SuccessFactors Contract Job Trends

SAP SuccessFactors
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring SuccessFactors skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 399 386
Rank change year-on-year -6 -13 +192
Contract jobs citing SuccessFactors 186 157 220
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.46% 0.51%
As % of the Cloud Services category 1.32% 1.28% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 97 85 125
10th Percentile £396 £433 £400
25th Percentile £500 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £587
Median % change year-on-year - -6.38% +5.61%
75th Percentile £700 £638 £670
90th Percentile £798 £752 £720
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £545 £591
% change year-on-year +0.92% -7.76% +7.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £54.59
25th Percentile £31.25 - £58.47
Median hourly rate £37.50 - £66.63
75th Percentile £43.75 - £72.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 - £56.63

All Cloud Skills
UK

SuccessFactors falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 14,088 12,279 15,058
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 37.96% 36.23% 34.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,634 8,171 10,802
10th Percentile £306 £313 £295
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £731 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -0.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 321 175 264
10th Percentile £14.75 £17.44 £14.40
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £17.72
Median hourly rate £26.50 £27.50 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +2.80% +18.89%
75th Percentile £56.00 £45.59 £58.75
90th Percentile £77.25 £68.75 £78.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £24.18 £21.00
% change year-on-year +4.01% +15.14% +6.54%

SuccessFactors
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SuccessFactors relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

SuccessFactors job vacancy trend in the UK

SuccessFactors
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SuccessFactors over the 6 months to 25 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SuccessFactors in the UK

SuccessFactors
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors
Top 14 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SuccessFactors within the UK over the 6 months to 25 December 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 -35 146 £600 +9.00% 120
Work from Home +11 78 £545 -0.09% 104
UK excluding London -36 76 £550 +0.92% 97
London -6 63 £600 +9.09% 29
North of England -65 19 £450 -22.88% 20
Midlands -39 18 £550 +5.77% 24
North West -42 18 £450 -25.00% 10
East of England -6 17 £800 +11.04% 12
South East -14 17 £582 +10.86% 30
West Midlands -29 14 £550 -10.20% 9
South West -20 4 £391 -25.60% 5
East Midlands -21 4 £675 +32.35% 14
Yorkshire -41 1 - - 9
Scotland - 1 £475 - 4

