SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 January 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 201 167 177
Rank change year-on-year -34 +10 +80
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 520 480 605
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.41% 1.52% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.54% 1.64% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 206 231
10th Percentile £468 £425 £438
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.29% -1.83% -0.86%
75th Percentile £688 £671 £656
90th Percentile £723 £734 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £578 £540 £556
% change year-on-year +6.94% -2.92% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 11
10th Percentile £51.65 £63.31 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £75.22 £60.93
Median hourly rate £70.50 £86.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.02% +36.51% -9.03%
75th Percentile £84.63 - £63.29
90th Percentile £90.50 £106.13 £86.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.25 £86.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year -9.01% +39.18% -1.92%

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 33,788 29,232 40,213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 92.85% 93.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,356 17,863 26,715
10th Percentile £300 £295 £275
25th Percentile £405 £409 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £616 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £481 £500
% change year-on-year -1.14% -3.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,002 885 1,834
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.92 £13.99
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.25 £17.76
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £40.32
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -19.39% +18.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +46.55%

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 January 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 January 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 January 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 -30 382 £600 +9.09% 25
Work from Home -5 227 £581 +5.83% 8
UK excluding London -17 208 £578 +6.94% 15
London -12 135 £600 +4.35% 13
North of England -23 77 £675 +21.35% 8
North West -2 66 £703 +30.09% 4
South East -10 62 £522 +1.31% 4
Midlands -63 30 £515 -2.83% 1
East of England -5 27 £545 -3.11%
West Midlands -40 25 £520 -3.70% 1
South West +5 14 £600 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire -38 9 £575 +2.22% 4
East Midlands -41 4 £510 -1.92%
North East -17 2 - -
Wales -7 1 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 19 January 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.

1 520 (100.00%) SAP
2 285 (54.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 157 (30.19%) Security Cleared
4 128 (24.62%) SC Cleared
5 77 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 74 (14.23%) Workshop Facilitation
7 69 (13.27%) Logistics
8 67 (12.88%) Migration
9 66 (12.69%) ABAP
10 64 (12.31%) SAP Fiori
11 63 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
12 59 (11.35%) SAP FI
13 55 (10.58%) ERP
14 54 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (9.04%) User Acceptance Testing
16 45 (8.65%) Data Migration
16 45 (8.65%) SAP EWM
16 45 (8.65%) SAP MM
16 45 (8.65%) Validation
17 44 (8.46%) Ariba
18 41 (7.88%) SAP HCM
18 41 (7.88%) SAP PP
18 41 (7.88%) Translating Business Requirements
19 39 (7.50%) Production Planning
19 39 (7.50%) SAP CO
20 36 (6.92%) BPSS Clearance
20 36 (6.92%) SAP FI/CO
20 36 (6.92%) SAP HANA
21 35 (6.73%) Time Management
22 34 (6.54%) Analytics

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 4 (0.77%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.38%) MTS
2 2 (0.38%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 285 (54.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (11.35%) SAP FI
3 45 (8.65%) SAP EWM
3 45 (8.65%) SAP MM
4 41 (7.88%) SAP HCM
4 41 (7.88%) SAP PP
5 39 (7.50%) SAP CO
6 36 (6.92%) SAP FI/CO
7 30 (5.77%) SAP Payroll
7 30 (5.77%) SAP WM
8 24 (4.62%) SAP PSCD
9 21 (4.04%) SAP QM
10 19 (3.65%) SAP SD
11 18 (3.46%) SAP Travel Management
12 17 (3.27%) SAP PS
12 17 (3.27%) SAP VC
13 16 (3.08%) SAP BRIM
13 16 (3.08%) SAP HR
13 16 (3.08%) SAP Hybris
14 13 (2.50%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 32 (6.15%) SuccessFactors
2 16 (3.08%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.54%) Azure
4 4 (0.77%) Power Platform
4 4 (0.77%) SaaS
5 2 (0.38%) AWS
5 2 (0.38%) GCP
5 2 (0.38%) Snowflake
5 2 (0.38%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.19%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (6.92%) SAP HANA
2 16 (3.08%) SAP BW
3 11 (2.12%) SAP Data Services
4 8 (1.54%) Metadata
5 4 (0.77%) Power BI
6 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.38%) DB2
6 2 (0.38%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
7 1 (0.19%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 11 (2.12%) JIRA
2 5 (0.96%) LSMW
3 2 (0.38%) Git
3 2 (0.38%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 168 (32.31%) Social Skills
2 104 (20.00%) Finance
3 77 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 50 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 33 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
6 31 (5.96%) Billing
7 27 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 23 (4.42%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (3.85%) Telecoms
10 14 (2.69%) Retail
11 9 (1.73%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.35%) Automotive
12 7 (1.35%) General Ledger
13 6 (1.15%) Aerospace
14 5 (0.96%) Banking
15 4 (0.77%) Dutch Language
15 4 (0.77%) German Language
16 3 (0.58%) French Language
16 3 (0.58%) Legal
17 2 (0.38%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (12.31%) SAP Fiori
2 28 (5.38%) SAP TM
3 24 (4.62%) Web Services
4 20 (3.85%) BAPI
5 19 (3.65%) SAP PI
6 14 (2.69%) SAP Basis
7 11 (2.12%) IDoc
7 11 (2.12%) SOAP
8 10 (1.92%) XML
9 9 (1.73%) EDI
10 8 (1.54%) SAP ALE
11 6 (1.15%) Middleware
11 6 (1.15%) SAP Business Workflow
12 4 (0.77%) REST
12 4 (0.77%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.38%) JSON
14 1 (0.19%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.88%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (2.69%) Legacy Systems
3 13 (2.50%) Replication
4 12 (2.31%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.73%) Life Science
6 7 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.77%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 4 (0.77%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.58%) FMCG
8 3 (0.58%) Management Information System
8 3 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.58%) Tandem
9 2 (0.38%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.38%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.38%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.38%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.19%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.19%) LIMS
10 1 (0.19%) Market Risk
10 1 (0.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.77%) Linux
2 2 (0.38%) Unix
2 2 (0.38%) VMS
2 2 (0.38%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
2 74 (14.23%) Workshop Facilitation
3 69 (13.27%) Logistics
4 67 (12.88%) Migration
5 63 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (10.58%) ERP
7 54 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 47 (9.04%) User Acceptance Testing
9 45 (8.65%) Data Migration
9 45 (8.65%) Validation
10 41 (7.88%) Translating Business Requirements
11 39 (7.50%) Production Planning
12 35 (6.73%) Time Management
13 34 (6.54%) Analytics
14 30 (5.77%) Requirements Gathering
15 29 (5.58%) Process Improvement
16 28 (5.38%) Mentoring
17 27 (5.19%) Knowledge Transfer
18 22 (4.23%) Revenue Management
18 22 (4.23%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 66 (12.69%) ABAP
2 15 (2.88%) JavaScript
3 14 (2.69%) Groovy
4 3 (0.58%) Java
4 3 (0.58%) SQL
5 1 (0.19%) Python
Qualifications
1 157 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 128 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 36 (6.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 26 (5.00%) SAP Certification
5 22 (4.23%) Degree
6 13 (2.50%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.92%) ACCA
7 10 (1.92%) CIMA
8 5 (0.96%) CCA
9 2 (0.38%) AAT
9 2 (0.38%) CISA
9 2 (0.38%) CISM
9 2 (0.38%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.73%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.54%) QA
3 6 (1.15%) GDPR
3 6 (1.15%) GxP
4 5 (0.96%) GRC
5 4 (0.77%) IFRS
6 3 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.58%) GMP
6 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.19%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 520 (100.00%) SAP
2 44 (8.46%) Ariba
3 15 (2.88%) Adobe
4 10 (1.92%) OpenText
5 8 (1.54%) Oracle
5 8 (1.54%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.15%) Workday
7 5 (0.96%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.77%) Computacenter
8 4 (0.77%) Sage
9 2 (0.38%) Concur
9 2 (0.38%) Google
9 2 (0.38%) IFS
9 2 (0.38%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) Databricks
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) RightFax