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 8 November 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 158 159
Rank change year-on-year -29 +1 +104
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 562 587 764
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.61% 1.60% 1.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 1.73% 1.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 265 281 294
10th Percentile £459 £438 £438
25th Percentile £513 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £536
Median % change year-on-year - +7.28% -7.59%
75th Percentile £686 £663 £629
90th Percentile £724 £738 £697
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £582 £525
% change year-on-year +3.09% +10.86% -9.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 10
10th Percentile £46.83 £56.32 £59.94
25th Percentile £59.88 - £61.53
Median hourly rate £70.50 £61.60 £64.21
Median % change year-on-year +14.45% -4.06% -5.58%
75th Percentile £83.94 £74.87 £67.75
90th Percentile £89.38 £95.25 £87.30
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 31,811 33,985 44,100
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.88% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,179 20,513 30,002
10th Percentile £278 £300 £295
25th Percentile £402 £412 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £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 1,817 1,273 1,546
10th Percentile £14.03 £15.10 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.69 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +53.98%
75th Percentile £51.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £35.25 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.65% -20.79% +85.42%

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 8 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 8 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 8 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 -33 403 £580 +0.87% 282
Work from Home +19 241 £560 -2.61% 135
UK excluding London -59 220 £600 +3.09% 198
London +19 144 £555 +5.71% 127
North of England +8 89 £675 +12.50% 23
North West +19 80 £703 +15.73% 16
South East -52 59 £525 -9.79% 133
Midlands -57 37 £578 +1.18% 16
East of England -6 27 £515 +14.44% 15
West Midlands -41 24 £575 +10.58% 8
East Midlands -34 12 £580 +0.87% 8
South West -3 9 £600 -5.91% 2
Yorkshire -28 7 £600 +6.67% 5
North East -13 2 £575 -4.17% 2
Scotland - 1 £538 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 8 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.

1 562 (100.00%) SAP
2 319 (56.76%) SAP S/4HANA
3 161 (28.65%) Security Cleared
4 129 (22.95%) SC Cleared
5 80 (14.23%) Logistics
6 79 (14.06%) SAP Fiori
7 77 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
8 71 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 69 (12.28%) ABAP
10 67 (11.92%) Migration
11 63 (11.21%) SAP FI
11 63 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
12 55 (9.79%) Analytics
13 53 (9.43%) Data Migration
14 51 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 51 (9.07%) Validation
15 50 (8.90%) SAP MM
16 46 (8.19%) SAP CO
17 43 (7.65%) ERP
17 43 (7.65%) SAP FI/CO
18 42 (7.47%) Ariba
18 42 (7.47%) BPSS Clearance
18 42 (7.47%) SAP HANA
19 41 (7.30%) Production Planning
20 40 (7.12%) SAP EWM
21 39 (6.94%) SAP HCM
21 39 (6.94%) Translating Business Requirements
21 39 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
22 37 (6.58%) SuccessFactors
23 36 (6.41%) 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 (0.36%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (0.18%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.18%) MTS
3 1 (0.18%) SAP Portal
Applications
1 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 319 (56.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 63 (11.21%) SAP FI
3 50 (8.90%) SAP MM
4 46 (8.19%) SAP CO
5 43 (7.65%) SAP FI/CO
6 40 (7.12%) SAP EWM
7 39 (6.94%) SAP HCM
8 34 (6.05%) SAP PP
9 32 (5.69%) SAP Payroll
10 31 (5.52%) SAP WM
11 26 (4.63%) SAP SD
12 24 (4.27%) SAP QM
13 23 (4.09%) SAP VC
14 21 (3.74%) SAP HR
14 21 (3.74%) SAP MDG
15 20 (3.56%) SAP PS
16 16 (2.85%) SAP PSCD
17 11 (1.96%) SAP FI-CA
18 10 (1.78%) SAP APO
19 9 (1.60%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 37 (6.58%) SuccessFactors
2 14 (2.49%) Azure
3 9 (1.60%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 7 (1.25%) SaaS
5 6 (1.07%) Power Platform
6 4 (0.71%) AWS
6 4 (0.71%) GCP
7 3 (0.53%) Snowflake
7 3 (0.53%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.36%) iPaaS
8 2 (0.36%) PaaS
