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 29 July 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 188 146
Rank change year-on-year -52 -42 +22
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 569 502 659
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.08% 1.53% 1.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.17% 1.67% 1.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 220 358
10th Percentile £410 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £568 £591
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% -3.97% +10.36%
75th Percentile £663 £655 £688
90th Percentile £750 £726 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £540 £598
% change year-on-year - -9.66% +15.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 16
10th Percentile £78.95 £43.88 £53.95
25th Percentile £86.00 £53.75 £60.36
Median hourly rate £87.50 £66.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% +7.55% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £62.46
90th Percentile - £78.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +22.86% +13.64% -7.28%

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 48,690 30,025 37,043
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.66% 91.50% 92.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,369 19,114 23,981
10th Percentile £331 £282 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £625 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,338 1,460 2,193
10th Percentile £15.50 £13.69 £14.05
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.30 £19.09
Median hourly rate £43.61 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.38% -40.82% -1.88%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.10 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -41.51% +7.50%

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 29 July 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 14 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 29 July 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 -66 398 £550 -3.93% 38
UK excluding London -32 258 £540 - 32
Work from Home -23 253 £550 -0.90% 47
London -73 129 £615 +5.72% 11
South East -38 92 £523 -0.48% 15
Midlands -3 87 £463 -20.26% 8
West Midlands -4 71 £429 -25.39% 7
North of England -79 52 £600 +2.78% 7
North West -41 46 £613 -4.30% 5
Wales -1 17 £550 - 2
East Midlands -10 13 £625 +1.63% 1
South West -33 11 £525 -
East of England -32 6 £604 +4.14%
Yorkshire -50 6 £400 -31.91% 2

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

For the 6 months to 29 July 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.

1 569 (100.00%) SAP
2 251 (44.11%) SAP S/4HANA
3 127 (22.32%) Security Cleared
4 98 (17.22%) SC Cleared
5 96 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
6 81 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
7 78 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
8 76 (13.36%) Migration
9 71 (12.48%) SuccessFactors
9 71 (12.48%) User Acceptance Testing
10 61 (10.72%) SAP FI
11 59 (10.37%) Ariba
11 59 (10.37%) BPSS Clearance
12 55 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
13 54 (9.49%) Data Migration
14 52 (9.14%) SAP PSCD
15 51 (8.96%) Logistics
15 51 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 44 (7.73%) ABAP
17 41 (7.21%) ERP
18 40 (7.03%) SAP HANA
19 37 (6.50%) SAP Fiori
20 36 (6.33%) SAP MM
20 36 (6.33%) Validation
21 34 (5.98%) Order to Cash
21 34 (5.98%) SAP BRIM
21 34 (5.98%) SAP SD
22 32 (5.62%) Project Delivery
23 30 (5.27%) SAP CO
23 30 (5.27%) SAP FI-CA

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 (0.35%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.35%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 251 (44.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (10.72%) SAP FI
3 52 (9.14%) SAP PSCD
4 36 (6.33%) SAP MM
5 34 (5.98%) SAP BRIM
5 34 (5.98%) SAP SD
6 30 (5.27%) SAP CO
6 30 (5.27%) SAP FI-CA
7 29 (5.10%) SAP EWM
8 28 (4.92%) SAP PP
9 26 (4.57%) SAP FI/CO
10 24 (4.22%) SAP HCM
11 21 (3.69%) SAP IBP
11 21 (3.69%) SAP QM
12 19 (3.34%) SAP Payroll
13 17 (2.99%) SAP PM
14 14 (2.46%) SAP HR
15 12 (2.11%) SAP ERP
15 12 (2.11%) SAP GRC
15 12 (2.11%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.48%) SuccessFactors
2 11 (1.93%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.41%) Azure
4 6 (1.05%) AWS
4 6 (1.05%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.70%) GCP
6 3 (0.53%) Boomi
6 3 (0.53%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.35%) GitHub
8 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.18%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) FTP
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (7.03%) SAP HANA
2 28 (4.92%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.11%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.11%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.05%) Power BI
5 5 (0.88%) Tableau
6 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (1.23%) Hudson
2 6 (1.05%) JIRA
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.35%) LSMW
General
1 140 (24.60%) Social Skills
2 107 (18.80%) Finance
3 58 (10.19%) Billing
4 57 (10.02%) Manufacturing
5 43 (7.56%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.38%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 21 (3.69%) Telecoms
9 15 (2.64%) General Ledger
10 11 (1.93%) Aerospace
11 10 (1.76%) Banking
12 9 (1.58%) Retail
13 8 (1.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.23%) Automotive
15 6 (1.05%) German Language
15 6 (1.05%) Legal
16 5 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
17 3 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
17 3 (0.53%) Local Government
18 2 (0.35%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.50%) SAP Fiori
2 25 (4.39%) BAPI
3 17 (2.99%) SAP PI
4 16 (2.81%) IDoc
4 16 (2.81%) SAP Basis
5 11 (1.93%) SAP TM
6 10 (1.76%) SOAP
7 9 (1.58%) REST
8 7 (1.23%) EDI
8 7 (1.23%) JDBC
9 6 (1.05%) Middleware
9 6 (1.05%) SAP Core Interface
10 5 (0.88%) Web Services
11 4 (0.70%) OLE
11 4 (0.70%) SAP ALE
11 4 (0.70%) XML
12 3 (0.53%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.35%) XSLT
14 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.28%) FMCG
2 12 (2.11%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.11%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.11%) Replication
3 11 (1.93%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.76%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.76%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.58%) Life Science
6 7 (1.23%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.35%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.41%) VMS
2 6 (1.05%) Unix
3 5 (0.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (16.87%) Stakeholder Management
2 81 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
3 78 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
4 76 (13.36%) Migration
5 71 (12.48%) User Acceptance Testing
6 55 (9.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 54 (9.49%) Data Migration
8 51 (8.96%) Logistics
8 51 (8.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 41 (7.21%) ERP
10 36 (6.33%) Validation
11 34 (5.98%) Order to Cash
12 32 (5.62%) Project Delivery
13 29 (5.10%) Time Management
14 28 (4.92%) Translating Business Requirements
15 27 (4.75%) SAP Security
16 25 (4.39%) Process Improvement
16 25 (4.39%) Revenue Management
16 25 (4.39%) System Integration Testing
17 24 (4.22%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 44 (7.73%) ABAP
2 10 (1.76%) SQL
3 7 (1.23%) Java
3 7 (1.23%) Python
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.18%) Groovy
4 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 127 (22.32%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.22%) SC Cleared
3 59 (10.37%) BPSS Clearance
4 16 (2.81%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.58%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (0.70%) CCA
8 2 (0.35%) Degree
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (2.99%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.11%) GRC
3 6 (1.05%) GxP
4 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.35%) GDPR
5 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.35%) IFRS
5 2 (0.35%) NCSC
5 2 (0.35%) PMO
5 2 (0.35%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (1.23%) IAG
2 2 (0.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 569 (100.00%) SAP
2 59 (10.37%) Ariba
3 17 (2.99%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.41%) OpenText
5 7 (1.23%) Sage
5 7 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.05%) webMethods
7 5 (0.88%) Adobe
7 5 (0.88%) Oracle
8 3 (0.53%) Concur
8 3 (0.53%) Databricks
9 2 (0.35%) Dell
9 2 (0.35%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.18%) Conga
10 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.18%) Palantir
10 1 (0.18%) Planon
10 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.18%) SEEBURGER
10 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow