%) SAP Architect
8 130 (6.54%) SAP Manager
9 126 (6.34%) Project Manager
10 83 (4.18%) Business Analyst
11 75 (3.77%) SAP Analyst
12 70 (3.52%) SAP Developer
13 69 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
14 62 (3.12%) SAP Project Manager
15 56 (2.82%) Financial Analyst
16 54 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
17 48 (2.41%) SAP PP Consultant
18 47 (2.36%) Functional Consultant
19 46 (2.31%) Senior Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (5.03%) SAP Fiori
2 61 (3.07%) Web Services
3 43 (2.16%) Middleware
4 39 (1.96%) REST
5 38 (1.91%) SAP PI
6 37 (1.86%) Kafka
7 36 (1.81%) SAPUI5
8 35 (1.76%) SOAP
9 31 (1.56%) React
10 29 (1.46%) XML
11 28 (1.41%) CSS
11 28 (1.41%) HTML
11 28 (1.41%) Spring
12 27 (1.36%) BAPI
12 27 (1.36%) EDI
13 26 (1.31%) SAP Basis
13 26 (1.31%) Spring Boot
14 25 (1.26%) .NET
14 25 (1.26%) IDoc
15 22 (1.11%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 79 (3.97%) Life Science
2 61 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
3 58 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 49 (2.46%) Social Media
5 40 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 35 (1.76%) Virtual Team
7 32 (1.61%) Data Structures
7 32 (1.61%) FMCG
7 32 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
8 31 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.31%) Product Ownership
10 25 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
10 25 (1.26%) Public Cloud
11 21 (1.06%) Private Cloud
12 20 (1.01%) Cloud Native
13 17 (0.86%) LIMS
14 16 (0.80%) IoT
15 15 (0.75%) Renewable Energy
16 14 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
17 12 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 57 (2.87%) Windows
2 36 (1.81%) Linux
3 12 (0.60%) Windows 10
4 11 (0.55%) Unix
5 9 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.30%) SUSE
7 4 (0.20%) VMS
8 3 (0.15%) Windows Server
9 2 (0.10%) Android
9 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.10%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.10%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.10%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.050%) HPUX
10 1 (0.050%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (18.21%) Problem-Solving
2 339 (17.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 305 (15.34%) Agile
4 293 (14.74%) Migration
5 239 (12.02%) ERP
6 238 (11.97%) Business Intelligence
7 225 (11.32%) Project Management
8 197 (9.91%) Programme Management
9 162 (8.15%) Analytics
10 159 (8.00%) Data Migration
11 157 (7.90%) Digital Marketing
12 146 (7.34%) Project Delivery
13 134 (6.74%) Change Management
14 114 (5.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 110 (5.53%) Logistics
15 110 (5.53%) User Acceptance Testing
16 108 (5.43%) Continuous Improvement
17 104 (5.23%) Procure-to-Pay
18 103 (5.18%) Data Modelling
18 103 (5.18%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 151 (7.60%) SQL
2 150 (7.55%) ABAP
3 80 (4.02%) Java
4 66 (3.32%) Python
5 53 (2.67%) JavaScript
6 49 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 27 (1.36%) C#
8 24 (1.21%) TypeScript
9 20 (1.01%) Bash
10 12 (0.60%) Groovy
11 8 (0.40%) COBOL
12 7 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 7 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
12 7 (0.35%) R
12 7 (0.35%) VBA
13 6 (0.30%) BeanShell
13 6 (0.30%) Perl
14 5 (0.25%) C++
14 5 (0.25%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 310 (15.59%) Security Cleared
2 245 (12.32%) SC Cleared
3 151 (7.60%) Degree
4 82 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 58 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 56 (2.82%) ACCA
7 54 (2.72%) CIMA
8 51 (2.57%) DV Cleared
9 50 (2.52%) SAP Certification
10 43 (2.16%) PMI Certification
11 41 (2.06%) PMP
12 29 (1.46%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.50%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.50%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.45%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
15 6 (0.30%) APMG
15 6 (0.30%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.30%) CISSP
16 5 (0.25%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (4.02%) Data Quality
2 56 (2.82%) QA
3 35 (1.76%) PMO
4 32 (1.61%) GDPR
5 29 (1.46%) Accessibility
6 25 (1.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 24 (1.21%) IFRS
8 20 (1.01%) GRC
9 16 (0.80%) GxP
10 10 (0.50%) IFRS 9
11 9 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (0.40%) SLA
13 7 (0.35%) GAAP
14 6 (0.30%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.25%) NIST
16 4 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
16 4 (0.20%) Basel III
16 4 (0.20%) Def Stans
16 4 (0.20%) ITGC
16 4 (0.20%) PMBOK
System Software
1 45 (2.26%) Active Directory
2 33 (1.66%) Docker
3 5 (0.25%) IAG
3 5 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.20%) vSphere
5 3 (0.15%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 2 (0.10%) Firmware
6 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.10%) XenApp
7 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.050%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (1.86%) Terraform
2 27 (1.36%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.16%) Ansible
4 9 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.40%) Argo
5 8 (0.40%) HP ALM
6 5 (0.25%) Progress Chef
7 3 (0.15%) Consul
7 3 (0.15%) logstash
7 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.15%) Puppet
8 2 (0.10%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (0.10%) McAfee ePO
8 2 (0.10%) Norton AntiVirus
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.10%) Salt
9 1 (0.050%) EMC NetWorker
9 1 (0.050%) SCOM
Vendors
1 216 (10.87%) Ariba
2 172 (8.65%) Microsoft
3 132 (6.64%) Oracle
4 114 (5.73%) Salesforce
5 72 (3.62%) ServiceNow
6 38 (1.91%) Adobe
7 36 (1.81%) Workday
8 33 (1.66%) Google
9 21 (1.06%) Sitecore
10 18 (0.91%) Concur
11 17 (0.86%) Databricks
11 17 (0.86%) HP
12 16 (0.80%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.75%) Dell
14 14 (0.70%) Informatica
15 13 (0.65%) Splunk
16 12 (0.60%) OpenText
17 9 (0.45%) webMethods
18 8 (0.40%) Anaplan
18 8 (0.40%) VMware