SAP Consultant Contract Job Trends

SAP Consultant
UK

The median SAP Consultant daily rate in the UK is £549, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 October 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 267 173 154
Rank change year-on-year -94 -19 +5
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 543 553 639
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.99% 1.67% 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.84% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 214 260 309
10th Percentile £413 £468 £425
25th Percentile £469 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £549 £580 £580
Median % change year-on-year -5.34% - +10.48%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £670
90th Percentile £716 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £540 £600 £582
% change year-on-year -10.00% +3.09% +12.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 12
10th Percentile £27.00 £40.93 £57.15
25th Percentile £79.81 £47.56 -
Median hourly rate £86.75 £69.25 £61.60
Median % change year-on-year +25.27% +12.42% -9.08%
75th Percentile £88.75 £88.81 £66.27
90th Percentile £88.88 £93.88 £74.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £83.25 £69.25 £61.60
% change year-on-year +20.22% +12.42% -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 50,251 30,087 35,271
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.06% 90.83% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,471 18,979 21,309
10th Percentile £325 £275 £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 £638 £623 £638
90th Percentile £738 £725 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £494
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.75% -1.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4,065 1,640 1,482
10th Percentile £14.31 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.30 £20.30
Median hourly rate £41.71 £25.15 £42.03
Median % change year-on-year +65.84% -40.16% -5.55%
75th Percentile £67.50 £50.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.00 £68.00 £74.37
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.71 £25.00 £42.91
% change year-on-year +66.84% -41.74% -3.03%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 10 October 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 -112 395 £549 -6.29% 274
UK excluding London -50 264 £540 -10.00% 178
Work from Home -62 213 £540 -3.57% 176
London -116 119 £550 -5.17% 93
South East -24 110 £495 -6.78% 59
Midlands -15 67 £481 -16.35% 28
West Midlands -11 58 £470 -18.26% 22
North of England -109 50 £625 -8.02% 51
North West -77 44 £625 -11.03% 29
East of England -34 20 £566 -1.57% 12
South West -26 11 £525 -12.50% 7
Wales -5 10 £625 - 9
East Midlands -20 6 £613 +5.60% 6
Yorkshire -36 4 - - 13
Scotland - 3 £650 - 9
North East -42 2 - - 9

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

For the 6 months to 10 October 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.

1 543 (100.00%) SAP
2 266 (48.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 143 (26.34%) Security Cleared
4 124 (22.84%) Stakeholder Management
5 98 (18.05%) SC Cleared
6 94 (17.31%) Migration
7 86 (15.84%) User Acceptance Testing
8 75 (13.81%) SAP FI
9 73 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (12.34%) SuccessFactors
11 66 (12.15%) Data Migration
12 64 (11.79%) BPSS Clearance
13 60 (11.05%) ABAP
14 58 (10.68%) Workshop Facilitation
15 51 (9.39%) SAP PSCD
16 50 (9.21%) Time Management
17 46 (8.47%) SAP Fiori
18 44 (8.10%) SAP HCM
18 44 (8.10%) SAP Payroll
18 44 (8.10%) Validation
19 43 (7.92%) Analytics
19 43 (7.92%) Ariba
20 41 (7.55%) Logistics
21 39 (7.18%) SAP CO
22 37 (6.81%) ERP
22 37 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
23 36 (6.63%) Requirements Gathering
24 34 (6.26%) SAP BRIM
24 34 (6.26%) SAP HANA
25 33 (6.08%) Continuous 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 (0.55%) NetWeaver
1 3 (0.55%) SAP Portal
2 1 (0.18%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 266 (48.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 75 (13.81%) SAP FI
3 51 (9.39%) SAP PSCD
4 44 (8.10%) SAP HCM
4 44 (8.10%) SAP Payroll
5 39 (7.18%) SAP CO
6 34 (6.26%) SAP BRIM
7 33 (6.08%) SAP SD
8 30 (5.52%) SAP FI/CO
9 28 (5.16%) SAP FI-CA
9 28 (5.16%) SAP HR
10 27 (4.97%) SAP PP
11 25 (4.60%) SAP MM
12 23 (4.24%) SAP PM
13 22 (4.05%) SAP EWM
14 21 (3.87%) SAP QM
15 15 (2.76%) SAP GRC
16 14 (2.58%) SAP PS
17 13 (2.39%) SAP Hybris
17 13 (2.39%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 67 (12.34%) SuccessFactors
2 17 (3.13%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 7 (1.29%) AWS
3 7 (1.29%) Azure
4 6 (1.10%) Power Platform
5 4 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.55%) GCP
6 3 (0.55%) SAP Fieldglass
7 2 (0.37%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.37%) GitHub
8 1 (0.18%) Boomi
8 1 (0.18%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.18%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (0.18%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.18%) Network Security
1 1 (0.18%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (6.26%) SAP HANA
2 31 (5.71%) SAP BW
3 14 (2.58%) BusinessObjects
4 8 (1.47%) SAP Data Services
5 6 (1.10%) Power BI
6 5 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (0.92%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Db2
7 1 (0.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (0.37%) Hudson
1 2 (0.37%) Jenkins
1 2 (0.37%) JIRA
2 1 (0.18%) LSMW
General
1 160 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 129 (23.76%) Finance
3 70 (12.89%) Manufacturing
4 59 (10.87%) Billing
5 58 (10.68%) Public Sector
6 38 (7.00%) Analytical Skills
7 26 (4.79%) Telecoms
8 20 (3.68%) Legal
9 19 (3.50%) Retail
10 18 (3.31%) Pharmaceutical
11 13 (2.39%) General Ledger
12 9 (1.66%) Aerospace
13 7 (1.29%) Banking
14 6 (1.10%) Automotive
14 6 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 3 (0.55%) German Language
16 3 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
17 2 (0.37%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (8.47%) SAP Fiori
2 18 (3.31%) SAP PI
3 16 (2.95%) BAPI
4 14 (2.58%) SAPUI5
5 11 (2.03%) SAP Basis
6 10 (1.84%) REST
6 10 (1.84%) SOAP
7 9 (1.66%) IDoc
7 9 (1.66%) Web Services
8 8 (1.47%) EDI
9 7 (1.29%) Middleware
9 7 (1.29%) SAP Core Interface
10 6 (1.10%) JDBC
10 6 (1.10%) SAP TM
10 6 (1.10%) XML
11 3 (0.55%) SAP Business Workflow
12 2 (0.37%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (0.37%) Web Dynpro
12 2 (0.37%) XSLT
13 1 (0.18%) Flash
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.95%) Data Structures
1 16 (2.95%) Onboarding
2 13 (2.39%) Public Cloud
3 10 (1.84%) Greenfield Project
4 9 (1.66%) FMCG
4 9 (1.66%) Replication
5 7 (1.29%) Product Ownership
6 6 (1.10%) Life Science
7 4 (0.74%) Algorithms
7 4 (0.74%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
8 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.37%) Taxonomies
10 1 (0.18%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.18%) Derivative
10 1 (0.18%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.18%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.18%) NHS
10 1 (0.18%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.29%) Unix
2 5 (0.92%) VMS
3 2 (0.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.37%) Windows
4 1 (0.18%) AIX
4 1 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.18%) SUSE
4 1 (0.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (22.84%) Stakeholder Management
2 94 (17.31%) Migration
3 86 (15.84%) User Acceptance Testing
4 73 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
5 66 (12.15%) Data Migration
6 58 (10.68%) Workshop Facilitation
7 50 (9.21%) Time Management
8 44 (8.10%) Validation
9 43 (7.92%) Analytics
10 41 (7.55%) Logistics
11 37 (6.81%) ERP
11 37 (6.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (6.63%) Requirements Gathering
13 33 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
13 33 (6.08%) Process Improvement
13 33 (6.08%) Project Delivery
14 32 (5.89%) System Integration Testing
15 31 (5.71%) Order to Cash
15 31 (5.71%) Revenue Management
16 29 (5.34%) SAP Security
Programming Languages
1 60 (11.05%) ABAP
2 8 (1.47%) SQL
3 7 (1.29%) Java
4 4 (0.74%) Python
5 1 (0.18%) Groovy
5 1 (0.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 143 (26.34%) Security Cleared
2 98 (18.05%) SC Cleared
3 64 (11.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 28 (5.16%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.47%) Degree
6 6 (1.10%) SAP Certification
7 4 (0.74%) CCA
8 1 (0.18%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.18%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.58%) GRC
2 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.92%) GDPR
3 5 (0.92%) PMO
4 3 (0.55%) IFRS
5 2 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.37%) GxP
5 2 (0.37%) NCSC
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.18%) QA
6 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (1.66%) IAG
2 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 543 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (7.92%) Ariba
3 15 (2.76%) Microsoft
4 11 (2.03%) Concur
5 7 (1.29%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.10%) Adobe
6 6 (1.10%) OpenText
6 6 (1.10%) Oracle
6 6 (1.10%) webMethods
7 3 (0.55%) Databricks
7 3 (0.55%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.37%) CyberSource
8 2 (0.37%) DocuSign
8 2 (0.37%) WorldPay
9 1 (0.18%) Anaplan
9 1 (0.18%) Computacenter
9 1 (0.18%) Conga
9 1 (0.18%) IBM
9 1 (0.18%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.18%) Workday