SuccessFactors
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 5 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.08%) NetWeaver
2 2 (1.08%) SAP EP
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (13.98%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (11.83%) SAP Payroll
3 16 (8.60%) SAP HCM
4 5 (2.69%) SAP HR
4 5 (2.69%) Workday HCM
5 4 (2.15%) CA PPM
5 4 (2.15%) SAP ERP
6 3 (1.61%) BambooHR
6 3 (1.61%) SAP GRC
7 2 (1.08%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.54%) iTrent
8 1 (0.54%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.54%) SAP ECC
Cloud Services
1 10 (5.38%) Azure
2 7 (3.76%) Power Platform
3 6 (3.23%) SaaS
4 3 (1.61%) Boomi
4 3 (1.61%) IaaS
4 3 (1.61%) PaaS
4 3 (1.61%) SAP Fieldglass
5 2 (1.08%) AWS
5 2 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.08%) GCP
5 2 (1.08%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.08%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.54%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.54%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.76%) Power BI
2 4 (2.15%) SAP BW
2 4 (2.15%) SAP HANA
3 3 (1.61%) Data Hub
4 2 (1.08%) Metadata
5 1 (0.54%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.54%) Pinecone
5 1 (0.54%) Semantic Layer
5 1 (0.54%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.54%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.54%) Git
2 1 (0.54%) Jenkins
General
1 68 (36.56%) Social Skills
2 40 (21.51%) Finance
3 27 (14.52%) Public Sector
4 25 (13.44%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.91%) Legal
6 10 (5.38%) Retail
7 9 (4.84%) Local Government
8 7 (3.76%) Manufacturing
9 6 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.23%) Marketing
10 5 (2.69%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.69%) Law
11 3 (1.61%) Banking
11 3 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) German Language
13 1 (0.54%) Dutch Language
13 1 (0.54%) French Language
13 1 (0.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.54%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 47 (25.27%) Consultant
2 35 (18.82%) SAP Consultant
3 24 (12.90%) Architect
4 21 (11.29%) Lead
5 20 (10.75%) Analyst
6 17 (9.14%) Project Manager
7 14 (7.53%) SAP Manager
7 14 (7.53%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (5.91%) SAP HCM Consultant
8 11 (5.91%) Senior
9 10 (5.38%) Test Analyst
10 9 (4.84%) SAP Analyst
10 9 (4.84%) SAP Architect
11 8 (4.30%) Business Analyst
11 8 (4.30%) HR Manager
12 7 (3.76%) Functional Consultant
12 7 (3.76%) SAP Project Manager
13 6 (3.23%) Payroll Consultant
13 6 (3.23%) SAP Test Analyst
13 6 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (5.91%) SOAP
1 11 (5.91%) XML
2 8 (4.30%) Middleware
2 8 (4.30%) Web Services
3 6 (3.23%) SAP PI
4 5 (2.69%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (2.15%) JSON
6 3 (1.61%) ADO
6 3 (1.61%) IDoc
7 2 (1.08%) OAuth
7 2 (1.08%) REST
7 2 (1.08%) SailPoint
7 2 (1.08%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.54%) LangChain
8 1 (0.54%) LangGraph
8 1 (0.54%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.54%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.54%) SAML
8 1 (0.54%) SAP Basis
8 1 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.60%) Replication
2 15 (8.06%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.38%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.69%) Data Structures
4 5 (2.69%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.61%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.61%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.08%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.54%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.54%) Credit Risk
8 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.54%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.54%) PMI
8 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.08%) Windows
2 1 (0.54%) Linux
2 1 (0.54%) Unix
2 1 (0.54%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (24.73%) Stakeholder Management
2 33 (17.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 29 (15.59%) Migration
4 24 (12.90%) Project Management
5 22 (11.83%) Agile
6 20 (10.75%) ERP
6 20 (10.75%) User Acceptance Testing
7 19 (10.22%) Data Migration
7 19 (10.22%) Time Management
8 18 (9.68%) Change Management
8 18 (9.68%) Decision-Making
8 18 (9.68%) Workshop Facilitation
9 17 (9.14%) Data Modelling
9 17 (9.14%) Problem-Solving
10 16 (8.60%) Roadmaps
11 12 (6.45%) Project Delivery
12 11 (5.91%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (5.91%) Process Improvement
12 11 (5.91%) Programme Management
13 10 (5.38%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (6.99%) ABAP
2 7 (3.76%) Java
3 2 (1.08%) Python
4 1 (0.54%) Groovy
4 1 (0.54%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (8.60%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.91%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (5.38%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.76%) Degree
5 5 (2.69%) ISTQB
5 5 (2.69%) PMI Certification
5 5 (2.69%) SAP Certification
6 4 (2.15%) PMP
7 3 (1.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.08%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.54%) CIPD
9 1 (0.54%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.54%) PhD
9 1 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.54%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.53%) GDPR
2 10 (5.38%) PMO
3 7 (3.76%) QA
4 5 (2.69%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.08%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.08%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.08%) GRC
5 2 (1.08%) SLA
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 1 (0.54%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 159 (85.48%) SAP
2 24 (12.90%) Workday
3 18 (9.68%) Ariba
4 16 (8.60%) Oracle
5 9 (4.84%) OpenText
6 8 (4.30%) Microsoft
7 6 (3.23%) Concur
8 5 (2.69%) Computacenter
9 3 (1.61%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.08%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.54%) Aderant
11 1 (0.54%) Automation Anywhere
11 1 (0.54%) Foundry
11 1 (0.54%) Google
11 1 (0.54%) iManage
11 1 (0.54%) Intapp
11 1 (0.54%) Medallia
11 1 (0.54%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.54%) Okta
11 1 (0.54%) UiPath