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 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 176 174
Rank change year-on-year -31 -2 +67
Contract jobs requiring an SAP Consultant 518 463 623
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.33% 1.50% 1.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.61% 1.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 196 251
10th Percentile £457 £425 £438
25th Percentile £514 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £558 £588
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -4.98% +1.29%
75th Percentile £700 £669 £664
90th Percentile £719 £731 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £539 £582
% change year-on-year +11.32% -7.39% +0.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 6 11
10th Percentile £54.43 £78.81 £52.90
25th Percentile £62.75 - £60.93
Median hourly rate £75.50 £86.00 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.21% +36.51% -4.55%
75th Percentile £86.00 - £63.29
90th Percentile £89.38 £106.13 £86.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £86.00 £86.00 £61.79
% change year-on-year - +39.18% -4.46%

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 35,687 28,709 41,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 92.95% 93.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,471 17,591 27,699
10th Percentile £300 £290 £275
25th Percentile £406 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £716 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £477 £489
% change year-on-year -0.42% -2.45% -2.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,179 837 2,322
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.91 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.76 £21.25 £16.54
Median hourly rate £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £61.54 £63.75 £61.25
90th Percentile £71.99 £75.00 £72.73
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.85 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.23% -7.14% -

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 9 February 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 9 February 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 9 February 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 -43 368 £600 +9.09% 71
Work from Home +13 237 £590 +8.16% 26
UK excluding London -40 200 £600 +11.32% 47
London -21 132 £625 +4.17% 38
North of England -33 77 £693 +26.05% 17
North West -3 66 £703 +30.09% 9
South East -16 53 £515 - 14
Midlands -66 33 £461 -12.97% 12
West Midlands -50 26 £413 -23.61% 10
East of England -15 24 £525 +5.00%
South West -3 16 £600 +33.33%
Yorkshire -50 9 £575 - 8
East Midlands -42 6 £510 -1.92% 1
Wales -4 2 - - 4
North East -18 2 - -
Scotland - 1 £538 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 February 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.

1 518 (100.00%) SAP
2 293 (56.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 141 (27.22%) Security Cleared
4 116 (22.39%) SC Cleared
5 79 (15.25%) Migration
6 75 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
7 72 (13.90%) Logistics
8 71 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
9 68 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
10 65 (12.55%) ABAP
11 64 (12.36%) SAP FI
12 63 (12.16%) SAP Fiori
13 60 (11.58%) ERP
14 51 (9.85%) User Acceptance Testing
15 49 (9.46%) SAP MM
16 48 (9.27%) Data Migration
16 48 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 43 (8.30%) Ariba
17 43 (8.30%) SAP EWM
18 42 (8.11%) Validation
19 41 (7.92%) Translating Business Requirements
20 40 (7.72%) BPSS Clearance
21 39 (7.53%) SAP CO
21 39 (7.53%) SAP HCM
21 39 (7.53%) SAP PP
22 37 (7.14%) Time Management
23 36 (6.95%) SAP FI/CO
24 35 (6.76%) SAP HANA
25 33 (6.37%) SAP TM
25 33 (6.37%) SuccessFactors

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%) NetWeaver
2 2 (0.39%) MTS
3 1 (0.19%) Cloud Foundry
3 1 (0.19%) Confluence
3 1 (0.19%) LiveCycle
3 1 (0.19%) SAP Portal
3 1 (0.19%) SharePoint Server
Business Applications
1 293 (56.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 64 (12.36%) SAP FI
3 49 (9.46%) SAP MM
4 43 (8.30%) SAP EWM
5 39 (7.53%) SAP CO
5 39 (7.53%) SAP HCM
5 39 (7.53%) SAP PP
6 36 (6.95%) SAP FI/CO
7 31 (5.98%) SAP PSCD
8 27 (5.21%) SAP Travel Management
8 27 (5.21%) SAP WM
9 23 (4.44%) SAP Payroll
10 20 (3.86%) SAP QM
10 20 (3.86%) SAP SD
11 19 (3.67%) SAP BRIM
12 18 (3.47%) SAP FI-CA
12 18 (3.47%) SAP Hybris
13 17 (3.28%) SAP VC
14 13 (2.51%) SAP PS
15 12 (2.32%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 33 (6.37%) SuccessFactors
2 18 (3.47%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 8 (1.54%) Azure
4 3 (0.58%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.39%) AWS
5 2 (0.39%) GCP
5 2 (0.39%) SaaS
5 2 (0.39%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.19%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.19%) OCI
6 1 (0.19%) SAP Fieldglass
6 1 (0.19%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.19%) Tricentis Tosca
6 1 (0.19%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.19%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.76%) SAP HANA
2 9 (1.74%) SAP BW
3 8 (1.54%) SAP Data Services
4 6 (1.16%) Metadata
5 3 (0.58%) Power BI
6 2 (0.39%) DB2
6 2 (0.39%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.19%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.19%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.19%) MaxDB
Development Applications
1 12 (2.32%) JIRA
2 5 (0.97%) LSMW
3 2 (0.39%) Git
3 2 (0.39%) Hudson
3 2 (0.39%) Tricentis qTest
General
1 167 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 100 (19.31%) Finance
3 66 (12.74%) Manufacturing
4 51 (9.85%) Public Sector
5 39 (7.53%) Billing
6 34 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
7 21 (4.05%) Pharmaceutical
7 21 (4.05%) Presentation Skills
8 18 (3.47%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.51%) Retail
10 9 (1.74%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.54%) Aerospace
12 6 (1.16%) Automotive
12 6 (1.16%) Banking
12 6 (1.16%) German Language
13 4 (0.77%) Legal
14 3 (0.58%) Dutch Language
14 3 (0.58%) French Language
14 3 (0.58%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.58%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (12.16%) SAP Fiori
2 33 (6.37%) SAP TM
3 25 (4.83%) BAPI
4 24 (4.63%) Web Services
5 18 (3.47%) SAP PI
6 13 (2.51%) SAP Basis
7 11 (2.12%) IDoc
7 11 (2.12%) SOAP
7 11 (2.12%) XML
8 9 (1.74%) EDI
9 8 (1.54%) SAP ALE
10 6 (1.16%) SAP Business Workflow
11 5 (0.97%) Middleware
12 4 (0.77%) REST
12 4 (0.77%) SAPUI5
13 2 (0.39%) JSON
14 1 (0.19%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
2 15 (2.90%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (2.51%) Replication
4 11 (2.12%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.74%) Life Science
6 7 (1.35%) Data Structures
7 6 (1.16%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.77%) Management Information System
8 4 (0.77%) Manufacturing Execution System
8 4 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.58%) FMCG
9 3 (0.58%) Tandem
10 2 (0.39%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 2 (0.39%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.39%) Virtual Team
11 1 (0.19%) Hybrid Cloud
11 1 (0.19%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.19%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.58%) Linux
1 3 (0.58%) VMS
2 2 (0.39%) Windows
3 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.19%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (15.25%) Migration
2 75 (14.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 72 (13.90%) Logistics
4 71 (13.71%) Workshop Facilitation
5 68 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (11.58%) ERP
7 51 (9.85%) User Acceptance Testing
8 48 (9.27%) Data Migration
8 48 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 42 (8.11%) Validation
10 41 (7.92%) Translating Business Requirements
11 37 (7.14%) Time Management
12 32 (6.18%) Production Planning
13 31 (5.98%) Requirements Gathering
14 29 (5.60%) Mentoring
14 29 (5.60%) Process Improvement
15 28 (5.41%) Knowledge Transfer
16 27 (5.21%) Analytics
16 27 (5.21%) Scenario Testing
17 23 (4.44%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 65 (12.55%) ABAP
2 15 (2.90%) JavaScript
3 14 (2.70%) Groovy
4 2 (0.39%) Java
4 2 (0.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 141 (27.22%) Security Cleared
2 116 (22.39%) SC Cleared
3 40 (7.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (4.63%) SAP Certification
5 21 (4.05%) Degree
6 9 (1.74%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.77%) ACCA
7 4 (0.77%) CIMA
8 2 (0.39%) AAT
8 2 (0.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.39%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CISM
9 1 (0.19%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 6 (1.16%) QA
3 5 (0.97%) GDPR
3 5 (0.97%) GRC
4 4 (0.77%) GxP
5 3 (0.58%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.58%) GMP
6 2 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.39%) IFRS
6 2 (0.39%) ISO 20022
6 2 (0.39%) PMO
7 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.19%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 518 (100.00%) SAP
2 43 (8.30%) Ariba
3 15 (2.90%) Adobe
4 9 (1.74%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.54%) OpenText
5 8 (1.54%) Sage
6 6 (1.16%) Oracle
7 5 (0.97%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.77%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.58%) Workday
10 2 (0.39%) Concur
10 2 (0.39%) Google
10 2 (0.39%) IFS
10 2 (0.39%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.19%) Databricks
11 1 (0.19%) LabVantage
11 1 (0.19%) Planon
11 1 (0.19%) RightFax