SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 174 177
Rank change year-on-year -48 +3 +54
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 516 484 585
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.11% 1.64% 1.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.21% 1.77% 1.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 201 294
10th Percentile £413 £450 £428
25th Percentile £478 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £687 £669 £688
90th Percentile £750 £720 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £531 £537 £582
% change year-on-year -0.98% -7.85% +1.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 8 12
10th Percentile £59.98 £67.38 -
25th Percentile £66.50 £70.00 £52.90
Median hourly rate £85.25 £86.00 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +39.61% -11.80%
75th Percentile £88.75 - £62.67
90th Percentile - - £63.29
UK excluding London median hourly rate £80.50 £86.00 £61.60
% change year-on-year -6.40% +39.61% -4.75%

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 42,785 27,291 40,291
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,469 17,875 26,294
10th Percentile £313 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £406 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -2.78%
75th Percentile £613 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +2.63% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,747 1,005 2,616
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.41 £12.86
25th Percentile £20.35 £18.87 £16.25
Median hourly rate £42.25 £30.20 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.90% -13.71% -22.22%
75th Percentile £65.74 £63.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £78.10 £75.40 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.85 £29.23 £36.50
% change year-on-year +50.00% -19.92% -15.12%

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 April 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 22 April 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 22 April 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 -87 363 £600 +5.63% 80
Work from Home -10 228 £620 +12.73% 47
UK excluding London -47 209 £531 -0.98% 59
London -56 130 £665 +7.43% 31
Midlands -33 64 £425 -18.27% 6
South East -45 54 £490 -6.67% 16
West Midlands -26 49 £425 -25.11% 6
North of England -87 46 £550 +2.23% 23
North West -57 34 £550 +2.23% 9
East of England -23 23 £597 +8.55%
South West -26 15 £540 -17.00% 4
East Midlands -30 14 £556 +9.07%
Wales - 12 £550 - 5
Yorkshire -54 10 £500 - 14
North East -24 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 22 April 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.

1 516 (100.00%) SAP
2 241 (46.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 98 (18.99%) Security Cleared
4 82 (15.89%) SC Cleared
5 81 (15.70%) Migration
6 78 (15.12%) Workshop Facilitation
7 67 (12.98%) SuccessFactors
8 64 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 59 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (11.43%) SAP FI
10 57 (11.05%) BPSS Clearance
11 55 (10.66%) ERP
12 54 (10.47%) Ariba
13 53 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
14 50 (9.69%) Data Migration
15 49 (9.50%) SAP MM
16 47 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 45 (8.72%) ABAP
18 43 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
19 42 (8.14%) Logistics
19 42 (8.14%) Validation
20 38 (7.36%) Time Management
21 36 (6.98%) SAP PP
21 36 (6.98%) SAP PSCD
22 35 (6.78%) Production Planning
23 33 (6.40%) SAP EWM
23 33 (6.40%) SAP HCM
24 30 (5.81%) SAP CO
24 30 (5.81%) SAP HANA
25 28 (5.43%) GAP Analysis

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 3 (0.58%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.19%) Confluence
2 1 (0.19%) MTS
2 1 (0.19%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 241 (46.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 59 (11.43%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.50%) SAP MM
4 36 (6.98%) SAP PP
4 36 (6.98%) SAP PSCD
5 33 (6.40%) SAP EWM
5 33 (6.40%) SAP HCM
6 30 (5.81%) SAP CO
7 28 (5.43%) SAP FI/CO
8 26 (5.04%) SAP Travel Management
9 22 (4.26%) SAP BRIM
10 21 (4.07%) SAP SD
11 20 (3.88%) SAP FI-CA
12 19 (3.68%) SAP IBP
13 17 (3.29%) SAP PM
14 16 (3.10%) SAP Payroll
15 14 (2.71%) OpenText VIM for SAP
16 12 (2.33%) SAP Hybris
16 12 (2.33%) SAP QM
17 10 (1.94%) SAP APO
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.98%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.52%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 6 (1.16%) Azure
4 4 (0.78%) AWS
5 3 (0.58%) Boomi
5 3 (0.58%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.39%) GCP
7 1 (0.19%) OCI
7 1 (0.19%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
7 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) FTP
1 1 (0.19%) Network Security
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
1 1 (0.19%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (5.81%) SAP HANA
2 8 (1.55%) SAP BW
3 7 (1.36%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.16%) Metadata
5 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.19%) Power BI
5 1 (0.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (1.94%) JIRA
2 7 (1.36%) Hudson
3 1 (0.19%) Git
3 1 (0.19%) LSMW
3 1 (0.19%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 153 (29.65%) Social Skills
2 102 (19.77%) Finance
3 64 (12.40%) Manufacturing
4 45 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (7.36%) Billing
6 37 (7.17%) Public Sector
7 14 (2.71%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (2.13%) Banking
9 11 (2.13%) Retail
10 7 (1.36%) Automotive
10 7 (1.36%) General Ledger
11 6 (1.16%) German Language
11 6 (1.16%) Legal
12 5 (0.97%) Aerospace
13 4 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.58%) French Language
14 3 (0.58%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.23%) SAP TM
2 25 (4.84%) SAP Fiori
3 21 (4.07%) SAP Basis
4 17 (3.29%) BAPI
5 12 (2.33%) Web Services
6 10 (1.94%) IDoc
6 10 (1.94%) SOAP
6 10 (1.94%) XML
7 9 (1.74%) SAP PI
8 6 (1.16%) SAP ALE
8 6 (1.16%) SAP Business Workflow
9 5 (0.97%) Middleware
10 4 (0.78%) EDI
10 4 (0.78%) OLE
10 4 (0.78%) SAP Core Interface
11 3 (0.58%) REST
11 3 (0.58%) SAPUI5
12 1 (0.19%) JDBC
12 1 (0.19%) JMS
12 1 (0.19%) SAP XI
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.65%) Replication
2 14 (2.71%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (1.94%) Public Cloud
4 9 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (1.55%) Algorithms
6 7 (1.36%) FMCG
7 6 (1.16%) Life Science
8 5 (0.97%) Data Structures
8 5 (0.97%) Onboarding
9 4 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.58%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.58%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 2 (0.39%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.39%) Manufacturing Execution System
12 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
12 1 (0.19%) LIMS
12 1 (0.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.97%) VMS
2 4 (0.78%) Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (15.70%) Migration
2 78 (15.12%) Workshop Facilitation
3 64 (12.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 59 (11.43%) Problem-Solving
5 55 (10.66%) ERP
6 53 (10.27%) User Acceptance Testing
7 50 (9.69%) Data Migration
8 47 (9.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 43 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (8.14%) Logistics
10 42 (8.14%) Validation
11 38 (7.36%) Time Management
12 35 (6.78%) Production Planning
13 28 (5.43%) GAP Analysis
14 27 (5.23%) Project Management
15 26 (5.04%) Translating Business Requirements
16 25 (4.84%) Knowledge Transfer
16 25 (4.84%) Project Delivery
17 24 (4.65%) System Integration Testing
18 20 (3.88%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 45 (8.72%) ABAP
2 7 (1.36%) Groovy
2 7 (1.36%) JavaScript
3 5 (0.97%) Python
4 4 (0.78%) SQL
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript
5 1 (0.19%) ActionScript 2.0
5 1 (0.19%) Java
5 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 98 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 82 (15.89%) SC Cleared
3 57 (11.05%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (2.71%) SAP Certification
5 11 (2.13%) DV Cleared
6 7 (1.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.97%) Degree
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) ACCA
8 2 (0.39%) CCA
8 2 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.19%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
9 1 (0.19%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.26%) Data Quality
2 7 (1.36%) GRC
3 5 (0.97%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) GxP
3 5 (0.97%) QA
4 4 (0.78%) PMO
5 3 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS
6 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 1 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 3 (0.58%) IAG
2 2 (0.39%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 516 (100.00%) SAP
2 54 (10.47%) Ariba
3 15 (2.91%) OpenText
4 13 (2.52%) Sage
5 10 (1.94%) Microsoft
6 8 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.78%) Adobe
7 4 (0.78%) Computacenter
8 3 (0.58%) Concur
8 3 (0.58%) Oracle
9 2 (0.39%) Dell
9 2 (0.39%) DocuSign
9 2 (0.39%) Workday
10 1 (0.19%) Databricks
10 1 (0.19%) Google
10 1 (0.19%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
10 1 (0.19%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.19%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.19%) SEEBURGER