SAP Contracts in the West Midlands

SAP
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 26 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +6
Contract jobs citing SAP 84 107 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.25% 5.50% 6.46%
As % of the Vendors category 13.38% 12.72% 13.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 60 90
10th Percentile £451 £275 £400
25th Percentile £509 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £485 £533
Median % change year-on-year +20.62% -8.92% +1.43%
75th Percentile £648 £575 £633
90th Percentile £740 £696 £712
England median daily rate £550 £550 £550
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 17 4
10th Percentile £22.30 £11.25 £66.25
25th Percentile £23.88 £21.25 £83.13
Median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.58% -76.32% -
75th Percentile £29.76 £26.98 £98.13
90th Percentile £30.96 £34.25 £99.25
England median hourly rate £60.00 £26.03 £45.00
% change year-on-year +130.50% -42.16% +53.17%

All Vendors
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 628 841 1,169
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 46.69% 43.19% 49.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 410 538 735
10th Percentile £185 £250 £213
25th Percentile £320 £350 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £479 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
England median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.30% -3.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 53 29
10th Percentile £12.25 £11.07 £13.15
25th Percentile £14.86 £13.25 £15.10
Median hourly rate £18.51 £19.95 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.22% +7.84% +7.06%
75th Percentile £29.25 £28.75 £52.50
90th Percentile £31.43 £55.00 £72.30
England median hourly rate £27.13 £22.50 £39.55
% change year-on-year +20.56% -43.11% +88.33%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP in the West Midlands

SAP
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 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
Birmingham +6 27 £550 +6.80% 33
Warwickshire -2 15 £725 +26.64% 19
Shropshire +3 12 £541 +11.49% 6
Staffordshire +2 5 £258 -39.29% 22
Wolverhampton - 4 £850 - 1
Coventry -1 3 £624 +31.32% 11
Solihull +9 1 £550 +100.00% 4
Worcestershire -2 1 - - 3
SAP
England

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.19%) NetWeaver
1 1 (1.19%) SAP EP
1 1 (1.19%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (20.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.95%) SAP ERP
3 4 (4.76%) SAP CO
3 4 (4.76%) SAP FI
4 3 (3.57%) Maximo
4 3 (3.57%) SAP BPC
4 3 (3.57%) SAP MM
5 2 (2.38%) SAP CCM
5 2 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (2.38%) SAP GRC
5 2 (2.38%) SAP PM
5 2 (2.38%) SAP SD
6 1 (1.19%) SAP CRM
6 1 (1.19%) SAP HCM
6 1 (1.19%) SAP HR
6 1 (1.19%) SAP MDG
6 1 (1.19%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (1.19%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (1.19%) SAP PP
6 1 (1.19%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.86%) SuccessFactors
2 8 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (8.33%) Azure
4 6 (7.14%) Power Platform
5 5 (5.95%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.38%) Snowflake
7 1 (1.19%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.19%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (1.19%) GCP
7 1 (1.19%) SaaS
7 1 (1.19%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.19%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.57%) HTTP
2 1 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (7.14%) Power BI
3 5 (5.95%) SAP HANA
4 3 (3.57%) SAP BW
5 2 (2.38%) Power Query
6 1 (1.19%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.19%) BigQuery
6 1 (1.19%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.19%) Data Lake
6 1 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.19%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (1.19%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (8.33%) Postman
2 3 (3.57%) JIRA
3 1 (1.19%) ERwin
3 1 (1.19%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.19%) Toad
General
1 30 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (20.24%) Finance
4 7 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 6 (7.14%) Automotive
6 5 (5.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (4.76%) Manufacturing
8 3 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.38%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.19%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.19%) Electronics
10 1 (1.19%) Legal
10 1 (1.19%) Marketing
10 1 (1.19%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (26.19%) Consultant
2 19 (22.62%) SAP Consultant
3 15 (17.86%) Architect
4 11 (13.10%) Developer
5 8 (9.52%) SAP Manager
6 7 (8.33%) SAP Developer
7 6 (7.14%) Engagement Manager
7 6 (7.14%) Lead
7 6 (7.14%) SAP Architect
8 4 (4.76%) ABAP Developer
8 4 (4.76%) Data Architect
8 4 (4.76%) SAP CO Consultant
8 4 (4.76%) SAP FI Consultant
9 3 (3.57%) Integration Developer
9 3 (3.57%) Project Manager
9 3 (3.57%) SAP MM Consultant
9 3 (3.57%) SAP Project Manager
10 2 (2.38%) Analyst
10 2 (2.38%) Analytics Consultant
10 2 (2.38%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (11.90%) SAP Fiori
2 8 (9.52%) SAPUI5
3 7 (8.33%) SailPoint
4 6 (7.14%) IDoc
5 5 (5.95%) CSS
5 5 (5.95%) CSS3
5 5 (5.95%) HTML
5 5 (5.95%) HTML5
5 5 (5.95%) jQuery
5 5 (5.95%) REST
5 5 (5.95%) SOAP
6 4 (4.76%) EDI
7 3 (3.57%) J2EE
7 3 (3.57%) JDBC
7 3 (3.57%) SAP PI
7 3 (3.57%) XSLT
8 2 (2.38%) BAPI
8 2 (2.38%) RESTful
8 2 (2.38%) SAP Smart Forms
8 2 (2.38%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Industry 4.0
1 5 (5.95%) IoT
1 5 (5.95%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.57%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.38%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.38%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (1.19%) FMCG
4 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.19%) PMI
4 1 (1.19%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Windows
2 1 (1.19%) Unix
2 1 (1.19%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (20.24%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (19.05%) Agile
3 15 (17.86%) Data Modelling
4 12 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (13.10%) Data Architecture
6 10 (11.90%) Budget Management
6 10 (11.90%) Computer Science
7 9 (10.71%) ERP
7 9 (10.71%) Project Management
7 9 (10.71%) Validation
8 8 (9.52%) Data Governance
8 8 (9.52%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 8 (9.52%) Project Delivery
8 8 (9.52%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (9.52%) Waterfall
9 7 (8.33%) Analytics
9 7 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (8.33%) Decision-Making
9 7 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.48%) ABAP
2 8 (9.52%) COBOL
2 8 (9.52%) JavaScript
3 6 (7.14%) SQL
4 5 (5.95%) Java
5 3 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 3 (3.57%) Groovy
6 2 (2.38%) R
7 1 (1.19%) C#
7 1 (1.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (15.48%) Degree
2 10 (11.90%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (10.71%) SC Cleared
3 9 (10.71%) Security Cleared
4 3 (3.57%) SAP Certification
5 2 (2.38%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.19%) APMG
6 1 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.19%) ISEB
6 1 (1.19%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.19%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.19%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.19%) PMP
6 1 (1.19%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.95%) PMO
2 4 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.38%) GRC
3 2 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
4 1 (1.19%) QA
4 1 (1.19%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (7.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.19%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.95%) Ariba
4 4 (4.76%) Oracle
5 3 (3.57%) Adobe
5 3 (3.57%) Concur
6 2 (2.38%) Google
6 2 (2.38%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.19%) Cisco
7 1 (1.19%) Citrix
7 1 (1.19%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.19%) Nexthink
7 1 (1.19%) webMethods
7 1 (1.19%) Workday