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 24 June 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 23 22
Rank change year-on-year -10 -1 +19
Contract jobs citing SAP 83 118 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.62% 5.77% 7.04%
As % of the Vendors category 11.81% 13.29% 14.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 75 94
10th Percentile £431 £310 £413
25th Percentile £464 £419 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £485 £563
Median % change year-on-year +13.40% -13.78% +7.14%
75th Percentile £675 £594 £663
90th Percentile £746 £673 £771
England median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 4
10th Percentile £23.04 £11.25 £66.25
25th Percentile £25.72 £16.25 £83.13
Median hourly rate £28.27 £22.50 £95.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -76.32% +400.00%
75th Percentile £29.94 £27.86 £98.13
90th Percentile £31.03 £37.00 £99.25
England median hourly rate £50.49 £27.33 £45.00
% change year-on-year +84.75% -39.27% +3.02%

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 703 888 1,073
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 47.56% 43.42% 48.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 435 582 684
10th Percentile £200 £250 £210
25th Percentile £313 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £609 £600
90th Percentile £670 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -1.44% -0.95% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 52 24
10th Percentile £13.78 £11.08 £13.06
25th Percentile £19.88 £13.81 £15.98
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.39 £21.60
Median % change year-on-year +63.18% -14.89% +27.07%
75th Percentile £42.61 £28.75 £48.13
90th Percentile £50.00 £56.13 £88.05
England median hourly rate £26.48 £24.00 £32.30
% change year-on-year +10.31% -25.70% +50.23%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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
Warwickshire -2 20 £725 +20.83% 18
Birmingham -7 19 £545 +3.81% 31
Shropshire +10 14 £469 -3.30% 9
Coventry +5 11 £623 +38.33% 19
Staffordshire +5 6 £475 +15.15% 10
Worcestershire -1 1 £850 +63.46% 6
Solihull -4 1 £550 +2.80% 1
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 (1.20%) NetWeaver
1 1 (1.20%) SAP EP
1 1 (1.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Project
2 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 16 (19.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (9.64%) SAP PM
3 3 (3.61%) Maximo
3 3 (3.61%) SAP BPC
3 3 (3.61%) SAP FI
3 3 (3.61%) SAP HR
3 3 (3.61%) SAP MM
3 3 (3.61%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (2.41%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.41%) SAP ERP
4 2 (2.41%) SAP GRC
4 2 (2.41%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.20%) SAP CRM
5 1 (1.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.20%) SAP HCM
5 1 (1.20%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (1.20%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (1.20%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (15.66%) Azure
3 7 (8.43%) Power Platform
4 6 (7.23%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 6 (7.23%) Azure Data Factory
4 6 (7.23%) Collibra
4 6 (7.23%) Microsoft Purview
5 5 (6.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 5 (6.02%) Entra ID
5 5 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (3.61%) GitHub
7 3 (3.61%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
8 2 (2.41%) Serverless
8 2 (2.41%) Snowflake
9 1 (1.20%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.20%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.64%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (8.43%) Oracle Database
2 7 (8.43%) Power BI
3 6 (7.23%) Azure SQL Database
3 6 (7.23%) Delta Lake
3 6 (7.23%) GIS
4 4 (4.82%) SAP BW
4 4 (4.82%) SAP HANA
4 4 (4.82%) Tableau
5 3 (3.61%) NoSQL
6 2 (2.41%) BusinessObjects
6 2 (2.41%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (1.20%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (1.20%) BigQuery
7 1 (1.20%) Data Lake
7 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) ERwin
2 1 (1.20%) LoadRunner
2 1 (1.20%) Toad
General
1 37 (44.58%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (19.28%) Finance
4 7 (8.43%) Automotive
5 6 (7.23%) Manufacturing
6 5 (6.02%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Electronics
8 2 (2.41%) Marketing
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.20%) Legal
9 1 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.48%) Consultant
2 15 (18.07%) SAP Consultant
3 14 (16.87%) Architect
4 8 (9.64%) Data Architect
4 8 (9.64%) SAP Manager
5 7 (8.43%) Analyst
5 7 (8.43%) Lead
6 6 (7.23%) Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Engagement Manager
7 5 (6.02%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.02%) SAP Project Manager
8 4 (4.82%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.61%) ABAP Developer
9 3 (3.61%) Administrator
9 3 (3.61%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.61%) Data Migration Specialist
9 3 (3.61%) SAP Developer
9 3 (3.61%) SAP FI Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) SAP MM Consultant
9 3 (3.61%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) SailPoint
2 6 (7.23%) Kafka
2 6 (7.23%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (4.82%) SAPUI5
4 3 (3.61%) SAP PI
4 3 (3.61%) Web Dynpro
5 1 (1.20%) EDI
5 1 (1.20%) FHIR
5 1 (1.20%) IDoc
5 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (1.20%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.84%) IoT
2 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
2 6 (7.23%) SCADA
3 4 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.61%) Industry 4.0
4 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.41%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.41%) FMCG
5 2 (2.41%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (1.20%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.20%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.20%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.20%) PMI
6 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Unix
2 2 (2.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (21.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (20.48%) Agile
4 15 (18.07%) Data Governance
5 13 (15.66%) Data Modelling
6 12 (14.46%) Analytics
6 12 (14.46%) Data Architecture
7 11 (13.25%) Migration
8 9 (10.84%) Budget Management
8 9 (10.84%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (10.84%) Data Integration
8 9 (10.84%) Project Delivery
8 9 (10.84%) Waterfall
9 8 (9.64%) Artificial Intelligence
9 8 (9.64%) Data Mapping
9 8 (9.64%) Logistics
9 8 (9.64%) Project Management
10 7 (8.43%) Change Management
10 7 (8.43%) ETL
10 7 (8.43%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.66%) SQL
2 9 (10.84%) Python
3 6 (7.23%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (4.82%) ABAP
5 3 (3.61%) Bicep
5 3 (3.61%) R
6 2 (2.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 2 (2.41%) Java
6 2 (2.41%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.41%) VBA
7 1 (1.20%) C#
7 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
1 10 (12.05%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.64%) Degree
3 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.41%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) OCP
4 2 (2.41%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.20%) APMG
5 1 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.20%) ISEB
5 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.20%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.20%) PMP
5 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (12.05%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.43%) GDPR
2 7 (8.43%) PMO
3 2 (2.41%) GRC
3 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.20%) QA
4 1 (1.20%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Terraform
2 2 (2.41%) Data Guard
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 20 (24.10%) Microsoft
2 12 (14.46%) Oracle
3 6 (7.23%) Databricks
3 6 (7.23%) Informatica
4 5 (6.02%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.61%) Adobe
5 3 (3.61%) Ariba
5 3 (3.61%) Concur
5 3 (3.61%) Workday
6 2 (2.41%) Google
7 1 (1.20%) Automation Anywhere
7 1 (1.20%) Micro Focus
7 1 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.20%) UiPath
7 1 (1.20%) webMethods