SAP Business Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Business Consultant
UK

The median SAP Business Consultant daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 619 - 599
Rank change year-on-year - - +145
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Business Consultant 11 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.026% - 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £529
25th Percentile £450 - £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £613
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.27%
75th Percentile £550 - £678
90th Percentile - - £706
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 39,253 28,458 41,733
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 92.86% 92.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,589 18,093 27,411
10th Percentile £310 £293 £273
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,404 876 2,465
10th Percentile £14.84 £16.17 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.89 £21.39 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.50 £35.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.44% +6.06% -18.67%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.17 £32.50 £33.07
% change year-on-year +2.06% -1.71% -14.67%

SAP Business Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Business Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SAP Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for SAP Business Consultant job vacancies in the UK

SAP Business Consultant
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SAP Business Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 7 March 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
England - 8 £500 - 4
UK excluding London - 6 - - 2
Work from Home - 5 £500 - 4
North of England - 3 - - 1
London - 3 £500 - 3
North East - 2 - -
Wales - 2 - -
South West - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

SAP Business Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 March 2026, SAP Business 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 featuring SAP Business Consultant in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
3 8 (72.73%) Business Process Analysis
3 8 (72.73%) Data Quality
3 8 (72.73%) ERP
3 8 (72.73%) GAP Analysis
3 8 (72.73%) Migration
3 8 (72.73%) Scenario Testing
3 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (36.36%) SAP CO
4 4 (36.36%) SAP FI
4 4 (36.36%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (36.36%) SAP MM
5 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
5 3 (27.27%) EAM
5 3 (27.27%) Inventory Management
5 3 (27.27%) SAP PM
6 2 (18.18%) AAT
6 2 (18.18%) ACCA
6 2 (18.18%) CIMA
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (9.09%) ABAP
7 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
7 1 (9.09%) Azure
7 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
7 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
7 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
7 1 (9.09%) Lean Six Sigma
7 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization

SAP Business Consultant Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Business Applications
1 9 (81.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (36.36%) SAP CO
2 4 (36.36%) SAP FI
2 4 (36.36%) SAP FI/CO
2 4 (36.36%) SAP MM
3 3 (27.27%) SAP PM
4 1 (9.09%) SAP Business One
4 1 (9.09%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
General
1 4 (36.36%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Business Process Analysis
1 8 (72.73%) ERP
1 8 (72.73%) GAP Analysis
1 8 (72.73%) Migration
1 8 (72.73%) Scenario Testing
1 8 (72.73%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (27.27%) Asset Management
2 3 (27.27%) EAM
2 3 (27.27%) Inventory Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Identity Management
4 1 (9.09%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (9.09%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (9.09%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (9.09%) Process Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) AAT
1 2 (18.18%) ACCA
1 2 (18.18%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft