SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 174 146
Rank change year-on-year -87 -28 +17
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 548 552 634
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.00% 1.68% 1.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.85% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 260 300
10th Percentile £413 £468 £425
25th Percentile £470 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £580 £580
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% - +10.48%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £668
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £600 £581
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.27% +12.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 5 12
10th Percentile £27.00 £42.40 £57.15
25th Percentile £70.06 £51.25 -
Median hourly rate £86.00 £80.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +6.83% +30.68% -4.06%
75th Percentile £88.75 £86.00 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £92.75 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.50 £69.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +16.25% +12.42% -2.67%

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 50,528 29,913 34,877
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.00% 90.84% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,639 18,895 21,041
10th Percentile £325 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.47%
75th Percentile £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £490
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.06% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,102 1,645 1,439
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.75 £15.00
25th Percentile £19.43 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £41.27
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -39.05% -8.30%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £68.15 £73.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.18% -4.49%

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 13 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 13 October 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 13 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 -106 399 £549 -6.29% 236
UK excluding London -49 269 £540 -10.00% 144
Work from Home -73 212 £540 -3.57% 149
London -106 119 £550 -5.17% 83
South East -24 112 £498 -6.31% 51
Midlands -16 67 £481 -16.35% 26
West Midlands -16 58 £470 -18.26% 20
North of England -92 52 £625 -8.02% 39
North West -76 44 £625 -11.03% 20
East of England -24 20 £566 -1.57% 10
Wales -8 11 £625 - 9
South West -30 11 £525 -12.50% 5
East Midlands -18 6 £613 +5.60% 6
North East -39 4 £500 -13.04% 7
Yorkshire -41 4 - - 12
Scotland - 3 £650 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 13 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.

1 548 (100.00%) SAP
2 271 (49.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 146 (26.64%) Security Cleared
4 125 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 101 (18.43%) SC Cleared
6 95 (17.34%) Migration
7 85 (15.51%) User Acceptance Testing
8 76 (13.87%) SAP FI
9 74 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
10 68 (12.41%) SuccessFactors
11 67 (12.23%) Data Migration
12 62 (11.31%) BPSS Clearance
13 61 (11.13%) ABAP
14 59 (10.77%) Workshop Facilitation
15 51 (9.31%) Time Management
16 50 (9.12%) SAP PSCD
17 46 (8.39%) SAP Fiori
17 46 (8.39%) Validation
18 45 (8.21%) SAP HCM
18 45 (8.21%) SAP Payroll
19 43 (7.85%) Analytics
19 43 (7.85%) Ariba
20 42 (7.66%) Logistics
21 39 (7.12%) SAP CO
22 37 (6.75%) ERP
22 37 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 36 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
24 34 (6.20%) SAP BRIM
24 34 (6.20%) SAP HANA
24 34 (6.20%) 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
1 3 (0.55%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 271 (49.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 76 (13.87%) SAP FI
3 50 (9.12%) SAP PSCD
4 45 (8.21%) SAP HCM
4 45 (8.21%) SAP Payroll
5 39 (7.12%) SAP CO
6 34 (6.20%) SAP BRIM
6 34 (6.20%) SAP SD
7 30 (5.47%) SAP FI/CO
8 28 (5.11%) SAP FI-CA
8 28 (5.11%) SAP HR
9 27 (4.93%) SAP PP
10 26 (4.74%) SAP MM
11 23 (4.20%) SAP PM
12 22 (4.01%) SAP EWM
13 21 (3.83%) SAP QM
14 15 (2.74%) SAP GRC
15 14 (2.55%) SAP PS
16 13 (2.37%) SAP ERP
16 13 (2.37%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 68 (12.41%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.10%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.28%) AWS
3 7 (1.28%) Azure
4 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.73%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.55%) GCP
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (0.36%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.36%) GitHub
8 1 (0.18%) Boomi
8 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.18%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.20%) SAP HANA
2 31 (5.66%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.55%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (1.46%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.09%) Power BI
6 5 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.91%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Db2
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Hudson
1 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.36%) JIRA
1 2 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 162 (29.56%) Social Skills
2 131 (23.91%) Finance
3 73 (13.32%) Manufacturing
4 59 (10.77%) Billing
5 58 (10.58%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.74%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.65%) Legal
9 19 (3.47%) Retail
10 18 (3.28%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.37%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.64%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.28%) Banking
14 6 (1.09%) Automotive
14 6 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.55%) German Language
16 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.36%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.39%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.28%) SAP PI
3 16 (2.92%) BAPI
4 14 (2.55%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.01%) SAP Basis
6 10 (1.82%) REST
6 10 (1.82%) SOAP
7 9 (1.64%) IDoc
7 9 (1.64%) Web Services
8 8 (1.46%) EDI
9 7 (1.28%) Middleware
9 7 (1.28%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (1.09%) JDBC
10 6 (1.09%) SAP TM
10 6 (1.09%) XML
11 3 (0.55%) SAP Business Workflow
12 2 (0.36%) Web Dynpro
12 2 (0.36%) XSLT
13 1 (0.18%) Flash
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.92%) Data Structures
1 16 (2.92%) Onboarding
2 13 (2.37%) Public Cloud
3 10 (1.82%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (1.64%) FMCG
4 9 (1.64%) Replication
5 7 (1.28%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.09%) Life Science
7 4 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.73%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.55%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.18%) Derivative
10 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.18%) NHS
10 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.28%) Unix
2 5 (0.91%) VMS
3 2 (0.36%) Linux
3 2 (0.36%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) SUSE
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 95 (17.34%) Migration
3 85 (15.51%) User Acceptance Testing
4 74 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
5 67 (12.23%) Data Migration
6 59 (10.77%) Workshop Facilitation
7 51 (9.31%) Time Management
8 46 (8.39%) Validation
9 43 (7.85%) Analytics
10 42 (7.66%) Logistics
11 37 (6.75%) ERP
11 37 (6.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (6.57%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (6.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (6.02%) Process Improvement
13 33 (6.02%) Project Delivery
14 32 (5.84%) System Integration Testing
15 31 (5.66%) Order to Cash
16 30 (5.47%) Revenue Management
17 29 (5.29%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.13%) ABAP
2 8 (1.46%) SQL
3 7 (1.28%) Java
4 3 (0.55%) Python
5 1 (0.18%) Groovy
5 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 146 (26.64%) Security Cleared
2 101 (18.43%) SC Cleared
3 62 (11.31%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (5.47%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.46%) Degree
6 6 (1.09%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.73%) CCA
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.55%) GRC
2 9 (1.64%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.91%) GDPR
3 5 (0.91%) PMO
4 3 (0.55%) IFRS
5 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.36%) GxP
5 2 (0.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.64%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 548 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (7.85%) Ariba
3 15 (2.74%) Microsoft
4 11 (2.01%) Concur
5 7 (1.28%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.09%) Adobe
6 6 (1.09%) OpenText
6 6 (1.09%) webMethods
7 5 (0.91%) Oracle
8 3 (0.55%) Databricks
8 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.36%) CyberSource
9 2 (0.36%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.36%) WorldPay
10 1 (0.18%) Anaplan
10 1 (0.18%) Conga
10 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.18%) Palantir
10 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.18%) Workday