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 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 245 181 144
Rank change year-on-year -64 -37 +32
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 556 510 649
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.04% 1.54% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.13% 1.68% 1.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 237 224 348
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £470 £511 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £569 £582
Median % change year-on-year -3.34% -2.23% +9.60%
75th Percentile £663 £656 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £545 £585
% change year-on-year -0.92% -6.84% +12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 16
10th Percentile £78.35 £43.88 £53.95
25th Percentile £85.44 £53.75 £60.36
Median hourly rate £87.50 £66.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +32.08% +7.55% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £70.00 £62.46
90th Percentile - £78.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £85.25 £70.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year +21.79% +13.64% -9.08%

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 49,375 30,298 36,046
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.56% 91.39% 92.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,671 19,217 23,307
10th Percentile £328 £283 £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 £625 £638
90th Percentile £727 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,467 1,516 2,023
10th Percentile £15.00 £13.60 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.72 £17.21 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £72.63 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.11 £45.00
% change year-on-year +69.26% -44.20% +20.00%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -79 398 £550 -4.35% 105
UK excluding London -36 258 £540 -0.92% 56
Work from Home -10 246 £550 - 94
London -98 129 £610 +3.24% 43
South East -46 96 £540 +2.86% 26
Midlands +2 88 £463 -19.57% 8
West Midlands +3 73 £429 -23.73% 4
North of England -69 50 £613 +4.93% 12
North West -36 44 £625 -2.34% 9
Wales -4 16 £550 - 1
East Midlands -7 12 £625 +1.63% 3
South West -38 9 £525 - 1
East of England -30 6 £604 +2.59% 7
Yorkshire -47 6 £400 -31.91% 3

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

For the 6 months to 10 August 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.

1 556 (100.00%) SAP
2 245 (44.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 132 (23.74%) Security Cleared
4 100 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (17.63%) SC Cleared
6 77 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (13.31%) User Acceptance Testing
8 72 (12.95%) Workshop Facilitation
9 71 (12.77%) Migration
9 71 (12.77%) SuccessFactors
10 62 (11.15%) SAP FI
11 57 (10.25%) Ariba
12 55 (9.89%) BPSS Clearance
13 54 (9.71%) Data Migration
14 52 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 51 (9.17%) Logistics
16 50 (8.99%) SAP PSCD
17 42 (7.55%) ABAP
18 38 (6.83%) SAP HANA
19 37 (6.65%) SAP Fiori
20 36 (6.47%) ERP
21 34 (6.12%) SAP MM
22 33 (5.94%) Order to Cash
22 33 (5.94%) Project Delivery
22 33 (5.94%) Validation
23 32 (5.76%) SAP BRIM
24 31 (5.58%) SAP CO
25 30 (5.40%) SAP FI-CA
25 30 (5.40%) 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 2 (0.36%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.36%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 245 (44.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 62 (11.15%) SAP FI
3 50 (8.99%) SAP PSCD
4 34 (6.12%) SAP MM
5 32 (5.76%) SAP BRIM
6 31 (5.58%) SAP CO
7 30 (5.40%) SAP FI-CA
7 30 (5.40%) SAP SD
8 28 (5.04%) SAP PP
9 27 (4.86%) SAP FI/CO
10 25 (4.50%) SAP EWM
11 22 (3.96%) SAP HCM
11 22 (3.96%) SAP IBP
11 22 (3.96%) SAP QM
12 19 (3.42%) SAP Payroll
13 17 (3.06%) SAP PM
14 14 (2.52%) SAP HR
15 12 (2.16%) SAP ERP
15 12 (2.16%) SAP GRC
16 9 (1.62%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.77%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (1.80%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.44%) Azure
4 7 (1.26%) Power Platform
5 5 (0.90%) AWS
6 4 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (0.72%) GCP
7 3 (0.54%) Boomi
7 3 (0.54%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.36%) GitHub
9 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 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 38 (6.83%) SAP HANA
2 29 (5.22%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.16%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.16%) SAP Data Services
4 7 (1.26%) Power BI
5 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.90%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.08%) Hudson
1 6 (1.08%) JIRA
2 2 (0.36%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 139 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.42%) Finance
3 58 (10.43%) Manufacturing
4 56 (10.07%) Billing
5 43 (7.73%) Public Sector
6 42 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (4.50%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (3.60%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.88%) General Ledger
10 12 (2.16%) Retail
11 10 (1.80%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.62%) Banking
13 8 (1.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 7 (1.26%) Automotive
14 7 (1.26%) Legal
15 6 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.54%) German Language
17 2 (0.36%) Advertising
17 2 (0.36%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (6.65%) SAP Fiori
2 23 (4.14%) BAPI
3 17 (3.06%) SAP PI
4 16 (2.88%) SAP Basis
5 13 (2.34%) IDoc
6 10 (1.80%) SOAP
7 9 (1.62%) REST
8 8 (1.44%) SAP TM
9 7 (1.26%) JDBC
9 7 (1.26%) SAP Core Interface
10 5 (0.90%) EDI
10 5 (0.90%) Middleware
10 5 (0.90%) Web Services
11 4 (0.72%) OLE
11 4 (0.72%) XML
12 3 (0.54%) SAP ALE
13 2 (0.36%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.36%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.36%) XSLT
14 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 13 (2.34%) FMCG
2 12 (2.16%) Data Structures
2 12 (2.16%) Public Cloud
2 12 (2.16%) Replication
3 11 (1.98%) Onboarding
4 10 (1.80%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.80%) Life Science
4 10 (1.80%) Product Ownership
5 8 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.36%) Private Cloud
7 2 (0.36%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.18%) Educational Technology
8 1 (0.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 1 (0.18%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 1 (0.18%) SCADA
8 1 (0.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.26%) VMS
2 6 (1.08%) Unix
3 5 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (17.99%) Stakeholder Management
2 77 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (13.31%) User Acceptance Testing
4 72 (12.95%) Workshop Facilitation
5 71 (12.77%) Migration
6 54 (9.71%) Data Migration
7 52 (9.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (9.17%) Logistics
9 36 (6.47%) ERP
10 33 (5.94%) Order to Cash
10 33 (5.94%) Project Delivery
10 33 (5.94%) Validation
11 28 (5.04%) SAP Security
12 27 (4.86%) Translating Business Requirements
13 26 (4.68%) System Integration Testing
14 25 (4.50%) Process Improvement
14 25 (4.50%) Revenue Management
15 24 (4.32%) Analytics
15 24 (4.32%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (7.55%) ABAP
2 10 (1.80%) SQL
3 7 (1.26%) Java
3 7 (1.26%) 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
1 132 (23.74%) Security Cleared
2 98 (17.63%) SC Cleared
3 55 (9.89%) BPSS Clearance
4 18 (3.24%) DV Cleared
5 9 (1.62%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.90%) CCA
8 3 (0.54%) Degree
9 1 (0.18%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.52%) Data Quality
2 12 (2.16%) GRC
3 6 (1.08%) GxP
4 3 (0.54%) IFRS
4 3 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (0.36%) GDPR
5 2 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.36%) PMO
5 2 (0.36%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (1.26%) IAG
2 2 (0.36%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 556 (100.00%) SAP
2 57 (10.25%) Ariba
3 16 (2.88%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.44%) OpenText
5 7 (1.26%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.08%) webMethods
7 5 (0.90%) Adobe
7 5 (0.90%) Oracle
7 5 (0.90%) Sage
8 4 (0.72%) Databricks
9 3 (0.54%) Concur
10 2 (0.36%) Dell
10 2 (0.36%) DocuSign
11 1 (0.18%) Conga
11 1 (0.18%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.18%) Palantir
11 1 (0.18%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.18%) SEEBURGER
11 1 (0.18%) ServiceNow