SAP Payroll Consultant Contracts in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll Consultant
UK > UK excluding London

The median SAP Payroll Consultant daily rate in the UK excluding London is £537, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 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
5 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 353 374 423
Rank change year-on-year +21 +49 +88
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Payroll Consultant 15 4 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.022% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.024% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 2
10th Percentile £512 £503 £579
25th Percentile £531 £563 £579
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £618 £580
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% +6.57% +17.07%
75th Percentile £554 £638 £580
90th Percentile £612 - £580
UK median daily rate £537 £627 £600
% change year-on-year -14.35% +4.50% +21.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £86.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £86.00 - -

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 13,770 16,993 21,221
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,432 10,367 14,371
10th Percentile £215 £220 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.83%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £684 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,208 1,773 1,162
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.48 £18.50 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +17.07% +76.80%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +65.50%

SAP Payroll Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

SAP Payroll Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for SAP Payroll Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for SAP Payroll Consultant in the UK excluding London

SAP Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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 £537 - 3
North of England - 5 £600 -
North West - 5 £600 -
Midlands -9 1 £580 +22.11% 1
East Midlands - 1 £580 -
SAP Payroll Consultant
UK

SAP Payroll Consultant Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 August 2025, SAP Payroll 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 Payroll Consultant in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) SAP
1 15 (100.00%) SAP Payroll
2 12 (80.00%) SAP HR
3 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 4 (26.67%) Time Management
5 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (13.33%) SAP HCM
8 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
8 1 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Degree
8 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 1 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (6.67%) ABAP
8 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
8 1 (6.67%) Project Management
8 1 (6.67%) Workflow
8 1 (6.67%) Legal

SAP Payroll 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 15 (100.00%) SAP Payroll
2 12 (80.00%) SAP HR
3 2 (13.33%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Legal
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Time Management
2 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (6.67%) Business Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Project Management
3 1 (6.67%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (6.67%) Test Scripting
3 1 (6.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) SAP