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 25 August 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 193 146
Rank change year-on-year -53 -47 +18
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 572 493 648
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.07% 1.51% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.65% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 239 221 336
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £475 £509 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £580
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -2.59% +10.48%
75th Percentile £667 £650 £688
90th Percentile £755 £750 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £545 £550 £583
% change year-on-year -0.91% -5.66% +12.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 17
10th Percentile £85.18 £40.93 £54.16
25th Percentile £86.06 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £57.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -6.66% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.31 £65.03
90th Percentile £88.88 £68.13 £71.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -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 49,605 29,863 36,126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.47% 91.22% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,683 18,859 22,977
10th Percentile £325 £280 £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 £623 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,539 1,568 1,933
10th Percentile £14.99 £13.64 £14.16
25th Percentile £20.53 £17.21 £19.50
Median hourly rate £41.92 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.68% -41.51% -1.58%
75th Percentile £67.84 £53.99 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £71.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -41.51% +7.50%

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 25 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 25 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 -72 413 £550 -3.17% 85
UK excluding London -34 268 £545 -0.91% 49
Work from Home -28 244 £582 +5.77% 67
London -79 133 £605 +4.13% 35
South East -36 101 £540 +2.86% 3
Midlands -9 89 £473 -17.83% 13
West Midlands +12 76 £430 -21.82% 8
North of England -79 49 £625 +4.17% 18
North West -36 45 £625 -2.34% 14
Wales -2 16 £550 -
South West -37 11 £525 -6.67% 5
East Midlands -19 10 £625 +1.63% 5
East of England -30 9 £604 +4.14% 6
Yorkshire -46 4 £400 -31.91% 4

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

For the 6 months to 25 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.

1 572 (100.00%) SAP
2 251 (43.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 142 (24.83%) Security Cleared
4 108 (18.88%) Stakeholder Management
5 103 (18.01%) SC Cleared
6 80 (13.99%) User Acceptance Testing
7 76 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
8 75 (13.11%) Migration
9 71 (12.41%) SuccessFactors
10 70 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
11 64 (11.19%) SAP FI
12 56 (9.79%) Ariba
12 56 (9.79%) BPSS Clearance
12 56 (9.79%) Data Migration
13 55 (9.62%) Logistics
14 54 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 48 (8.39%) SAP PSCD
17 42 (7.34%) ERP
18 41 (7.17%) SAP Fiori
19 40 (6.99%) ABAP
19 40 (6.99%) SAP MM
20 35 (6.12%) Order to Cash
21 34 (5.94%) SAP SD
22 33 (5.77%) SAP BW
22 33 (5.77%) SAP CO
22 33 (5.77%) SAP HANA
22 33 (5.77%) Validation
23 31 (5.42%) Project Delivery
24 30 (5.24%) 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 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
1 1 (0.17%) Confluence
1 1 (0.17%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 251 (43.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (11.19%) SAP FI
3 48 (8.39%) SAP PSCD
4 40 (6.99%) SAP MM
5 34 (5.94%) SAP SD
6 33 (5.77%) SAP CO
7 30 (5.24%) SAP BRIM
7 30 (5.24%) SAP PP
8 28 (4.90%) SAP FI-CA
9 27 (4.72%) SAP EWM
10 26 (4.55%) SAP FI/CO
11 23 (4.02%) SAP QM
12 22 (3.85%) SAP IBP
13 20 (3.50%) SAP PM
14 18 (3.15%) SAP HCM
15 17 (2.97%) SAP Payroll
16 16 (2.80%) SAP HR
17 14 (2.45%) SAP GRC
18 13 (2.27%) SAP ERP
19 9 (1.57%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 71 (12.41%) SuccessFactors
2 10 (1.75%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.22%) Azure
3 7 (1.22%) Power Platform
4 5 (0.87%) AWS
5 4 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (0.70%) GCP
6 2 (0.35%) Boomi
6 2 (0.35%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.35%) GitHub
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.17%) Network Security
1 1 (0.17%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (5.77%) SAP BW
1 33 (5.77%) SAP HANA
2 13 (2.27%) BusinessObjects
3 12 (2.10%) SAP Data Services
4 7 (1.22%) Power BI
5 6 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.87%) Tableau
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.05%) JIRA
2 5 (0.87%) Hudson
3 2 (0.35%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.35%) LSMW
General
1 147 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 112 (19.58%) Finance
3 65 (11.36%) Manufacturing
4 55 (9.62%) Billing
5 43 (7.52%) Public Sector
6 39 (6.82%) Analytical Skills
7 24 (4.20%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (3.50%) Telecoms
9 16 (2.80%) General Ledger
10 15 (2.62%) Retail
11 9 (1.57%) Legal
12 8 (1.40%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (1.22%) Automotive
14 6 (1.05%) Banking
14 6 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
15 3 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.35%) German Language
16 2 (0.35%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.35%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.17%) SAP Fiori
2 21 (3.67%) BAPI
3 18 (3.15%) SAP PI
4 16 (2.80%) SAP Basis
5 12 (2.10%) IDoc
6 10 (1.75%) REST
6 10 (1.75%) SOAP
7 9 (1.57%) SAP Core Interface
8 7 (1.22%) EDI
8 7 (1.22%) Middleware
9 6 (1.05%) JDBC
9 6 (1.05%) SAP TM
9 6 (1.05%) Web Services
9 6 (1.05%) XML
10 4 (0.70%) OLE
11 3 (0.52%) SAP ALE
12 2 (0.35%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.35%) SAPUI5
12 2 (0.35%) XSLT
13 1 (0.17%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 17 (2.97%) Public Cloud
2 13 (2.27%) Data Structures
2 13 (2.27%) FMCG
3 12 (2.10%) Onboarding
4 11 (1.92%) Replication
5 10 (1.75%) Algorithms
5 10 (1.75%) Life Science
6 9 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.40%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.35%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.35%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.17%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.17%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.17%) Manufacturing Execution System
10 1 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.22%) VMS
2 6 (1.05%) Unix
3 4 (0.70%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) AIX
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (18.88%) Stakeholder Management
2 80 (13.99%) User Acceptance Testing
3 76 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
4 75 (13.11%) Migration
5 70 (12.24%) Workshop Facilitation
6 56 (9.79%) Data Migration
7 55 (9.62%) Logistics
8 54 (9.44%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (8.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (7.34%) ERP
11 35 (6.12%) Order to Cash
12 33 (5.77%) Validation
13 31 (5.42%) Project Delivery
14 30 (5.24%) Analytics
14 30 (5.24%) Translating Business Requirements
15 29 (5.07%) Process Improvement
16 28 (4.90%) SAP Security
16 28 (4.90%) System Integration Testing
17 25 (4.37%) Revenue Management
18 24 (4.20%) Procure-to-Pay
Programming Languages
1 40 (6.99%) ABAP
2 10 (1.75%) SQL
3 7 (1.22%) Java
3 7 (1.22%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) Groovy
4 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 142 (24.83%) Security Cleared
2 103 (18.01%) SC Cleared
3 56 (9.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 23 (4.02%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.75%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.87%) CCA
8 3 (0.52%) Degree
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.45%) Data Quality
1 14 (2.45%) GRC
2 6 (1.05%) GxP
2 6 (1.05%) PMO
3 3 (0.52%) GDPR
3 3 (0.52%) IFRS
3 3 (0.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.35%) NCSC
4 2 (0.35%) QA
5 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (1.57%) IAG
2 1 (0.17%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 572 (100.00%) SAP
2 56 (9.79%) Ariba
3 16 (2.80%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.57%) OpenText
5 7 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.05%) webMethods
7 5 (0.87%) Adobe
7 5 (0.87%) Oracle
8 4 (0.70%) Databricks
9 2 (0.35%) Concur
9 2 (0.35%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.35%) Sage
10 1 (0.17%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.17%) Conga
10 1 (0.17%) Dell
10 1 (0.17%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.17%) Palantir
10 1 (0.17%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.17%) ServiceNow