SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 172 179
Rank change year-on-year -44 +7 +57
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 519 461 613
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.23% 1.55% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.34% 1.67% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 198 267
10th Percentile £450 £425 £435
25th Percentile £500 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £700 £669 £664
90th Percentile £723 £718 £756
UK excluding London median daily rate £565 £538 £582
% change year-on-year +5.02% -7.62% +0.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 13
10th Percentile £59.98 £79.60 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.82
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +36.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £87.13 £102.10 £83.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £84.50 £86.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -1.74% +39.18% -4.46%

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 38,836 27,659 41,539
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 92.95% 92.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,338 17,830 27,237
10th Percentile £310 £294 £270
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 £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,391 872 2,505
10th Percentile £14.82 £15.81 £13.00
25th Percentile £19.00 £21.25 £16.25
Median hourly rate £34.95 £33.75 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +3.54% +3.24% -20.33%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.25 £71.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +3.08% -1.20% -17.30%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

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

SAP Consultant job vacancy trend in the UK

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 9 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 16 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 Consultant within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -48 374 £600 +3.90% 83
Work from Home -8 235 £575 +4.55% 56
UK excluding London -34 206 £565 +5.02% 74
London -30 132 £650 +5.35% 24
North of England -34 78 £703 +30.58% 12
North West -13 64 £705 +31.04% 8
South East -25 49 £513 -0.49% 27
Midlands -60 46 £456 -13.51% 23
West Midlands -45 34 £444 -17.82% 15
East of England -29 23 £520 -5.45% 6
South West -18 13 £577 -11.23% 2
Yorkshire -46 12 £538 - 3
East Midlands -37 11 £480 -7.69% 7
Wales -8 2 - - 3
North East -13 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, 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 featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 519 (100.00%) SAP
2 286 (55.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 122 (23.51%) Security Cleared
4 101 (19.46%) SC Cleared
5 79 (15.22%) Workshop Facilitation
6 76 (14.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (14.07%) Migration
8 68 (13.10%) ABAP
9 62 (11.95%) SAP FI
10 58 (11.18%) Logistics
11 57 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
12 54 (10.40%) SAP Fiori
13 53 (10.21%) User Acceptance Testing
14 52 (10.02%) ERP
15 49 (9.44%) SAP MM
16 46 (8.86%) Time Management
17 45 (8.67%) Data Migration
18 43 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 43 (8.29%) SuccessFactors
19 41 (7.90%) BPSS Clearance
19 41 (7.90%) SAP HANA
20 39 (7.51%) Validation
21 37 (7.13%) Ariba
21 37 (7.13%) SAP CO
21 37 (7.13%) SAP PP
22 36 (6.94%) SAP TM
23 35 (6.74%) SAP HCM
24 34 (6.55%) SAP FI/CO
25 33 (6.36%) SAP PSCD
25 33 (6.36%) Translating Business Requirements

