SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 152 164
Rank change year-on-year -19 +12 +99
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 563 608 769
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.67% 1.64% 1.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.84% 1.77% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 268 289 303
10th Percentile £463 £432 £428
25th Percentile £513 £500 £493
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £580 £527
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +10.16% -9.22%
75th Percentile £673 £663 £625
90th Percentile £723 £739 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £590 £582 £518
% change year-on-year +1.37% +12.27% -10.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 11 10
10th Percentile £43.88 £56.65 £59.94
25th Percentile £54.13 - £61.53
Median hourly rate £75.50 £61.60 £64.21
Median % change year-on-year +22.56% -4.06% -5.58%
75th Percentile £85.31 £72.43 £67.75
90th Percentile £91.63 £87.50 £87.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £69.25 £61.60 £63.29
% change year-on-year +12.42% -2.67% -4.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 30,556 34,341 44,903
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.89% 93.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,309 20,704 30,643
10th Percentile £280 £300 £300
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £621 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £745
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,701 1,344 1,531
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.04 £14.65
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.86%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
% change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%

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 25 October 2025.

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 25 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 15 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 25 October 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
England -24 408 £580 +0.87% 114
Work from Home +26 241 £560 -2.61% 87
UK excluding London -56 222 £590 +1.37% 89
London +13 149 £575 +9.52% 31
North of England +5 85 £675 +12.50% 23
North West +16 75 £703 +15.73% 16
South East -46 64 £525 -9.83% 33
Midlands -58 41 £575 +0.74% 7
West Midlands -33 26 £575 +10.58% 4
East of England -15 23 £565 +25.56% 8
East Midlands -25 13 £580 +0.87% 3
South West +5 8 £600 -5.91% 9
Yorkshire -22 8 £600 +6.67% 5
Wales -3 4 - - 6
North East -11 2 £575 -4.17% 2

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

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, 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.

1 563 (100.00%) SAP
2 312 (55.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 157 (27.89%) Security Cleared
4 130 (23.09%) SC Cleared
5 86 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (14.74%) Logistics
7 81 (14.39%) SAP Fiori
8 73 (12.97%) Migration
9 71 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 69 (12.26%) ABAP
11 66 (11.72%) SAP FI
12 59 (10.48%) Data Migration
13 57 (10.12%) Workshop Facilitation
14 56 (9.95%) Analytics
15 51 (9.06%) SAP CO
15 51 (9.06%) Validation
16 49 (8.70%) SAP MM
16 49 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 48 (8.53%) SAP FI/CO
18 46 (8.17%) BPSS Clearance
19 41 (7.28%) Ariba
19 41 (7.28%) SAP HANA
20 40 (7.10%) ERP
21 39 (6.93%) SAP HCM
22 37 (6.57%) SAP EWM
22 37 (6.57%) Translating Business Requirements
22 37 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
23 34 (6.04%) Production Planning
23 34 (6.04%) Quality Management
24 33 (5.86%) SAP PP

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 7 (1.24%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.18%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.18%) MTS
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 312 (55.42%) SAP S/4HANA
2 66 (11.72%) SAP FI
3 51 (9.06%) SAP CO
4 49 (8.70%) SAP MM
5 48 (8.53%) SAP FI/CO
6 39 (6.93%) SAP HCM
7 37 (6.57%) SAP EWM
8 33 (5.86%) SAP PP
9 30 (5.33%) SAP WM
10 28 (4.97%) SAP SD
11 26 (4.62%) SAP Payroll
12 23 (4.09%) SAP HR
13 21 (3.73%) SAP MDG
13 21 (3.73%) SAP QM
14 18 (3.20%) SAP PS
14 18 (3.20%) SAP VC
15 16 (2.84%) SAP PSCD
16 11 (1.95%) SAP FI-CA
17 10 (1.78%) SAP BRIM
18 9 (1.60%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 28 (4.97%) SuccessFactors
2 15 (2.66%) Azure
3 9 (1.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (1.24%) SaaS
5 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.89%) AWS
6 5 (0.89%) GCP
7 3 (0.53%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.36%) PaaS
8 2 (0.36%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.18%) IaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) HTTP
1 1 (0.18%) Internet
1 1 (0.18%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (7.28%) SAP HANA
2 17 (3.02%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.49%) SAP Data Services
4 8 (1.42%) Metadata
5 6 (1.07%) Power BI
6 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.36%) DB2
9 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.18%) Lumira
9 1 (0.18%) MaxDB
9 1 (0.18%) MySQL
9 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (1.95%) LSMW
2 7 (1.24%) JIRA
3 3 (0.53%) Git
4 1 (0.18%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 175 (31.08%) Social Skills
2 119 (21.14%) Finance
3 73 (12.97%) Manufacturing
4 45 (7.99%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.93%) Pharmaceutical
6 36 (6.39%) Public Sector
7 27 (4.80%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (4.62%) Billing
9 12 (2.13%) Retail
9 12 (2.13%) Telecoms
10 9 (1.60%) Aerospace
11 8 (1.42%) Automotive
11 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.42%) General Ledger
12 5 (0.89%) Legal
13 4 (0.71%) Banking
14 3 (0.53%) German Language
14 3 (0.53%) Law
15 2 (0.36%) Dutch Language
15 2 (0.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (14.39%) SAP Fiori
2 26 (4.62%) BAPI
3 20 (3.55%) SAP Basis
4 19 (3.37%) IDoc
4 19 (3.37%) SAP TM
5 17 (3.02%) EDI
5 17 (3.02%) SAP PI
6 15 (2.66%) Web Services
7 14 (2.49%) SAP ALE
8 7 (1.24%) SOAP
9 6 (1.07%) REST
9 6 (1.07%) SAPUI5
9 6 (1.07%) XML
10 5 (0.89%) Middleware
10 5 (0.89%) SAP Business Workflow
11 4 (0.71%) JSON
12 2 (0.36%) HTML
12 2 (0.36%) HTML5
12 2 (0.36%) Node.js
12 2 (0.36%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
2 12 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.95%) Life Science
3 11 (1.95%) Private Cloud
4 9 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (1.07%) LIMS
6 5 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (0.89%) PACS
7 4 (0.71%) Product Ownership
7 4 (0.71%) Replication
8 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.53%) Tandem
9 2 (0.36%) FMCG
9 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.36%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.18%) IoT
10 1 (0.18%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.07%) Linux
2 4 (0.71%) Windows
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (15.28%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (14.74%) Logistics
3 73 (12.97%) Migration
4 71 (12.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 59 (10.48%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.12%) Workshop Facilitation
7 56 (9.95%) Analytics
8 51 (9.06%) Validation
9 49 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 40 (7.10%) ERP
11 37 (6.57%) Translating Business Requirements
11 37 (6.57%) User Acceptance Testing
12 34 (6.04%) Production Planning
12 34 (6.04%) Quality Management
13 32 (5.68%) Requirements Gathering
14 30 (5.33%) Knowledge Transfer
15 29 (5.15%) Performance Tuning
16 27 (4.80%) Process Improvement
17 26 (4.62%) Integration Testing
18 24 (4.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.26%) ABAP
2 14 (2.49%) JavaScript
3 9 (1.60%) Groovy
4 8 (1.42%) Java
5 6 (1.07%) SQL
6 4 (0.71%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 157 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 130 (23.09%) SC Cleared
3 46 (8.17%) BPSS Clearance
4 29 (5.15%) Degree
5 27 (4.80%) SAP Certification
6 11 (1.95%) ACCA
6 11 (1.95%) CIMA
7 8 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.71%) CCA
10 2 (0.36%) CISA
10 2 (0.36%) CISM
11 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.42%) IFRS
3 6 (1.07%) GxP
3 6 (1.07%) QA
4 5 (0.89%) GRC
4 5 (0.89%) SLA
5 3 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) GMP
5 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.18%) Basel III
6 1 (0.18%) HL7
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.18%) IFRS 9
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 563 (100.00%) SAP
2 41 (7.28%) Ariba
3 12 (2.13%) Adobe
4 10 (1.78%) Oracle
4 10 (1.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.42%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.42%) OpenText
6 6 (1.07%) Workday
7 4 (0.71%) Concur
7 4 (0.71%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.36%) Google
8 2 (0.36%) IFS
8 2 (0.36%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
9 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.18%) Databricks
9 1 (0.18%) HP
9 1 (0.18%) Kronos
9 1 (0.18%) Ping Identity
9 1 (0.18%) RightFax