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 20 March 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 176 170
Rank change year-on-year -54 -6 +52
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 499 453 619
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.15% 1.55% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.67% 1.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 182 276
10th Percentile £413 £425 £431
25th Percentile £481 £500 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £578 £600
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% -3.75% +3.45%
75th Percentile £678 £671 £675
90th Percentile £716 £720 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £538 £583
% change year-on-year -2.42% -7.72% +0.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 7 15
10th Percentile £57.20 £79.60 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £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 £102.10 £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 39,980 27,191 41,155
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 92.93% 92.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,004 17,726 26,995
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £410 £406 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £521 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.03% -0.76% -4.11%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £487
% change year-on-year +1.05% -2.46% -2.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,473 892 2,490
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.22 £12.86
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £32.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% - -23.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £59.99
90th Percentile £76.25 £77.10 £71.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £32.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year +12.50% -1.54% -19.92%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 -60 353 £582 -0.04% 104
Work from Home -25 222 £575 +2.68% 77
UK excluding London -32 191 £525 -2.42% 79
London -44 128 £650 +5.01% 25
Midlands -49 53 £438 -16.67% 22
North of England -73 53 £575 +6.88% 17
South East -33 50 £490 -4.85% 27
West Midlands -42 40 £425 -23.42% 15
North West -44 39 £675 +25.46% 14
East of England -14 25 £580 +5.45% 7
South West -16 13 £552 -15.08% 2
Yorkshire -49 12 £538 - 2
East Midlands -39 11 £638 +22.60% 7
Wales -10 2 - - 2
North East -14 2 - - 1
Scotland - 1 £538 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 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.

1 499 (100.00%) SAP
2 258 (51.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 90 (18.04%) Security Cleared
4 81 (16.23%) Migration
5 76 (15.23%) Workshop Facilitation
6 74 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (14.43%) SC Cleared
8 61 (12.22%) SAP FI
9 60 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 58 (11.62%) ABAP
11 57 (11.42%) User Acceptance Testing
12 52 (10.42%) ERP
13 50 (10.02%) Data Migration
14 49 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 47 (9.42%) SuccessFactors
16 46 (9.22%) Time Management
17 45 (9.02%) Validation
18 44 (8.82%) Logistics
18 44 (8.82%) SAP MM
19 41 (8.22%) SAP Fiori
20 40 (8.02%) Ariba
21 37 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
21 37 (7.41%) SAP HCM
21 37 (7.41%) SAP PP
22 35 (7.01%) SAP HANA
23 34 (6.81%) SAP CO
24 32 (6.41%) SAP FI/CO
24 32 (6.41%) SAP PSCD
25 31 (6.21%) Project Management
26 30 (6.01%) Production Planning

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
1 258 (51.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 61 (12.22%) SAP FI
3 44 (8.82%) SAP MM
4 37 (7.41%) SAP HCM
4 37 (7.41%) SAP PP
5 34 (6.81%) SAP CO
6 32 (6.41%) SAP FI/CO
6 32 (6.41%) SAP PSCD
7 28 (5.61%) SAP EWM
7 28 (5.61%) SAP Travel Management
8 24 (4.81%) SAP Payroll
9 22 (4.41%) SAP BRIM
10 21 (4.21%) SAP FI-CA
11 20 (4.01%) SAP SD
12 16 (3.21%) SAP Hybris
13 13 (2.61%) SAP PM
14 12 (2.40%) SAP MDG
14 12 (2.40%) SAP VC
15 11 (2.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
15 11 (2.20%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 47 (9.42%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.60%) 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 (7.01%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.80%) 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 6 (1.20%) JIRA
2 4 (0.80%) Hudson
2 4 (0.80%) LSMW
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 163 (32.67%) Social Skills
2 111 (22.24%) Finance
3 66 (13.23%) Manufacturing
4 46 (9.22%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 40 (8.02%) Billing
6 17 (3.41%) Telecoms
7 13 (2.61%) Retail
8 12 (2.40%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (2.20%) Banking
10 7 (1.40%) German Language
11 6 (1.20%) Aerospace
11 6 (1.20%) Automotive
11 6 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.20%) General Ledger
12 4 (0.80%) Legal
12 4 (0.80%) Local Government
13 3 (0.60%) French Language
13 3 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.60%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.22%) SAP Fiori
2 30 (6.01%) SAP TM
3 20 (4.01%) BAPI
4 17 (3.41%) SAP PI
5 16 (3.21%) SAP Basis
6 15 (3.01%) IDoc
6 15 (3.01%) Web Services
7 10 (2.00%) SOAP
8 9 (1.80%) EDI
8 9 (1.80%) XML
9 8 (1.60%) SAP ALE
10 6 (1.20%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (1.00%) Middleware
12 3 (0.60%) OLE
12 3 (0.60%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.40%) REST
14 1 (0.20%) JDBC
14 1 (0.20%) JMS
14 1 (0.20%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (3.61%) Replication
2 15 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (2.00%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.00%) FMCG
5 5 (1.00%) Life Science
5 5 (1.00%) Onboarding
6 4 (0.80%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.80%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (0.60%) Manufacturing Execution System
7 3 (0.60%) Tandem
7 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (0.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (0.40%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.40%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.20%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.20%) IoT
9 1 (0.20%) Market Risk
9 1 (0.20%) SWIFT Messaging Network
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 81 (16.23%) Migration
2 76 (15.23%) Workshop Facilitation
3 74 (14.83%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (11.42%) User Acceptance Testing
6 52 (10.42%) ERP
7 50 (10.02%) Data Migration
8 49 (9.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 46 (9.22%) Time Management
10 45 (9.02%) Validation
11 44 (8.82%) Logistics
12 31 (6.21%) Project Management
13 30 (6.01%) Production Planning
14 29 (5.81%) Knowledge Transfer
14 29 (5.81%) Translating Business Requirements
15 28 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
15 28 (5.61%) GAP Analysis
16 23 (4.61%) Requirements Gathering
17 22 (4.41%) System Integration Testing
18 20 (4.01%) Inventory Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (11.62%) ABAP
2 14 (2.81%) Groovy
3 13 (2.61%) JavaScript
4 2 (0.40%) Java
4 2 (0.40%) SQL
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.20%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 90 (18.04%) Security Cleared
2 72 (14.43%) SC Cleared
3 37 (7.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 12 (2.40%) SAP Certification
5 6 (1.20%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.80%) Degree
7 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.40%) AAT
8 2 (0.40%) ACCA
8 2 (0.40%) CIMA
9 1 (0.20%) CCA
9 1 (0.20%) CISM
9 1 (0.20%) CISSP
9 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.41%) 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%) 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%) GxP
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
1 499 (100.00%) SAP
2 40 (8.02%) Ariba
3 13 (2.61%) Sage
4 9 (1.80%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.80%) OpenText
5 8 (1.60%) 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%) IFS
9 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.40%) Workday
10 1 (0.20%) Databricks
10 1 (0.20%) Dell
10 1 (0.20%) Google
10 1 (0.20%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.20%) Planon
10 1 (0.20%) SEEBURGER