SAP Consultant Contracts

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £580, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 171 154 192
Rank change year-on-year -17 +38 +138
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 493 681 767
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.59% 1.57% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.73% 1.69% 1.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 354 316
10th Percentile £450 £425 £456
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £670 £688 £633
90th Percentile £739 £765 £721
UK excluding London median daily rate £537 £598 £525
% change year-on-year -10.20% +13.90% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 17 8
10th Percentile £49.78 £52.90 £53.50
25th Percentile £63.44 £56.65 £61.10
Median hourly rate £78.00 £61.60 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +26.62% -4.75% +17.59%
75th Percentile £86.00 - £97.50
90th Percentile - £70.00 £98.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £61.60 £64.68
% change year-on-year +39.61% -4.75% -7.61%

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 28,543 40,362 52,705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 93.00% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,235 25,935 36,627
10th Percentile £288 £285 £313
25th Percentile £402 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +1.42%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,277 2,865 1,533
10th Percentile £13.78 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.33 £16.58 £19.00
Median hourly rate £26.50 £37.50 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.33% -12.79% +68.63%
75th Percentile £56.25 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £74.00 £76.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -37.13% - +95.12%

SAP Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured SAP Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant.

Daily rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SAP Consultant.

Hourly rate trend for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SAP Consultant over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for SAP Consultant in the UK

SAP Consultant
Top 15 Contract 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 2 July 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 -42 336 £581 -2.85% 642
Work from Home +15 197 £575 -4.17% 382
UK excluding London -40 175 £537 -10.20% 335
London +6 131 £614 +6.74% 310
North of England +11 60 £590 +2.61% 95
South East -32 52 £531 -19.32% 79
North West +11 41 £620 +7.83% 71
Midlands -17 35 £516 -10.22% 60
East of England +10 19 £574 +4.32% 40
East Midlands -1 15 £510 -15.00% 15
West Midlands -11 14 £519 +6.96% 45
Yorkshire -6 11 £525 +13.51% 21
North East +6 8 £540 - 3
South West +30 6 £525 -17.67% 25
Wales +7 4 - - 5

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 July 2025, SAP Consultant contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring SAP Consultant in the job title.

1 493 (100.00%) SAP
2 235 (47.67%) SAP S/4HANA
3 160 (32.45%) Social Skills
4 103 (20.89%) Finance
5 91 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
6 69 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
6 69 (14.00%) Security Cleared
7 63 (12.78%) Migration
8 58 (11.76%) SAP FI
9 50 (10.14%) Data Migration
9 50 (10.14%) SC Cleared
10 49 (9.94%) Manufacturing
11 47 (9.53%) SAP Fiori
12 46 (9.33%) SAP CO
13 45 (9.13%) SAP FI/CO
13 45 (9.13%) ABAP
14 42 (8.52%) Ariba
15 41 (8.32%) SAP PP
16 40 (8.11%) Analytics
17 39 (7.91%) Logistics
18 38 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
19 36 (7.30%) Workshop Facilitation
20 33 (6.69%) SAP HANA
21 31 (6.29%) BPSS Clearance
22 30 (6.09%) Agile
22 30 (6.09%) SAP Payroll
22 30 (6.09%) SAP HR
23 29 (5.88%) Quality Management
23 29 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
24 28 (5.68%) SuccessFactors

SAP Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.03%) NetWeaver
2 5 (1.01%) MTS
3 2 (0.41%) Documentum
Applications
1 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.20%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 235 (47.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 58 (11.76%) SAP FI
3 46 (9.33%) SAP CO
4 45 (9.13%) SAP FI/CO
5 41 (8.32%) SAP PP
6 30 (6.09%) SAP HR
6 30 (6.09%) SAP Payroll
7 27 (5.48%) SAP SD
8 24 (4.87%) SAP MM
9 19 (3.85%) SAP EWM
9 19 (3.85%) SAP HCM
10 18 (3.65%) SAP IBP
11 16 (3.25%) SAP MDG
11 16 (3.25%) SAP PS
12 14 (2.84%) SAP PSCD
13 12 (2.43%) SAP VC
14 10 (2.03%) SAP GRC
15 9 (1.83%) SAP APO
15 9 (1.83%) SAP R/3
15 9 (1.83%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 28 (5.68%) SuccessFactors
2 15 (3.04%) Azure
3 9 (1.83%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (1.42%) AWS
5 6 (1.22%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.01%) GCP
6 5 (1.01%) Snowflake
7 4 (0.81%) SaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.20%) PaaS
8 1 (0.20%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.20%) SAP Fieldglass
8 1 (0.20%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.69%) SAP HANA
2 16 (3.25%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.42%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.22%) Power BI
5 4 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (0.61%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.61%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.41%) Sybase IQ
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.20%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.20%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.20%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.20%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.20%) DTS
8 1 (0.20%) IDMS
8 1 (0.20%) Lumira
8 1 (0.20%) Metadata
8 1 (0.20%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (1.42%) LSMW
2 1 (0.20%) Git
2 1 (0.20%) JIRA
General
1 160 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 103 (20.89%) Finance
3 69 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (9.94%) Manufacturing
5 27 (5.48%) Pharmaceutical
6 25 (5.07%) Billing
7 19 (3.85%) Aerospace
8 16 (3.25%) Public Sector
9 14 (2.84%) Banking
10 11 (2.23%) General Ledger
10 11 (2.23%) Legal
11 9 (1.83%) Automotive
11 9 (1.83%) French Language
11 9 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.42%) Retail
13 6 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 4 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.81%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (9.53%) SAP Fiori
2 20 (4.06%) SAP Basis
3 12 (2.43%) EDI
4 11 (2.23%) SAP TM
5 9 (1.83%) BAPI
5 9 (1.83%) IDoc
6 7 (1.42%) SAP ALE
6 7 (1.42%) SAP PI
7 4 (0.81%) Middleware
7 4 (0.81%) SAPUI5
8 3 (0.61%) SAP Core Interface
9 2 (0.41%) Node.js
9 2 (0.41%) REST
9 2 (0.41%) SailPoint
10 1 (0.20%) .NET
10 1 (0.20%) SAML
10 1 (0.20%) SOAP
10 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.65%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.25%) Private Cloud
3 10 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (1.83%) Life Science
4 9 (1.83%) PACS
4 9 (1.83%) Public Cloud
5 8 (1.62%) Greenfield Project
6 7 (1.42%) LIMS
6 7 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
7 6 (1.22%) FMCG
8 5 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
9 4 (0.81%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.81%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.61%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.41%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.41%) Hybrid Cloud
11 2 (0.41%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.41%) Manufacturing Execution System
11 2 (0.41%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.62%) Linux
2 5 (1.01%) Unix
3 1 (0.20%) VMS
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
2 63 (12.78%) Migration
3 50 (10.14%) Data Migration
4 40 (8.11%) Analytics
5 39 (7.91%) Logistics
6 38 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (7.30%) Workshop Facilitation
8 30 (6.09%) Agile
9 29 (5.88%) Procure-to-Pay
9 29 (5.88%) Quality Management
10 28 (5.68%) User Acceptance Testing
11 26 (5.27%) Inventory Management
12 25 (5.07%) Validation
13 24 (4.87%) Integration Testing
14 22 (4.46%) SAP Security
15 21 (4.26%) Change Management
16 20 (4.06%) Process Improvement
16 20 (4.06%) Project Management
17 19 (3.85%) Requirements Gathering
17 19 (3.85%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (9.13%) ABAP
2 11 (2.23%) SQL
3 8 (1.62%) Java
4 5 (1.01%) Python
5 4 (0.81%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.61%) Groovy
7 2 (0.41%) R
Qualifications
1 69 (14.00%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.14%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 15 (3.04%) Degree
4 15 (3.04%) SAP Certification
5 7 (1.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.22%) DBS Check
7 4 (0.81%) ACCA
7 4 (0.81%) CIMA
8 2 (0.41%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) BC Cleared
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.85%) IFRS
2 16 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.03%) IFRS 9
4 9 (1.83%) GRC
5 6 (1.22%) QA
6 5 (1.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.01%) SLA
7 4 (0.81%) Basel III
8 3 (0.61%) GAAP
8 3 (0.61%) IFRS 17
9 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.20%) GDPR
10 1 (0.20%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.20%) Docker
1 1 (0.20%) IAG
1 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (0.41%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.20%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.20%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 493 (100.00%) SAP
2 42 (8.52%) Ariba
3 12 (2.43%) Microsoft
4 6 (1.22%) Concur
4 6 (1.22%) OpenText
5 5 (1.01%) Oracle
6 4 (0.81%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.81%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.41%) Sun
7 2 (0.41%) Sybase
7 2 (0.41%) Workday
8 1 (0.20%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.20%) Anaplan
8 1 (0.20%) Cognos
8 1 (0.20%) Databricks
8 1 (0.20%) HP
8 1 (0.20%) Hyperion
8 1 (0.20%) Kronos
8 1 (0.20%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.20%) TOWER Software