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 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 160 156
Rank change year-on-year -22 -4 +99
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 565 576 772
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.57% 1.57% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.69% 1.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 270 298
10th Percentile £453 £435 £450
25th Percentile £510 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.64% -5.26%
75th Percentile £688 £663 £647
90th Percentile £725 £732 £707
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £580 £522
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.17% -10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 13
10th Percentile £46.38 £55.99 £60.87
25th Percentile £59.88 £59.13 £61.04
Median hourly rate £70.50 £70.00 £63.29
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +10.60% -6.93%
75th Percentile £83.94 £81.18 £67.75
90th Percentile £89.38 £103.00 £82.55
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.50 £61.60 £63.29
% change year-on-year +14.45% -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 32,680 34,083 43,648
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.96% 92.77% 93.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,712 20,554 29,563
10th Percentile £281 £300 £292
25th Percentile £402 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £647
90th Percentile £725 £738 £740
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £494 £500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -1.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,932 1,297 1,552
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.21 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.87 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £56.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.92 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -26.03% -24.44% +83.97%

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 22 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 22 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 22 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 -33 410 £580 +0.87% 115
Work from Home +11 242 £555 +0.91% 87
UK excluding London -62 228 £600 +3.45% 53
London +14 143 £555 +8.82% 45
North of England +13 90 £675 +13.92% 11
North West +24 81 £703 +17.08% 8
South East -51 63 £525 -9.79% 22
Midlands -65 37 £575 - 13
East of England -8 30 £545 +21.11% 2
West Midlands -34 26 £575 +10.58% 8
East Midlands -34 10 £545 -5.22% 5
South West -1 9 £600 -5.91% 1
Yorkshire -35 7 £600 +6.67% 1
North East -7 2 £575 -4.17% 2
Scotland - 1 £538 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 22 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.

1 565 (100.00%) SAP
2 312 (55.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 167 (29.56%) Security Cleared
4 134 (23.72%) SC Cleared
5 79 (13.98%) Logistics
6 77 (13.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 75 (13.27%) SAP Fiori
8 74 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
9 69 (12.21%) ABAP
9 69 (12.21%) Workshop Facilitation
10 64 (11.33%) Migration
11 57 (10.09%) SAP FI
12 51 (9.03%) Analytics
13 50 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 49 (8.67%) Data Migration
15 48 (8.50%) SAP MM
15 48 (8.50%) Validation
16 46 (8.14%) SAP HCM
17 45 (7.96%) ERP
17 45 (7.96%) SuccessFactors
18 43 (7.61%) Ariba
19 42 (7.43%) BPSS Clearance
19 42 (7.43%) Production Planning
20 41 (7.26%) SAP EWM
20 41 (7.26%) User Acceptance Testing
21 39 (6.90%) SAP CO
21 39 (6.90%) SAP HANA
21 39 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
22 37 (6.55%) SAP FI/CO
23 35 (6.19%) SAP PP

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
1 312 (55.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 57 (10.09%) SAP FI
3 48 (8.50%) SAP MM
4 46 (8.14%) SAP HCM
5 41 (7.26%) SAP EWM
6 39 (6.90%) SAP CO
7 37 (6.55%) SAP FI/CO
8 35 (6.19%) SAP PP
9 33 (5.84%) SAP Payroll
10 31 (5.49%) SAP WM
11 25 (4.42%) SAP QM
12 23 (4.07%) SAP SD
12 23 (4.07%) SAP VC
13 21 (3.72%) SAP PSCD
14 20 (3.54%) SAP HR
15 18 (3.19%) SAP PS
16 17 (3.01%) SAP MDG
17 14 (2.48%) SAP BRIM
17 14 (2.48%) SAP Hybris
18 12 (2.12%) SAP FI-CA
Cloud Services
1 45 (7.96%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.48%) Azure
2 14 (2.48%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.06%) Power Platform
3 6 (1.06%) SaaS
4 4 (0.71%) GCP
5 3 (0.53%) AWS
5 3 (0.53%) Snowflake
5 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
6 2 (0.35%) iPaaS
6 2 (0.35%) SAP Fieldglass
7 1 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.18%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.18%) IaaS
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.18%) OCI
7 1 (0.18%) PaaS
7 1 (0.18%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.18%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) HTTP
1 1 (0.18%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.90%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.83%) 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 8 (1.42%) JIRA
2 7 (1.24%) LSMW
3 3 (0.53%) Git
4 2 (0.35%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 169 (29.91%) Social Skills
2 109 (19.29%) Finance
3 85 (15.04%) Manufacturing
4 46 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (7.79%) Public Sector
6 38 (6.73%) Pharmaceutical
7 30 (5.31%) Billing
7 30 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.30%) Retail
10 9 (1.59%) Aerospace
10 9 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.42%) Automotive
12 6 (1.06%) General Ledger
13 4 (0.71%) German Language
13 4 (0.71%) Legal
14 3 (0.53%) Banking
14 3 (0.53%) Law
15 2 (0.35%) Dutch Language
15 2 (0.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (13.27%) SAP Fiori
2 24 (4.25%) BAPI
3 21 (3.72%) Web Services
4 19 (3.36%) SAP Basis
5 18 (3.19%) SAP TM
6 16 (2.83%) SAP PI
7 14 (2.48%) IDoc
8 13 (2.30%) SOAP
9 12 (2.12%) EDI
10 11 (1.95%) SAP ALE
10 11 (1.95%) 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 (2.48%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.30%) Replication
4 10 (1.77%) Life Science
4 10 (1.77%) Private Cloud
5 8 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 5 (0.88%) LIMS
7 4 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 4 (0.71%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 4 (0.71%) PACS
8 3 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 3 (0.53%) Tandem
9 2 (0.35%) FMCG
9 2 (0.35%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.35%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.18%) AI Agents
10 1 (0.18%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.18%) Self-Motivation
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 (13.98%) Logistics
2 77 (13.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 74 (13.10%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (12.21%) Workshop Facilitation
5 64 (11.33%) Migration
6 51 (9.03%) Analytics
7 50 (8.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 49 (8.67%) Data Migration
9 48 (8.50%) Validation
10 45 (7.96%) ERP
11 42 (7.43%) Production Planning
12 41 (7.26%) User Acceptance Testing
13 39 (6.90%) Translating Business Requirements
14 33 (5.84%) Knowledge Transfer
15 32 (5.66%) Requirements Gathering
16 31 (5.49%) Process Improvement
16 31 (5.49%) Quality Management
16 31 (5.49%) Time Management
17 26 (4.60%) Integration Testing
17 26 (4.60%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.21%) ABAP
2 16 (2.83%) JavaScript
3 11 (1.95%) Groovy
4 8 (1.42%) Java
5 5 (0.88%) SQL
6 4 (0.71%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 167 (29.56%) Security Cleared
2 134 (23.72%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (5.31%) Degree
5 27 (4.78%) SAP Certification
6 13 (2.30%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.95%) ACCA
7 11 (1.95%) CIMA
8 5 (0.88%) CCA
8 5 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.35%) CISA
9 2 (0.35%) CISM
9 2 (0.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.59%) Data Quality
2 8 (1.42%) QA
3 7 (1.24%) GRC
4 6 (1.06%) GxP
5 5 (0.88%) GDPR
6 4 (0.71%) IFRS
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
8 2 (0.35%) SLA
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
1 565 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (7.61%) Ariba
3 12 (2.12%) Adobe
3 12 (2.12%) ServiceNow
4 11 (1.95%) OpenText
4 11 (1.95%) Oracle
5 8 (1.42%) Microsoft
5 8 (1.42%) Workday
6 5 (0.88%) Concur
7 4 (0.71%) Computacenter
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