SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 March 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 170 172
Rank change year-on-year -55 +2 +56
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 502 462 605
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.56% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.68% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 189 279
10th Percentile £413 £425 £436
25th Percentile £483 £500 £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £680 £671 £686
90th Percentile £717 £728 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -2.42% -7.72% +1.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 8 15
10th Percentile £57.20 £70.00 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 £82.00 £60.93
Median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.79
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% +39.18% -5.43%
75th Percentile £85.25 - £63.29
90th Percentile £86.00 £98.08 £79.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £82.50 £86.00 £61.72
% change year-on-year -4.07% +39.34% -4.57%

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 40,245 27,473 41,117
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.95% 92.96% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,132 17,911 26,933
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £410 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.37%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £721 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +1.32% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,500 903 2,510
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.28 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% - -23.85%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £76.25 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.13 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year +11.15% - -19.93%

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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 -68 355 £595 +2.41% 91
Work from Home -24 225 £575 +0.88% 61
UK excluding London -42 196 £525 -2.42% 63
London -46 124 £658 +6.22% 27
Midlands -45 55 £450 -14.29% 19
North of England -66 54 £575 +6.88% 16
South East -36 53 £513 -2.38% 27
West Midlands -34 41 £425 -19.05% 15
North West -36 40 £675 +25.46% 14
East of England -21 24 £590 +7.27%
South West -13 13 £552 -15.08%
East Midlands -37 12 £650 +25.00% 4
Yorkshire -53 12 £538 - 2
Wales -7 2 - - 1
North East -14 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 23 March 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.

1 502 (100.00%) SAP
2 261 (51.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 94 (18.73%) Security Cleared
4 80 (15.94%) Migration
5 79 (15.74%) Workshop Facilitation
6 75 (14.94%) SC Cleared
6 75 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
7 62 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (12.15%) SAP FI
9 57 (11.35%) ABAP
10 56 (11.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 53 (10.56%) SuccessFactors
12 51 (10.16%) ERP
13 49 (9.76%) Data Migration
13 49 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 46 (9.16%) Time Management
14 46 (9.16%) Validation
15 45 (8.96%) SAP MM
16 44 (8.76%) Logistics
17 40 (7.97%) SAP Fiori
18 39 (7.77%) Ariba
18 39 (7.77%) BPSS Clearance
19 37 (7.37%) SAP HCM
20 36 (7.17%) SAP PP
21 35 (6.97%) SAP HANA
22 34 (6.77%) SAP CO
23 33 (6.57%) SAP PSCD
24 32 (6.37%) SAP FI/CO
25 31 (6.18%) Project Management
26 30 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement

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 (0.40%) Cloud Foundry
1 2 (0.40%) MTS
1 2 (0.40%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.20%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 261 (51.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (12.15%) SAP FI
3 45 (8.96%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.37%) SAP HCM
5 36 (7.17%) SAP PP
6 34 (6.77%) SAP CO
7 33 (6.57%) SAP PSCD
8 32 (6.37%) SAP FI/CO
9 29 (5.78%) SAP EWM
10 28 (5.58%) SAP Travel Management
11 23 (4.58%) SAP Payroll
12 22 (4.38%) SAP BRIM
12 22 (4.38%) SAP SD
13 20 (3.98%) SAP FI-CA
14 16 (3.19%) SAP Hybris
15 13 (2.59%) SAP PM
16 12 (2.39%) SAP MDG
16 12 (2.39%) SAP VC
17 11 (2.19%) OpenText VIM for SAP
17 11 (2.19%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 53 (10.56%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.39%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.59%) Azure
4 4 (0.80%) AWS
5 2 (0.40%) GCP
5 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.20%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.20%) Boomi
6 1 (0.20%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.20%) OCI
6 1 (0.20%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.20%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.20%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) FTP
1 1 (0.20%) Network Security
1 1 (0.20%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.97%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.79%) SAP BW
3 6 (1.20%) Metadata
3 6 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.20%) DB2
4 1 (0.20%) MaxDB
4 1 (0.20%) Power BI
4 1 (0.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (1.59%) JIRA
2 4 (0.80%) Hudson
2 4 (0.80%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 167 (33.27%) Social Skills
2 111 (22.11%) Finance
3 66 (13.15%) Manufacturing
4 48 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (9.16%) Public Sector
6 39 (7.77%) Billing
7 17 (3.39%) Telecoms
8 14 (2.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.59%) Retail
10 11 (2.19%) Banking
11 7 (1.39%) German Language
12 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.20%) Automotive
12 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.20%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.80%) Legal
13 4 (0.80%) Local Government
14 3 (0.60%) French Language
14 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.60%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.97%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (5.98%) SAP TM
3 20 (3.98%) BAPI
4 16 (3.19%) SAP Basis
4 16 (3.19%) SAP PI
5 15 (2.99%) IDoc
5 15 (2.99%) Web Services
6 9 (1.79%) EDI
6 9 (1.79%) SAP ALE
6 9 (1.79%) SOAP
6 9 (1.79%) XML
7 6 (1.20%) SAP Business Workflow
8 5 (1.00%) Middleware
9 4 (0.80%) OLE
10 3 (0.60%) SAPUI5
11 2 (0.40%) REST
12 1 (0.20%) JDBC
12 1 (0.20%) JMS
12 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.38%) Replication
2 15 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.99%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (1.20%) Life Science
5 6 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.00%) FMCG
7 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
7 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 3 (0.60%) Tandem
8 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
9 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.20%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.20%) e-Learning
10 1 (0.20%) LIMS
10 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.00%) Linux
1 5 (1.00%) VMS
2 2 (0.40%) Windows
3 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (15.94%) Migration
2 79 (15.74%) Workshop Facilitation
3 75 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
4 62 (12.35%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (11.16%) User Acceptance Testing
6 51 (10.16%) ERP
7 49 (9.76%) Data Migration
7 49 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 46 (9.16%) Time Management
8 46 (9.16%) Validation
9 44 (8.76%) Logistics
10 31 (6.18%) Project Management
11 30 (5.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 30 (5.98%) Production Planning
12 29 (5.78%) Knowledge Transfer
13 28 (5.58%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.38%) Translating Business Requirements
15 22 (4.38%) Requirements Gathering
16 21 (4.18%) Inventory Management
16 21 (4.18%) System Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 57 (11.35%) ABAP
2 13 (2.59%) Groovy
2 13 (2.59%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.40%) SQL
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (0.20%) Java
Qualifications
1 94 (18.73%) Security Cleared
2 75 (14.94%) SC Cleared
3 39 (7.77%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (2.59%) SAP Certification
5 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (0.80%) Degree
7 2 (0.40%) AAT
7 2 (0.40%) ACCA
7 2 (0.40%) CIMA
8 1 (0.20%) CCA
8 1 (0.20%) CISM
8 1 (0.20%) CISSP
8 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.38%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.20%) GRC
3 5 (1.00%) GDPR
3 5 (1.00%) QA
4 3 (0.60%) PMO
5 2 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.40%) GxP
5 2 (0.40%) IFRS
5 2 (0.40%) ISO 20022
5 2 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.20%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.20%) Solvency II
System Software
1 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.40%) IAG
2 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 502 (100.00%) SAP
2 39 (7.77%) Ariba
3 13 (2.59%) Sage
4 9 (1.79%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.79%) OpenText
5 8 (1.59%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.00%) Adobe
7 4 (0.80%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.60%) Concur
8 3 (0.60%) Oracle
9 2 (0.40%) Workday
10 1 (0.20%) Databricks
10 1 (0.20%) Dell
10 1 (0.20%) Google
10 1 (0.20%) IFS
10 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.20%) Planon
10 1 (0.20%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER