SAP HCM Consultant Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

SAP Human Capital Management Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Human Capital Management Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 August 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
31 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 364 364 393
Rank change year-on-year 0 +29 +116
Contract jobs requiring an SAP HCM Consultant 9 3 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.058% 0.017% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.018% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 13
10th Percentile - £481 £465
25th Percentile £513 £509 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £560 £491
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +14.15% -
75th Percentile £538 £565 -
90th Percentile £553 - £495
UK median daily rate £531 £560 £491
% change year-on-year -5.18% +14.15% -27.32%

All DemandTrendContract 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 13,894 16,635 20,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.07% 92.36% 94.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,511 9,912 13,684
10th Percentile £213 £220 £226
25th Percentile £362 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.69% -2.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,261 1,563 1,152
10th Percentile £13.46 £14.05 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.30 £18.50 £17.74
Median hourly rate £25.15 £44.04 £38.65
Median % change year-on-year -42.89% +13.95% +79.77%
75th Percentile £53.99 £66.16 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £76.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.17
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.96% +62.20%

SAP HCM Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for SAP HCM Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP HCM Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP HCM 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 HCM Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 August 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
South East - 9 £525 - 2
SAP HCM Consultant
UK

SAP HCM Consultant Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 31 August 2025, SAP HCM 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 HCM Consultant in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SAP
1 9 (100.00%) SAP HCM
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (88.89%) ABAP
2 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (77.78%) Workflow
3 7 (77.78%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (77.78%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Ariba
4 1 (11.11%) SAP PS

SAP HCM 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (100.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP PS
2 1 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (77.78%) Time Management
2 7 (77.78%) Workflow
3 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
1 8 (88.89%) Security Cleared
2 7 (77.78%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 9 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Ariba