SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £578, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 178 154 160
Rank change year-on-year -24 +6 +90
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 567 584 768
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.60% 1.59% 1.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.76% 1.72% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 270 282 293
10th Percentile £456 £438 £438
25th Percentile £512 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £575 £549
Median % change year-on-year +0.43% +4.74% -5.43%
75th Percentile £688 £664 £638
90th Percentile £725 £737 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £582 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% +10.86% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 10
10th Percentile £58.15 £56.16 £59.94
25th Percentile £62.75 £60.36 £61.53
Median hourly rate £70.50 £65.80 £64.21
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +2.48% -5.58%
75th Percentile £84.63 £78.03 £67.75
90th Percentile £90.50 £99.13 £87.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £78.25 £61.60 £63.29
% change year-on-year +27.03% -2.67% -4.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 32,290 34,016 43,872
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.86% 93.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,492 20,527 29,813
10th Percentile £278 £300 £294
25th Percentile £402 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,873 1,272 1,545
10th Percentile £14.14 £15.11 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.45 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +58.28%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £77.47
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +85.26%

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 15 November 2025.

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 15 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant 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 15 November 2025. 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 -37 408 £585 +1.74% 127
Work from Home +15 244 £558 -0.18% 86
UK excluding London -62 224 £600 +3.09% 61
London +7 146 £555 +6.22% 54
North of England +7 90 £675 +13.92% 11
North West +23 81 £703 +17.08% 8
South East -45 61 £525 -9.79% 27
Midlands -62 35 £575 - 12
East of England -13 30 £545 +21.11% 6
West Midlands -38 24 £575 +10.58% 8
East Midlands -35 10 £545 -5.22% 4
South West -2 9 £600 -5.91% 2
Yorkshire -27 7 £600 +6.67% 2
North East -14 2 £575 -4.17% 1
Scotland - 1 £538 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 15 November 2025, 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.

1 567 (100.00%) SAP
2 318 (56.08%) SAP S/4HANA
3 161 (28.40%) Security Cleared
4 129 (22.75%) SC Cleared
5 79 (13.93%) Logistics
5 79 (13.93%) SAP Fiori
6 77 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
7 74 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
8 71 (12.52%) ABAP
9 67 (11.82%) Workshop Facilitation
10 66 (11.64%) Migration
11 59 (10.41%) SAP FI
12 56 (9.88%) Analytics
13 52 (9.17%) Data Migration
14 51 (8.99%) Validation
15 50 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 49 (8.64%) SAP MM
17 44 (7.76%) SAP HANA
17 44 (7.76%) SAP HCM
17 44 (7.76%) SuccessFactors
18 43 (7.58%) ERP
19 42 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
19 42 (7.41%) SAP CO
20 41 (7.23%) Ariba
20 41 (7.23%) Production Planning
21 40 (7.05%) SAP EWM
22 39 (6.88%) SAP FI/CO
22 39 (6.88%) Translating Business Requirements
22 39 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
23 37 (6.53%) Requirements Gathering

