SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 194 179 178
Rank change year-on-year -15 -1 +96
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 220 188 270
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.21% 1.27% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.38% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 120 137
10th Percentile £475 £437 £475
25th Percentile £513 £503 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -9.64%
75th Percentile £716 £653 £630
90th Percentile £750 £731 £686
UK median daily rate £580 £567 £550
% change year-on-year +2.29% +3.09% -5.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £43.33 £56.66 £61.02
25th Percentile £55.81 £59.16 £61.53
Median hourly rate £78.25 £64.12 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +22.03% +1.32% +0.46%
75th Percentile £88.81 £69.90 £65.65
90th Percentile £93.88 £72.88 £67.75
UK median hourly rate £70.50 £73.25 £63.29
% change year-on-year -3.75% +15.73% -8.61%

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 16,365 13,654 18,188
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 92.40% 93.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,045 8,137 11,891
10th Percentile £213 £213 £213
25th Percentile £369 £363 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £680 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,658 773 1,181
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.36 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.50 £20.24 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -22.62% -29.16% +84.29%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.25 £33.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.48% -26.67% +50.00%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'SAP Consultant' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies 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 22 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Consultant job vacancies 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 22 December 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 22 December 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 -4 81 £684 +22.97% 7
North West +11 72 £703 +30.09% 1
South East -25 65 £525 -9.48% 18
Midlands -61 34 £575 +6.48% 9
West Midlands -28 29 £575 +6.48% 7
East of England -10 28 £525 -6.67%
South West +9 14 £600 +33.33%
Yorkshire -37 9 £575 +2.22% 6
East Midlands -40 4 £545 +2.83% 2
Wales -3 1 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -
SAP Consultant
UK

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 22 December 2025, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 220 (100.00%) SAP
2 122 (55.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 96 (43.64%) Security Cleared
4 79 (35.91%) SC Cleared
5 43 (19.55%) Workshop Facilitation
6 39 (17.73%) ABAP
7 34 (15.45%) SAP Fiori
8 28 (12.73%) Logistics
9 27 (12.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 27 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
10 26 (11.82%) Analytics
11 25 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (10.91%) ERP
12 24 (10.91%) SAP FI
12 24 (10.91%) SAP HCM
12 24 (10.91%) SAP MM
13 23 (10.45%) Process Improvement
14 22 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
15 20 (9.09%) Migration
15 20 (9.09%) SAP HANA
16 19 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 19 (8.64%) Validation
16 19 (8.64%) Web Services
17 18 (8.18%) Revenue Management
17 18 (8.18%) SAP EWM
17 18 (8.18%) SAP PSCD
18 17 (7.73%) Time Management
19 15 (6.82%) Knowledge Transfer
19 15 (6.82%) SAP HR
19 15 (6.82%) SAP WM

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (0.91%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.45%) MTS
2 1 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 122 (55.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 24 (10.91%) SAP FI
2 24 (10.91%) SAP HCM
2 24 (10.91%) SAP MM
3 22 (10.00%) SAP Payroll
4 18 (8.18%) SAP EWM
4 18 (8.18%) SAP PSCD
5 15 (6.82%) SAP HR
5 15 (6.82%) SAP WM
6 14 (6.36%) SAP BRIM
6 14 (6.36%) SAP Hybris
7 13 (5.91%) SAP PP
8 12 (5.45%) SAP CO
8 12 (5.45%) SAP FI/CO
8 12 (5.45%) SAP QM
9 8 (3.64%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 8 (3.64%) SAP VC
10 6 (2.73%) SAP EHS
10 6 (2.73%) SAP FI-CA
11 4 (1.82%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 14 (6.36%) SAP Commerce Cloud
1 14 (6.36%) SuccessFactors
2 6 (2.73%) Azure
3 4 (1.82%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.36%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.91%) GCP
6 1 (0.45%) AWS
6 1 (0.45%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.45%) IaaS
6 1 (0.45%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.45%) PaaS
6 1 (0.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (0.45%) SaaS
6 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.45%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.09%) SAP HANA
2 7 (3.18%) SAP BW
3 6 (2.73%) Metadata
4 4 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.82%) Power BI
4 4 (1.82%) SAP Data Services
5 2 (0.91%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.45%) DB2
6 1 (0.45%) Lumira
6 1 (0.45%) MaxDB
6 1 (0.45%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Tricentis qTest
3 1 (0.45%) LSMW
General
1 82 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 55 (25.00%) Finance
3 29 (13.18%) Public Sector
4 21 (9.55%) Manufacturing
5 19 (8.64%) Billing
6 16 (7.27%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.82%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (6.36%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (5.45%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.82%) Retail
11 3 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.91%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.91%) Legal
13 1 (0.45%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (15.45%) SAP Fiori
2 19 (8.64%) Web Services
3 13 (5.91%) BAPI
4 12 (5.45%) SAP Basis
5 8 (3.64%) SOAP
5 8 (3.64%) XML
6 6 (2.73%) SAP Business Workflow
7 5 (2.27%) SAP TM
8 4 (1.82%) IDoc
9 2 (0.91%) JSON
9 2 (0.91%) SAP Core Interface
10 1 (0.45%) CSS
10 1 (0.45%) EDI
10 1 (0.45%) HTML
10 1 (0.45%) HTML5
10 1 (0.45%) REST
10 1 (0.45%) RESTful
10 1 (0.45%) SAP PI
10 1 (0.45%) SAPUI5
10 1 (0.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.09%) Replication
2 7 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 5 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
4 3 (1.36%) Private Cloud
4 3 (1.36%) Public Cloud
4 3 (1.36%) Tandem
5 2 (0.91%) Data Structures
5 2 (0.91%) FMCG
5 2 (0.91%) Life Science
6 1 (0.45%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.45%) LIMS
6 1 (0.45%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 1 (0.45%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.36%) Linux
1 3 (1.36%) VMS
1 3 (1.36%) Windows
2 2 (0.91%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (19.55%) Workshop Facilitation
2 28 (12.73%) Logistics
3 27 (12.27%) Problem-Solving
4 26 (11.82%) Analytics
5 25 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 24 (10.91%) ERP
7 23 (10.45%) Process Improvement
8 20 (9.09%) Migration
9 19 (8.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 19 (8.64%) Validation
10 18 (8.18%) Revenue Management
11 17 (7.73%) Time Management
12 15 (6.82%) Knowledge Transfer
12 15 (6.82%) Workflow
13 14 (6.36%) Performance Tuning
14 13 (5.91%) Data Modelling
14 13 (5.91%) Requirements Gathering
15 12 (5.45%) Production Planning
15 12 (5.45%) Scenario Testing
15 12 (5.45%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 39 (17.73%) ABAP
2 1 (0.45%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (43.64%) Security Cleared
2 79 (35.91%) SC Cleared
3 27 (12.27%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (5.91%) SAP Certification
5 10 (4.55%) Degree
5 10 (4.55%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.36%) ACCA
6 3 (1.36%) CCA
6 3 (1.36%) CIMA
7 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.45%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.73%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.45%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 1 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (0.45%) GDPR
2 1 (0.45%) GRC
2 1 (0.45%) GxP
2 1 (0.45%) HL7
2 1 (0.45%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.45%) IAG
1 1 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 220 (100.00%) SAP
2 11 (5.00%) Adobe
2 11 (5.00%) Ariba
3 9 (4.09%) ServiceNow
4 8 (3.64%) OpenText
5 4 (1.82%) Computacenter
6 2 (0.91%) Concur
6 2 (0.91%) TOWER Software
7 1 (0.45%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.45%) Google
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle
7 1 (0.45%) Workday