SAP 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (0.39%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.39%) MTS
1 2 (0.39%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 286 (55.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 62 (11.95%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.44%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.13%) SAP CO
4 37 (7.13%) SAP PP
5 35 (6.74%) SAP HCM
6 34 (6.55%) SAP FI/CO
7 33 (6.36%) SAP PSCD
8 30 (5.78%) SAP EWM
8 30 (5.78%) SAP Travel Management
9 25 (4.82%) SAP Payroll
10 22 (4.24%) SAP BRIM
11 19 (3.66%) SAP FI-CA
12 18 (3.47%) SAP Hybris
12 18 (3.47%) SAP QM
12 18 (3.47%) SAP SD
12 18 (3.47%) SAP VC
13 12 (2.31%) SAP MDG
13 12 (2.31%) SAP PM
14 11 (2.12%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 43 (8.29%) SuccessFactors
2 18 (3.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.54%) Azure
4 3 (0.58%) AWS
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
5 2 (0.39%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.19%) Boomi
6 1 (0.19%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.90%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.54%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.16%) Metadata
4 2 (0.39%) Power BI
4 2 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) DB2
5 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.54%) JIRA
2 4 (0.77%) LSMW
3 3 (0.58%) Hudson
4 2 (0.39%) Git
4 2 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 162 (31.21%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.85%) Finance
3 67 (12.91%) Manufacturing
4 53 (10.21%) Public Sector
5 42 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (7.51%) Billing
7 18 (3.47%) Telecoms
8 15 (2.89%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.50%) Retail
10 9 (1.73%) Banking
11 8 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.16%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.16%) Automotive
12 6 (1.16%) German Language
12 6 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.77%) Legal
14 3 (0.58%) Dutch Language
14 3 (0.58%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.58%) Law
14 3 (0.58%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (10.40%) SAP Fiori
2 36 (6.94%) SAP TM
3 27 (5.20%) BAPI
4 24 (4.62%) Web Services
5 17 (3.28%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.70%) IDoc
7 13 (2.50%) SAP Basis
8 10 (1.93%) SOAP
9 9 (1.73%) EDI
9 9 (1.73%) XML
10 7 (1.35%) SAP ALE
11 6 (1.16%) SAP Business Workflow
12 5 (0.96%) Middleware
13 4 (0.77%) SAPUI5
14 2 (0.39%) REST
15 1 (0.19%) JDBC
15 1 (0.19%) JMS
15 1 (0.19%) OLE
15 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
1 14 (2.70%) Replication
2 10 (1.93%) Onboarding
3 9 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
4 6 (1.16%) Life Science
4 6 (1.16%) Public Cloud
5 4 (0.77%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.58%) FMCG
6 3 (0.58%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (0.58%) Tandem
6 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.19%) Clustering
8 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.19%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.19%) LIMS
8 1 (0.19%) Market Risk
8 1 (0.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.77%) Linux
2 3 (0.58%) VMS
3 2 (0.39%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (15.22%) Workshop Facilitation
2 76 (14.64%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (14.07%) Migration
4 58 (11.18%) Logistics
5 57 (10.98%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (10.21%) User Acceptance Testing
7 52 (10.02%) ERP
8 46 (8.86%) Time Management
9 45 (8.67%) Data Migration
10 43 (8.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 39 (7.51%) Validation
12 33 (6.36%) Translating Business Requirements
13 30 (5.78%) Knowledge Transfer
13 30 (5.78%) Production Planning
13 30 (5.78%) Project Management
14 27 (5.20%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.20%) Requirements Gathering
15 26 (5.01%) Process Improvement
16 23 (4.43%) Inventory Management
17 22 (4.24%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 68 (13.10%) ABAP
2 14 (2.70%) Groovy
2 14 (2.70%) JavaScript
3 3 (0.58%) SQL
4 2 (0.39%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 122 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 101 (19.46%) SC Cleared
3 41 (7.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.31%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.35%) Degree
5 7 (1.35%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.39%) AAT
6 2 (0.39%) ACCA
6 2 (0.39%) CIMA
7 1 (0.19%) CCA
7 1 (0.19%) CISM
7 1 (0.19%) CISSP
7 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.08%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.16%) GRC
3 5 (0.96%) GDPR
3 5 (0.96%) QA
4 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (0.39%) IFRS
4 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
4 2 (0.39%) PMO
4 2 (0.39%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 1 (0.19%) GxP
5 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.19%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 519 (100.00%) SAP
2 37 (7.13%) Ariba
3 14 (2.70%) Adobe
4 12 (2.31%) Sage
5 9 (1.73%) OpenText
6 8 (1.54%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.35%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.77%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.58%) Concur
9 3 (0.58%) Oracle
10 2 (0.39%) IFS
10 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.39%) Workday
11 1 (0.19%) Databricks
11 1 (0.19%) Dell
11 1 (0.19%) Google
11 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
11 1 (0.19%) Planon
11 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER