SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 276 173 153
Rank change year-on-year -103 -20 +6
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 533 558 633
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.97% 1.68% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.85% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 210 264 307
10th Percentile £413 £457 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.43% -0.86% +10.48%
75th Percentile £642 £675 £671
90th Percentile £723 £725 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £580 £582
% change year-on-year -6.90% -0.34% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £72.68 £40.93 £57.15
25th Percentile £86.00 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £69.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +26.35% +12.42% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £88.81 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £93.88 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £69.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +24.19% +12.42% -9.08%

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 50,556 30,128 35,360
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 90.91% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,767 19,028 21,436
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £636 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,987 1,619 1,546
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.78 £17.27 £20.75
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.31 £74.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.69% -2.27%

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 3 October 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 3 October 2026.

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 3 October 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 -117 390 £550 -5.17% 258
UK excluding London -73 253 £540 -6.90% 166
Work from Home -69 216 £550 -1.79% 168
London -102 123 £575 -0.43% 89
South East -29 103 £500 -4.76% 64
Midlands -18 70 £481 -16.35% 27
West Midlands -3 61 £470 -14.55% 20
North of England -110 46 £625 -7.41% 41
North West -76 42 £625 -11.03% 22
East of England -26 19 £566 -1.99% 14
South West -34 12 £525 -12.50% 3
Wales -9 7 - - 8
East Midlands -23 7 £605 +4.35% 6
Yorkshire -42 4 - - 14
Scotland - 3 £650 - 7

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

For the 6 months to 3 October 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.

1 533 (100.00%) SAP
2 257 (48.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 142 (26.64%) Security Cleared
4 123 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (18.39%) SC Cleared
6 87 (16.32%) Migration
7 85 (15.95%) User Acceptance Testing
8 72 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
9 71 (13.32%) SAP FI
10 67 (12.57%) SuccessFactors
11 63 (11.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 61 (11.44%) Data Migration
13 57 (10.69%) ABAP
13 57 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
14 50 (9.38%) SAP PSCD
15 46 (8.63%) SAP Fiori
16 45 (8.44%) Ariba
17 43 (8.07%) Time Management
18 42 (7.88%) Analytics
19 41 (7.69%) Logistics
19 41 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
19 41 (7.69%) Validation
20 37 (6.94%) ERP
20 37 (6.94%) SAP CO
20 37 (6.94%) SAP HCM
21 36 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
22 35 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
22 35 (6.57%) SAP HANA
23 33 (6.19%) Project Delivery
23 33 (6.19%) SAP BRIM

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%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 257 (48.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 71 (13.32%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.38%) SAP PSCD
4 41 (7.69%) SAP Payroll
5 37 (6.94%) SAP CO
5 37 (6.94%) SAP HCM
6 33 (6.19%) SAP BRIM
7 32 (6.00%) SAP SD
8 28 (5.25%) SAP FI/CO
9 27 (5.07%) SAP HR
9 27 (5.07%) SAP MM
10 26 (4.88%) SAP FI-CA
10 26 (4.88%) SAP PP
11 21 (3.94%) SAP PM
12 20 (3.75%) SAP QM
13 18 (3.38%) SAP EWM
14 15 (2.81%) SAP GRC
15 14 (2.63%) SAP PS
16 13 (2.44%) SAP ERP
16 13 (2.44%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.57%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (3.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.31%) AWS
3 7 (1.31%) Azure
4 6 (1.13%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.56%) GCP
6 3 (0.56%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (0.38%) Boomi
7 2 (0.38%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.38%) GitHub
8 1 (0.19%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.19%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.57%) SAP HANA
2 32 (6.00%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.63%) BusinessObjects
4 9 (1.69%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.13%) Power BI
6 5 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.94%) Tableau
7 1 (0.19%) Db2
7 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.38%) Hudson
1 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.38%) JIRA
1 2 (0.38%) LSMW
General
1 151 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 126 (23.64%) Finance
3 61 (11.44%) Manufacturing
4 57 (10.69%) Public Sector
5 56 (10.51%) Billing
6 36 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.69%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.56%) Legal
9 18 (3.38%) Pharmaceutical
9 18 (3.38%) Retail
10 12 (2.25%) General Ledger
11 9 (1.69%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.13%) Automotive
12 6 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.94%) Banking
13 5 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 3 (0.56%) German Language
15 3 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
16 2 (0.38%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.63%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.38%) SAP PI
3 16 (3.00%) BAPI
4 13 (2.44%) SAP Basis
4 13 (2.44%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.06%) REST
5 11 (2.06%) SOAP
6 9 (1.69%) IDoc
6 9 (1.69%) Web Services
7 8 (1.50%) Middleware
7 8 (1.50%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.31%) EDI
8 7 (1.31%) XML
9 6 (1.13%) JDBC
10 5 (0.94%) SAP TM
11 2 (0.38%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.38%) SAP Business Workflow
11 2 (0.38%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.38%) XSLT
12 1 (0.19%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.00%) Data Structures
2 15 (2.81%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.25%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (1.69%) FMCG
5 9 (1.69%) Replication
6 7 (1.31%) Life Science
6 7 (1.31%) Product Ownership
7 5 (0.94%) Algorithms
8 4 (0.75%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.56%) Learning Management System
9 3 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.38%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.19%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.19%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 1 (0.19%) NHS
11 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) Unix
2 5 (0.94%) VMS
3 2 (0.38%) Linux
3 2 (0.38%) Windows
4 1 (0.19%) AIX
4 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.19%) SUSE
4 1 (0.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 87 (16.32%) Migration
3 85 (15.95%) User Acceptance Testing
4 72 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (11.44%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.69%) Workshop Facilitation
7 43 (8.07%) Time Management
8 42 (7.88%) Analytics
9 41 (7.69%) Logistics
9 41 (7.69%) Validation
10 37 (6.94%) ERP
11 36 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 35 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (6.19%) Project Delivery
14 32 (6.00%) System Integration Testing
15 31 (5.82%) Continuous Improvement
15 31 (5.82%) Process Improvement
15 31 (5.82%) Revenue Management
16 30 (5.63%) Order to Cash
16 30 (5.63%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 57 (10.69%) ABAP
2 9 (1.69%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Java
4 5 (0.94%) Python
5 1 (0.19%) Groovy
5 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 142 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 98 (18.39%) SC Cleared
3 63 (11.82%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.69%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.50%) Degree
6 7 (1.31%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.75%) CCA
8 1 (0.19%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.63%) GRC
2 7 (1.31%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.94%) GDPR
3 5 (0.94%) PMO
4 3 (0.56%) GxP
4 3 (0.56%) IFRS
5 2 (0.38%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.38%) NCSC
5 2 (0.38%) QA
6 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.69%) IAG
2 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 533 (100.00%) SAP
2 45 (8.44%) Ariba
3 15 (2.81%) Microsoft
4 10 (1.88%) Concur
5 7 (1.31%) OpenText
5 7 (1.31%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.13%) Oracle
6 6 (1.13%) webMethods
7 5 (0.94%) Adobe
8 3 (0.56%) Databricks
8 3 (0.56%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.38%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.19%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.19%) Conga
10 1 (0.19%) Dell
10 1 (0.19%) IBM
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Palantir
10 1 (0.19%) Qualtrics