SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 March 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 180 168
Rank change year-on-year -49 -12 +65
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 493 453 619
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.14% 1.55% 1.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 1.66% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 184 275
10th Percentile £413 £425 £431
25th Percentile £477 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £687 £670 £675
90th Percentile £716 £719 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £520 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -3.35% -7.72% +0.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 15
10th Percentile £57.20 £79.60 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.25 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.00 £102.10 £79.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.34% -4.57%

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 39,828 27,223 41,240
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.88% 92.95% 92.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,890 17,719 27,066
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.11%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,471 888 2,490
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.24 £12.91
25th Percentile £19.22 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £35.91 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.49% - -23.29%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.94
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.50 £71.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -18.75%

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 19 March 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 19 March 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 19 March 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 -65 347 £575 -1.03% 115
Work from Home -21 220 £573 +4.09% 85
UK excluding London -38 187 £520 -3.35% 89
London -45 127 £650 +5.69% 29
North of England -70 55 £590 +9.67% 16
Midlands -56 50 £425 -19.05% 22
South East -29 47 £487 -5.53% 38
North West -41 41 £651 +20.96% 11
West Midlands -37 40 £425 -23.42% 14
East of England -14 25 £580 +5.45% 7
South West -10 13 £552 -15.08% 2
Yorkshire -47 12 £538 - 4
East Midlands -40 9 £450 -13.46% 8
North East -8 2 - - 1
Wales -10 2 - - 2
Scotland - 1 £538 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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.

1 493 (100.00%) SAP
2 256 (51.93%) SAP S/4HANA
3 88 (17.85%) Security Cleared
4 79 (16.02%) Migration
5 76 (15.42%) Workshop Facilitation
6 74 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
7 70 (14.20%) SC Cleared
8 61 (12.37%) SAP FI
9 59 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (11.76%) ABAP
11 54 (10.95%) User Acceptance Testing
12 52 (10.55%) ERP
13 49 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 48 (9.74%) Data Migration
15 46 (9.33%) Time Management
16 44 (8.92%) Logistics
16 44 (8.92%) SAP MM
16 44 (8.92%) SuccessFactors
17 43 (8.72%) Validation
18 40 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
19 38 (7.71%) Ariba
19 38 (7.71%) BPSS Clearance
20 37 (7.51%) SAP HCM
20 37 (7.51%) SAP PP
21 35 (7.10%) SAP HANA
22 34 (6.90%) SAP CO
23 32 (6.49%) SAP FI/CO
23 32 (6.49%) SAP PSCD
24 31 (6.29%) Project Management
25 30 (6.09%) Production Planning

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 (0.41%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.41%) MTS
1 2 (0.41%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 256 (51.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (12.37%) SAP FI
3 44 (8.92%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.51%) SAP HCM
4 37 (7.51%) SAP PP
5 34 (6.90%) SAP CO
6 32 (6.49%) SAP FI/CO
6 32 (6.49%) SAP PSCD
7 28 (5.68%) SAP EWM
7 28 (5.68%) SAP Travel Management
8 24 (4.87%) SAP Payroll
9 22 (4.46%) SAP BRIM
10 21 (4.26%) SAP FI-CA
11 20 (4.06%) SAP SD
12 16 (3.25%) SAP Hybris
13 13 (2.64%) SAP PM
14 12 (2.43%) SAP MDG
14 12 (2.43%) SAP VC
15 11 (2.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
15 11 (2.23%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 44 (8.92%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.45%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.62%) Azure
4 4 (0.81%) AWS
5 2 (0.41%) GCP
5 2 (0.41%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.20%) Boomi
6 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.20%) OCI
6 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (7.10%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.62%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.22%) Metadata
3 6 (1.22%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.20%) DB2
4 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
4 1 (0.20%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.22%) JIRA
2 4 (0.81%) Hudson
2 4 (0.81%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 159 (32.25%) Social Skills
2 109 (22.11%) Finance
3 66 (13.39%) Manufacturing
4 46 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (8.92%) Public Sector
6 40 (8.11%) Billing
7 17 (3.45%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.64%) Retail
9 12 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 11 (2.23%) Banking
11 7 (1.42%) German Language
12 6 (1.22%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.22%) Automotive
12 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.22%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.81%) Legal
14 3 (0.61%) French Language
14 3 (0.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.61%) Local Government
14 3 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.11%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (6.09%) SAP TM
3 20 (4.06%) BAPI
4 17 (3.45%) SAP PI
5 15 (3.04%) IDoc
5 15 (3.04%) SAP Basis
5 15 (3.04%) Web Services
6 10 (2.03%) SOAP
7 9 (1.83%) EDI
7 9 (1.83%) XML
8 8 (1.62%) SAP ALE
9 6 (1.22%) SAP Business Workflow
10 5 (1.01%) Middleware
11 3 (0.61%) OLE
11 3 (0.61%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.41%) REST
13 1 (0.20%) JDBC
13 1 (0.20%) JMS
13 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 15 (3.04%) Legacy Systems
1 15 (3.04%) Replication
2 9 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (1.42%) Public Cloud
4 5 (1.01%) FMCG
4 5 (1.01%) Life Science
4 5 (1.01%) Onboarding
5 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
5 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.61%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 3 (0.61%) Tandem
6 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.41%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (0.41%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.20%) LIMS
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.01%) Linux
1 5 (1.01%) VMS
2 2 (0.41%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (16.02%) Migration
2 76 (15.42%) Workshop Facilitation
3 74 (15.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (11.97%) Problem-Solving
5 54 (10.95%) User Acceptance Testing
6 52 (10.55%) ERP
7 49 (9.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 48 (9.74%) Data Migration
9 46 (9.33%) Time Management
10 44 (8.92%) Logistics
11 43 (8.72%) Validation
12 31 (6.29%) Project Management
13 30 (6.09%) Production Planning
14 29 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
15 28 (5.68%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (5.68%) GAP Analysis
16 27 (5.48%) Knowledge Transfer
17 23 (4.67%) Requirements Gathering
18 20 (4.06%) Change Management
18 20 (4.06%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.76%) ABAP
2 14 (2.84%) Groovy
3 13 (2.64%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.41%) Java
4 2 (0.41%) SQL
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 88 (17.85%) Security Cleared
2 70 (14.20%) SC Cleared
3 38 (7.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.43%) SAP Certification
5 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.81%) Degree
7 2 (0.41%) AAT
7 2 (0.41%) ACCA
7 2 (0.41%) CIMA
8 1 (0.20%) CCA
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.46%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.22%) GRC
3 5 (1.01%) GDPR
3 5 (1.01%) QA
4 3 (0.61%) PMO
5 2 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.41%) IFRS
5 2 (0.41%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) GxP
6 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.20%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 493 (100.00%) SAP
2 38 (7.71%) Ariba
3 13 (2.64%) Sage
4 9 (1.83%) OpenText
5 8 (1.62%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.62%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.01%) Adobe
7 4 (0.81%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.61%) Concur
8 3 (0.61%) Oracle
9 2 (0.41%) IFS
9 2 (0.41%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.41%) Workday
10 1 (0.20%) Databricks
10 1 (0.20%) Dell
10 1 (0.20%) Google
10 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.20%) Planon
10 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER