SAP Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

SAP
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Shropshire 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 2 October 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
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 26 9
Rank change year-on-year -18 -17 +7
Contract jobs citing SAP 48 19 18
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 5.67% 9.31% 17.82%
As % of the Vendors category 13.22% 16.96% 26.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 16 16
10th Percentile £318 £456 £435
25th Percentile £390 £461 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.10% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £500 £541 £530
90th Percentile £616 - £540
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £540 £515
% change year-on-year -2.78% +4.85% -10.43%

All Vendors
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 363 112 69
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 42.86% 54.90% 68.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 313 82 60
10th Percentile £360 £328 £284
25th Percentile £413 £430 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £515 £420
Median % change year-on-year -10.68% +22.62% -16.00%
75th Percentile £527 £538 £515
90th Percentile £618 £549 £567
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -6.20% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 1
10th Percentile £13.00 - -
25th Percentile £32.78 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £23.60
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £30.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year -31.28% +14.83% +13.59%

SAP
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

SAP job vacancy trend in Shropshire

SAP
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing SAP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing SAP

SAP
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP in Shropshire over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP in Shropshire

SAP
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing SAP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing SAP

SAP
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 2 October 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
Telford -10 48 £460 -8.10% 27
SAP
West Midlands

SAP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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 4 (8.33%) NetWeaver
1 4 (8.33%) SAP EP
2 3 (6.25%) WebLogic
3 2 (4.17%) Confluence
3 2 (4.17%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 19 (39.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (18.75%) SAP PSCD
3 8 (16.67%) SAP HR
3 8 (16.67%) SAP Payroll
4 7 (14.58%) SAP HCM
5 4 (8.33%) SAP CRM
6 3 (6.25%) SAP ERP
7 1 (2.08%) SAP BRIM
7 1 (2.08%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 11 (22.92%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (6.25%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (2.08%) Azure
3 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.75%) SAP BW
2 3 (6.25%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (6.25%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 7 (14.58%) JIRA
2 3 (6.25%) Toad
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.17%) Finance
2 14 (29.17%) Public Sector
3 9 (18.75%) General Ledger
4 8 (16.67%) Legal
5 4 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.08%) Billing
Job Titles
1 23 (47.92%) Consultant
1 23 (47.92%) SAP Consultant
2 14 (29.17%) Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) Architect
3 9 (18.75%) SAP Analyst
3 9 (18.75%) SAP Architect
3 9 (18.75%) SAP Technical Architect
3 9 (18.75%) Technical Architect
4 8 (16.67%) HR Consultant
4 8 (16.67%) Payroll Consultant
4 8 (16.67%) SAP HR Consultant
4 8 (16.67%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
4 8 (16.67%) SAP Payroll Consultant
5 6 (12.50%) Financial Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) SAP Security Consultant
5 6 (12.50%) SAP Test Analyst
5 6 (12.50%) Security Consultant
5 6 (12.50%) Test Analyst
6 5 (10.42%) SAP PI Consultant
7 3 (6.25%) SAP BW Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.00%) SAPUI5
2 9 (18.75%) SAP PI
3 6 (12.50%) REST
3 6 (12.50%) SOAP
4 5 (10.42%) JDBC
5 4 (8.33%) IDoc
5 4 (8.33%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (8.33%) XML
6 2 (4.17%) SAP Business Workflow
7 1 (2.08%) Middleware
7 1 (2.08%) OpenAPI
7 1 (2.08%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.08%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Unix
2 4 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (31.25%) Stakeholder Management
2 12 (25.00%) CRM
3 10 (20.83%) Analytics
4 9 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (16.67%) SAP Security
5 8 (16.67%) Time Management
5 8 (16.67%) Workflow
6 6 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 6 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 6 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.42%) Defect Management
7 5 (10.42%) ERP
7 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
7 5 (10.42%) Roadmaps
7 5 (10.42%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (8.33%) Cloud Security
8 4 (8.33%) Functional Testing
8 4 (8.33%) Revenue Management
8 4 (8.33%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (41.67%) ABAP
2 12 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (64.58%) SC Cleared
1 31 (64.58%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 5 (10.42%) ISEB
3 5 (10.42%) ISTQB
3 5 (10.42%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 3 (6.25%) CCA
Vendors
1 8 (16.67%) webMethods
2 7 (14.58%) Concur
3 5 (10.42%) Microsoft
4 4 (8.33%) Oracle
5 1 (2.08%) ServiceNow