SAP Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 176 192 261
Rank change year-on-year +16 +69 +112
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 174 226 211
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.36% 1.09% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.17% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 128 121
10th Percentile £461 £425 £438
25th Percentile £500 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £581 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.57% +1.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £597 £688 £690
90th Percentile £700 £765 £721
UK median daily rate £578 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -3.75% +4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 12 7
10th Percentile £70.00 - £59.88
25th Percentile £78.00 £52.90 £63.14
Median hourly rate £86.00 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +39.61% -4.75% -
75th Percentile - £61.82 £97.50
90th Percentile - £63.21 £98.50
UK median hourly rate £86.00 £61.60 £69.84
% change year-on-year +39.61% -11.80% -0.23%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SAP Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +39 64 £538 +19.56% 35
North West +37 48 £538 +19.56% 23
South East -19 48 £536 -19.55% 56
Midlands +20 34 £520 -7.56% 34
East of England +30 20 £550 -2.57% 17
West Midlands +11 19 £568 +4.13% 25
East Midlands +11 9 £510 -15.00% 7
Yorkshire +3 9 - - 10
North East - 7 £530 - 2
South West +47 6 £525 +2.44% 11
Wales +3 3 - - 3
SAP Consultant
UK

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 174 (100.00%) SAP
2 70 (40.23%) SAP S/4HANA
3 55 (31.61%) Social Skills
4 39 (22.41%) Finance
5 28 (16.09%) Security Cleared
6 22 (12.64%) SC Cleared
7 21 (12.07%) SAP Payroll
8 20 (11.49%) SAP HR
8 20 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
9 19 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
9 19 (10.92%) SAP Fiori
9 19 (10.92%) SAP PP
10 18 (10.34%) Logistics
11 17 (9.77%) SAP Security
12 16 (9.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 16 (9.20%) Migration
13 15 (8.62%) SuccessFactors
13 15 (8.62%) SAP HANA
14 14 (8.05%) Business Transformation
14 14 (8.05%) Manufacturing
14 14 (8.05%) Quality Management
14 14 (8.05%) SAP FI
14 14 (8.05%) SAP CO
14 14 (8.05%) Agile
15 13 (7.47%) Public Sector
15 13 (7.47%) Inventory Management
15 13 (7.47%) Procure-to-Pay
15 13 (7.47%) Use Case
15 13 (7.47%) Data Migration
16 12 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (3.45%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 70 (40.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (12.07%) SAP Payroll
3 20 (11.49%) SAP HR
4 19 (10.92%) SAP PP
5 14 (8.05%) SAP CO
5 14 (8.05%) SAP FI
6 12 (6.90%) SAP FI/CO
6 12 (6.90%) SAP SD
7 9 (5.17%) SAP MM
8 8 (4.60%) SAP GRC
9 7 (4.02%) SAP BRIM
9 7 (4.02%) SAP Hybris
9 7 (4.02%) SAP PSCD
10 6 (3.45%) SAP ERP
10 6 (3.45%) SAP EWM
10 6 (3.45%) SAP IBP
11 5 (2.87%) SAP LE
11 5 (2.87%) SAP SCM
12 4 (2.30%) SAP APO
12 4 (2.30%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 15 (8.62%) SuccessFactors
2 7 (4.02%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 5 (2.87%) Azure
4 3 (1.72%) GCP
5 2 (1.15%) AWS
6 1 (0.57%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.57%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.62%) SAP HANA
2 9 (5.17%) SAP BW
3 3 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.15%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
4 2 (1.15%) Sybase IQ
5 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.57%) SAP Data Services
General
1 55 (31.61%) Social Skills
2 39 (22.41%) Finance
3 19 (10.92%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.05%) Manufacturing
5 13 (7.47%) Public Sector
6 9 (5.17%) Billing
7 8 (4.60%) French Language
8 7 (4.02%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.30%) Aerospace
9 4 (2.30%) Local Government
10 3 (1.72%) Banking
10 3 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.72%) Retail
11 2 (1.15%) Automotive
11 2 (1.15%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.57%) Law
12 1 (0.57%) Legal
12 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (10.92%) SAP Fiori
2 10 (5.75%) SAP Basis
3 5 (2.87%) SAP PI
4 2 (1.15%) EDI
4 2 (1.15%) IDoc
4 2 (1.15%) Middleware
4 2 (1.15%) SailPoint
4 2 (1.15%) SAP ALE
4 2 (1.15%) SAP Core Interface
5 1 (0.57%) BAPI
5 1 (0.57%) SAP TM
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.75%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.60%) Life Science
3 4 (2.30%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.15%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.15%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 1 (0.57%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.57%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.57%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.45%) Linux
2 4 (2.30%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (10.34%) Logistics
3 17 (9.77%) SAP Security
4 16 (9.20%) Migration
5 14 (8.05%) Agile
5 14 (8.05%) Business Transformation
5 14 (8.05%) Quality Management
6 13 (7.47%) Data Migration
6 13 (7.47%) Inventory Management
6 13 (7.47%) Procure-to-Pay
6 13 (7.47%) Use Case
7 12 (6.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (6.32%) Workshop Facilitation
9 10 (5.75%) Change Management
10 9 (5.17%) Roadmaps
10 9 (5.17%) Time Management
11 8 (4.60%) Analytics
11 8 (4.60%) API Management
11 8 (4.60%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 8 (4.60%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.30%) ABAP
2 2 (1.15%) Java
2 2 (1.15%) SQL
3 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 28 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 22 (12.64%) SC Cleared
3 16 (9.20%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (2.30%) Degree
4 4 (2.30%) DV Cleared
4 4 (2.30%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.57%) ACCA
5 1 (0.57%) CIMA
5 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.60%) GRC
2 4 (2.30%) IFRS
2 4 (2.30%) QA
3 3 (1.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.15%) Basel III
4 2 (1.15%) IFRS 17
4 2 (1.15%) IFRS 9
5 1 (0.57%) GAAP
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 2 (1.15%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (1.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 174 (100.00%) SAP
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.72%) Ariba
3 3 (1.72%) Oracle
4 2 (1.15%) Concur
4 2 (1.15%) Sybase
5 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.57%) ServiceNow