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 1 July 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 170 153
Rank change year-on-year -75 -17 +39
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 534 487 680
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.58% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 1.72% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 207 354
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £663 £671 £688
90th Percentile £716 £740 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £537 £598
% change year-on-year -2.23% -10.20% +13.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 17
10th Percentile £83.15 £49.78 £52.90
25th Percentile £86.06 £63.44 £56.65
Median hourly rate £87.50 £78.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +12.18% +26.62% -4.75%
75th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 -
90th Percentile £88.88 - £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.25 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -0.87% +39.61% -4.75%

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 47,495 28,303 40,138
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 92.03% 92.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,760 18,119 25,771
10th Percentile £325 £288 £283
25th Percentile £415 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,210 1,268 2,866
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.77 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.41 £16.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.26% -29.33% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.25 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

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 1 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 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 1 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 -70 374 £550 -5.34% 57
Work from Home -13 250 £550 -4.35% 38
UK excluding London -48 232 £525 -2.23% 42
London -73 126 £650 +5.91% 17
South East -39 78 £490 -7.63% 7
Midlands -17 77 £463 -10.41% 16
West Midlands -7 60 £429 -17.30% 15
North of England -81 51 £550 -8.33% 11
North West -36 42 £575 -7.26% 9
Wales -2 15 £550 - 5
East Midlands -13 14 £625 +22.55% 1
South West -26 10 £525 - 1
Yorkshire -52 8 £500 - 1
East of England -34 6 £604 +5.27%
North East -39 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 241 (45.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 94 (17.60%) Security Cleared
4 86 (16.10%) Migration
5 82 (15.36%) SC Cleared
6 80 (14.98%) Workshop Facilitation
7 75 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
8 67 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (11.61%) SuccessFactors
10 60 (11.24%) SAP FI
10 60 (11.24%) User Acceptance Testing
11 58 (10.86%) Ariba
11 58 (10.86%) Data Migration
12 57 (10.67%) BPSS Clearance
13 53 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
13 53 (9.93%) Logistics
14 51 (9.55%) SAP PSCD
15 49 (9.18%) ERP
16 45 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 42 (7.87%) Validation
18 37 (6.93%) SAP MM
19 36 (6.74%) SAP BRIM
20 35 (6.55%) ABAP
20 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
21 32 (5.99%) SAP Fiori
22 31 (5.81%) SAP FI-CA
22 31 (5.81%) SAP SD
23 30 (5.62%) Order to Cash
24 28 (5.24%) SAP EWM
25 27 (5.06%) BAPI

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 (0.37%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.37%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 241 (45.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 60 (11.24%) SAP FI
3 51 (9.55%) SAP PSCD
4 37 (6.93%) SAP MM
5 36 (6.74%) SAP BRIM
6 31 (5.81%) SAP FI-CA
6 31 (5.81%) SAP SD
7 28 (5.24%) SAP EWM
8 27 (5.06%) SAP CO
9 25 (4.68%) SAP PP
10 24 (4.49%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (4.31%) SAP IBP
12 20 (3.75%) SAP Travel Management
13 18 (3.37%) SAP HCM
13 18 (3.37%) SAP PM
14 17 (3.18%) SAP QM
15 13 (2.43%) SAP Payroll
16 12 (2.25%) SAP HR
16 12 (2.25%) SAP Hybris
17 11 (2.06%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 62 (11.61%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.62%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.12%) Azure
3 6 (1.12%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.75%) AWS
5 3 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (0.56%) Boomi
5 3 (0.56%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.37%) GCP
7 1 (0.19%) Oracle Service Cloud
7 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.55%) SAP HANA
2 20 (3.75%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.25%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.25%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.12%) Power BI
5 5 (0.94%) Tableau
6 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.50%) Hudson
1 8 (1.50%) JIRA
2 2 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 140 (26.22%) Social Skills
2 112 (20.97%) Finance
3 59 (11.05%) Billing
4 50 (9.36%) Manufacturing
5 48 (8.99%) Public Sector
6 41 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (4.12%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.75%) Pharmaceutical
9 16 (3.00%) General Ledger
10 12 (2.25%) Banking
11 9 (1.69%) Legal
12 8 (1.50%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.50%) Retail
13 7 (1.31%) Automotive
14 5 (0.94%) German Language
15 4 (0.75%) Local Government
16 3 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
17 2 (0.37%) Advertising
17 2 (0.37%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (5.99%) SAP Fiori
2 27 (5.06%) BAPI
3 20 (3.75%) SAP TM
4 15 (2.81%) SAP Basis
5 10 (1.87%) IDoc
6 7 (1.31%) EDI
7 6 (1.12%) SAP Core Interface
7 6 (1.12%) Web Services
7 6 (1.12%) XML
8 4 (0.75%) Middleware
8 4 (0.75%) OLE
8 4 (0.75%) SAP ALE
9 3 (0.56%) SOAP
10 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (0.37%) REST
10 2 (0.37%) SAPUI5
10 2 (0.37%) XSLT
11 1 (0.19%) Flash
11 1 (0.19%) JDBC
11 1 (0.19%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.43%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.25%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.25%) Replication
3 10 (1.87%) Algorithms
3 10 (1.87%) FMCG
3 10 (1.87%) Product Ownership
4 9 (1.69%) Life Science
5 8 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.12%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.56%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.56%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.37%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.19%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.19%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.19%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.19%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.31%) VMS
2 5 (0.94%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) AIX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (16.10%) Migration
2 80 (14.98%) Workshop Facilitation
3 75 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (11.24%) User Acceptance Testing
6 58 (10.86%) Data Migration
7 53 (9.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (9.93%) Logistics
8 49 (9.18%) ERP
9 45 (8.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (7.87%) Validation
11 30 (5.62%) Order to Cash
12 26 (4.87%) Revenue Management
12 26 (4.87%) Translating Business Requirements
13 24 (4.49%) GAP Analysis
13 24 (4.49%) Project Delivery
13 24 (4.49%) Project Management
13 24 (4.49%) System Integration Testing
13 24 (4.49%) Time Management
14 23 (4.31%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 35 (6.55%) ABAP
2 11 (2.06%) SQL
3 7 (1.31%) Python
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.19%) Groovy
4 1 (0.19%) Java
4 1 (0.19%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 94 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 82 (15.36%) SC Cleared
3 57 (10.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (2.06%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.75%) CCA
7 2 (0.37%) Degree
8 1 (0.19%) AAT
8 1 (0.19%) ACCA
8 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.19%) CIMA
8 1 (0.19%) CISM
8 1 (0.19%) CISSP
8 1 (0.19%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.75%) Data Quality
2 10 (1.87%) GRC
3 7 (1.31%) GxP
4 4 (0.75%) GDPR
4 4 (0.75%) PMO
5 3 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
6 2 (0.37%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 2 (0.37%) QA
7 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.19%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.19%) IFRS
System Software
1 6 (1.12%) IAG
2 2 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 534 (100.00%) SAP
2 58 (10.86%) Ariba
3 12 (2.25%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.25%) Sage
4 8 (1.50%) OpenText
5 5 (0.94%) Adobe
5 5 (0.94%) Oracle
6 3 (0.56%) Databricks
7 2 (0.37%) Concur
7 2 (0.37%) Dell
7 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
7 2 (0.37%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.19%) Conga
8 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.19%) Palantir
8 1 (0.19%) Planon
8 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER