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 16 February 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 175 177
Rank change year-on-year -32 +2 +77
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 531 465 614
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.52% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.63% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 202 248
10th Percentile £460 £425 £450
25th Percentile £513 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £575 £598
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.81% +3.15%
75th Percentile £695 £671 £664
90th Percentile £719 £731 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £540 £582
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.24% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 11
10th Percentile £59.98 £78.00 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +36.51% -9.03%
75th Percentile £85.81 - £63.29
90th Percentile £87.13 £106.13 £86.25
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 36,541 28,512 41,697
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.61% 92.94% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,964 17,617 27,442
10th Percentile £304 £288 £275
25th Percentile £406 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £475 £489
% change year-on-year +0.53% -2.86% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,238 809 2,311
10th Percentile £14.61 £16.20 £13.13
25th Percentile £18.87 £21.46 £16.30
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.54 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.55% -4.17% -5.74%
75th Percentile £61.55 £63.75 £60.75
90th Percentile £72.51 £75.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.60 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.92% -7.14% -

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 16 February 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 16 February 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 16 February 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 -30 379 £600 +4.35% 67
Work from Home -3 242 £590 +5.36% 28
UK excluding London -40 204 £600 +11.11% 50
London -21 138 £635 +5.83% 31
North of England -33 80 £703 +27.73% 14
North West -8 67 £703 +30.09% 9
South East -17 52 £515 - 14
Midlands -70 35 £461 -14.58% 18
West Midlands -49 26 £413 -23.61% 10
East of England -18 24 £525 +5.00%
South West -9 16 £600 -7.69% 1
Yorkshire -47 11 £575 - 5
East Midlands -33 8 £510 -1.92% 7
Wales -4 2 - - 3
North East -16 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 February 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.

1 531 (100.00%) SAP
2 298 (56.12%) SAP S/4HANA
3 140 (26.37%) Security Cleared
4 115 (21.66%) SC Cleared
5 79 (14.88%) Migration
6 78 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 73 (13.75%) Workshop Facilitation
8 72 (13.56%) Logistics
9 71 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
10 69 (12.99%) ABAP
11 67 (12.62%) SAP FI
12 63 (11.86%) SAP Fiori
13 61 (11.49%) ERP
14 53 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (9.23%) Data Migration
16 48 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 46 (8.66%) SAP MM
18 44 (8.29%) SAP EWM
18 44 (8.29%) Translating Business Requirements
19 43 (8.10%) Ariba
19 43 (8.10%) Time Management
20 42 (7.91%) BPSS Clearance
21 41 (7.72%) SAP CO
21 41 (7.72%) SAP HCM
22 40 (7.53%) Validation
23 39 (7.34%) SAP HANA
23 39 (7.34%) SAP PP
24 38 (7.16%) SAP FI/CO
25 37 (6.97%) SuccessFactors
26 35 (6.59%) SAP TM

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 3 (0.56%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.38%) MTS
3 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Business Applications
1 298 (56.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 67 (12.62%) SAP FI
3 46 (8.66%) SAP MM
4 44 (8.29%) SAP EWM
5 41 (7.72%) SAP CO
5 41 (7.72%) SAP HCM
6 39 (7.34%) SAP PP
7 38 (7.16%) SAP FI/CO
8 32 (6.03%) SAP PSCD
9 29 (5.46%) SAP Travel Management
10 26 (4.90%) SAP WM
11 25 (4.71%) SAP Payroll
12 20 (3.77%) SAP BRIM
12 20 (3.77%) SAP QM
13 19 (3.58%) SAP FI-CA
13 19 (3.58%) SAP SD
14 18 (3.39%) SAP Hybris
15 17 (3.20%) SAP VC
16 12 (2.26%) SAP MDG
16 12 (2.26%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 37 (6.97%) SuccessFactors
2 18 (3.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.51%) Azure
4 3 (0.56%) AWS
4 3 (0.56%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.38%) GCP
5 2 (0.38%) SaaS
5 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.19%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (7.34%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.69%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.13%) Metadata
4 5 (0.94%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (0.56%) Power BI
6 2 (0.38%) DB2
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 9 (1.69%) JIRA
2 4 (0.75%) LSMW
3 2 (0.38%) Git
3 2 (0.38%) Hudson
3 2 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 172 (32.39%) Social Skills
2 104 (19.59%) Finance
3 65 (12.24%) Manufacturing
4 51 (9.60%) Public Sector
5 40 (7.53%) Billing
6 39 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (3.95%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (3.39%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.45%) Retail
10 9 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.51%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.51%) Banking
12 6 (1.13%) Automotive
12 6 (1.13%) German Language
13 4 (0.75%) Legal
14 3 (0.56%) Dutch Language
14 3 (0.56%) French Language
14 3 (0.56%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.56%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (11.86%) SAP Fiori
2 35 (6.59%) SAP TM
3 27 (5.08%) BAPI
4 24 (4.52%) Web Services
5 19 (3.58%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.64%) IDoc
7 13 (2.45%) SAP Basis
8 11 (2.07%) EDI
8 11 (2.07%) SOAP
8 11 (2.07%) XML
9 9 (1.69%) SAP ALE
10 6 (1.13%) Middleware
10 6 (1.13%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.94%) SAPUI5
12 4 (0.75%) REST
13 2 (0.38%) JSON
14 1 (0.19%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.20%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (2.45%) Replication
4 11 (2.07%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.69%) Life Science
6 7 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.13%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.75%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (0.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.56%) FMCG
9 3 (0.56%) Tandem
10 2 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.38%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.38%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.19%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.19%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.56%) Linux
1 3 (0.56%) VMS
2 2 (0.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (14.88%) Migration
2 78 (14.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (13.75%) Workshop Facilitation
4 72 (13.56%) Logistics
5 71 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
6 61 (11.49%) ERP
7 53 (9.98%) User Acceptance Testing
8 49 (9.23%) Data Migration
9 48 (9.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 44 (8.29%) Translating Business Requirements
11 43 (8.10%) Time Management
12 40 (7.53%) Validation
13 32 (6.03%) Production Planning
14 31 (5.84%) Requirements Gathering
15 29 (5.46%) Mentoring
15 29 (5.46%) Process Improvement
16 28 (5.27%) Knowledge Transfer
16 28 (5.27%) Scenario Testing
17 27 (5.08%) Analytics
17 27 (5.08%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.99%) ABAP
2 15 (2.82%) JavaScript
3 14 (2.64%) Groovy
4 3 (0.56%) SQL
5 2 (0.38%) Java
Qualifications
1 140 (26.37%) Security Cleared
2 115 (21.66%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.91%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (4.33%) SAP Certification
5 21 (3.95%) Degree
6 8 (1.51%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.75%) ACCA
7 4 (0.75%) CIMA
8 2 (0.38%) AAT
8 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.13%) QA
3 5 (0.94%) GDPR
3 5 (0.94%) GRC
4 4 (0.75%) GxP
5 3 (0.56%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.56%) GMP
6 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.38%) IFRS
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.38%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) IAG
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 531 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (8.10%) Ariba
3 15 (2.82%) Adobe
4 9 (1.69%) Sage
4 9 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.51%) OpenText
6 6 (1.13%) Oracle
7 5 (0.94%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.75%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.56%) Concur
9 3 (0.56%) Workday
10 2 (0.38%) Google
10 2 (0.38%) IFS
10 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.19%) Databricks
11 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
11 1 (0.19%) Planon
11 1 (0.19%) RightFax