SAP Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

SAP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 April 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 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +18
Contract jobs citing SAP 667 1,010 1,688
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.73% 6.57% 6.53%
As % of the Vendors category 14.65% 15.46% 15.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 487 869
10th Percentile £400 £375 £400
25th Percentile £500 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% - -
75th Percentile £669 £681 £669
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £565 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.73% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 29 37
10th Percentile £31.76 £12.75 £35.73
25th Percentile £56.25 £17.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £72.50 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +107.14% -22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £86.00 £55.00 £49.00
90th Percentile £86.42 £62.75 £70.73
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £25.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year +123.30% -42.78% +53.17%

All Vendors
Work from Home

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 with a remote or hybrid options requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 4,552 6,531 11,133
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 45.92% 42.47% 43.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,969 4,043 7,492
10th Percentile £325 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% - -
75th Percentile £625 £625 £650
90th Percentile £738 £725 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £518 £525
% change year-on-year -0.48% -1.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 121 217 258
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.72 £17.87
25th Percentile £19.75 £16.70 £31.81
Median hourly rate £53.50 £32.12 £54.50
Median % change year-on-year +66.59% -41.07% +55.71%
75th Percentile £68.00 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £86.00 £71.00 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.13 £22.15 £43.75
% change year-on-year +22.46% -49.37% +108.33%

SAP
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SAP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SAP trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SAP
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SAP.

SAP daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SAP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SAP daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SAP.

SAP hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

SAP
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SAP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

SAP hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SAP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (1.50%) NetWeaver
2 7 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.75%) MTS
4 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.60%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.30%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (0.30%) Confluence
5 2 (0.30%) SAP EP
6 1 (0.15%) Cloud Foundry
6 1 (0.15%) IIS
6 1 (0.15%) MS Project Server
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.15%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.75%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.15%) InVision
6 1 (0.15%) Notion
6 1 (0.15%) PTC Creo
6 1 (0.15%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.15%) Sketch
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 251 (37.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (4.80%) SAP FI
3 22 (3.30%) SAP MM
4 21 (3.15%) SAP CO
4 21 (3.15%) SAP SD
5 20 (3.00%) SAP FI/CO
5 20 (3.00%) SAP PP
6 19 (2.85%) SAP MDG
7 18 (2.70%) SAP HR
7 18 (2.70%) SAP Payroll
8 16 (2.40%) SAP IBP
9 14 (2.10%) SAP Oil and Gas
10 13 (1.95%) SAP EWM
11 11 (1.65%) SAP ERP
12 10 (1.50%) SAP PS
13 8 (1.20%) SAP EHS
13 8 (1.20%) SAP GTS
13 8 (1.20%) SAP Retail
14 7 (1.05%) SAP PM
15 6 (0.90%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 42 (6.30%) SuccessFactors
2 39 (5.85%) Azure
3 21 (3.15%) AWS
4 17 (2.55%) Power Platform
5 14 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (1.35%) SaaS
7 7 (1.05%) GitHub
7 7 (1.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 6 (0.90%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (0.90%) GCP
9 4 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 4 (0.60%) IBM Blueworks
9 4 (0.60%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (0.45%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.45%) Azure API Management
10 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (0.45%) Snowflake
10 3 (0.45%) Yammer
11 2 (0.30%) AWS CodeBuild
11 2 (0.30%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.20%) Firewall
2 6 (0.90%) HTTP
3 2 (0.30%) Cisco ISE
3 2 (0.30%) Network Security
3 2 (0.30%) VPN
4 1 (0.15%) FTP
4 1 (0.15%) Internet
4 1 (0.15%) Intranet
4 1 (0.15%) RFID
4 1 (0.15%) S/MIME
4 1 (0.15%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (6.30%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.40%) Power BI
3 15 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (1.80%) SAP BW
5 10 (1.50%) BusinessObjects
5 10 (1.50%) SAP Data Services
6 8 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 7 (1.05%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.75%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 5 (0.75%) Tableau
10 4 (0.60%) Metadata
10 4 (0.60%) MS Access
10 4 (0.60%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.30%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
12 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (2.25%) JIRA
2 10 (1.50%) GitLab
3 8 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 4 (0.60%) Git
4 4 (0.60%) Selenium
5 3 (0.45%) JMeter
5 3 (0.45%) LSMW
5 3 (0.45%) Postman
6 2 (0.30%) Artifactory
6 2 (0.30%) ERwin
6 2 (0.30%) LoadRunner
6 2 (0.30%) NUnit
7 1 (0.15%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.15%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.15%) GCC
7 1 (0.15%) Maven
7 1 (0.15%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.15%) PowerDesigner
7 1 (0.15%) TestNG
7 1 (0.15%) Zephyr
General
1 202 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 185 (27.74%) Finance
3 89 (13.34%) Manufacturing
4 71 (10.64%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.85%) Retail
7 37 (5.55%) Marketing
7 37 (5.55%) Pharmaceutical
8 36 (5.40%) Electronics
9 35 (5.25%) Telecoms
10 27 (4.05%) Automotive
11 18 (2.70%) Billing
11 18 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.10%) Aerospace
12 14 (2.10%) Banking
13 13 (1.95%) Local Government
14 12 (1.80%) Legal
15 10 (1.50%) Law
16 9 (1.35%) German Language
16 9 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 239 (35.83%) Consultant
2 210 (31.48%) SAP Consultant
3 89 (13.34%) Lead
4 65 (9.75%) Developer
5 52 (7.80%) Architect
6 41 (6.15%) Project Manager
7 40 (6.00%) SAP Developer
7 40 (6.00%) SAP Manager
8 39 (5.85%) Senior
9 37 (5.55%) SAP Architect
10 32 (4.80%) Analyst
11 31 (4.65%) ABAP Developer
12 24 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
13 20 (3.00%) SAP Analyst
14 19 (2.85%) SAP Project Manager
15 18 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
16 16 (2.40%) Business Analyst
16 16 (2.40%) SAP Solutions Architect
17 15 (2.25%) SAP PP Consultant
18 14 (2.10%) SAP FI Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (4.80%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (2.70%) BAPI
3 17 (2.55%) Web Services
4 15 (2.25%) SAPUI5
5 14 (2.10%) EDI
6 13 (1.95%) SAP Basis
7 11 (1.65%) Middleware
7 11 (1.65%) SAP PI
8 9 (1.35%) IDoc
8 9 (1.35%) REST
8 9 (1.35%) XML
9 8 (1.20%) SOAP
9 8 (1.20%) XSLT
10 7 (1.05%) .NET
11 5 (0.75%) JDBC
11 5 (0.75%) JMS
11 5 (0.75%) SAP TM
12 4 (0.60%) Node.js
12 4 (0.60%) RESTful
12 4 (0.60%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 23 (3.45%) Life Science
2 18 (2.70%) Virtual Team
3 16 (2.40%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
4 15 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.80%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (1.80%) Onboarding
6 11 (1.65%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
7 10 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
8 9 (1.35%) Industry 4.0
9 7 (1.05%) FMCG
9 7 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (0.90%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.90%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 6 (0.90%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.75%) IoT
11 5 (0.75%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.60%) Private Cloud
12 4 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.95%) Linux
2 7 (1.05%) Windows
3 4 (0.60%) SUSE
4 3 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.30%) Unix
6 1 (0.15%) HPUX
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (14.99%) Problem-Solving
2 89 (13.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (12.59%) Migration
4 80 (11.99%) Agile
5 76 (11.39%) ERP
6 69 (10.34%) Project Management
7 51 (7.65%) Business Intelligence
8 47 (7.05%) Programme Management
8 47 (7.05%) User Acceptance Testing
9 43 (6.45%) Data Migration
10 42 (6.30%) Analytics
10 42 (6.30%) Workshop Facilitation
11 39 (5.85%) Change Management
11 39 (5.85%) Process Improvement
12 38 (5.70%) DevOps
13 34 (5.10%) Data Modelling
13 34 (5.10%) Digital Marketing
14 33 (4.95%) Roadmaps
15 32 (4.80%) Project Delivery
15 32 (4.80%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 66 (9.90%) ABAP
2 34 (5.10%) SQL
3 20 (3.00%) Java
4 18 (2.70%) Python
5 12 (1.80%) PowerShell
6 8 (1.20%) Bash
6 8 (1.20%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.05%) C#
8 4 (0.60%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.45%) Bicep
9 3 (0.45%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.30%) C
10 2 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (0.30%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.15%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.15%) COBOL
11 1 (0.15%) JCL
11 1 (0.15%) Natural
11 1 (0.15%) Perl
11 1 (0.15%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 96 (14.39%) Security Cleared
2 83 (12.44%) SC Cleared
3 59 (8.85%) Degree
4 48 (7.20%) BPSS Clearance
5 27 (4.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 20 (3.00%) PMI Certification
7 19 (2.85%) PMP
8 15 (2.25%) SAP Certification
9 10 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.60%) ACCA
10 4 (0.60%) APMG
11 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.45%) CISA
11 3 (0.45%) CRISC
11 3 (0.45%) DV Cleared
11 3 (0.45%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.30%) BC Cleared
12 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.30%) CISSP
12 2 (0.30%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.30%) Data Quality
1 22 (3.30%) QA
2 10 (1.50%) GDPR
2 10 (1.50%) PMO
3 8 (1.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 7 (1.05%) IFRS
5 6 (0.90%) GRC
6 5 (0.75%) GAAP
7 4 (0.60%) GxP
7 4 (0.60%) ITGC
8 3 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 2 (0.30%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.30%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.30%) IFRS 9
9 2 (0.30%) SOX 404
10 1 (0.15%) Basel III
10 1 (0.15%) COSO
10 1 (0.15%) IFRS 17
10 1 (0.15%) NIST
10 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (1.20%) Active Directory
1 8 (1.20%) Docker
2 2 (0.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (2.40%) Terraform
2 14 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 12 (1.80%) Ansible
4 7 (1.05%) Argo
5 4 (0.60%) MOM
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.30%) Consul
7 2 (0.30%) logstash
7 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.15%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
8 1 (0.15%) SCOM
8 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 106 (15.89%) Ariba
2 42 (6.30%) Microsoft
3 32 (4.80%) Oracle
4 22 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 15 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 13 (1.95%) Workday
7 11 (1.65%) Google
8 7 (1.05%) Splunk
9 6 (0.90%) Concur
10 4 (0.60%) CyberArk
10 4 (0.60%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.60%) IBM
11 3 (0.45%) Cisco
11 3 (0.45%) IFS
11 3 (0.45%) Rockwell
11 3 (0.45%) Siemens
11 3 (0.45%) webMethods
12 2 (0.30%) Aruba
12 2 (0.30%) F5
12 2 (0.30%) MuleSoft