SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 September 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 184 142
Rank change year-on-year -58 -42 +28
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 581 517 654
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.06% 1.57% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.72% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 250 233 326
10th Percentile £413 £450 £425
25th Percentile £481 £510 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £565 £581
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% -2.75% +10.67%
75th Percentile £655 £640 £688
90th Percentile £750 £739 £765
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +12.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 15
10th Percentile £85.18 £40.93 £55.66
25th Percentile £86.06 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £57.50 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% -6.66% -5.41%
75th Percentile £88.75 £65.31 £63.32
90th Percentile £88.88 £68.13 £72.92
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £52.50 £61.60
% change year-on-year +63.81% -14.77% -7.28%

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 50,390 30,066 35,884
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.29% 91.06% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,936 18,964 22,304
10th Percentile £325 £281 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £625 £621 £638
90th Percentile £725 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,743 1,564 1,744
10th Percentile £14.56 £13.69 £14.73
25th Percentile £20.07 £17.06 £20.50
Median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% +1.18%
75th Percentile £67.60 £52.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £70.16 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £45.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -44.11% +12.50%

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 11 September 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
Top 14 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 11 September 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 -68 421 £550 -3.13% 103
UK excluding London -25 280 £550 - 69
Work from Home -43 241 £566 +2.91% 54
London -88 131 £600 +3.45% 31
South East -26 106 £540 +0.75% 25
Midlands -5 80 £481 -14.44% 12
West Midlands 0 67 £476 -13.55% 9
North of England -81 47 £625 +7.07% 16
North West -35 44 £625 +0.40% 9
East of England -26 24 £581 +0.17% 8
Wales -2 16 £550 - 2
South West -42 14 £525 -12.50% 4
East Midlands -16 10 £613 +5.60% 3
Yorkshire -47 3 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 11 September 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.

1 581 (100.00%) SAP
2 262 (45.09%) SAP S/4HANA
3 149 (25.65%) Security Cleared
4 117 (20.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 109 (18.76%) SC Cleared
6 89 (15.32%) Migration
7 85 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
8 76 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
9 70 (12.05%) SAP FI
9 70 (12.05%) SuccessFactors
10 69 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
11 63 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
12 61 (10.50%) Ariba
12 61 (10.50%) Data Migration
13 57 (9.81%) Logistics
14 50 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
14 50 (8.61%) SAP PSCD
14 50 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 48 (8.26%) SAP Fiori
16 45 (7.75%) ABAP
17 42 (7.23%) ERP
18 41 (7.06%) Validation
19 38 (6.54%) SAP MM
19 38 (6.54%) SAP SD
20 37 (6.37%) SAP CO
20 37 (6.37%) SAP HANA
21 35 (6.02%) Order to Cash
22 34 (5.85%) Analytics
22 34 (5.85%) SAP BW
23 32 (5.51%) Process Improvement

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 (0.52%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.17%) Cloud Foundry
2 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 262 (45.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 70 (12.05%) SAP FI
3 50 (8.61%) SAP PSCD
4 38 (6.54%) SAP MM
4 38 (6.54%) SAP SD
5 37 (6.37%) SAP CO
6 32 (5.51%) SAP BRIM
7 29 (4.99%) SAP PP
8 28 (4.82%) SAP FI/CO
9 26 (4.48%) SAP FI-CA
9 26 (4.48%) SAP HCM
10 24 (4.13%) SAP EWM
10 24 (4.13%) SAP Payroll
11 23 (3.96%) SAP PM
11 23 (3.96%) SAP QM
12 22 (3.79%) SAP HR
12 22 (3.79%) SAP IBP
13 16 (2.75%) SAP GRC
14 14 (2.41%) SAP ERP
15 13 (2.24%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 70 (12.05%) SuccessFactors
2 13 (2.24%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 9 (1.55%) Azure
4 8 (1.38%) AWS
5 7 (1.20%) Power Platform
6 5 (0.86%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (0.69%) GCP
8 3 (0.52%) SAP Fieldglass
9 2 (0.34%) Boomi
9 2 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.34%) GitHub
10 1 (0.17%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.17%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.17%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.17%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (6.37%) SAP HANA
2 34 (5.85%) SAP BW
3 13 (2.24%) BusinessObjects
3 13 (2.24%) SAP Data Services
4 7 (1.20%) Power BI
5 6 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.86%) Tableau
7 1 (0.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (1.03%) Hudson
1 6 (1.03%) JIRA
2 2 (0.34%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.34%) LSMW
General
1 161 (27.71%) Social Skills
2 128 (22.03%) Finance
3 59 (10.15%) Manufacturing
4 58 (9.98%) Billing
5 46 (7.92%) Public Sector
6 36 (6.20%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (3.96%) Telecoms
8 22 (3.79%) Pharmaceutical
9 17 (2.93%) Retail
10 16 (2.75%) General Ledger
11 12 (2.07%) Legal
12 7 (1.20%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.20%) Automotive
12 7 (1.20%) Banking
12 7 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.03%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.69%) German Language
15 2 (0.34%) Advertising
15 2 (0.34%) Local Government
15 2 (0.34%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.26%) SAP Fiori
2 20 (3.44%) BAPI
3 19 (3.27%) SAP Basis
4 18 (3.10%) SAP PI
5 11 (1.89%) IDoc
5 11 (1.89%) REST
5 11 (1.89%) SOAP
6 10 (1.72%) SAP Core Interface
7 9 (1.55%) Web Services
8 8 (1.38%) EDI
8 8 (1.38%) Middleware
9 7 (1.20%) SAPUI5
9 7 (1.20%) XML
10 6 (1.03%) JDBC
11 5 (0.86%) SAP TM
12 3 (0.52%) SAP ALE
13 2 (0.34%) OLE
13 2 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
13 2 (0.34%) Web Dynpro
13 2 (0.34%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.75%) Public Cloud
2 14 (2.41%) Data Structures
2 14 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 13 (2.24%) FMCG
3 13 (2.24%) Replication
4 10 (1.72%) Algorithms
4 10 (1.72%) Life Science
5 9 (1.55%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.38%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.69%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.52%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.34%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.17%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.17%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 1 (0.17%) Learning Management System
10 1 (0.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.03%) Unix
2 5 (0.86%) VMS
3 3 (0.52%) Linux
4 1 (0.17%) AIX
4 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (20.14%) Stakeholder Management
2 89 (15.32%) Migration
3 85 (14.63%) User Acceptance Testing
4 76 (13.08%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (10.84%) Workshop Facilitation
6 61 (10.50%) Data Migration
7 57 (9.81%) Logistics
8 50 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
8 50 (8.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (7.23%) ERP
10 41 (7.06%) Validation
11 35 (6.02%) Order to Cash
12 34 (5.85%) Analytics
13 32 (5.51%) Process Improvement
13 32 (5.51%) System Integration Testing
13 32 (5.51%) Translating Business Requirements
14 31 (5.34%) Project Delivery
15 29 (4.99%) SAP Security
16 28 (4.82%) Integration Testing
16 28 (4.82%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 45 (7.75%) ABAP
2 10 (1.72%) SQL
3 7 (1.20%) Java
3 7 (1.20%) Python
4 1 (0.17%) Groovy
4 1 (0.17%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 149 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 109 (18.76%) SC Cleared
3 69 (11.88%) BPSS Clearance
4 25 (4.30%) DV Cleared
5 10 (1.72%) SAP Certification
6 7 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (0.86%) CCA
8 4 (0.69%) Degree
9 1 (0.17%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.17%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.58%) GRC
2 11 (1.89%) Data Quality
3 6 (1.03%) GxP
3 6 (1.03%) PMO
4 3 (0.52%) GDPR
4 3 (0.52%) IFRS
5 2 (0.34%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.34%) NCSC
5 2 (0.34%) QA
5 2 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.17%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.17%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 11 (1.89%) IAG
2 1 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 581 (100.00%) SAP
2 61 (10.50%) Ariba
3 16 (2.75%) Microsoft
4 8 (1.38%) OpenText
5 7 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.03%) Oracle
6 6 (1.03%) webMethods
7 5 (0.86%) Adobe
8 4 (0.69%) Databricks
9 3 (0.52%) Concur
10 2 (0.34%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.34%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.17%) Computacenter
11 1 (0.17%) Conga
11 1 (0.17%) Dell
11 1 (0.17%) JD Edwards
11 1 (0.17%) MuleSoft
11 1 (0.17%) Palantir
11 1 (0.17%) Qualtrics