SAP Contract Job Trends in West Sussex

SAP
South East > West Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in West Sussex 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 6 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
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 3 7
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -1
Contract jobs citing SAP 66 29 35
As % of all contract jobs in West Sussex 23.57% 19.73% 13.83%
As % of the Vendors category 46.15% 29.00% 22.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 21 20
10th Percentile £437 £361 £411
25th Percentile £469 £460 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £515 £485
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +6.19% +1.04%
75th Percentile £538 £537 £516
90th Percentile £607 £627 £518
South East median daily rate £575 £575 £550
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
10th Percentile - - £15.93
25th Percentile £27.00 - £20.31
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £25.75
75th Percentile £34.00 - £31.81
90th Percentile £34.60 - £36.88
South East median hourly rate £31.50 £29.00 £55.80
% change year-on-year +8.62% -48.03% +24.00%

All Vendors
West Sussex

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 West Sussex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 143 100 153
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex 51.07% 68.03% 60.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 66 112
10th Percentile £357 £196 £224
25th Percentile £456 £350 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £456 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.59% +1.39% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £527 £514
90th Percentile £632 £594 £588
South East median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 13 9
10th Percentile - £15.39 £13.15
25th Percentile £13.13 £16.95 £20.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.82 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year +59.40% -12.47% -2.98%
75th Percentile £35.53 £36.25 £24.25
90th Percentile £40.98 £81.15 £31.25
South East median hourly rate £37.00 £24.66 £47.50
% change year-on-year +50.04% -48.08% +5.56%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SAP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

SAP job vacancy trend in West Sussex

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in West Sussex over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in West Sussex

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing SAP

SAP
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

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 Sussex region over the 6 months to 6 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
Worthing -1 41 £483 -6.21% 3
Chichester 0 8 £525 +162.50%
Crawley - 8 £525 -
East Grinstead - 2 - - 1
Horsham - 1 - -
SAP
South East

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex 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 (7.58%) NetWeaver
1 5 (7.58%) SAP EP
2 1 (1.52%) WebLogic
Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (7.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 27 (40.91%) SAP PSCD
2 16 (24.24%) SAP BRIM
2 16 (24.24%) SAP Hybris
3 12 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (13.64%) SAP FI-CA
5 8 (12.12%) SAP FI
5 8 (12.12%) SAP Payroll
6 5 (7.58%) SAP CRM
7 3 (4.55%) Primavera
8 1 (1.52%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 17 (25.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
2 6 (9.09%) Azure
3 5 (7.58%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (6.06%) AWS
4 4 (6.06%) GCP
5 2 (3.03%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.03%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.03%) BGP
1 2 (3.03%) Firewall
1 2 (3.03%) Junos
1 2 (3.03%) OSPF
1 2 (3.03%) VPN
2 1 (1.52%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
1 2 (3.03%) Qlik Sense
1 2 (3.03%) QlikView
1 2 (3.03%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.52%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 2 (3.03%) Toad
General
1 32 (48.48%) Finance
2 26 (39.39%) Social Skills
3 25 (37.88%) Billing
4 24 (36.36%) Public Sector
5 22 (33.33%) Telecoms
6 5 (7.58%) Electronics
6 5 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.58%) Marketing
7 4 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (48.48%) Consultant
1 32 (48.48%) SAP Consultant
2 12 (18.18%) Functional Consultant
2 12 (18.18%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
3 8 (12.12%) Oracle Specialist
4 5 (7.58%) Architect
4 5 (7.58%) SAP Architect
4 5 (7.58%) SAP Technical Architect
4 5 (7.58%) Technical Architect
5 4 (6.06%) Engagement Manager
5 4 (6.06%) SAP Financial Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Management Consultant
6 3 (4.55%) Project Planner
6 3 (4.55%) SAP Engagement Manager
6 3 (4.55%) SAP Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Network Engineer
7 2 (3.03%) Project Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (9.09%) SAP Fiori
1 6 (9.09%) SAPUI5
2 5 (7.58%) SAP PI
3 4 (6.06%) BAPI
4 2 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (3.03%) XML
5 1 (1.52%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.55%) NHS
3 3 (4.55%) Tandem
4 2 (3.03%) CMDB
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.03%) Windows
2 1 (1.52%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) Revenue Management
2 15 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
3 10 (15.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (13.64%) Agile
5 7 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.61%) Project Management
5 7 (10.61%) Project Planning
6 6 (9.09%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 6 (9.09%) CRM
6 6 (9.09%) Data Management
6 6 (9.09%) Migration
7 5 (7.58%) Asset Management
7 5 (7.58%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (7.58%) DevOps
7 5 (7.58%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (7.58%) Enterprise Architecture
7 5 (7.58%) Programme Management
7 5 (7.58%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (7.58%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (7.58%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) Java
2 6 (9.09%) ABAP
3 2 (3.03%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (31.82%) Security Cleared
2 17 (25.76%) SC Cleared
3 8 (12.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.55%) Degree
5 2 (3.03%) ISEB
5 2 (3.03%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 2 (3.03%) JNCIA
5 2 (3.03%) JNCIP
5 2 (3.03%) JNCIS
5 2 (3.03%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.52%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.06%) QA
2 3 (4.55%) PMO
3 2 (3.03%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 12 (18.18%) Oracle
2 5 (7.58%) Ariba
2 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.06%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.03%) Cisco
4 2 (3.03%) Juniper
4 2 (3.03%) webMethods
5 1 (1.52%) Adobe