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 27 August 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
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 23 15
Rank change year-on-year -28 -8 +11
Contract jobs citing SAP 35 17 11
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 4.60% 8.81% 10.38%
As % of the Vendors category 10.06% 16.04% 18.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 11
10th Percentile £280 £456 £460
25th Percentile £371 £458 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £430 £515 £485
Median % change year-on-year -16.60% +6.19% -11.82%
75th Percentile £512 £541 £515
90th Percentile £620 £605 £520
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £541 £485
% change year-on-year -7.66% +11.65% -16.56%

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 348 106 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 45.73% 54.92% 56.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 79 52
10th Percentile £360 £325 £174
25th Percentile £408 £439 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £515 £358
Median % change year-on-year -10.87% +43.85% -33.70%
75th Percentile £525 £540 £472
90th Percentile £620 £550 £515
West Midlands median daily rate £469 £475 £486
% change year-on-year -1.26% -2.31% +2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £13.20 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile £58.55 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £30.00 £26.13
% change year-on-year -16.67% +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 27 August 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 27 August 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 -20 35 £430 -18.69% 3
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 3 (8.57%) WebLogic
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
2 1 (2.86%) NetWeaver
2 1 (2.86%) SAP EP
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (25.71%) SAP PSCD
1 9 (25.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (8.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (2.86%) SAP BRIM
3 1 (2.86%) SAP CRM
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) SuccessFactors
2 3 (8.57%) Tricentis Tosca
3 1 (2.86%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.71%) SAP BW
2 3 (8.57%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (8.57%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
2 3 (8.57%) Toad
General
1 13 (37.14%) Finance
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 6 (17.14%) General Ledger
3 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
4 4 (11.43%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.86%) Billing
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Consultant
1 15 (42.86%) SAP Consultant
2 11 (31.43%) Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Architect
3 7 (20.00%) SAP Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) SAP Architect
3 7 (20.00%) SAP Technical Architect
3 7 (20.00%) Technical Architect
4 6 (17.14%) SAP Security Consultant
4 6 (17.14%) SAP Test Analyst
4 6 (17.14%) Security Consultant
4 6 (17.14%) Test Analyst
5 5 (14.29%) SAP PI Consultant
6 3 (8.57%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (8.57%) SAP BW Consultant
7 2 (5.71%) Operations Analyst
8 1 (2.86%) Functional Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Integration Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) SAP Functional Consultant
8 1 (2.86%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (17.14%) SAP PI
2 5 (14.29%) JDBC
2 5 (14.29%) REST
2 5 (14.29%) SOAP
3 4 (11.43%) IDoc
3 4 (11.43%) XML
4 1 (2.86%) Middleware
4 1 (2.86%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (2.86%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Unix
2 4 (11.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (25.71%) CRM
1 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (22.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (17.14%) Root Cause Analysis
3 6 (17.14%) SAP Security
4 5 (14.29%) Defect Management
5 4 (11.43%) Cloud Security
5 4 (11.43%) ERP
5 4 (11.43%) Functional Testing
5 4 (11.43%) Process Improvement
5 4 (11.43%) Revenue Management
5 4 (11.43%) Validation
5 4 (11.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (8.57%) Accounts Payable
6 3 (8.57%) Accounts Receivable
6 3 (8.57%) Analytics
6 3 (8.57%) Cost Centre Accounting
6 3 (8.57%) Test Automation
6 3 (8.57%) Test Management
6 3 (8.57%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 9 (25.71%) ABAP
1 9 (25.71%) Java
2 4 (11.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (77.14%) Security Cleared
2 26 (74.29%) SC Cleared
3 7 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (14.29%) ISEB
4 5 (14.29%) ISTQB
4 5 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 3 (8.57%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) PMO
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) webMethods
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.43%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Ariba
4 1 (2.86%) ServiceNow