8 2 (0.36%) 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 42 (7.47%) SAP HANA
2 16 (2.85%) SAP BW
3 12 (2.14%) SAP Data Services
4 9 (1.60%) Metadata
5 6 (1.07%) Power BI
6 4 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.36%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.36%) 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 (1.78%) LSMW
2 8 (1.42%) JIRA
3 3 (0.53%) Git
4 2 (0.36%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 170 (30.25%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.22%) Finance
3 86 (15.30%) Manufacturing
4 49 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (6.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 38 (6.76%) Public Sector
7 29 (5.16%) Presentation Skills
8 26 (4.63%) Billing
9 13 (2.31%) Retail
10 12 (2.14%) Telecoms
11 9 (1.60%) Aerospace
12 8 (1.42%) Automotive
12 8 (1.42%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (1.42%) 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 (0.36%) Dutch Language
15 2 (0.36%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (14.06%) SAP Fiori
2 26 (4.63%) BAPI
3 19 (3.38%) SAP Basis
3 19 (3.38%) Web Services
4 18 (3.20%) SAP TM
5 17 (3.02%) IDoc
6 15 (2.67%) EDI
7 14 (2.49%) SAP ALE
7 14 (2.49%) SAP PI
8 11 (1.96%) SOAP
9 10 (1.78%) XML
10 6 (1.07%) REST
10 6 (1.07%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.89%) Middleware
12 4 (0.71%) JSON
13 3 (0.53%) SAPUI5
14 2 (0.36%) HTML
14 2 (0.36%) HTML5
14 2 (0.36%) Node.js
14 2 (0.36%) SAP Core Interface
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.49%) Greenfield Project
2 13 (2.31%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.96%) Life Science
3 11 (1.96%) Private Cloud
4 10 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.60%) Replication
6 6 (1.07%) LIMS
7 5 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (0.89%) PACS
8 4 (0.71%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.71%) Manufacturing Execution System
9 3 (0.53%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.53%) Product Ownership
9 3 (0.53%) Public Cloud
9 3 (0.53%) Tandem
10 2 (0.36%) FMCG
10 2 (0.36%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.18%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.18%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.07%) Linux
2 4 (0.71%) Windows
3 3 (0.53%) Unix
4 2 (0.36%) VMS
5 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (14.23%) Logistics
2 77 (13.70%) Problem-Solving
3 71 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
4 67 (11.92%) Migration
5 63 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
6 55 (9.79%) Analytics
7 53 (9.43%) Data Migration
8 51 (9.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (9.07%) Validation
9 43 (7.65%) ERP
10 41 (7.30%) Production Planning
11 39 (6.94%) Translating Business Requirements
11 39 (6.94%) User Acceptance Testing
12 36 (6.41%) Requirements Gathering
13 34 (6.05%) Knowledge Transfer
13 34 (6.05%) Quality Management
14 32 (5.69%) Process Improvement
15 29 (5.16%) Performance Tuning
16 28 (4.98%) Time Management
17 27 (4.80%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 69 (12.28%) ABAP
2 14 (2.49%) JavaScript
3 9 (1.60%) Groovy
4 8 (1.42%) Java
5 5 (0.89%) SQL
6 4 (0.71%) Python
7 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 161 (28.65%) Security Cleared
2 129 (22.95%) SC Cleared
3 42 (7.47%) BPSS Clearance
4 30 (5.34%) Degree
5 26 (4.63%) SAP Certification
6 12 (2.14%) DV Cleared
7 11 (1.96%) ACCA
7 11 (1.96%) CIMA
8 6 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (0.71%) CCA
10 2 (0.36%) CISA
10 2 (0.36%) CISM
10 2 (0.36%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.60%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.25%) QA
3 6 (1.07%) GRC
3 6 (1.07%) GxP
3 6 (1.07%) IFRS
4 5 (0.89%) SLA
5 3 (0.53%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.53%) GDPR
5 3 (0.53%) GMP
5 3 (0.53%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.18%) HL7
7 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.18%) IAG
Systems Management
1 2 (0.36%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.18%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 562 (100.00%) SAP
2 42 (7.47%) Ariba
3 12 (2.14%) Adobe
3 12 (2.14%) ServiceNow
4 11 (1.96%) OpenText
5 10 (1.78%) Oracle
6 8 (1.42%) Microsoft
7 6 (1.07%) Workday
8 4 (0.71%) Computacenter
8 4 (0.71%) Concur
9 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.36%) Google
10 2 (0.36%) IFS
10 2 (0.36%) TOWER Software
11 1 (0.18%) Alteryx
11 1 (0.18%) Databricks
11 1 (0.18%) HP
11 1 (0.18%) Kronos
11 1 (0.18%) Ping Identity
11 1 (0.18%) RightFax