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 (0.71%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.35%) MTS
2 2 (0.35%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.18%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 318 (56.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (10.41%) SAP FI
3 49 (8.64%) SAP MM
4 44 (7.76%) SAP HCM
5 42 (7.41%) SAP CO
6 40 (7.05%) SAP EWM
7 39 (6.88%) SAP FI/CO
8 33 (5.82%) SAP Payroll
8 33 (5.82%) SAP PP
9 31 (5.47%) SAP WM
10 26 (4.59%) SAP SD
11 25 (4.41%) SAP QM
11 25 (4.41%) SAP VC
12 20 (3.53%) SAP HR
12 20 (3.53%) SAP MDG
13 19 (3.35%) SAP PS
14 18 (3.17%) SAP PSCD
15 12 (2.12%) SAP BRIM
15 12 (2.12%) SAP Hybris
16 11 (1.94%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 44 (7.76%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.47%) Azure
3 12 (2.12%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (1.23%) SaaS
5 6 (1.06%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.71%) GCP
7 3 (0.53%) AWS
7 3 (0.53%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.35%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.35%) PaaS
8 2 (0.35%) SAP Fieldglass
9 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.18%) IaaS
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.18%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) HTTP
1 1 (0.18%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (7.76%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.82%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.12%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (1.59%) Metadata
5 6 (1.06%) Power BI
6 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.35%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.35%) DB2
9 1 (0.18%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.18%) Lumira
9 1 (0.18%) MaxDB
9 1 (0.18%) MySQL
9 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 10 (1.76%) LSMW
2 8 (1.41%) JIRA
3 3 (0.53%) Git
4 2 (0.35%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 173 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.22%) Finance
3 85 (14.99%) Manufacturing
4 50 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (7.41%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.88%) Pharmaceutical
7 29 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
8 27 (4.76%) Billing
9 15 (2.65%) Telecoms
10 13 (2.29%) Retail
11 9 (1.59%) Aerospace
11 9 (1.59%) Automotive
12 8 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.06%) General Ledger
14 5 (0.88%) Legal
15 4 (0.71%) German Language
16 3 (0.53%) Banking
16 3 (0.53%) Law
17 2 (0.35%) Dutch Language
17 2 (0.35%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (13.93%) SAP Fiori
2 26 (4.59%) BAPI
3 21 (3.70%) Web Services
4 19 (3.35%) SAP Basis
5 18 (3.17%) SAP TM
6 17 (3.00%) IDoc
7 15 (2.65%) EDI
7 15 (2.65%) SAP PI
8 14 (2.47%) SAP ALE
9 13 (2.29%) SOAP
10 11 (1.94%) XML
11 6 (1.06%) Middleware
11 6 (1.06%) REST
11 6 (1.06%) SAP Business Workflow
12 4 (0.71%) JSON
13 3 (0.53%) SAPUI5
14 2 (0.35%) HTML
14 2 (0.35%) HTML5
14 2 (0.35%) Node.js
14 2 (0.35%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 15 (2.65%) Greenfield Project
2 14 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.29%) Replication
4 11 (1.94%) Private Cloud
5 10 (1.76%) Life Science
6 8 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.06%) LIMS
8 5 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.88%) PACS
9 4 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.71%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 4 (0.71%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.53%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.53%) Tandem
11 2 (0.35%) FMCG
11 2 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.18%) AI Agents
12 1 (0.18%) Reinsurance
12 1 (0.18%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.06%) Linux
2 4 (0.71%) Windows
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.35%) VMS
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (13.93%) Logistics
2 77 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
3 74 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (11.82%) Workshop Facilitation
5 66 (11.64%) Migration
6 56 (9.88%) Analytics
7 52 (9.17%) Data Migration
8 51 (8.99%) Validation
9 50 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 43 (7.58%) ERP
11 41 (7.23%) Production Planning
12 39 (6.88%) Translating Business Requirements
12 39 (6.88%) User Acceptance Testing
13 37 (6.53%) Requirements Gathering
14 33 (5.82%) Knowledge Transfer
14 33 (5.82%) Quality Management
15 32 (5.64%) Process Improvement
16 29 (5.11%) Performance Tuning
16 29 (5.11%) Time Management
17 27 (4.76%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.52%) ABAP
2 15 (2.65%) JavaScript
3 10 (1.76%) Groovy
4 8 (1.41%) Java
5 5 (0.88%) SQL
6 4 (0.71%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (28.40%) Security Cleared
2 129 (22.75%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 31 (5.47%) Degree
5 27 (4.76%) SAP Certification
6 13 (2.29%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.94%) ACCA
7 11 (1.94%) CIMA
8 6 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.71%) CCA
10 2 (0.35%) CISA
10 2 (0.35%) CISM
10 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.41%) QA
3 7 (1.23%) GRC
4 6 (1.06%) GxP
5 5 (0.88%) GDPR
5 5 (0.88%) IFRS
5 5 (0.88%) SLA
6 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 3 (0.53%) GMP
8 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.18%) HL7
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.35%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 567 (100.00%) SAP
2 41 (7.23%) Ariba
3 12 (2.12%) Adobe
3 12 (2.12%) ServiceNow
4 11 (1.94%) OpenText
5 10 (1.76%) Oracle
6 8 (1.41%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.41%) Workday
7 4 (0.71%) Computacenter
7 4 (0.71%) Concur
8 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.35%) Google
9 2 (0.35%) IFS
9 2 (0.35%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.18%) Databricks
10 1 (0.18%) HP
10 1 (0.18%) Kronos
10 1 (0.18%) RightFax