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 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 175 148
Rank change year-on-year -90 -27 +21
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 548 566 634
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.72% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.88% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 225 270 312
10th Percentile £413 £456 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £638 £673 £675
90th Percentile £718 £725 £758
UK excluding London median daily rate £549 £575 £582
% change year-on-year -4.52% -1.20% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 13
10th Percentile £85.18 £39.45 £55.33
25th Percentile £86.06 £43.88 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £52.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -14.77% -7.28%
75th Percentile £88.75 £75.50 £65.03
90th Percentile £88.88 £88.55 £73.89
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -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 50,616 30,052 35,689
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.25% 91.07% 92.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,900 18,989 21,757
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 £630 £625 £638
90th Percentile £731 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,913 1,614 1,619
10th Percentile £14.50 £13.75 £14.84
25th Percentile £20.00 £17.30 £20.88
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.70 £51.65 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.95 £69.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.90
% change year-on-year +69.02% -42.72% +0.34%

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 September 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
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 September 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 -112 393 £550 -4.76% 217
UK excluding London -73 264 £549 -4.52% 136
Work from Home -59 224 £550 -3.30% 160
London -119 123 £581 +0.17% 64
South East -43 101 £500 -4.76% 52
Midlands -14 72 £481 -14.49% 31
West Midlands 0 63 £476 -13.55% 25
North of England -98 48 £625 -7.41% 29
North West -74 45 £625 -11.03% 14
East of England -36 19 £566 -1.57% 11
Wales -1 16 £550 - 5
South West -33 13 £525 -12.50% 3
East Midlands -17 7 £544 -6.25% 6
Yorkshire -45 3 - - 12
Scotland - 2 £650 - 5

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

For the 6 months to 25 September 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.

1 548 (100.00%) SAP
2 253 (46.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 139 (25.36%) Security Cleared
4 118 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (17.88%) SC Cleared
6 83 (15.15%) Migration
7 82 (14.96%) User Acceptance Testing
8 73 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (12.77%) SAP FI
10 67 (12.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 64 (11.68%) SuccessFactors
12 59 (10.77%) Data Migration
13 57 (10.40%) Ariba
13 57 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
14 50 (9.12%) ABAP
14 50 (9.12%) Logistics
15 49 (8.94%) SAP PSCD
16 48 (8.76%) SAP Fiori
17 45 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
18 42 (7.66%) ERP
19 40 (7.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 39 (7.12%) Analytics
20 39 (7.12%) SAP CO
21 37 (6.75%) Validation
22 36 (6.57%) Time Management
23 34 (6.20%) Order to Cash
23 34 (6.20%) SAP HANA
23 34 (6.20%) SAP Payroll
24 33 (6.02%) Project Delivery
24 33 (6.02%) SAP SD

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 (0.55%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
2 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 253 (46.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 70 (12.77%) SAP FI
3 49 (8.94%) SAP PSCD
4 39 (7.12%) SAP CO
5 34 (6.20%) SAP Payroll
6 33 (6.02%) SAP SD
7 32 (5.84%) SAP BRIM
8 31 (5.66%) SAP HCM
9 30 (5.47%) SAP FI/CO
9 30 (5.47%) SAP MM
10 29 (5.29%) SAP PP
11 25 (4.56%) SAP HR
12 24 (4.38%) SAP FI-CA
13 22 (4.01%) SAP QM
14 21 (3.83%) SAP PM
15 19 (3.47%) SAP EWM
15 19 (3.47%) SAP IBP
16 16 (2.92%) SAP GRC
17 15 (2.74%) SAP ERP
18 13 (2.37%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 64 (11.68%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.64%) Azure
4 8 (1.46%) AWS
5 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.73%) GCP
8 3 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
9 2 (0.36%) Boomi
9 2 (0.36%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.36%) GitHub
10 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.18%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.20%) SAP HANA
2 32 (5.84%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.37%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (1.46%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.09%) Power BI
6 5 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Hudson
2 3 (0.55%) JIRA
3 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 150 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 125 (22.81%) Finance
3 59 (10.77%) Manufacturing
4 55 (10.04%) Billing
5 53 (9.67%) Public Sector
6 34 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.38%) Telecoms
8 19 (3.47%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (3.10%) Retail
10 16 (2.92%) Legal
11 13 (2.37%) General Ledger
12 7 (1.28%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.28%) Automotive
12 7 (1.28%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (0.91%) Banking
13 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.55%) German Language
15 2 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.36%) Local Government
15 2 (0.36%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.76%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.28%) SAP PI
3 17 (3.10%) BAPI
4 16 (2.92%) SAP Basis
5 11 (2.01%) REST
5 11 (2.01%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.01%) SOAP
6 10 (1.82%) IDoc
7 9 (1.64%) SAP Core Interface
7 9 (1.64%) Web Services
8 8 (1.46%) EDI
9 7 (1.28%) Middleware
9 7 (1.28%) XML
10 6 (1.09%) JDBC
10 6 (1.09%) SAP TM
11 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
11 2 (0.36%) SAP ALE
11 2 (0.36%) Web Dynpro
11 2 (0.36%) XSLT
12 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.74%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.55%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.19%) Public Cloud
4 10 (1.82%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.82%) FMCG
5 9 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (1.46%) Life Science
6 8 (1.46%) Product Ownership
7 7 (1.28%) Replication
8 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
9 3 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.36%) Learning Management System
10 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
11 1 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.18%) NHS
11 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.09%) Unix
2 5 (0.91%) VMS
3 1 (0.18%) AIX
3 1 (0.18%) Linux
3 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (21.53%) Stakeholder Management
2 83 (15.15%) Migration
3 82 (14.96%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.32%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (10.77%) Data Migration
6 57 (10.40%) Workshop Facilitation
7 50 (9.12%) Logistics
8 45 (8.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 42 (7.66%) ERP
10 40 (7.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 39 (7.12%) Analytics
12 37 (6.75%) Validation
13 36 (6.57%) Time Management
14 34 (6.20%) Order to Cash
15 33 (6.02%) Project Delivery
16 32 (5.84%) Process Improvement
17 31 (5.66%) Requirements Gathering
17 31 (5.66%) System Integration Testing
18 30 (5.47%) Revenue Management
18 30 (5.47%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 50 (9.12%) ABAP
2 9 (1.64%) SQL
3 7 (1.28%) Java
3 7 (1.28%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 139 (25.36%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.88%) SC Cleared
3 67 (12.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (4.20%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.28%) SAP Certification
6 6 (1.09%) Degree
7 5 (0.91%) CCA
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.74%) GRC
2 6 (1.09%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.91%) PMO
4 4 (0.73%) GDPR
4 4 (0.73%) GxP
5 3 (0.55%) IFRS
6 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.36%) NCSC
6 2 (0.36%) QA
6 2 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 10 (1.82%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 548 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.40%) Ariba
3 16 (2.92%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.46%) Concur
4 8 (1.46%) OpenText
5 7 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.09%) Oracle
6 6 (1.09%) webMethods
7 5 (0.91%) Adobe
8 4 (0.73%) Databricks
9 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.36%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.18%) Anaplan
11 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.18%) Conga
11 1 (0.18%) Dell
11 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir
11 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics